Enduring masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (30 March 2007)

I bought a new laptop this week. Busy configuring all the software I pulled down a DVD from my collection to check out the movie player program. The DVD that I happened to grab was Titanic.
Some three hours plus later, instead of just testing the software, I'd watched the whole movie again. I'd cheered (inwardly) when Rose spat in Cal's face and cried (openly) in all the same places as I had when I'd first seen it 10 years ago on the big screen.
It's not perfect of course, nothing's perfect. Bill Paxton is hopelessly wooden, the odd line of dialogue grates terribly, but as a classic piece of storytelling it succeeds magnificently.