Triumph and Love of Titanic

Rating: 10/10 (5 April 2007)

When Titanic came out, I was only 5 years old. Of course, I didn't go to see it in theaters. As I got older, I was always hearing of Titanic and how it topped the box office and so on. But yet, never watched it. About 5 months ago I was flipping through the channels and saw Titanic was on. It was already in the last hour and a half where the ship was sinking, so I didn't really pay attention when I watched it (I was on the computer at the same time). The next day I turned it on when it was being re-ran, only to find it shortly in the same sinking scene.
About a month ago, I was looking through the TV guide and saw that it was going to be on TV. When it came on, I sat and watched it the entire thing. When it was on again the next day, I watched again, left awestruck. How incredibly glad I am that I finally did watch it. Watching Titanic for me isn't just to see a ship sink. It's a way to escape reality, and be taken back to 1912. Leonardo DiCaprio (Jack Dawson) and Kate Winslet (Rose DeWitt Bukater) have chemistry unlike anyone i've ever seen, no lie. Jack and Rose may just be "Star Crossed Lovers" to some. I however, see them as more. Watching Leo and Kate act makes me forget where I am, what i'm doing, and not notice anyone around me. They're the reason i'm drawn to the movie. They're the reason why Titanic is what it is today, 10 years later.
Rose is a 1st class girl being taken over to America to marry Cal Hockley. But, she is also upset with her life and wants to break free of feeling like a slave, and accomplish her own dreams. 3rd class Jack Dawson sketches people and wanders around on the streets, taking life as it comes at him. After Jack convinces Rose not to jump off the back of Titanic, they get closer and closer throughout the movie and fall in love. As you watch the 2 fall in love, it makes me want to jump in the screen, and actually be on Titanic despite it's fate. It makes me want to experience the chaos of a sinking ship or the touch of the icy water.
Titanic makes me reflect on how I want to live my life; Of how I want to travel, try new things, meet people like Jack Dawson, and love someone how he and Rose did, even if it is for a brief period of time. I have seen many great movies in my life, but Titanic fits into its own category unlike the others. Jack and Rose have earned a spot in my life and I honestly give so much emotion when I say Titanin is a truly amazing adventure of tragedy and love, but never worth missing.