Should you watch Titanic?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Titanic
Film · 1997
101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets aboard the ship. Rose tells the whole story from Titanic's departure through to its death—on its first and last voyage—on April 15, 1912.
The sides of Titanic
- A love story across classes
- A ship going down in real time
- An old woman remembering
Titanic is good for you if…
- you like a love story that ends with you in pieces.
- you like 1912 rebuilt in detail, from first-class dining rooms to dances in steerage.
- you like big, sincere romance with no irony.
Titanic is bad for you if…
- over three hours is too much for one evening.
- you need a happy ending.
About: love · class · memory · loss
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