Over-rated and disappointing

Rating: Null/10 (24 January 2000)

In the beginning of 1998 there was not a teenage girl in the world who didn't love Titanic. Some even dared to call it the greatest movie ever made. When I finally saw it, I realized that it was highly over-rated, even somewhat of a disappointment. It begins great with some beautiful special effects and cinematography, good directing, and witty dialouge. But as it progresses along, it becomes almost a shot-for-shot remake of "A Night to Remember". However, that film was more of an emotional story of opposites colliding and hope conquering hopelessness. This is more of a disaster flick. The biggest problem though, is the lack of charactor development. The film's protaganists (DiCaprio and Winslet) are the only ones who seem to do anything. All anyone else does is say a few lines, look scared, scream, die, or get rescued. Near the end, it seems as if DiCaprio and Winslet are the only ones on the entire boat. Everyone else is just a cardboard cut-out floating in the water.