The Floating Palace

    One of the most popular movies and known love stories back in the 90s would definitely be Titanic. I mean, who wouldn’t forget it? The story of the movie was inspired by the real life Titanic that collided with an iceberg back in April 1912, off the coast of Canada. It was said that the ship was indestructible only to have their words backfire at them after the accident. So going back to the movie, it was spearheaded by Director James Cameron who has Leonardo DiCarpio and Kate Winslet as its lead stars.

    The story started with a group of explorers and treasure hunters searching the Titanic for a necklace called “Heart of the Ocean”. Instead of finding the necklace, they came across a sketch of a woman who was wearing the treasure. It was later published on the news and Rose Dawson became aware of the discovery. She contacts the group and informs them that she is the one on the sketch. Rose recalls the story of everything that had happened while she was still young and was on the ship. At first, she was under the pressure of an engagement that will save her family’s financial problems which made her thought of ending her life. Jack, however, was there and convinced her to think things through and not jump over the edge of the ship. They form a friendship that eventually developed into romance, but was short lived once the Titanic sank. Jack and Rose stayed together waiting for a life boat to rescue them. After hours of waiting, Jack froze to death leaving Rose no choice but to leave him. In the end of the movie, the 84 year-old threw the necklace into the water saying that it belongs to the ocean without the group having knowledge of the incident or that it was with her the whole time. She sleeps and was reunited with Jack once more.

    The movie was nominated in and garnered various awards including Best Picture and Best Director. It also grossed $1.8 billion with spending only $200 million, making it the first to have ever reached the amount. That being said, the impact it had on people was immense and was very memorable. The story itself touched most hearts and others were brought to tears. You definitely have to give props to not only the ones involved in the making of the film, but also to the ones who gave so much inspiration for the story.

Bon Voyage,

Vieo

Sources:

Titanic Movie Poster, Retrieve October 7, http://free-extras.com/images/titanic-11421.htm

Titanic, Retrieved October 7, http://free-extras.com/images/titanic-11431.htm