A good film, but certainly overrated!

Rating: Null/10 (11 December 2003)

This was a long expected film, and indeed after the previous recent attempt/disaster, with Catherine Zeta-Jones, a much needed long expected film!
Indeed I would go as far to say that only the music and the effects deserved the awards, for anything else was only gained through the use of throwing money, lots of it, at the various areas. This is, perhaps, a classic example of "buying" an/sever Oscar(s).
However, this having been said the story is a sound one, and is a must see, purely for the attempt to re-tell the actual sinking of the boat, which may have been a good film on its own without the storyline, for I feel that the "story"line made us detach a little from what the "real" tale should have been.
The acting was not at all terrible, though DiCaprio, was perhaps not at his best. Winslet, however is and the film is made a little better because of it.
I would give this film a 7/10, purely for the effects and tale behind the story, which in places did NOT stick to historical accuracy, which is professed to do. Though NOTHING can actually make us envisage what happened upon that night, the film does try but tries a little too hard in places to "make" thing happen, when it does not need to, for just sitting back and looking at the screen would have done.