I put Titanic in my Top 10 favourite movies of all time

Rating: 10/10 (18 April 1999)

This movie got a hold on me from start to finish. It's very rare for a movie to do that to me. From the opening scene with the beautiful music I was hooked. Everything looks so beautiful: the set decoration, the costumes, the boat itself, everything. The cinematography is brilliant. Pure eye candy. Cameron's Oscar for Best Directing is so well deserved. How he manages to show people falling and walking across the entire boat is amazing. There's this shot where the camera moves from the very head of the boat to the very back and literally everywhere something is happening. Brilliant piece of directing.
The acting was good as well. Especially Kate Winslet en Billy Zane. The latter plays very convincing a real bastard. Very unpleasant person, but perfectly acted.
Then the music. The soundtrack is one of the most wonderful ever made. The central theme of the woman humming is beautiful. Just like many other songs. Like for instance 'Nearer My God To Thee'. Very moving together with the accompaning scene.
Of course people who've never experienced the sinking of a ship themselves, can't really image how that feels. But with this movie I had a feeling that we were able to experience from minute to minute what they must have went through. I thought the panic of the disaster was very realistically shown.
The special effects. The sinking of the ship was the highlight of the movie. Seeing how the ship breaks, falls down again and people falling down when the ship stands straight up is truly breathtaking. Without a doubt one of the most impressive special effects I ever witnessed.
Add that to what I said about the music, the set decoration, the cinematography, the directing, the realistic showing of the disaster and you get one of the best movies ever made. I put Titanic in my Top 10 favourite movies of all time.