Prime Video Movie of the Day: Titanic doesn’t give you that sinking feeling
Titanic It was originally expected to be a shipwreck like the boat in question. Reports said it was a difficult shoot and many jokes poked fun at the idea of making a movie where we already know the ending. Spoiler: the boat sinks. But Titanic made the naysayers look pretty foolish, because it’s a masterpiece of cinema with plenty of tension and a lot of heart too – and you can stream it now on Prime Video.
Why Titanic doesn’t give you that sinking feeling
Although essentially it contains some spectacular effects Titanic is a romance, albeit a doomed one. It’s “a great, sprawling film,” according to the… Orange County Registerwhere director James Cameron has “filled this saga almost to the bursting point with stories and themes that span from romance to unmasking, from parables of hubris to celebrations of industry”.
For The Tampa Bay Times, the most impressive thing about the film was that “amid all the hydraulic set spasms, fearless stunt work and automated mirages, Titanic cultivates one of the best mainstream love stories Hollywood has produced in years. And many critics praised Kate Winslet’s performance, with New York magazine describing it as “breathtakingly vivid in her emotional transparency. She easily masters the American accent and sullen pride of a young upper-class girl”.
“There are moments of tension where even the flames dig their nails into the armrest,” says Australia’s Sun-Herald. “And the scenes depicting the ship’s death throes are among the most spectacular ever put to screen.” But Arizona Republic says it best when it writes, “It’s a spectacular disaster movie nestled within a superior drama about great love and great loss.”