This is Hollywood at it's top

Rating: 8/10 (17 May 2000)

I'm not really sure why so many people hated this movie, but I've got a few theories:
1. Leonardo DiCaprio (I can agree, but he wasn't that bad)
2. Jealousy against Leonardo DiCapro (Guys, c'mon, admit it)
3. It was a drama (some teenager probably hated it just because it was a lovestory, I know a few)
4. They don't want to get swallowed by the hype
5. They're against Hollywood
6. They can't stand too long movies
Or maybe it's the classic one: They hate it, just because everybody else did it.
Well, here's my comment (and I am a guy, and I'm not fag):
Finally a big bang here from Hollywood. A 3 hour epic with remarkable special effects. Another example is BEN-HUR, hey same amount of Oscars!!
Well now. I first saw this movie, when it came and I was amazed! I mean, wow! It was entertaining, thrilling and even though you knew the plot and storyline (the ship will sink, hope THATS not a spoiler) you were kept at your seat, because you didn't want to miss a thing, and you just had to find out what was going to happen. And what about this crankiness against the script. It is a classic setup. Three acts (the story actually stops at about every hour so I'm not that out of here) , the beginning with the proud ship and the glorious ''first class' and some character-presentations, the middle where the ship hits the ice and the worrying starts while some characters gets developed, and the final act wich is an hour of thrilling action and glorious special effects! I have NEVER IN MY LIFE witness such a simple but so genius storyline! And I can't understand those who wasn't impressed.
OK, the acting might not be as great as it maybe should. DiCaprio is the obvious choose to get money, but he's not the right kid, and the worst part is HE FIT'S IN (might sound a bit strange). Winslet was good, but BILLY ZANE was the best! I just loved that character. I ''almost'' laughed in every scene in he was in. James Cameron here shows that he can make any genre (but the action is his top), and of course Bill Paxton hangs along too.
This might not be THE BEST movie ever made, but it is definitively one of my semi-finalists! 9/10