Titanic – Love Story Movie Review
‘Titanic’ is a love story that captures the romance of two young lovers as the tragedy of the doomed ship, RMS Titanic, unfolds around them. It was released in 1997 and was a huge commercial and critical success, winning 11 Academy Awards (the first to do so since ‘Ben Hur’) and 3 Grammy Awards.
It was written, directed, co-produced, and co-edited by James Cameron, who also won the Oscar for best director. ‘Titanic’ became the highest grossing film of all time, grossing $ 1.8 billion at the box office, until it was surpassed in 2010 by ‘Avatar’, another James Cameron film.
The story is about two young people from different social classes: Leonardo DiCaprio appears as Jack Dawson and Kate Winslet plays the role of Rose DeWitt Bukater, who fall in love while on board the doomed maiden voyage of the Titanic in 1912. Although the love story It is fictional, many of the characters, crew and passengers, were based on those who were actually on board the real ship.
For example, the sassy Margaret “Molly” Brown (played by Kathy Bates) was famous for her heroic efforts (not shown in the film) to try to save drowning passengers. She later became known as the “Unsinkable Molly Brown”.
There were many scenes in the movie, although they were only mentioned briefly, which greatly added to the emotional impact of the inevitable sinking on the passengers and crew. Two historical figures were Isador and Ida Strauss. Isador was the owner of RH Macy and Company and was also a congressman from New York. In the movie, his wife Ida has the opportunity to leave the ship in a lifeboat, but she refuses and returns to her husband, saying that she will honor his marriage vow and stay with Isidor. She is last seen hugging him while they are lying on a bed in their cabin, with the water running in.
Layers of emotion are added with other scenes depicting the obvious heroism of the crew members. Joseph Bell, the chief engineer, and his men work desperately until the last moment to maintain the power of the lights and to be able to send out distress signals. All are lost.
Wallace Hartley, the bandleader and his orchestra, continue to play uplifting music to the very end, even as the ship sinks.
The two lovers, Rose and Jack, initially bond when he rescues her from a suicide attempt triggered by her discouragement over a loveless engagement, after being pressured into marrying a wealthy suitor, Cal, due to his financial needs. his family.
Jack is despised as inferior by Rose and Cal’s mother, but manages to attend a sweltering first-class dinner, where he renews his friendship with Rose and their bond deepens.
The next day, Rose challenges her mother and Cal and goes to the bow of the ship where she meets Jack, realizes her feelings for him and the two embrace passionately. They then go to the privacy of Rose’s cabin and she asks him to draw her wearing only the Heart of the Ocean, a blue diamond necklace that was an expensive engagement gift from Cal. She later leaves the sketch in Cal’s safe.
While trying to escape from Cal’s bodyguard, Rose and Jack enter the cargo hold where they enter one of the cars stored there and make love in the back seat.
They witness the collision with the iceberg and hear the lookouts discuss how serious it is. Rose and Jack decide to warn their mother and Cal, but in the meantime, Cal has discovered Rose’s nude sketch and furiously plants Jack’s necklace; then accuses him of stealing it. Jack is arrested and taken below deck, where he is handcuffed to a pipe.
The emotional elements of the ‘Titanic’ are very powerful, and the subsequent scenes show the aftermath of the collision, the desperate attempts of those on board to find refuge in a lifeboat or the courageous acceptance of their destiny. As there were not enough lifeboats, more than 1,500 passengers and crew died in this disaster. At all times, the musical score strongly reflects their feelings and the dangers they face. The closing song, ‘My Heart Will Go On’ (sung by Celine Dion) won an Academy Award and two Grammy Awards. Following the success of ‘Avatar’, a 3-D version of ‘Titanic’ will also be released.