Titanic: The Story of the Beauty at the Bottom of the Ocean

Rating: 9/10 (12 October 2015)

The sinking of the RMS Titanic is still known to be one of the most resounding events to take place in generations past. The film Titanic is a romanticized version of the heartbreaking story of that "Unsinkable Ship." In this film we follow Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Rose DeWitt Bukater (Kate Winslet) as they fall in love with the ship, and each other. Their love is a Romeo and Juliet kind of story, with Jack being of the lower class and Rose being of high class from a wealthy family. Rose must make a choice to either listen to her mother and marry the man her mother chose for her, or to follow her heart and be with Jack. This movie keeps you intrigued and focused all the way till the end.
How Jack and Rose met was an odd story. Jack ended up winning tickets for both him and his friend, Fabrizio (Danny Nucci) for the Titanic in a "Lucky hand of poker." They both were of the lower class and were staying in the lowest floors. When they were out walking around on the deck, Jack looked up and saw Rose and it was love at first sight! He knew she had to be rich because she was on the higher deck. He knew he would have to find a way to talk to her.
One night Jack heard a scream and ran to see who it was, and it was Rose. She was hanging of the front of the ship. He ran to help her and the guards saw. This was the start of the love story of Titanic. Throughout the movie we see Jack and Rose grow closer and closer. Eventually Rose chooses Jack and lets her fiancé, Caledon 'Cal' Hockley (Billy Zane), know about their blooming love. They begin to get into a lot of trouble throughout the ship and out of nowhere the ship hits an iceberg. They then must decide what they are going to do to survive. We follow their decisions in the last moments of the ship and possibly their lives!
Titanic won numerous awards including an Oscar for Best Cinematography. Titanic has some of the most eye-catching and well done camera work of any movie I have seen. The scene with Jack and Fabrizio on the front of the ship looking out is such a stunning image. The sun is just beginning to set. This scene even makes us feel like we are "The king of the world!" We can really see how high up they are and that they are in the middle of the ocean. The camera then pans down to the ocean and we can see dolphins swimming next to the ship.
Titanic also won an Oscar for Best Picture, and rightfully so! The story is so original and unique, even though it is something so familiar to all of us. How the film makers mesh together all the scenes to make us feel like it is really happening right before our eyes is just spectacular! The colors are so vibrant and give you a feeling of warmth and closeness. The literary aspects of the movie have become the reason why so many of us watch and re-watch this film time and time again. The story line just keeps you wanting more. Rose and Jack's love story is something we all want to feel some time or another in our lives, but maybe not the whole sinking ship and cheating on your fiancé thing. Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio did an amazing job portraying their love for one another. You really are able to see it in their eyes. Overall Titanic is one of the most classic and fascinating films you are going to see. To this day, I still want more.