This movie was a titanic of a drama....ha ha....

Rating: Null/10 (10 September 2011)

Okay, so down to brass tacks: this movie was awesome. James Cameron did pretty darn well with it. Really I don't know where to begin. So this three and a half hour long movie is worth your while. It contains superb acting from every actor in the move. Heck, even the career-wasted Billy Zane did a superb job.
The historical accuracy was something I really liked in this movie. Although I've never actually seen any plans of the layout of the Titanic in this movie, I have a feeling that the geography of the ship and even the decor was almost spot on with the original.
And the plot was very good. Shakespeare would be proud, as the man once said "Brevity is the soul of wit." Translation: keep it simple. A simple plot will almost always break through for you. Of course, with cases like Inception, you can make a complex plot and still follow through. But back to Titanic. I know some might think "well YEAH it's a solid plot, it was based off an actual event!" well yes this is true, it IS based off an event, but the ship sinking more follows the setting than it does the plot. The first two hours of the movie is just about the characters and the developing love story. The slow buildup causes tension and we really want to discover what happens when a crisis occurs, making even the scene where everyone dies dramatic at its simplest.
Now if there's anything wrong with this movie, it's the length. I know that every minute of the movie is vital to the plot (this is true) but at times you begin to really feel the length. All in all, this movie is probably the standard for where most movies should be at. It was over-hyped by my friends (I just watched it for the first time), but still was a damn good movie.
9/10