Once More Into Movie Legend

Rating: 10/10 (15 February 2001)

Yes, Titanic is a rather simple film in terms of storyline and character depth. It is cliched and predictable. But even with this, Titanic is simply one of the most entertaining and engrossing fairy tales of all time. It is truly one of Hollywood's greatest guilty pleasures. Those who negatively criticize it do so simply because the film is popular. A lot of wannabe movie experts tend to look down upon it because it is their sophomoric opinion that anything popular or mainstream is simply not as good as the less popular art house or independent films. As much as I love these small independent films, I still believe that Titanic has a special quality to it which gives it an almost magical essence. It's hard not to like this film, assuming you can put all your jaded and cynical views aside. A film like this comes along once every blue moon, and millions of movie goers around the world did well to make it into one of the most popular films of all time.