A Sweeping Epic that Continues to Enchant Me

Rating: 10/10 (8 January 2012)

Titanic is simply one of the greatest films I have ever seen. The historical detail is almost spot on, and though the script may have it's faults to some (like "Jack" and "Rose" being repeated too often), I think that if you put it in context with the story it all works out. James Cameron did a brilliant job, as this movie haunts me even weeks after I see it.
Titanic follows Rose DeWitt Bukater (Kate Winslet), a young socialite, and Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio), a carefree and penniless artist from Wisconsin. After Jack prevents Rose from throwing herself off of the ship, they fall into a passionate love, all the while trying to avoid Rose's fiancé who is nearly twice her age, Cal Hockley (Billy Zane). But as the Titanic sinks, Rose struggles with the will to survive or the intense need to be with Jack.
Titanic was such a success because it portrays the great disaster through emotions, not simply stating facts. We smile with the characters as Rose and Jack fall in love. We grind our teeth in frustration when Cal and Mrs. Dewitt Butaker try everything to tear Jack and Rose apart, we feel heartbroken with Rose when she finds that Jack succumbed to the cold. It is the fact that we feel the event that makes this so sweeping.
Titanic is not simply a love story, it's a show of raw emotions and loss and love and the fact that everything the men who built the ship believed proved to be false.