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Wednesday* January 14, 1998 LIGHTS! REACTION! TITANIC (FG43) starring Leonardo Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Jbisher, bemara mil, Jonathan nyde, Dan David Warner and Bill Baxton. Directed 1 Cameron. Haying at Carmike Cinema 14 (Columbian; Carmike Wynnsong 10 (Forest Drive) ai Square Cinema 14 (Bush and Broad Riv< Cameron's Titantic is an action-packed roi on the RMS Titantic, which sank April killing 1,500 people. Beginning in the p the grave of the Titanic, a young fortun I recovers treasures from the ship. When a old survivor comes forward to tell the stoi the treasures, the film takes viewers ba Titanic's maiden and only voyage. Sevent old Rose (Winslet) is travelling with her mi fiance in first-class and crosses paths with class passenger, Jack Dawson (DiCaprio), free-spirited artist. The two begin a hidden that nothing can stop?even the sinking ol gamecock critic AU FREEMAN *** ( I have to love a movie that does what i best? create startling, grand-scale visual does this, though the movie is best when it i but the computer generated moments we: that were really thoughtful and memors lacing her into the corset and into her fi portrait scene and the sensitive and beau However, these moments would mean no line. Typical stones of star-crossed lovers ge me enough to keep me from looking at n social commentaries and the superb acl DiCaprio keep the movie from being a foi me get over some really grating scenes, lik< the movie. Titanic is a beautiful and beai big as the ship. gamecock critic ROB UNPSEY After almost a month out to sea, and n $200 million epic shows no sign of sinking.! are well deserved: eveiy shot is filled with i The film's flaw is its script: poor dialogue; all should know the ship is going to sink. ? visuals, great acting, stunning special effi story. To create a movie of this scope req and, these days, studios balk at allocatii words, this movie is an event and will i foreseeable future. See it before it leaves t the year. gamecock critic ERIN SHAW Maybe it was the large group of i "OhmiGod, if s, like, LEONARDO'S NOS fc . . THE FEI Ol Mm jfc other and the third- 91^^w?*Mm a young, i romance I 'theship. | [out of four) I novies do me a so-so feeling aboi images and amazing frames. Titanic I am going to have to | s small. The huge ship was impressive Itsredeemir re often jarringly fake. The moments class passengers prov able were things like Rose's mother story, helped by Cam< iture in high society, the titillating Its bad poin itifully handled obligatory sex scene, shorter. It would have thing were it not a compelling story- brings me to my big| nerally bore me, but this one intrigued stereotypical and over ly watch in a three hour movie. The a Celine Dion song as ting by Kate Winslet and Leonardo If you have t rgetable love stoiy. They also helped hype is about, catch a i the final one, that could have ruined itifully handled story, but it is not as gamecock critic JENN Before I sav io icebergs in sight, James Cameron's that gave me enough Titanic's critical and popular successes find even the smallest meticulous detail and visual splendor. Over the pa; and unnecessary foreshadowing?we "the ship of dreams," lowever, the film relies on spectacular loss of life by putting t ects and a wonderful score to tell the loss of life and love, uires every bit of its hefty price tag, It is the rel; ng such money to one film. In other successful, not the gig most likely be without peer for the efforts to re-create the: ;he theater. One of the best movies of Also on the downside, Thumbs-up naivete, and to the su *** Don't let all 1 a beautiful love story screaming, 15-year-old girls chanting, the unsinkable ship. >E!" present in the theater that gave EL-GOOD MOVI F THE YEAR. 'iF-nsxiiiftm ^ The Gamecock 1f|| ? Jaj mmM If dM cui i mvarnit r. cut theh it Titanic. Maybe Fm a tough critic. Whatever the cause, restaurs give the movie a merely warm popcorn rating. hibachi e ig qualities: a good depiction of the treatment of different hibachi i ided points to think over. It was mostly an entertaining Diners e iron's attention to detail. which is t: TOO LONG! It could have been at least 45 minutes been a much stronger film and less melodramatic. Which f o o d i s \ gest complaint?I thought the love story was sappy, Japanest done. But what else would you expect from a movie with cjiefs ^ atheme? might be hree and a half hours and the interest to see what all the matinee- saladsgri and she: IFER STANLEY veeetabl( r Titanic, everyone insisted that I would cry. So maybe vai^tvt fuel to find problems. Still, despite my honest effort to ; flaw, I found few and even enjoyed the movie. to gv st 86 years, the public has been intriqued by the loss of but Cameron manages to shift the focus to the horrible for a ten he audience in touch with two people facing the potential ^ 95 for nticmaliina cmrl Vmman ?rrmfinrt fVmf malft?s ftiia film .. ~ r ?-**.* vuiunwuvuuv * 11 sodas bv antic set and re-creation of the ship. In fact, the obvious ^ t ic ship with computer generated images are almost annoying. jt tastes the film could have been shortened. to Winslefs successful attempt to show Rose's youth and service is btle humor placed throughout the film. service i< that excitement make you expect too much. 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