Titanic (1997) Rating: 3.0 stars (out of 4.0) ******************************** Key to rating system: 2.0 stars Debatable 2.5 stars Some people may like it 3.0 stars I liked it 3.5 stars I am biased in favor of the movie 4.0 stars I felt the movie's impact personally or it stood out ********************************* A Movie Review by David Sunga
Directed by: James Cameron
Written by: James Cameron
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Gloria Stuart, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates
Ingredients: Large sinking ship, two lovers from different economic backgrounds
Synopsis: In this film, which is part romance and part disaster movie, an old lady remembers, through flashbacks, how she found true love and tragedy while aboard a luxurious ocean liner that unfortunately struck an iceberg and sank over eighty years ago in 1912. TITANIC begins with an exploration submarine recovering a piece of paper from the sunken wreck of an old ocean liner. The paper turns out to be a sketch of a woman, and soon enough, an old woman named Rose shows up, claiming the sketch is a picture of her in her youth. She then reveals her story: as a young woman Rose is originally aboard the ship Titanic as the fiancee of an arrogant rich man named Cal (Billy Zane). But she doesn't love the guy; she's being forced by her mother to marry Cal for economic reasons. While aboard the ocean liner, Rose meets a penniless artist named Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio) and truly falls in love. Their romance, however, is cut short when the ocean liner begins to sink into icy water after striking an iceberg. The lovers must be ready to make the ultimate sacrifice for each other.
Opinion: TITANIC is similar to a Disney cartoon. You know the drill: a spunky lovely heroine must choose between two men. The odds-on favorite is a jerk, while the underdog has a heart of gold. The only difference is that TITANIC is a little more tragic, and there's no singing. And instead of using cartoon effects, it spends 200 million dollars on special effects. All in all TITANIC is a good romance with superior, believable effects for the most part. The acting is solid and dependable as well.
Reviewed by David Sunga December 27, 1997
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