Stare at a blank wall for 3+ hours. Better use of your time.

Rating: 1/10 (25 January 1999)

While I will admit that the special effects were pretty good (they better be for $280 million) the rest of the movie was absolutely horrible. The most believable performance in the film was by the Iceberg. The characters were entirely plastic, and I felt no sympathy for any of them when they died.
We have Selfish Brat Rose, who decides that she is going to get what she wants no matter what her parents say. She even laughs when her much older self tells of her Fiance's suicide. She changes her name and allows her mother to think she is dead; not a word of hope for the poor mother of Rose. Not to mention that despite its size, she must have the ENTIRE board to herself when she and Jack are in the water. Whatever happened to "you jump I jump?" Wouldn't they have been able to keep warmer if they had been huddled together? It seems she forgot to mention this 2 day incident of true love to her eventual husband of some 80 odd years too. Hmmm....
Then we have Over-glorified-Representation-of-Freedom Jack, a "gentleman" who doesn't bother to s**** Rose in the bedroom when she is naked, but waits until they are in the backseat of a car (now isn't THAT romantic!). Wouldn't a true "gentleman" (especialy one of that era) not have done anything at all? Great job of accurately representing the time period, James...
The acting was indeed bad, but I cannot entirely blame the Actors for this. It is hard to make stupid one-liners (such as "this is bad" when the ship is vertical) sound good, and kudos to Cappy for trying.
The success of this movie at the box office is not too hard to understand. I know at least 7 people who saw it 5 or more times each, and have heard of others who have seen it more, but how anyone at the academy could have thought it deserved any NOMINATIONS other than perhaps Best effects is beyond me.