Awesome!

Rating: 10/10 (23 November 2007)

'Titanic' is a movie which I first saw when i was about 9 years old. I was totally blown away by this astounding epic! The movie starts in the present day, with a treasure hunter named Brock Lovett (Bill Paxton), whom is searching for a priceless diamond artifact aboard the wreck of the Titanic. Failing to find it, he is contacted by a 100 year old woman named Rose Calvert (Best Supporting Actress-Nominee Gloria Stuart), who claims to be the woman sketched in a book that Lovett found aboard the Titanic. Rose makes her way out to the salvage ship, and proceeds to tell Lovett and his crew her story of when she sailed on the supposedly 'Unsinkable' ship.
The movie then jumps back to April 10th 1912, in Southampton where the Titanic is ready to set sail on its maiden voyage to New York. The younger Rose, named, at the time, Rose Dewitt Bukater (Best Actress-Nominee Kate Winslet), is travelling with her domineering mother and her tycoon fiancé Caledon Hockley, whom Rose's mother is determined to see her marry, for his extreme wealth. Rose doesn't love cal, and she attempts to commit suicide by throwing herself off the back of the ship. However she is rescued by steerage passenger Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio). They quickly fall in love and soon she decides she'd rather be with Jack than Cal. However, their love is to be short-lived. At 1hr 36 minutes into the film, it reaches a pivotal moment, when the ship strikes an iceberg in the freezing cold Atlantic ocean. From this point onwards, the ship moves from the love story, into a dramatic, thrilling race for survival!
The visual effects of the ship sinking are spectacular! Although most of the shots are of the real life-size set built for the film. The scene where the ship breaks in two, is one of my favourite scenes, as the effects are brilliant!
The film was directed by one of my favourite Hollywood directors, James Cameron, creator and Director of 'The Terminator'(1984) and its hugely successful sequel 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'(1991). His direction on this film is sheer brilliance. He delivers a brilliant insight into how upper class lived in the early 1900s, and he shatters it all with brilliant heart-pounding suspense and drama!
The film was hugely successful, winning a staggering eleven Oscars, making it only the second film in history to do so, after Ben Hur (1959) James Cameron won the well deserved 'Best Director' Oscar and the most prestigious 'Best Picture' Oscar. The film also won Best Costume Design, Cinematography, Editing, Art Direction, Sound, Sound Effects, Sound Effects Editing and Visual Effects.
To date, almost a decade on, 'Titanic' still stands as the highest grossing film of all time, with just over $1 Billion.
I would definitely recommend this film, especially now as it will soon be celebrating its 10th anniversary. It is a lengthy film, running at exactly 3 hours. However, it is well worth it! A fantastic Epic Film!!
A well deserved 10/10.