Hype? Yeah, I went to McDonalds and got the McTitanic meal.

Rating: 10/10 (14 May 2001)

I just cannot stand it anymore, all the people who hated this movie mention the "hype" as their reason. Lets look at the facts;
A> There were no commercial tie-ins with any other popular businesses, like Walmart or McDonalds, which is standard for a hollywood blockbuster these days. Look at Star Warts: Phantom Menace, I was actually able to get JarJar Binks bum wipe, Literally. Thats Hype, and it all took place before the movie came out. All the Hype for Titanic happened AFTER the film was released and it came from people who had seen it and loved it.
B> There was no money left over at the end of production for a huge ad campaign, this is a fact. They almost lost out the first weekend to a James Bond film because of this, James Cameron and some of the other producers had to hit the talk show circuit in hopes of avoiding a total massacre at the box office.
C> The stars gave him no help, Leonardo was so sure that the movie was going to bomb that he did no public appearances before the movie came out, he only hit the talk shows in about week 3 or 4 of the films release. No one had faith in this movie, not the stars, not the Studio heads, no one but James Cameron himself and he was willing to put his entire future as a film maker on the line by giving back his salary.
All the guys who hate titanic that I have spoken to are just jealous of Leonardo. They say "the movie just made money cuz girls love him", well if that were true then "The Beach" would be the second biggest film of all time wouldn't it?
I don't think Loenardo is a great actor, and I personally believe Titanic will ruin is career because he'll never top it and he is so sure that he is the reason it was a success. But its a great movie overall, and its not stardard hollywood fluff aimed at high school kids like American Pie, or teen-aged sex farce #2263455283 as I like to call it. Next week another one will come out just like it, add a 1 to the end of the number don't bother to name it. But a movie like Titanic comes along once in a lifetime like Gone with the Wind.
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