It's The King of The World

Rating: 10/10 (15 May 2005)

This movie is the king of the world, and it is, it really is. People who bash this movie have no idea what they're doing. To start, yes there are a **FEW** bad parts, but even few may be a harsh word. In some parts, my attentions wanders, when the dialogue falls flat, but besides that...
This movie deserves 12 stars out of 10. James Cameron is one of the best directors in the entire world. For doing Ghost of The Abyss, T 1 & 2, and many many more, New Line decided to give Cameron the budget of dreams. $200 million?! I mean, what is that? That's more then a lot of movies make for gross in North America! The effects in the movie are more then great. They're epic. When someones says the effects are bad, you want to slap them. You cannot get any more real then building the actual ship almost full size. One of the most haunting images of the movie is when the ship is about to break, and it's stern is right up in the air, and then the lights go out... the screams start.. and you here the groans. That gives me the chills just thinking about it.
The music! The scoring in this movie is absolutely perfect. Before I get to The Song, I will say it's is very smart to have all classical music in this movie. The part at the end where the band plays, and the slow-mo starts, like the couple lying in bed, and the woman reading to her children. I cry every time. Celine Dion's song, My Heart Will Go On is a terrific song. Oh sure, you may bash it now, but you weren't doing that when we first heard it over 6 years ago. One major factor of why Titanic grossed over 1.8 billion worldwide is because of the song. Did y'all know the song was played around the world... 500 BILLION times? Yeah, so you can't exactly call it a terrible song can you? Acting. The talent that is very very tough to find these days. Choosing people like Kate Winslet and DiCaprio was probably extremely smart. They're wonderful in this movie. And yes, Kate's odd, and albeit fake accent may sound well, FAKE.. but that doesn't matter.
Rarely has a 3 hour movie seen so short. It doesn't just sail, it steams ahead at 40 knots, with all the boilers lit, and with no iceberg in the way. I love this movie, and always will.