Boy wins trip on titanic, poor boy meets rich girl, They fall in love, ship sinks...

Rating: 4/10 (11 June 1999)

Please don't think I am just a male coming here to bombard Titanic. My wife and I watched it together on HBO the other evening and she concurs with me about the following summary.
Why did James Cameron need 3 hours to tell this story? This was one of the longest and most tedious films I have ever watched. The contrived storyline was incredibly dull and unbelieveable. Come on folks do you really think Winslet would have fallen in love with baby faced DiCaprio in real life? Like a shallow character like Winslet would have left a millionaire for a person that doesn't even have a home. Also, DiCaprio would have been never invited to dinner from steerage. Above all of that there was no chemistry that existed between DiCaprio and Winslet. As far as the effects were concerned. I don't know what all the hype was as the effects looked very fake. Granted I watched it on my TV on HBO and not at the movies mind you. Thank God I did watch it at home I would have been very angry at myself if my wife and I had spent 7 dollars to see this film. I agree with the other negative comments on this board. People who say this is good film, don't know what good film is. Try watching Casablanca and you will understand my character chemistry comment above.