Rises above mediocre script to create a very moving experience

Rating: Null/10 (4 August 1998)

Sure, the script was undistinguished. If it were not, this would be one of the true great movies of all time. As it is, the visual beauty of the movie, the wonderful score, the fine acting, and the very nature of the tragedy made this an unforgettable movie for me. Movies rarely can rise above a less than great script; the genius of Cameron is that in this case, he was able to do it. I am amazed that anyone could be so unemotional as to not cry as the end of this movie. While on my first viewing, I was indeed a little dismayed that this was not another "Night to Remeber", all this was forgotten on my second viewing as I got swept away by it all. And I can't imagine what other movie from the Best Picture nominees should have won over Titianic. Certinaly not the very overrated and dull LA Confidential, or the annoying and maudlin "Good Will Hunting", or the charming, but lightweight "Full Monty." Titanic got every award it deserved, and did not get the ones it didn't. 9 out of 10.