The movie I will talk about in the next fifteen lines, is a film anyone, even the greatest film-hater, knows. This fantastic, romantic and legendary movie is named “Titanic”. Everybody has seen it and everybody will see it again because this movie is too great for not seeing it another time.
“Titanic is just another, simple love story. Just like any other romantic movie,” that’s the kind of the sentence I’ve heard the most about this fantastic film. I suppose you already know what I’m going to say about it, but if we leave that fact aside, I can say it’s not. But why, then, is this movie so likeable?
Well, first of all, it’s because of one of the greatest actors in the world: Leonardo DiCaprio, which is for me reason enough to watch and watch this movie (all over) again. You can like him, you can hate him, but you can’t say he isn’t a great actor. It’s because of the details, the little movements. Just eating a sandwich at the right moment, scratch somewhere at the right moment. He has won 28 awards for his movies, whereof two for Titanic.
As a second reason, it’s not that ordinary “I see you and I love you almost directly”-romantic movie. Not for Rose, in every case. You see how she hates him in the beginning, and admires him at the end.
Then, there’s of course our lovely mister Caledon Hockley, Rose’s fiancé. Everybody hated him when they saw the movie for the first time. And everybody still hates him, I guess. But I like him. Well, yeah, not really “like”, but I think he’s an interesting character. He’s the typical, rich, annoying husband we all hate. That’s why I like his character.
I already said something about Leonardo DiCaprio, but that’s not the only actor I like in the movie. Truly, what would Titanic be without Kate Winslet, Bernard Hill or Victor Garber? The only, and right answer is simple: nothing.
But at the end of the day, it’s still a love story. It’s something you like, or you don’t like. But however, you’d be a barbarian if you didn’t see this movie or will not this movie soon.
[ bericht aangepast op 23 jan 2014 - 19:58 ]
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