I cant say that this movie had the same effect on me that Holly describes. I was 14 years old when I saw this movie in theaters; my friend Kevin and I saw it because we had heard about the lines of teenage girls and wanted to see what the hype was about (neither of us said it, but I am sure the teenage girl factor was also a motivation). Although the love story aspect did not captivate us and Celine's booming voice came off as slightly annoying- the film still carried much weight with us.
When I watch Titanic now it seems that the movie was just destined to become the phenomenon that it was. As Holly pointed out, the film became the highest grossing film of all time, and that record does not seem likely to change.
Everything about this movie is big, even on the small screen Titanic carries more power with it than most action movies. All of the actors do a fine job. If I had to come up with a complaint, I would have to say that the film's script is the weakest part; much of Kate Winslet's diauloge comes across as just overly pretentious, and not in a good way. Winslet's character comes across like an Emo kid who just read Sylvia Platt in modern poetry class and quotes it to their parents when forced to do dishes. I guess this is what they wanted the character to sound like, but it comes off like they are trying way too hard.
Either way, this is small potatoes to the whole film, which is still a great flick eleven years later.
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