TITANIC (3D) 
5 out of 5 stars

“I’M THE KING OF THE WORLD!!!” – jack dawson

it’s the one hundredth anniversary of the sinking of the titanic, and hollywood decides to re-release james cameron’s epic movie in 3D! i couldn’t miss out on this since titanic is one of my all-time faves. i mean...who didn’t have a major crush on leo dicaprio back in 1997/1998? ;)

do i really need to summarize this one for ya? OK, will do...just because i like summarizing movies i actually enjoyed watching. the movie starts with brock lovett (bill paxton), a deep sea scavenger leading his crew on an excavation of the sunken titanic in the middle of the north atlantic ocean. they send their little camera robot called snoopy into what was once the various first class suites of the titanic, and find an old safe. brock thinks the heart of the ocean AKA a beautiful blue diamond necklace in the shape of heart that was once one of the crown jewels of louis XVI is in this safe, but when they crack that baby open...NADA. no diamond, but they find a charcoal rendering of a beautiful young naked woman wearing the necklace. brock is then interviewed by TV reporters for this excavation and the discovery of the drawing, and it gets the attention of an old memaw named rose calvert. (gloria stuart...aww, R.I.P.) memaw comes aboard brock’s ship, and begins to tell the tale of how she was engaged to cruel/pretentious cal hockley (billy zane- god, what happened to his career?), how she had to deal with her even more pretentious/overbearing mother ruth (frances fisher), and how she fell in love with a guy/artist named jack dawson. (leonardo dicaprio- god, such a baby face as opposed to bloated now! :P) young rose (kate winslet- i think liked her when she was fat) decides to end her life one night, but jack saves her... he gets invited to dine in first class as a thanku, and of course, it all goes downhill from there when the ship starts sinking after hitting a large iceberg... to quote fall out boy...”sugar, we’re going down swinging!” :P

like i said, this movie is one of my all-time faves just because i fell in love with it in 7th grade, and i was really excited to hear that they were re-releasing it in 3D. EVEN better than the original because of the 3D elements! (i.e. the water gushing during the sinking, leo and kate’s faces popping out from the screen, the titanic in 3D herself) still love the art direction, the acting, the beautiful james horner soundtrack, the special effects, the storyline, and of course, the relationship between jack and rose. still cried during the sinking and beyond... ESPECIALLY the scene when rose and jack are in the frozen waters of the atlantic, waiting to be rescued... one of my favorite dialogue scenes:

jack: “winnning that ticket, rose, was the best thing that ever happened to me... it brought me to you. and i’m thankful for that, rose. i’m thankful. you must do me this honor. promise me you’ll survive. that you won’t give up, no matter what happens, no matter how hopeless. promise me now, rose, and never let go of that promise.”
rose: “i promise.”
jack: “never let go.”
rose: “i’ll never let go, jack. i’ll never let go.”

:’)