Titanic. Love or Hate?

Rating: Null/10 (9 October 1998)

I went to see Titanic on the first day it opened. I heard the hype from America "Most expensive movie ever made, etc". I thought, 'at least the sinking should be good with all that money spent.' Then when old Rose begins her story and the camera glides past her, zooming up into the monitor behind her, I thought 'wouldn't it be great if there was a cut to the exact same movement'. Instead I got a match dissolve, so perfect, that I knew Titanic wouldn't disappoint. Did I enjoy Titanic? I loved it. To those of you who don't, okay, but don't nitpick. An I.B.M. is a computer, so you don't like the keyboard or the monitor or whatever. Take it away and it's not a computer anymore, it doesn't operate without it. Titanic is a film. It's the acting, it's the script, it's the visuals. Take it as a whole.
By the way, stories work best with stereotypes. As audiences, we must know who to believe in, hate, etc, in normal films one hour and a half, (Same as Titanic before the sinking). Oh and by the way, as the ship neared the iceberg, the whole cinema audience were holding their breaths, hoping it wouldn't hit. So if a film can make you suspend disbelief that much and hope for history to change. It can't be all that bad.