Spoiler alert!!!!!!!

Rating: 2/10 (23 December 1999)

Okay, here it is...THE BOAT SINKS!!! Yeah, I know, you all knew that...oops, you didn't? Where were you during History class all through your schooling? Anyway... I must admit that even though I never actually sat down and watched the thing from beginning to end, but I work at a video store and I was forced to watch the second tape of the movie for well over 28 days in a row. (The 1st tape was not viewed so as not to offend any customers during the scene where we were all forced to see Kate Winslet's endowments.) Needless to say, when we finally were allowed to remove the now wasted tape from the VCR, I took the tape outside and promptly ran over it with my car. It felt so good. With that one action I hoped to rid myself of this terrible viral infection brought on by watching this movie too many times. I hated the film although I had never really "seen" it. I had bought a copy of the film before the 28-day onslaught but hadn't opened it yet, so I decidedly took it back to work with me and traded it for a DVD copy of another movie. I felt no remorse, I questioned not my actions. In fact, I felt good to know that the movie was no longer in my house.
Earlier in the year (1998) I had to listen to everyone tell me how great it was and how much they loved it, and this was okay. I am one of those people that many times don't like a movie just because "EVERYONE" loved it. My favorites are not the box-office hits, they are the box-office flops, movies over-looked because of their lack of appeal to more than one group of people. Those are the films that speak the loudest. I had people tell me that they saw "Titanic" EIGHT times!!! I pointed out that they had spent no less than $60 on admission not including the outrageous prices of popcorn, soda, and Sour Patch Kids. All they could say was, "It was worth it, man." I view myself as a video nut and a video hound, and I say NO movie is worth paying well over $100 at a movie theatre to see the same movie over and over and over again. You all may disagree with me, and that is your personal right, but you all need to know that there are many of us that don't see what you see in this movie...and the only reason I gave it a rating of 2 was for the very well-done special effects...I have to give it at least that much.
Moving along...