Film: Titanic
This epic recreation of something so massive could only be done by the works of James Cameron. In order to re-create the feel of the actual ship in its entirety, the studio needed to build a ship, almost replicating the size of the original. There was so much hype around the movie prior to being released, commercials were non-stop and you could not escape the Titanic pandemonium. I remember girls in my school seeing this movie three, maybe even four times in the theater, which is insane for a three-hour long film, but when it comes to the dreamy Leonardo DiCaprio, girls all around the world cannot contain themselves. There are two, stand-out scenes for me that have a hard time leaving my head. First, nearly 30 minutes of the movie is dedicated to when the ocean-liner is sinking, Cameron makes sure people feel the pain and separation witnessed by that of the crew and passengers. Second, a far more intimate scene, when Jack and Rose are running from man who is watching over them while they find a place to hide in the engine room. They find an unlocked car and while one thing leads to another, the car windows become foggy and in an effort to show sheer pleasure, a hand slowly drags down the window, creating passionate hand prints. The magnitude of popularity this film achieved has never been done before, only to be outdone by Camerons’ later film, Avatar. At the time, Titanic was the most expensive movie to make, costing over a staggering $200 million. After years of success, the film grossed an incredible $1.84 billion worldwide and was the first film to reach the $1 billion profit mark. They recently re-released the movie in 3-D, which commemorated its 10-year anniversary with jaw-dropping and eye-opening effects to fully engulf the audience in what seemed to be the actual Titanic. This release made an addition $300 million, which shot the movie up to the second film to reach a total of over $2 billion profit, following his aforementioned science-fiction film, Avatar.
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