Titanic

What can I say about Titanic. It is is the ultimate love story, the basis for all romance. It is beautiful and heartbreaking all at the same time. The saddest part is thinking about all those people in real life who lost their lives that day.

It's a good romantic movie. It's an even better disaster movie. Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet are just perfect together. My Heart will go on is a great song too and I still get chills from it.

Although Titanic is seen to be the biggest cliche, and there's a nonsense stigma around that you're not a 'true' movie lover if you call Titanic you're favourite film, here's my take on it...
This film was waaay before it's time, the visuals, the directing, the casting, the production.. All of it is immensely professional and well thought out for the era it was filmed in, heck, you struggle to find something that flows so well, 20 years later. I don't know another 3 and a half hour movie that joins together, is constantly surpising and dramatic yet hopeful in the way that Titanic is.
Need I mention how amazing Leonardo and Kate are? Still some of the best acting I have seen to date.
It's unfair to just see this film as 'Titanic' something that everybody knows... This film is a masterpiece. The attention to small detail, the character development, the fiction within non-fiction, the way it takes over your emotions and pulls on your heartstrings, leaving you broken yet hopeful.
I truly appreciate this film for everything it is and cannot fault it. Although I must say (THERE WAS ROOM FOR TWO!!!)

To this date still an absolute masterpiece of a film. The visuals, the casting, the story, the music, everything fits together perfectly. And you never would have thought you just watched a three hour film. That‘s how good it is.

Watching this amazing movie on the 21st anniversary of the release,I remember being at the midnight screening at the opening in Sydney of this amazing movie,and 21 years later it's as good as seeing it for the first time,James Cameron did an amazing job with this movie,one of my all time favourite movies....

I finally get what all the fuss was about.

I got to see it in theaters (in 3D, but it's not like that matters these days), and it was an awesome experience in every sense of the word. For starters, I had no idea the entire movie was framed around a semi-fictional deep-dive to the remains of the Titanic, and the movie proper didn't start until around 15-20 minutes in.

I can hardly remember the last time I felt like this while watching a movie: a thousand thoughts about the technical craft flew through my mind, yet I was totally engrossed in the story. And what a story it is. I had a lovely short conversation with an older couple as we were leaving the theater. The woman called it a classic and one of the greatest love stories, and that I should bring my girlfriend next time instead of seeing it alone. It almost feels like a Disney love story when you step back. A wealthy girl falls in love with a poor but bright boy over the course of one day. Big Aladdin vibes. But with the impending tragedy looming, the simple love story works in the movie's favour. In fact, its forthcoming doom hangs over every part of the movie. Every passenger the camera moved over, every child, could be doomed to die in the end. I was so immersed, my brain chose not to see it as fiction, and it terrified me. The entire third act of the movie where the ship sinks had me so tense watching people move from confusion to denial, and denial to panic, and panic to chaos. It terrified me, and shook me to my core.

Even so, this movie has some excellent moments of levity. The dialogue is so well-written and performed with such excellence. Every member of the cast absolutely killed it. From Billy Zane's caricature of a posh man to the more intimate performances of DiCaprio and Winslet, and even the extras, they all did an amazing job. Also, it would be a crime not to even briefly mention that this movie not only has the best pacing I've seen in a 3+ hour long movie, but some of the best pacing I've ever seen in a movie, period.

And to cap it all off, My Heart Will Go On was the perfect song to play over the credits as I collected my thoughts after that wonderful, thrilling, magical movie. Absolutely fantastic, it is.

This is one of my all time favourite films.

It always makes me laugh and cry through every single viewing over the years, and I have seen this a million times and it never gets old!

It's so realistic and heartbreaking. I recommend everyone see this, no matter what kind of film you enjoy, you will enjoy this!

10/10.

Very few films in cinema history have managed to bring together, with this much force, such technical mastery, genuine emotional weight, and a powerful sense of historical memory the way “Titanic” does. James Cameron, a filmmaker known for his obsession with precision and ambition, doesn’t just deliver a grand-scale epic—he builds a cinematic experience that, without a doubt, stands the test of time. There’s a rare balance here between the sheer size of the production and the intimacy of the story, like the machinery of destruction is working in service of human emotion. Even after countless rewatchings on my end, “Titanic” still moves me deeply, because at its core, it pulses with humanity. This is a film that, while reenacting one of the most tragic disasters of the 20th century, chooses to focus on the small, personal stories within the giant—and maybe that’s exactly where its greatness lies.

Narratively, the structure is clever in how it shifts between two time periods. The present-day storyline, following Brock Lovett’s (Bill Paxton) expedition to find the “Heart of the Ocean,” is more than just an excuse to show real underwater footage of the wreck—it grounds the viewer in the reality of the event, adding weight to everything we’re about to relive. The older version of Rose (Gloria Stuart) isn’t just a narrator—she’s a living witness to both the tragedy and the beauty that unfolded aboard the ship, a gentle bridge between past and present. The way Cameron transitions into the Titanic of 1912, with the camera slowly gliding through its glowing halls while the music quietly swells, feels almost sacred. It’s not just a set—it’s introduced like a temple of modernity, a monument to human pride that’s about to become a tomb.

