amira_berzi

It is a very entertaining and - unlike what many people think - very believable movie. I was surprised to see very little mention of the feminist implications of the movie. Erin's genuine compassion can only be felt so intensely by the people she interacts with because she is a woman. Of-course the fact that she is not a perfect career woman, in terms of professional attitude and wardrobe style etc... adds another element of reality as she is not THE perfect woman - yet she succeeds in a lovely way and with such support from us: people watching the movie! This movie, in addition to the very good performance of the cast and the main idea of the plot, also points out a very interesting point: a woman with a great setback of lack of a qualified expressing C.V. can make some significant changes given her innate sympathy, compassion and emotional intelligence. Very inspiring. i don't know about the majority of people who watched the movie, but it seemed VERY believable to me.

After reading the other comments, I was glad there is such a common consent and unanimity on the fact that the part about the ship was good while the plot, particularly the love story, was naive and boring. Even the dialogue is interesting and relatively witty in the parts about the ship and the characters other than Jack and Rose, while all conversation between the two lovers is boring and naive. I am surprised there wasn't much effort in creating a more mature and deeper love story, especially with the effort put in the movie as a whole. James Cameron did a very good job directing the ship and her sinking, characters like Moly Brown were amusing but there was nothing special about the main characters. I wonder what was behind the choice of Leonardo DiCaprio for that role, given his young look (One expected a more mature looking man). I would advise people to watch it and appreciate the technical effects but with low expectations of the plot.

This is one of those movies that have a lasting effect on you. After watching it, I found that it has less to do with the Holocaust and more to do with the human feelings and the beautiful relationship of a father and his son. The holocaust provides the ultimate context, that brings and highlights the story and adds yet another deep dimension to the movie. No such piece of art has ever before combined laughter and tears of sadness in me before and that is the miracle of the movie. The realism of the movie is not its strong point, but then again it is not supposed to be; this helps in bringing the audiences to a state of mind away from reality, focusing on the feelings generated by forgetting about all external events and developments of the war. Despite that, the movie does not fail to point out an element of the nazi psychology demonstrated by the doctor who was obsessed with riddles. This portrayed the nazi 'state of mind' (if ever such an expression existed) as a sick mentally disturbed state. Life is really beautiful as you watch Guido's relentless efforts to make a lovely exciting experience of the concentration camp to his son. You get exhausted just watching him going through his painful day and yet you smile as he speaks to his son and makes him laugh. One can go on forever describing the creativity of this movie, but one will not be able to capture all its beauty in writing.