A True Cinematic Masterpiece

Rating: Null/10 (29 April 2006)

I saw this film for the first time the day it came out on video. At the time I would have been 9, but until watching it again for the first time in at least 2 years last night, I realized I never truly cared or understood how truly beautiful this film was, and is. It is both amazing and sad how you can forget how truly great a movie is if you don't watch it for a period of time. I have always loved the movie, but until last night, when out of absolutely nowhere I decided to watch it, did I love this film for the right reasons. Aside from the awesome sinking ship and amazing visual effects stuff that kids 9-13 years will enjoy, there is so much else than anyone, of any age can and will enjoy.
The acting is amazing, especially that of Kate Winslet, who was in my opinion robbed of the Oscar for Best Actress. The cinematography is absolutely breathtaking, and the music score by James Horner may very well be the most beautiful thing ever made by a man. Absolutely undeniably perfect. It is easily the best score for any motion picture ever. Just thinking about it makes me tear up. All in all, this movie deserved the 11 Academy Awards it took home, and I could go on and on, but I need not, because unless you have been living under a rock for the past 9 years you have already seen this movie, and every positive thing I could say about it has already been said. That being said, I will tell you one thing more: this movie made me cry, numerous times throughout, and not many films do that to me, VERY few in fact. So any film that can do that is great in my book. I know this movie takes a lot of heat now, but it's very unnecessary, and it does not deserve the heat it takes, and I simply do not understand why anyone could not love this movie. Titanic registers a 7.0 rating on IMDb.com... 7.0! That is very sad. Come on. This movie deserves at least an 8.1 rating and a spot in the top 250. I cannot stress enough how beautiful this film is.
You can say what you want about this film, I say it's one of the greatest and most powerful films ever made, and historically, whether or not you like the movie, it IS going to go down as the most successful, and one of, if not THE most important movie in existence.
This is now and forever one of my 10 favorite films. 10/10