Critique on Titanic

This movie is unrealistic and horrible. It has been said many times that a movie gains popularity if it embodies a culture or ideology of a particular society. No wonder this is the highest grossing film of all time, it embodies many not so positive elements of the American dream. You don't need economic or social stability in your life, "I love waking up in the morning not knowing what's gonna happen or, who I'm gonna meet, where I'm gonna wind up"(As spoken by our heroine). In other words, life is a playground, do whatever you please. You could get an education in college or you could just run around like Jack gambling your life away; it's all indifferent when taking this movie's message into account. This indifference is a reoccurring theme from our beloved heroine, and symbolic toward the message it portrays. Jack is going to America and he doesn't need a plan for the future, he is just going to follow his so-called "romantic will" and see where it takes him. Sadly, this value is subconsciously taken in by many little girls and boys (adults as well) as a good and virtuous thing.

And it is not just a horrible movie because of the values it shows. The dialogue is so clichйd, it's ridiculous. It's almost as if the movie is giving a speech to the public with the reporters standing on the side, satisfied because the movie is giving so much quotable quotes. Sadly, all the money spent to have decent cinematography just goes to waste in Titanic. It's all eye-candy with no emotion and no depth. The makers of this movie couldn't even get all the facts straight of what actually occurred on that tragic day, most of the energy was put in to make the movie "theatrical" and to the phony relationship between Jack and Rose. It's amazing how far eye-candy and clichйd dialogue can take you; this is Hollywood 101 for all aspiring filmmakers.

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