Great movie

Rating: 10/10 (22 December 2003)

When this movie was released, just about everyone loved it. It beat all the records and cemented itself into movie history.
Somehow, the cement has worn off. Some time after the Oscars, Titanic became a cool movie to bash and dismiss as just a love story. Everyone started jumping on the bandwagon, hence the number of 1's given by imdb voters.
While it's not one of the greatest movies ever made, it's a damn good one and deserves better than it's received. The love story is there to make the disaster more personal to the viewers. And this disaster is not a sudden one; it starts out as the ship just skimming an iceberg, and ends with the ship being torn apart in half and sinking into the sea. It's shot so well that we feel like we're a part of it - as the ship is vertical on the water, it's so tense because you're not sure if it's going to fall backwards or forewards, and if it does, you'll be going along for the ride.
I also liked the ending a lot. The assumption is that Rose dies in her sleep (an old woman in her warm bed), and in heaven, returns to the Titanic and to Jack. And it's brilliantly shot in that we see everything through Rose's eyes, the passengers all greeting us, and the Titanic looking so beautiful.
It's not a movie I own (it's much too long for repeated viewings), or even love, but I can see it for what it is; powerful, well-made, and epic.