The love story between Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Rose (Kate Winslet), while rooted in a familiar trope—the romance between people from opposite classes in the middle of chaos—manages to break free from cliché because of how sincerely it’s told. Cameron never forces their connection; he lets it grow in the small things—in glances, in quick conversations where two completely different worlds start to overlap. The dinner in first class, followed by the wild dancing in third, shows this contrast with rare visual lyricism. The chemistry between DiCaprio and Winslet is so effortless you almost forget it’s fiction. Jack stands for spontaneity, freedom, life in motion. Rose carries the weight of expectations and appearances. They’re doomed by history, but before that, they find each other—and it’s that moment of truth, that fleeting glimpse of something real amidst all the collapse, that makes their love story unforgettable.

But “Titanic” isn’t just a romance. It’s also a sharp commentary on social inequality and the arrogance of modernity. Cameron contrasts the luxury of first class with the barebones life of third in striking visual terms that say it all. Once the ship starts to go down, that contrast becomes a scream. Locked doors, priorities based on money, lives dismissed without a second thought. The film shows—without preaching—the brutal logic of a system where the most vulnerable always pay the highest price. The Titanic, a symbol of technological supremacy and imperial pride, becomes a stage for a brutal selection that had nothing to do with fate: it was all man-made, the product of convenience and ego.

The sinking sequence is an absolute masterclass in filmmaking. Cameron captures the ship’s downfall with a kind of symphonic build-up, switching between moments of pure chaos and devastating stillness. The part where the ship breaks in half is physically horrifying—the absurd vertical tilt of the hull, the screams, the bodies falling like shadows swallowed by steel—it all creates a sense of helplessness that goes way beyond the screen. And then comes the silence. That freezing ocean, scattered with debris and far-off cries, might just be one of the most haunting images in movie history. Cameron doesn’t sugarcoat the suffering—he lays it bare. And what makes it all even harder to watch is knowing it really happened.

From a technical perspective, “Titanic” is still unmatched. The use of scale models, the meticulous re-creation of the ship’s interiors, the seamless blending of practical effects with CGI—it all makes for a totally immersive experience. The production design, obsessed with detail, brings the Belle Époque to life with almost fetishistic accuracy, while James Horner’s score amplifies the emotions without ever feeling pushy. “My Heart Will Go On” may have been overplayed to death, but within the context of the film, it’s absolutely earned—and honestly, kind of inevitable. The editing, sharp and well-paced, manages to keep a three-hour epic moving without ever losing its emotional thread. Every scene matters—whether it’s deepening Jack and Rose’s connection or expanding the scope of the historical tragedy.

But what makes “Titanic” truly unforgettable is something no special effect can replicate: its reverence for memory. There’s a deep respect here—for the lives lost, the dreams sunk, the stories cut short. Ending the film with the symbolic reunion of Jack and Rose in the grand hall of the ship is a bold and poetic choice. It’s not some escapist fantasy—it’s a visual elegy. A way of saying that, even in death, something endures. It’s like cinema itself becomes a tribute, offering a kind of eternity to those lives swallowed by the Atlantic.

“Titanic” is, yes, a massive production. But it’s also—maybe more importantly—a film about grief and love, about social critique and tragic beauty. Its impact goes beyond time because it doesn’t just tell us what happened—it makes us feel the weight of what was lost. By merging the precision of cinematic engineering with the tenderness of human emotion, James Cameron didn’t just make a classic—he made something eternal.

I still remember how skeptical I was when I went into the cinema back in 1998. I mean, you already knew what will happen, what story is there to tell, right ? Boy was I wrong.

Because I also remember how absolutely amazed I was, how the movie took me in, how I experienced the sinking of the ship, how I cried and how I still sat in my chair long after the credits were over.

And even after 25 years the movie still gets to me, invoking all the emotions I had the first time. It's a masterpiece in every regard. Eleven Oscars, but none for the actors. Which I still think is wrong. Even with all the technical stuff deservedly getting an award, you don't have a movie without the actors. They are the ones bringing in the emotion through their performances.

Technically this still stands it's grounds. Sure you see the CGI is dated but it's still very good. Even in HD which brings in so much more details of the sets and costumes.

It's a movie I can watch every couple of years and never feel bored.

I just watched the remastered version in IMAX 3D and HOLY SHIP it was good. It's like experiencing the movie for the very first time again.
Upscaling is amazing, picture quality is crisp, even on a gigantic IMAX-screen, 3D is not too overwhelming, just adds some nice depth, and the sound with Dolby Atmos.. just wow!

**If you get a chance to see this on a proper screen and are thinking to yourself "but I've already seen it a hundred times" - No, you have not. You have never seen this movie like this, period.**