Reply #49: People love to build things up then tear them down.

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And they really love to claim to not be part of the majority and only love unpopular little unseen art movies.

TITANIC started out as an overbudget underdog that nobody thought was going to go anywhere. It hardly broke 20 million for it's opening weekend. But, through great word of mouth (yes, mainly from women), it just kept going and going and going. Ultimately, it became the biggest grossing film of all times. Then it won all the awards. Now people just love to rail against it, as if it was this monolith that was never going to be anything but successful.

Also, James Cameron is a megalomaniac, and people really don't like to see those guys win. So he won an Oscar, big deal.

It is what it is, a giant (some might say "bloated") Hollywood epic. And a tragic love story. If those things appeal to you, rent it, you'll probably like it.

I enjoyed it. And I'm not ashamed to say so.