A Great Movie...If You Like Bad Acting!!!!

Rating: 8/10 (1 May 1999)

I liked Titanic, don't get me wrong, I thought it was beautiful. The direction was marvelous, the costumes, the music...everything was great. Except the acting. I found all of the characters, except Molly Brown(Kathy Bates) and the Billy Zane rich-boy, totally fake. Leonardo DiCaprio, on one hand, is an excellent actor. If you watch him in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape"-which scored him a nomination for Supporting Actor-you can see his passion for acting...in Titanic, you can see his passion for the paycheck. Another former actor is Kate Winslet, who was nominated for her role as Rose...C'mon, please!!! I could have played a rich girl better than she did...and I am neither rich nor female. The fact that she fell in love with the Jack Dawson character not only upset me personally, but it also disturbed me-in a very weird way. I never expected to not like Jack Dawson...I just liked the Billy Zane character so much, I couldn't stand to see him lose-even if he did deserve it. I think the real problem I have with the movie is that I saw at least three better movies, and didn't think Titanic was anything great. I was rooting for LA Confidential to take home the Best Picture award...maybe I'm just not sensitive enough to understand the love between the princess and the pauper, but that's just my opinion, I may be wrong.