ohh the humanity

Rating: Null/10 (17 April 2002)

i would like to consider myself a very thoughtful and respectable film viewer. i really do! i have been a movie lover for my entire life and there have been a number of films that have truly changed my life. thats how special some films are to me. let me emphasise the word "special". every once in a while a film comes along that does truly change the world. it is a rare occasion indeed but when it does happen it is a truly magical experience! when i think of special films i think of STAR WARS, ITS A WONDERFUL LIFE, SINGI'N IN THE RAIN, ET, AND THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION. these are films that have shaped the world we live in today and the way we view it. movies are that powerful! this is exactly why i am so incredibly displeased with many viewer comments on one of the most influential films of that last 20 years....TITANIC! are you guys out of your mind!!! truly! i do appreciate the fact that everyone does indeed have an opinion to be heard, but that does not give some people the right to make a complete ass out of themselves!
when i saw this film for the first time along with half of the world, the lobby outside the theater was in a state of awe. there were people crying, smiling, and in an utter state of disbelief of what they just saw. there were many that were just plain speechless. i had never in my life seen so many people touched by a film! than of course, five years later...many of the same people who i saw crying their eyes out at the end of the film and were on record as saying it was one of the best movies they've ever seen.... are now blasting it!!! why is this happening? it all goes back to my original psycology theory: my theory is that people just love, i meen love to be the first ones to say something truly horrible about a great thing! it makes them feel special, unique, heard, and in a way powerful in their own weird way. so.... whats the best way to recieve the attention of the cinema world with a review? lets take a film that won eleven academy awards( it should have won 12, kim basinger won! uhh, she played a prostitute...uhhh, yeah, far stretch right?) the number one grossing film of all time( 1.8 billion dollars world wide... for you math experts out there, for every dollar jurassic park made, titanic made two) and a film that is now a cornerstone in hollywood history....and bash it to death!!!! i really do question the hearts and souls of some of the people on this planet, i really truly do. i will never froget the first time i viewed this film. again, the film isnt about effects, the ship, or the money, this film is about love! ill say that again, the film is about love! the musical score was stirring( which won album of the year by the way...yeah it sucked) the direction was flawless, and the two main actors....well, if you want to know why the film did so well... look no further than these two. the world fell in love with them both. if anyone else would have been casted in these two parts it wouldnt have been half the movie it became! the film caught the attention of the world in a way no film has, not just the pre-teenage girls of the world, the whole world! 1.8 billion and 600 million alone in america.... there arent that many teenagers believe me!
so where am i finally getting at? why cant people just sit back, relax and enjoy the many great films we have been given over the years like TITANIC? again, if it looks good, if it sounds good, and if it feels good...gosh darn it....it might be good!! so finally, for the millions, excuse me... billions of film lovers who loved TITANIC( trust me, we are in the majority) keep enjoying and experiencing the film over and over. as for the rare few who bash it publicly so your rebel film critique minds will seem to look even more cooler...do the rest of the world a favor and watch it one more time. but this time, dont watch it with an open mouth, watch it with an open heart!