hugely over rated love story on a ship but could have been anywhere

Rating: Null/10 (16 August 2002)

I am always suprised when people hate movies that i love, so now its my turn to bite back!:) first of all i would say this film isnt bad, but it certainly isnt great, its really a love story using the titanic as an impressive backdrop to the romance, the fact the ship sinks is almost incidental to the two star crossed lovers, and is used as a mechanism to produce the touching if somewhat schmaltzy ending, really this is no better than love story with ryan o neal, which is also a reasonable but not great film, the really impressive thing is the special effects which render a stunning vision of the titanic, visually this film was a treat, but no substance to hold up this wreck! 5 out of ten