Truly disappointing

Rating: 1/10 (9 January 2003)

I am disgusted with this movie. Firstly I admit that the special effects are extra ordinary but what would you expect of James Cameron. Terminator and Aliens speak for themselves and when it comes to movie making Mr. Cameron certainly ranks in the top 10 of current film directors. Thus, being based on historical events the special effects cannot save this movie because how more earth shattering can a sinking ship be than.. well a sinking ship. What really made my mouth bitter was the vacuous script. I got the idea that Mr. Cameron enlisted the help of all the daytime TV-soap writers to write the most vapid script ever. It would have been appropriate if the movie was released with Written boards which states: At 30 minutes cry et al. The thing is, this is a JUST ADD WATER SCRIPT. (Literally) It is so innocuous that one can place it on any setting (even Sabrina the teenage witch) Unfortunately I disagree with the fact that this movie had 'broad appeal' If you take into account the general sample of viewers on this board have seen the movie in excess of 5 times in the cinema, it whittles down the number of actual viewers considerably. Furthermore, with the current crop of cinematic wonders being released it is obvious that Directors do not need to under-estimate their audience as they are more intelligent than they get credit for (case in point the name change of Harry Potter and the Philosophers stone to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's stone so that American audiences would know what it is about.) Instead of dumbing down audiences, directors should inspire audiences to understand the world better. I truly believe that Titanic will over the next 5 years be push down the list of greatest movies to the bottom 50 as the E-Generation likes more mental challenges (WRITTEN SIGN: CLAP HERE)