“You know, I do believe this ship may sink.”
March 16, 2010Titanic
For some reason (teenage hype being my guess) people shy away from this film. It’s a shame too. This is a great movie. Sure, it’s got a few bad lines and it’s really really long but it never drags before moving on with what is a pretty great story. Sure, you know what’s going to happen to the ship but you don’t know what’s going to happen to the characters who you’ve spent nearly 2 hours with leading up to that point. Honestly, every time I see this film it breaks my heart to witness the fate of Jack and Rose. I know that sounds sappy, and very few stories as simple as this one work for me, but Titanic works on many levels.
It’s visually stunning even if it is less so 13 years later when we’ve seen it done so much better. James Horner‘s score is perfect and be honest, who didn’t buy it and listen to it over and over? If not great acting, there are at least great actors like Kate and Leo delivering the often par for the course dialogue. If you saw Avatar, you know writing is not James Cameron‘s best gifts. But it’s adequate enough to bring you into the story and never gets in the way. Titanic is by no mean a perfect film but, like the name itself, it is grand, luxurious and just really fun.
So if it’s been a while or if by some odd reasoning (ahem, Amy) you’ve never seen one of the most successful movies of all time, winner of 11 Academy Awards, you might be surprised at how good it really is.
um, i think its jack and rose, not jake.
fixed.