A fantastic film, simple as

Rating: 9/10 (2 January 2006)

When I first heard about this film I was sceptical to say the least, especially with Leonardo Di Caprio as the lead (this was back in the day when I was young and stupid and thought you only went to a Di Caprio film because your girl friend wanted to see it), but when I actually did go and see the film (with my then girl friend incidentally) I was amazed, I thought it was a fantastic film.
I know the film's critics claim that it centres too much on the relationship between Rose and Jack, but thats what makes it so effective at the end, you know the two characters and share their grief as the ship is sinking, it really showed you what it was like for the people on board Titanic, something that just showing you the facts of the sinking would not have done, in this particular sense I would compare Titanic to Blackadder Goes Forth (an English TV sitcom set in WWI), in as much as it may not be historically perfect (although, from what I gather Titanic is not by any means historically flawed), but it gives you a better idea of what the victims of Titanic and of the 1st World War actually went through than any text book ever will.
The characters may not be as in depth as some people would like, but this is what ties them to the audience, they are normal people, and on the most part, realistic of what people of that period would have been like.
I recommend this film to anybody, I think most people would agree it is not in the greatest film in history, but it would certainly figure in my top 5.