December 19th 1997.
Dolll's Review of Titanic:
(note, this isn't JUST a review...its a review along with personal experiences...)
After counting down titanic for 37 hours, and annoying every person i was in contact with..the time was near. An hour and a half before the movie started, my friends and i arrived at MANN's Chinese theater, where the Titanic Premire was held last week. I pick up the tickets, which had been purchased almost a week ago...and re-enacted the entire premire to myself. We walk around and look at the footprints (funny, i live in LA, but have never seen them..) and wait to go in. I keep thinking silly thought's like.."Leo walked here less than a week ago!" and "He saw the same movie in the same theater!..he saw the SAME reel of flim.." Finally, it was time to go in. We grab our seats, and i sit on the Aisle, in hopes that i have selected the same seat that Leo took less than a week ago. heh. After hyper-ly running around the theater..it was almost time. The movie comes on, no previews...and then it quits..and starts back up just saying "Titanic". So i think we missed the credits, which was rather disturbing..and..i went on this..fantastic voyage...This movie was just. Fantastic. Leo aside. The movie in itself was amazing. The humor, the passion, the anticipation, the pain. Wow. The actual footage of the Titanic gave me chill's...the acting was amazing. Billy Zane's pretty cute ;). Forty five minutes into the movie i recall leaning over to nicky and whispering "I cant believe im seeing this movie. it seems so unreal. I still feel like im watching a preview.." I couldn't believe after all the waiting, and all the anticipation, that i was seeing it. Actually seeing it. Hm. I thought Kate's performance was ...really really well acted. The movie REALLY drew you in..and you REALLY didn't want the ship to sink. You really wanted kate to leave the fake world and be herself, with Leo ofcourse. Although, i did get to dislike kate, just for her moves on Leo. I repeatedly called her a Hussy. Don't know why ;). Anyhow..I just can't describe it. So many adorable moments. As Jack teaches Rose to spit, and the entire dancing scene in the Steerage section. It made me smile. I was drawn into their lives, and i was happy for them. I dunno. And as Leo drew the hussy, i mean kate, that was such a powerful scene. Oh, and tell me leo wasn't adorable when they did the close up on his eyes as he drew..so passionatley. Woo! The love making scene between Kate and Leo was..um..extremely. Hm. Good. It was done really really well. Hussy.
Yes i am an open critic, there were aspects of the movie that i DIDNT like. I thought that a lot of the effects..well you could tell they were effects. When Kate was going to jump off the ship..that just looked plain bad. And when they showed the ship sailing on the water, that was also pretty fake looking. And the closure, the ending..where Kate walks up to Leo staring at the clock , maybe i didn';t understand that part, but it was very..."ner-ish".
Anyhow...back on to the raving...
Then once the ship hits the iceburg, you are completley caprutred by the movie (as if you weren't already..). The adrenaline i felt during the last hour and a half as the ship begins to sink. The panic in the extra's eyes..the whole mood it creates. As The people show their different way's of coping with the terrible disaster. And the intensity of Leo and Kate making their way through the passages, trying to fight the over powering ocean water. One of the most intense part of the movie was when the Titanic took its final plunge into the water. Wow. Oh wow. The movie is just sorrow stricken. And, ACK! even though i knew the ending, i really felt that once the ship had sunk there was hope dammit. I really didn't like that whole feezing part. And as Leo makes Kate promise all those promises's to him..as cheesy as it sounds..i felt my heart being RIPPED out of my chest..i couldn't breath..i was sobbing...i was naseous with greif. I know it sounds really over dramatized. But this movie just had an amazing effect on me. The sobbs would subside..but as she let go of his hand...and then later when they showed all the pictures of her doing all the things they said they would (cries.) and it shows her on a horse in front of the Santa Monica Pier. WAHHHHHHHHHHHH. I didn't know writing a review would be so difficult. But i just can't put this movie into words. It was too powerful. It was...orgasmic. I was totally spent afterwards. It was..wow. This movie is totally draining. Everyone ive talked to says that it just pulls you in and drains you, and you're crying even ten minutes after the movie. I don't think you could understand unless you see it yourself. Promise me you'll go see it? again and again?
The second it was over, my friend david turned to me and said.."So when are we seeing it again?". Wow. I'll never forget this movie. It was just..amazing. No, you don't have to be a leo fan to love it(although he is mighty droolable in it..). Or a Kate fan. Or a Cameron Fan. You just have to like really good movies. The end.
and then there is review number two.
Dolll's Titanic Review:
I had originally typed up another review, written on the 20th, but i saw titanic again last night, and my feelings on it have changed a bit. So mabye i can write a more collective review. Or something.I saw titanic where the premire was held. I was so excited i could hardly contain myself. The movie, totally blew me away. The time flew by. The movie doesn't feel 3 hours in the least. The romance is set up beautifully. I actually can't write much of a review because i have found it near impossible to explain in words how wonderful this movie is. When i saw it the first time, i was completley sucked into it. I was bawling half way through the sinking. No, not crying..i mean i was heaving sobbs. At one point i literarlly felt that my heart was being ripped out of my chest. I was naseous with grief. I left the movie totally drained. I was completley spent.
A movie did this to me. What does that say about a movie? If a movie can have that sort of effect on you. Everyone was doing everything right. Let me use personal examples. Um, after the movie ended a friend of mine turned to me, as the credits rolled and asked, "so when are we seeing it again?". We listened to the soundtrack, and just listening to it would cause us to weep. Anyone i talk to about the movie, we always get weepy saying things like "oh and then when this happend..wahhh it was so sad.."
When i saw the film for the second time, i took a friend who "hates sappy love movies" and "really didn't want to see titanic, but would go just because..". He loved it. He cried a LOT. For a movie to have this holding effect over people. You know you've found something special. Leo aside, the movie was just..amazing.
Favorite Scenes:
Well, i must say that the love making scene was..delicious. hehe. one of my favorites...but my favorite scene, over all..had to be.
When Rose was in the lifeboat and Leo was watching her crying, and then she jumped out and..they run to each other and..ohh..he grabs her and kisses her and keeps saying "You're so stupid rose why did you do that?" (you jump i jump.) The way his voice sounds in that scene. Brings me to tears faster than any other scene.
Although Titanic has 8 Golden Globe nominations, i dont really see an oscar. I supposed i could see its nomination, but i can't really see it winning one. Although, i don't really know what it will be up against..but we'll see. The only thing possible, in my opinion, is for Kate Winslet to win one. She was amazing.
I will say one thing negative about this movie, i did not care for the effects. There were some scenes where they were plain awful. (any of the ship moving along the water and when rose was looking over the ship to jump.)
Okay im done. the end. I give it a Four and 3/4 stars outta five. :)
(not five due to effects..la)