Titanic

Rating: 10/10 (12 October 2015)

Titanic (1997)
Titanic, released in 1997, is a timeless film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. The film is set in the ocean traveling from Europe to America, on a grand "unsinkable" cruise ship.
In the beginning of this movie, the quote was said "not even God himself could sink this ship", which is foreshadowing the events we know not just in the movie, but also in real life. This quote was said to have been spoken in real life, 1912, when the ship actually sank. It was a fantastic move on the director's part, not only to foreshadow the ship sinking in the movie, but to retain the historical accuracy of the story, at least as it is believed.
The directors and producers of this movie started off showing real footage of the sunken ship, mixed with some CGI footage, however, you can't tell the difference. Upon coming across a safe hidden inside the ship, they removed it and brought it to the surface, hoping to find money or treasure. However, the only thing they find undamaged is a painting, of whom they don't know. Soon, they DO find the woman in the painting. Her name is Rose (Gloria Stuart). Rose comes to the researchers and they show her computer footage of how the ship sank, scientifically. Rose then tells them "That's quite interesting, however, the experience was quite different." She then goes into detail of the story of the titanic, bringing it back to life, and telling her experiences on board by her younger self (Kate Winslet) and the love of her life she meets a little later, Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio). Throughout the movie, the directors switch between the story of young Rose and Jack on the ship, to old Rose telling the story.
During the story that old Rose is telling, you see it played out on the screen, mostly in CGI. The difference between what is real and CGI is almost undetectable. The entire ship itself, along with the 300+ people on the deck, are all CGI. I think the directors and crew working with the CGI did such a wonderful job, and I personally didn't know the difference between what was CGI and real film until watching a short documentary on the subject. The script writing for this film was amazing. The movie draws you in and shows you what it would have been like aboard the titanic in both first and third class. When Rose meets Jack, you can feel the connection they have together and it's heartbreaking when her mother says she doesn't want them to be together. The film uses a lot of emotional appeals to make you feel for the characters, especially when the ship sinks. You fall so in love with these characters that I find it almost impossible not to cry. Overall, Titanic was an amazing movie and I recommend everyone watch it at some point.