OK - the previous version was NPOV and this version reads like a movie review. This text needs help by somebody with more time on their hands than me. --mav
- If NPOV is a goal to be achieved, it is difficult to do that with films. Everyone has an opinion about whether a film was good or bad. I tried to meld the criticisms about the film that the studios had upon its release -- that the film was over three hours long and cost $200 million to produce -- with the public's reaction to the film -- loved the special effects, loved the scenery, hated the screenplay, DiCaprio and Winslet were so-so despite Winslet's Oscar nomination, teenage girls drooling over DiCaprio. I think I did a good job of balancing everything. --Gregory Pietsch 00:49 Oct 9, 2002 (UTC)
- OK it's better now. Still needs work but so do most articles in Wikipedia. I am unconvinced by the statement; "What sent this film into the box office stratosphere were the throngs of teenage girls who saw it literally dozens of times because of heartthrob DiCaprio." which sounds like an oversimplified opinion stated as fact. --mav
- There were throngs of teenage girls who literally saw the movie dozens of times. The reason they did was either DiCaprio, the tugging-at-the-old-heartstrings screenplay of doomed lovers, or a combination of both. I am not good at social commentary, and I don't want to list every reason the teenage-girl-demographic loved Titanic. But that's why the movie made $1.6B. --Gregory Pietsch 00:58 Oct 9, 2002 (UTC)
- Still sounds like an opinion. I saw the movie 4 times and now own a copy on DVD. I wasn't a teenager or girl when I saw it and also think DiCaprio is rather plain. A reference on the phenomenon you are talking about would be nice (esp. since throngs of teenage girls flock to many similar movies, yet I don't remember any of the other ones topping $1 billion US. --mav
- That essertion about what made it successful is essentially unverifiable, unless someone somewhere has collected demographic data on everyone who went to see it, including names. --KQ 01:21 Oct 9, 2002 (UTC)
A contractor friend of mine was discussing it with a plumber, who was enthralled. He'd never seen such artful use of water in any film. Ortolan88