Movie has great special effects, but overall I was not entirely thrilled.

Rating: Null/10 (20 December 1998)

I think the best part of the movie was from when the iceberg hit the ship and on to the end. The special effects were great. The people falling from the ship, hitting their heads on the ship as they fell down into the water, looked very realistic to me. I also think the ship itself was very impressive.
My problem is with the acting and some of the lines that were used. For example, the spitting really irritated me. It seemed so 1980s'ish. Also, when Jack and Rose were running away from the cop-like man, and Rose stuck up her middle finger as they were going down on the elevator, that seemed to be more of a current action that people would do, not something that was done in the early 1900s. I am not saying that gestures like this did not occur back then, it just seems strange to me and out of place with supposed timeline of the movie. Also, the phrase (Masters of the Universe) used by Rose as the men retreated to have cigars and brandy, REALLY seemed out of place. Would that phrase really be used back then????
I think the writers tried to make Rose a little TOO smart. Freud, Monet, Picasso, not enough life boats, etc... isn't she supposed to be 17 or around that age? Yet, an 1 hour later she's running around the ship like an 8 year old (which I think that part was pretty realistic because teenagers can act like that sometimes just to be having fun)
I still have no idea what the two lookout men said to each other after the iceberg hit. I can not understand the lines they are saying at all.
Overall I guess the movie was decent, but it was because of the special effects. I think all the characters were good and believable except for Jack and Rose. I especially liked Mr. Andrews. The actor made me really feel sorry for him at the end because he really seemed like a nice guy. The captain at the end was believable too. The mom, Cal, everyone was believable except for Jack and Rose. They kind of sickened me a bit, but I am not sure as to why? I am not into love movies entirely too much, but I do cry from time to time ("Beaches", "Schindler's List", "Beauty and the Beast"(Don't laugh)). The scenes with Jack and Rose just did nothing for me.