As much a Love story as it is a Disaster movie

Rating: 9/10 (5 February 2005)

Most Disaster Movies have a love story that plods along amidst the action, but Titanic isn't one of them. The love story between Rose and Jack is very deep and involving, and is simply great to watch. At times it even distracts from the story of Titanic, yes, it's that compelling.
The Good news for people who don't want the love story is this, the sinking of the Titanic is one of the best movies sequences in history, it truly does involve you in the horror of the disaster, and makes you realise how awful it must have been to have lived through it, or worse, to have failed to live through it.
Many scenes in the film are deeply touching, but one that is imprinted on my mind is where a mother is reading a bedtime story to her children in 3rd class while the Titanic is sinking, the only way she can help them is to let them die peacefully in their sleep.
The other wonderful thing about this movie, is the real life shots of Titanic at the bottom of the Ocean, the cinematographic is superb and it helps make it all more real.
Worthy of its awards 9/10