I can't razz this one, it was good.

Rating: Null/10 (28 May 2002)

Titanic, unlike most PG-13 films, was watchable. Perhaps it was the setting of April, 1912 instead of April, 1997. Although you know how it turns out, it was watchable during it's first half.
The movie begins in the present in which the worst scenes take place, mainly because Bill Paxton is in it, a man I've hated since seeing him in Twister and his partner played by someone I can't recall. They are oceanographers who meet with Old Rose, played by Gloria Stuart. Old Rose was a survivor of the sinking ship and she tells them the story. Only here, the movie is awful; we get that dreaded PG-13 talk (read other reviews of mine for the description).
To make it short, we get the story of rich teen girl meeting up with the dashing poor boy, who fall in love despite the clashes of stature. We get the usual fluff (King Of The World, etc.), but because it's set in an earlier time frame, it's not as bad.
Then, all hell breaks loose, the Titanic hits the iceberg and slowly sinks. Here, the movie becomes an action film, as Rose and Jack (played by Leonardo) try to get off the ship, and onto a life vessel. Here the SFX, are brilliant, they recreate a ship going down in spades, although it would have been nice to have some fish floating around in the boat as the ocean started pouring in.
Admittedly, the movie does its job and I guess Cameron deserved his Oscar and Titanic deserved to be called Best Movie of 1997. Still, this could have been better. Maybe the next remake will rectify it, after all, Bill Paxton or music sung by Celine Dion won't be a part of it...