A Classic

Rating: 9/10 (28 January 2019)

Of course I know the ending of "Titanic". Everybody knows the ending. Then why, oh why did this movie glue me to my seat for 3 hours - in the year 2018? It's absolutely thrilling! My rewatch was a complete surprise: Fantastic action, great directing, even the visuals didn't age as ugly as they could have. And the acting performances! I remember everyone being very sceptic about Leonardo diCaprio and Kate Winslet back in the Nineties. But why? I don't get it. Also: What a joy to see Bernard Hill again, since I had a LotR-rewatch soon before. Noone can look as doomed as he can, be it in the battle of Helm's Deep or on the sinking Titanic.
But maybe it's the time that's changed. They don't make movies like that anymore, because they can't. If they try, something like "Avatar" comes out: Something predictable. A cliché. Maybe the time of the great Hollywood blockbuster is just over. Thank God we can always rewatch Titanic.