Actually it got better for me

Back in 1997, do I remember that year: Clinton bans cloning research,the unfortunate death of Princess Diana, the Marlins won the worldseries and a woman gave birth to septuplets. This was also the big yearin the release of Titanic, one of the biggest films of all time: a taleabout the ship of dreams, about a boy and a girl who fall in love butare torn apart by their social class and at the height of theiremotional commitment the ship meets with disaster. I don't thinkanybody could have expected Titanic to be as HUGE as it was, the moviewas bigger than life and had millions of fans, 85% of them beingteenage girls, I was 12 years old at the time, and of course saw themovie multiple times. It was the film that made me believe that thelove that Jack and Rose shared was so real and beautiful. At the time Ifelt that Titanic could do no wrong, of course I grew up and didn'twatch the film since I was 14, a couple years ago I saw the film on DVDfor 5.99 and figured that it was a good price and to see what I thoughtabout the movie now. Was it worth the hype? Was it really the bestmovie of all time? Was that Leonardo's real nose? OK, I know that'ssilly to say, but I did re-watch the film. Being completely honesthere, Titanic is a great movie, best movie of all time, no, justdepends on your idea of a good movie, but Titanic delivered in romance,humor, disaster, emotions and never let us go on this maiden voyage.

The film starts with Brock Lovett and his team exploring the wreck ofthe RMS Titanic, searching for a necklace set with a valuable bluediamond called the Heart of the Ocean. Unsuccessful, they insteaddiscover a drawing of a young woman reclining nude, wearing the Heartof the Ocean, dated the day the Titanic sank. 101-year-old Rose DawsonCalvert learns of the drawing, and contacts Lovett to inform him she isthe woman in the drawing. She and her granddaughter Elizabeth "Lizzy"Calvert visit Lovett and his skeptical team on his salvage ship. Whenasked if she knew the whereabouts of the necklace, Rose Calvert recallsher memories aboard the Titanic, revealing for the first time that shewas Rose DeWitt Bukater. In 1912, the upper-class 17-year-old Roseboards the ship with her fiancé, Cal Hockley and her mother, RuthDeWitt Bukater, both of whom stress the importance of Rose's engagementto Cal since the marriage will mean the eradication of theDewitt-Bukater debts: while they have the outward appearance of theupper-class, Rose and her mother are financially broke. Distraught andfrustrated by her engagement to the controlling Cal and the pressureher mother is putting on her to go through with the marriage, Roseattempts suicide by jumping from the stern. Before she leaps, a drifterand artist named Jack Dawson intervenes. Jack and Rose strike up atentative friendship as she thanks him for saving her life, and heshares stories of his adventures traveling and sketching; their bonddeepens when they leave a stuffy first-class formal dinner of therapport-building wealthy for a much livelier gathering of Irish dance,music and beer in third-class. But after Cal's servant informs him ofRose's whereabouts', Rose is forbidden from seeing Jack again. However,after witnessing a woman encouraging her seven-year-old daughter tobehave like a "proper lady" at tea, Rose defies him and her mother,asking Jack to sketch her nude and wearing only the Heart of the Ocean,an engagement present from Cal. After a beautiful moment together inthe very first backseat fun time, they go to the deck of the ship.

They then witness the ship's fatal collision with an iceberg. Afteroverhearing the ship's lookouts discussing how serious the collisionis, Rose tells Jack they should warn her mother and Cal. Meanwhile, Caldiscovers Rose's nude drawing and her taunting note in his safe, so heframes Jack for stealing the Heart of the Ocean by having Lovejoy plantit in Jack's pocket. Upon learning Cal intends to leave Jack to diebelow deck, Rose runs away from him and her mother to rescue him. Jackand Rose return to the top deck. Cal and Jack, though enemies, bothwant Rose safe, so they persuade her to board a lifeboat. But afterrealizing that she cannot leave Jack, Rose jumps back on the ship andreunites with Jack in the ship's first class staircase. Jack and Rosereturn to the top deck, the lifeboats have gone, and the ship finallygoes down into the freezing Atlantic taking Jack and Rose down.

So does Titanic live up to it's hype? I still say that this is a greatmovie to watch, I think that there were and still are quite a fewhaters that for some reason just want to trash the movie because it hadwon a ton of awards and everyone was in love with the movie. But it hasgreat acting, amazing effects, a well-written story and still looksflawless. Love it or hate it, you have to admit this movie didn't get alot of hype just because of Leo's baby face or Kate's amazing abilityto cry on sight, this film is something special. It will always hold aspecial place in my heart, it has too seeing that I saw this film 8times in the theater when it was released. But all that aside, I dorecommend this movie, it's a great one and sure to go down in theclassics one day.