A differing perspective

Rating: Null/10 (26 February 2002)

All the professional reviews of this film call it a "masterpiece". While I am willing to admit that the film is very good in many respects, especially in it's historical representation of the events of the one and only voyage, two things, one a small personal preference and the other a glaring truth, degraded this movie to the realm of very good but not great.
The first thing that turned me off to this movie was the fact that it was waaaay to long. I have a rule that I go by that movies should not break the 150 minute mark unless there is a very good reason. Granted, the plot is good enough to draw many viewers in for that long, but I though that some of the scenes were just embroidery, little more.
The main reason why I didn't like this movie so much is the glaring fact that the whole Rose and Jack romance could never of happened in the first place! Nobody is willing to acknowledge that fact. It is historical fact that first class passengers on the Titanic or any other ship of the time period would fraternize in any way. Not even to say hello when walking by one another on deck! I can't get over that fact.
Final review. Good movie, fairly predictable, well cast, very historically accurate, but flawed in two telling ways. 6.5 out of 10.