Title: Titanic
Director: James Cameron
Actors: Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Billy Zane, Bill Paxton, Susi Amis, Kathy Bates, Francis Fisher, (endless others)
Awards: (Again, this is just some) 1998 Academy Award Winner of Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Score, Best Song, Best Makeup, Best Costume Design (Winner of a total of a record 11 Oscars)
Why it's important:
I know this is going to be controversial, but hear me out. Tween girls love an good love story. Titanic is a great love story that meshes romance, epic love, history, and reflects on the tragedy of the classic caste system renowned in both America and England and the views of women. Titanic is a wonderful spectacle that is an absolutely beautiful movie with great acting. While there are mature themes in it, I think Titanic has an great message: live life to its fullest and love in the deepest way. The James Cameron's wonderful movie that won 11 Oscars in 1998 proves how important great love stories are. Even if an individual is not a fan of the Romeo and Juliet-esque whirlwind romance between Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio's Rose DeWitt-Bukater and Jack Dawon, a viewer has to acknowledge the wonderful costumes, the beautiful sets, and the underwater footage of the actual Titanic that lies deep in the depths of the Atlantic Ocean. To celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the sinking of Titanic on April 12, Paramount Studios decided to re-release one of the greatest films in history in 3D. It was actually really incredible to watch. I am not usually a huge fan of 3D, however, this movie that was filmed before digital film-making had even been conceived looks beautiful and each shot has so much depth to it. I think that tween girls love this movie and while Rose is not exactly a role model, a tween can definitely relate to breaking out of her typical everyday life to love to the fullest and to be encouraged to break away from the spoils of the Upper classes and her imposing engagement to one of society's steel kings, and give up everything and take a chance on a wayward artist. This is a great movie to discuss and to encourage children to research the inaccuracies of the movie and to discover other facts about what was occurring on the Titanic other than Rose and Jack's evolving love story.
Titanic is also great beacuase Jack and Kate, while fictional characters, interact with real life important characters that were extremely relevant to Titanic. The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Bruce Ismay, William Murdoch, J.J. Astor, and Thomas Andrews are extremely important historical figures and it is really interesting how Cameron make his main characters encounter each of them and talks about the arrogance of the shipbuilder's decision to make Titanic look pretty, instead of making sure that there were enough lifeboats for everyone.
Titanic is also really prevalent now on an current event level because also, the beginning of the story reflects on the lengths of some people would go to find treasure. One of the main characters of the story, Brock Lovett, is actually a pirate searching for the illustrious Heart of the Ocean diamond that Rose ends up having. This diamond is actually based on the Hope Diamond and how the story is a wonderful way to tie everything together and show the audience real footage of what Titanic actually looks like underneath thousands of feet of water. This is a great story and it is great that Hollywood has something to show the 100th Anniversary of such tragedy. While many people will argue this point, I think that instead of people just forgetting what happened, it is a way to have people try to find the truth in what Hollywood has provided and has given us a reason to research Titanic and find the actual truth.
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