A truly great film: the box-office is the proof

Rating: 9/10 (15 January 2003)

Go and look at the worldwide gross top movies of all time. There is a reason why Titanic has nearly double the takings of the other movies. It isn't SFX, it isn't Leo: there are other movies with Leo and other movies with SFX. For years until 1997, any movie taking the box office all-time crown pushed out a little bit. Titanic blasted the other movies apart. The reason Titanic is no 1 is because it is a great film. Of course it has flaws, like any other movie, but when you take $1.8 billion you must have got almost everything right.
Everyone thought that Harry Potter would knock Titanic off no 1. It didn't even get close. HP had a huge established following and great special effects... but the film was rubbish. It will take a truly great film with mass appeal and visually beautiful to ever dethrone Titanic: either that, or wait until inflation does the job.
So go and put your Leo-jealousy away (after all, his career has hardly been that good since Titanic: only Catch me if you Can has had been any good)and watch this film again. You will enjoy it and realise that it is a great movie.