I Saw It 22 Times

Rating: 8/10 (1 September 2005)

Yes, I actually saw this film 22 times on the big screen and many times on VHS/DVD. People like to joke that I can lip sync most of the script and they are probably right on that score.
Most of the real beauty of the film lies in its accurate sets--Cameron's TITANIC is the most accurate TITANIC movie to date, it looks as if you are on the ship herself. The "Take her to sea, Mr. Murdoch" sequence is absolutely breathtaking--seeing those engines start to turn faster and faster and faster, and the sound track with made it sound as if they were saying "full-ahead! Full-ahead! Full-ahead!" was mind-blowing I didn't think the love story all that plausible--not with the strict class segregation of the age. Jack would have been able to attend church service on Sunday (in fact it was a ritual for people from Second and Third Class to attend the service and was called "going up the ship"). I do not believe, however that he would have ended up at a First Class Table, and especially not one where JBruce Ismay was dining.
My main demerits to this movie would be in reference to the actors and script sounding way too 90s. "So what are you, an artist or something?" Dunno. Doesn't sound all that 1912 to me. But if you can get past the love story and the attempt to make characters living in 1912 sounds as if it was 1997, then I think you will enjoy Cameron's TITANIC.