classic Hollywood epic

Rating: 10/10 (20 December 2001)

My favorite film of 1997 and perhaps among my all-time greats. It's a tad too long, but has two good elements: Love story and History. It is the finest Titanic recreation film ever, as it should be with a $280 million budget. I really enjoyed the budding love between DiCaprio and Winslet, the whole disaster thing, and the sadness of it all. I found this film has the most depressing scenes ever: A grand ship sinking forever, many people freezing in the water, Jack giving young Rose a sad pep talk, Rose letting go of Jack, seeing all the floating corpses, Old Rose in bed surrounded by her beloved pictures, and the final meeting with her lover Jack and all the Titanic passengers in the final dream-like sequence.
Winner of 11 Academy Awards and a definite tear-jerker that should appeal to female viewers.