Love it or hate it, it's a story that will stick with you for a long time.

Rating: 5/10 (31 July 2005)

Titanic is one of those films that you have to see. It's one of those films that can reduce almost anybody to tears, if not for one storyline then for the other.
Unless you've had your head in the sand ever since this film was released then you'll know the two stories this film revolves around. The first is the obvious one, the true story of the 'unsinkable ship'. The tragic tale of an unimaginable catastrophe. The second is the fictional love story, the collision of lives that could only have happened aboard the ship.
The love story starts off pretty simple, the classic example of a romantic film plot. Boy meets girl and they fall in love, love is forbidden but they fight for their love and this is normally where they'd all live happily ever after. Now that's where the first storyline confuses things because as well all know on this ship, most of the passengers didn't survive the journey.
Like I said this is a film that can reduce almost anybody to tears. Whether the reason is the tragic reality of the disaster that was the Titanic or the love story that touched the world.
Leonardo DiCaprio is perfect for the role of Jack Dawson, likewise Kate Winslet, Rose and Gloria Stuart tells the story beautifully as the future Rose.
The film itself is very poorly made by today's standards, especially considering it cost more to make than the original ship did. The computer graphics are spectacularly bad, but all that seems insignificant.
This film is a big deal and you can never fully join in film discussions until you've seen it. Love it or hate it, it's a story that will stick with you for a long time.
The unfortunate thing is that now, think of the Titanic and you think of the tragic love story, you think of Jack and Rose. Nobody ever thinks of the tragedy that was the 'ship of dreams'.