If you look past the media hype....its a good movie

Rating: 8/10 (19 April 2004)

*SPOILERS, though if you haven't seen this movie, like it or hate it, you've been living under a rock*
Ok, I was 9 when I saw Titanic first, and maybe I was born wrong, but I was able to see Titanic as a good piece of film making. If you get past all the oscars and the media hype and how many times they played that sodding song on the radio....it's just a good movie. With great performances. And after we all realized that Leonardo DiCaprio isn't THAT good looking...we sort of forgot about it. And of course we got sick of it, but nowadays we find ourselves dusting off our VHS copies of Titanic, just to see if it matched the calibur of Return of the King, because they both have the same amout of Oscars.
The first two hours are pretty happy, and if you're a tough critic, you'd call it mediocre. But that last hour and a half, are PHENOMONAL. As soon as the ship hits that iceberg, we're ready for it after being subjected to Kate and Leo making love. And the special effects and the story in those last 1.5 hours are so tragic and so sad. I found myself caring more about the other passengers than Rose and Jack because you know one of em lives!
I'd say the best performances in the movie is a tie between Kate Winslet(Rose) and Billy Zane(Cal). Leo is good, not fabulous, but good, and when he uses what he's given, he does fine. Kathy Bates is awesome as Molly Brown. I've seen the deleted scenes in Titanic, and they should've kept em in, because it gives you alot more about the characters then we get. Bernard Hill(Captain Smith) is pretty good and so are Frances Fisher(Ruth DeWitt Bukater) and Gloria Stewart(Old Rose). I love Victor Garber as Mr. Andrews. Danny Nucci(Fabrizio) and Jason Barry(Tommy Ryan) are pretty promising actors. The dialogue is pretty good.
Overall Titanic is brilliant visually, and beautifully heartbreaking mentally. The high note of the whole movie: James Horner's musical score. That man is a musical god. Listen to the soundtrack, folks. i recommend #'s 1,3,5,12,15. #15 especially.
Titanic is a goods movie people. Get over it.