Titanic Achievement

Rating: 10/10 (13 May 1999)

I must say, I'm rather amazed at the negative comments that have been submitted to IMDB. I strongly disagree and in my opinion any serious student of film and no I don't mean people that went to film school, upon viewing this film wouldn't be struck by it's true greatness. Towards the end of the film Bill Paxton's character states that while he was involved very strongly in the search for titanic's treasures "He never let it in". That is What Cameron has achieved above all else,Writing a story that brings the passengers of the ill fated liner to life. We of course all have heard the story of the Grand Ship that was at the time the Technological marvel of it's day. It's tragic sinking at the hands of an Iceberg in the North Atlantic was a huge blow to Man's quest to conquer nature. Cameron could have easily written a cheesy screenplay and turned it into a 70's Disaster movie, but he has created characters you care about. I've always found that films that have a huge box-office are easy targets for people to criticize, in general most blockbusters don't garner the acclaim that Titanic did. The Box office in America and around the World was unlike any before it, and I suspect it will be a long while before a film will come along to achieve what it has. TITANIC is The Gone With The Wind of our generation, that from NY Times critic Janet Maslin, and I whole Heartedly agree!!!!!