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Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Titanic |
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A woman who is dependent on her marriage to a rich man, boards the Titanic and falls in love with a 3rd class passenger. The lovers soon fight for their lives.
--Amy Teutenberg, Resident Scholar
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Titanic is the story of Rose DeWitt Bukater and her trip on the Titanic that changed her life forever. Rose is a 17-year-old that is being forced to marry a man who she doesn't love to save her family's social standing. She is about to commit suicide when she is saved by 20-year-old steerage passanger Jack Dawson. They fall in love and plan to get off the Titanic together, when the Titanic hits an iceberg on April 12,1912.
--Rose, Resident Scholar
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Jack falls in love with Rose when he wins tickets to go on the titanic. They both fall in love, but Rose's fiancee does not know, but he suspects that they are in love. He tries everything to seperate them, but when disaster strikes, he cant stop them. The ship hits an iceberg and begins to sink. Rose and Jack get onto a piece of wood, but are too heavy, so only Rose can stay on it. Jack freezes and dies, and Rose is so sad. She is rescued, and sais her name is Rose Dawson. (Jack's surname)
--Maz H., Resident Scholar
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Rose DeWitt Bukater is engaged to be married to Cal Hockley, a rich man who does not understand her at all. On a voyage in the giant ship Titanic, she falls in love with artist Jack Dawson. Jack dies in the freezing waters when Titanic sinks, but Rose is rescued. She always rememembers Jack.
-- Marion Wallace, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Titanic |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 26.7%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 53.3%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1900-1920's
Disaster, big vehicle
Yes
Kind of vehicle:
- boat
- first class passengers complaining
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- not employed but independently wealthy
- unemployed
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- red
Hair style
- medium/shoulderlgn, wavy (woman)
- medium/shoulderlgn, curly (woman)
Body type
- skinny (woman)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- muscular (man)
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- not employed but independently wealthy
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
Water?
Yes
Water:
- pleasure/love boat
- submarining
- drowning
- lifeboat
Style
How many deaths in film?
- thousands
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- seeing breasts
- sex under blankets
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- mission to rescue
- mental battles
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- dropped from large heights
- crushed
- frozen
- drowned
- perforation--bullets
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
If this is a kid's movie...
- Ages 10-15
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Modern rock/pop
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