Don't give away the surprise ending!

Rating: Null/10 (21 April 1999)

This is a movie that unfortunately had a lot of potential, but never lived up to it. There were some wonderful aspects of it (i.e. costumes [when the actors were WEARING costumes], the ship, Kathy Bates and the man who played Mr. Andrews) but on the whole, this was a very disappointing movie. The acting was bad, the script atrocious, and the music annoyingly repetative. There were a total of two musical themes in a movie over three hours long. To make matters worse, most of it was synthesized and the musical themes were never developed.
The movie did have its moments, though. These moments did not involve the two main lust interests, however. The most beautiful moments (and the ones that made me cry) were when the mother was reading to her children and when the band (bless the band!) decided to stay behind and play music so that perhaps it might make things easier for the passengers. "Gentlemen, it has been an honor playing with you tonight." That was truly moving.
I'm utterly embarrassed that this movie was so successful. It will never really be remembered and honored in history as Gone With the Wind, Star Wars, To Kill a Mockingbird, etc. It is just a trendy movie full of irritating one-liners and cliche characters. Bad form.