The Academy must be out of their mind

Rating: 5/10 (25 January 2002)

Let me get one thing straight...James Cameron is a great directer, but this is entirely uncharacteristic of his types of movies. He should stick with what he made famous, and that is the sci-fi/action genre. Titanic is such a sugar-coated load of crap...not only is it painful on the eyes, it is painful on the ears with that godawful song by Celine Dione. At over 3 hours, it is simply gruelling to watch. Leo DiCaprio is a terrible actor who looked about 5 or 6 years younger than he actuall is. Kate Winslet is talented, but this talent is wasted. The movie doesnt know whether it wants to be a teenie-bopper chick flick or an action movie, and the bizarre transition from one to another is even worse. I have watched many movies that top the 3 hour mark that I have thoroughly enjoyed (Gladiator, Black Hawk Down, Terminator 2) but these movies use the length to benefit the story, while Titanic simply uses it as an excuse for more explosions, more soggy dialog and an excuse for Winslet to get naked. I am not bias to the love story genre, but this just takes it to a new level of badness. How it won best picture is beyond me. 4/10 stars (I admit I have seen worse)