TITANIC (1997)

Costing a whopping 200 million dollars, it was the most expensive film made at that time. But it was also the first film that broke through the one billion dollar box office earnings barrier.

Surely it is not necessary to relate the whole story of the now all too well known plot except for mentioning that it is partially based on facts but mostly fictional. A young aristocrat, Rose (Kate Winslet), falls for the young rogue artist from the wrong side of the tracks, Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio) on the maiden voyage of the ill-fated, thought to be unsinkable ultra luxury liner during 1912. The rest, as they say, is history.

This movie was nominated for fourteen Oscars of which it won eleven. These were for best:

1. Picture
2. Director (James Cameron)
3. Cinematography
4. Art Direction - Set Decoration
5. Costume Design
6. Sound
7. Film Editing
8. Effects, Sound Effects Editing
9. Effects, Visual Effects
10. Music, Original Song (My Heart Will Go On by Celine Dion)
11. Music, Dramatic Score

Despite all the hype back then, I was not overly impressed with this movie. Technically it was a masterpiece but for the rest it was a rather ordinary love story. Still I thought it should deserve at least 3 out of 5 stars.

Trailer link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e-eXJ6HgkQ

 The real Titanic...