Titanic

Titanic

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets aboard the ship. Rose tells the whole story from Titanic's departure through to its death—on its first and last voyage—on April 15, 1912.

  • Released: 1997-11-18
  • Runtime: 194 minutes
  • Genre: Drama, Romance
  • Stars: Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher, Gloria Stuart, Bill Paxton, Bernard Hill, Victor Garber, Lewis Abernathy, Suzy Amis, Nicholas Cascone, Danny Nucci, Jason Barry, Lew Palter, Eric Braeden, Bernard Fox, Ioan Gruffudd, Jonny Phillips, Martin East, Gregory Cooke
  • Director: James Cameron
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  • shafeemahmood - 2 July 2024
    Sad, but good!
    I can see why Titanic has the recognition it gets. Very well-written! The dynamic between Jack and Rose is awesome! I love how it focuses on Rose's journey and her dynamic with Jack more than the details behind the sinking of the Titanic.

    At the same time, with some research, I do realize that the movie has a few flaws... the movie mentions the rudder of the ship is very small, but realistically, the iceberg was seen from 500 yards out before hitting the ship, so it is inaccurate to say that the rudder was small. Out of the few characters that were present on the Titanic in real life, their portrayals are inaccurate. For example, Bruce Ismay, owner of the company behind the Titanic Ship, is portrayed too aggressively a villain in the movie.

    Overall, it was an enjoyable watch!
  • owen-watts - 10 May 2024
    Drownton Abbey
    The big iron daddy of the semi-modern era of giganto-blockbusters. Titanic was a cultural phenomenon that I was alive to witness and absorbed a fair clutter of it just through breathing. What really shocked me about watching it in 2024 was how solid it actually is as a film and how much it still stands up technically. The entire sinkening is brutally paced and the scale of the sets is extraordinary but what the whole thing hangs on, the lost love of an old woman, genuinely is deftly done and makes it quite compelling despite the runtime. Fair play to it for that and it's certainly a great deal more compelling as a story than anything in Cameron's latter blue-bloato-megabusters. That being said, the music is extremely dated, our two leads say eachother's names more than any other thing and the whole endeavour is all a bit Julian Fellowes. Despite all this, it sincerely doesn't feel like the big iron daddy without reason.
  • ty_victor - 11 March 2024
    Best Movie of All Time
    How this movie is a 7.9 on IMDB rating and has not ranked in the top 5 within the IMDB Top 250 movies, is baffling. The story telling is perfect. The acting is incredible. The chemistry between Leo and Kate is amazing. The effects are mindblowing. The soundtrack is beautiful (shout out to Celine Dion). The level of Titanic research and detail done by James Cameron is unmatched. There is nothing about this movie that isn't perfection. It won every award it was nominated in the year it was released. There could never be another Titanic movie until the end of time, because nothing could ever come close to this one.
  • aveldaheaney - 2 January 2023
    10/10
    It's been several decades since I had the chance to watch James Cameron's masterful epic, and watching it again after all this time, I can honestly say that my feelings haven't changed: this is an exhilarating film from top to bottom, from the magnificent visuals and a love story that deserves its place among Hollywood's best.

    For starters, the entire cast is a knockout, with appearances by actors such as Bill Paxton, Kathy Bates, Maggie Smith, and Billy Zane, to name a few, but it's Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio's magnetic performances where Titanic truly shines.

    Despite being victim to countless parodies over the years, the spark between Rose and Jack remains every bit as powerful. There's also a surprising amount of humor - I especially loved the moments we see Rose abandon her "polite girl" status in order to help Jack, or when people begin breaking down gates or doors in order to navigate their way out of the ship.

    Director James Cameron truly hit a grand slam visually, and seeing that ship captured in such a beautiful and expansive light was every bit as exciting as I remember seeing in the theater. Now that I've aged a bit since then, watching the sinking of the ship made me realize why this is such a long movie - it takes time for the entire event to unfold, making the infamous tragedy all the more nerve-wracking. The entire final act is one of the most beautifully staged and thrilling sequences the movies have given us, with tension becoming higher and higher as the water slowly makes its way through the ship, and the panic and chaos among the passengers rising to terrifying heights.

    All in all, TITANIC certainly earned its place among cinema's finest moments. It's an exciting and emotional ride that hasn't lost its glow, and I'm beyond happy to have been able to watch this again, despite my own reservations.
  • kalebstjohn - 13 December 2022
    REVIEW
    Very cheesy the way the ship went down and how they're was a second floating door that Jack could have got on just kind of makes me mad, just unrealistic. Looks like the teletubbies but on a boat you could have launched a nuke at it and it would be better. Even for 1997 it could have been better. I don't think they had a 1911 in 1912. I think those were made in 1929. Tech needs to be in the right time, not just wherever you can fit it. The car was right though. I give it half though because how he turned into a popsicle was awesome. I don't like romances in general. I'm allergic to them. Not bad but not the best it could be worse the action scene was good still thing someone should have gotten killed that would have been interesting to see the others deal with that.
  • ynfvbfwmc - 27 October 2022
    Best movie ever
    I have watched this probably at LEAST 200 times. I know the dialogue like the back of my hand and I'm just obsessed. My friends and my husband get so tired of titanic and me blaring my heart will go on and belt it out like it's the first time I've heard it. They never watch it with me but I could literally watch it everyday twice a day. Leo was at his hottest and the fashion is so glorious and the dress rose wears during the sinking is so iconic and beautiful. It's beautiful dry it's beautiful wet it's just one of the best dresses ever. I always try to get it for Halloween but repros are soooo expensive.
  • jenniferwilson-17034 - 19 August 2022
    All time favourite...
    This movie is my all time favourite movie. Titanic is One of the best movie I have ever seen. At the end it was so heartwarming, all the characters were just amazing...