Titanic
Rating = B+
It held my attention from beginning
to end. The special effects look real and are used to illustrate
the disaster and not just for spectacle. A plausible love story
provides an excuse for why we are watching the disaster story.
However, I didn't really care about these characters. The
snobbery of the upper class is so unreasonable (albeit probably
realistic) that it just seems stupid. The young lovers are not
mature and complex enough to be particularly interesting. Many of
the scenes could have been edited to be shorter with more powerful
effect.
[1998-01-01]