Let's all be honest about Titanic for a second...

When Titanic came out in 1997 everybody pooped themselves with delight and saw it multiple times in the theater and loved it. That's right...people loved this movie. As cool as it is to bash Titanic these days, chances are you owned the soundtrack with the Celine Dion song that we were all humming for months and organized a slumber party to watch it when it came out on video. When exactly did it become cool to hate this movie? Let the record show, I don't hate Titanic. I actually like Titanic. I think if you take it for what it is, a tragic love story, then it's a pretty darn good movie. Now that I've said that...there is one teeny, tiny thing that irks my chain about Titanic that if I could change, I would. Old Rose dropping the heart of the ocean into the water at the end? No...I could care less about that. My friend said that ruined the movie for him...but it comes about 2 hours and 58 minutes into the 3 hour movie...so I'm guessing it was ruined for him long before that. No no...there is one part that kills me...and it is this part...




No...believe it or not, those are not screen shots from Die Hard. That's right...the evil villain in Titanic (which theoretically speaking, wouldn't that be the ice berg itself?) had to solidify his evilness by shooting a gun at Kate and Leo. There is just nothing good about this scene. First of all, if you're going to use a gun, at least be somewhat accurate and not look like a dumbass by tripping on pieces of furniture that you shoot. Secondly, it's absolutely out of place with the rest of the movie. Up until then we'd been treated to a love story amidst this epic event, and then all of the sudden it's like the film breaks as Billy Zane glides into slow motion and starts shooting this gun like he's auditioning for The Matrix. It crosses that border of being melodramatic and enters the dangerous territory of being ridiculous. Come on...the Titanic is sinking. Do you really think this is the time for crimes of passion? Why try to kill them with your gun when all you have to do is wait like 25 minutes and they'll be at the bottom of the ocean? Think Billy Zane! You were the Phantom! You should know better!

So is Titanic a crappy movie? Certainly not. I think it's just cool to say "Titanic sucks" because everybody likes to think that they didn't suckle at it's teet during it's theatrical run. I'll break from the pack and say that I enjoy this film a great bit...but don't get me wrong...you are more than welcome to say "I liked it, but that shooting scene...totally lame..."