Stylish, complex, and mournful, this is one of those rare films that not only bears repeat viewings, but demands them. The intricate story of a ruling mob boss' right-hand man is a labyrinthine grift on the audience, filled with double crosses, backroom scheming, and rubouts both rhapsodically orchestrated and brutally nonchalant. It is only once the crackling dialogue and sumptuously threadbare surroundings settle into one's ears and eyes that the story's simple core loyalty, honor, and the hard pain and cold comfort of doing what's right becomes clear. Best Director Back to the Top 100 . Written and Directed by James Cameron.
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Recall the wonder of discovering, as Rose discovered, that life is to be lived, not by what society or family expects, but by what one feels within oneself. James Cameron's story took its time unfolding, sketching with broad strokes to help us identify with the characters and painting with fine details to help us love the doomed ship. The simple love story allowed for the many small losses and large themes of this tragedy to come through. Titanic was a truly monumental achievement in filmmaking. Epics aren t to everyone s taste.