a tragic and unfortunately true story, but brilliantly done by James Cameron

Rating: 9/10 (8 September 2010)

A poor young man named Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio) and a rich girl named Rose DeWitt Bukator (Kate Winslet) fall in love on the Titanic, the unsinkable ship. But Rose has a decision to make, because she is actually on her way to marrying another man, Cal Hockley, who was Jack locked up in a room when the so called unsinkable ship hits an iceberg, and begins to sink. Rose now must find Jack before the ship sinks and they drown, and they must fight to stay alive on the sinking Titanic.
One of the most impressive parts of this film was the fantastic visuals. They were absolutely stunning, and they really needed to be for the film to work. The story was obviously very sad, and probably most people before they even see the film can guess how it will end. The story to the Titanic in general is just one of the most tragic events in history, and James Cameron did a very good job making it into a movie. The direction was actually what I thought to maybe be the best part of the film. It took a lot of skill on the part of James Cameron to make such a realistic, yet good movie.
To make a tragic true story such as this, the cast is really a very important part of the film. It could possibly either ruin, or make a movie. Obviously, in the case of Pearl Harbor many believe the cast could have very nearly destroyed the movie. Thank you Michael Bay. However, the Titanic I found the cast to be perfect. Leonardo DiCaprio may not have been even so much as nominated for an Oscar, which if you look at who was nominated he probably did not deserve to be, but his performance was still nothing short of excellent. Kate Winslet though, was easily deserving of her nomination. Her performance was brilliant. The musical score by James Horner was incredible. He will always be remembered by me for the music to this film, and A Beautiful Mind.
Overall, the Titanic really was a great film With outstanding visuals, beautiful acting, and unbelievable direction. I think a lot of people think this film is overrated, and I do understand where they are coming from because 11/14 Oscars might be taking it a bit too far. But the film really was good, and it deserved many of the Oscars that it won. Titanic is one of the better movies that I have seen, and will always be considered so by me.