Titanic Review by Thom (4.5 Stars)

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Directed By
James Cameron

Written By:
James Cameron

Cast:
Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher, Gloria Stuart, Jonathan Hyde, Danny Nucci, David Warner, Bill Paxton, Bernard Hill, Victor Garber, Suzy Amis, Bernard Fox, Jenette Goldstein, Seth Adkins

Titanic (1997)

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Movie Review by Thom
September 1st, 2007

Boat Sinks, Movie Floats

Titanic, like the ship of same name that lies at the bottom of the Atlantic, is near perfect in design and execution, only this Titanic wasn't brought down when it started to take on water prior to its release. Instead Cameron righted the ship and sailed on to great success, lots of money, and Academy gold. The highest grossing film of all time by a wide margin, Titanic and its talented creator Jim Cameron were and will forever be a victim of their own success.

Somebody victimize me like that.

The story of Titanic was put together in much the same way as HBO series Rome and Deadwood. That is, Cameron took a historical event and the known facts and wrapped them around a fictional tale, making sure to tour all the different areas of the doomed ship. Thus Titanic features the love story of Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Rose (Kate Winslet), but we also meet historical figures Molly Brown (Kathy Bates), Captain Smith (Bernard Hill), Thomas Andrews (Victor Garber), and Bruce Ismay (Jonathan Hyde) among others; for those that had been fascinated with the disaster from first hearing of it (past tense, of course) the journey and tour is a real treat.

A film that is really bigger than itself, Titanic struck a nerve, caught the right buzz, and seemed to be helped as opposed to hurt by its excessively long incubation period as rumors flew about how the project was behind schedule and over budget. And oh how those teens swooned for Leo and his "king of the world".

If nothing else, watching the ship sink is a fascinating horror. The film illustrates with several well-placed shots the insignificance of man in the face of nature, and has an almost ethereal quality at times when it fades between the past and the present.

People fight it, and though nothing is worthy of $2 billion, Titanic was a great feat of filmmaking and deserved success.

I just can't believe the b*tch threw the diamond in the ocean.

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