There are many factors that make the film successful. The strict production is the most important. The director - Jame Cameron - took ten years to prepare this film. In these ten years, he read hundreds of books, visited the survivors of the tragedy and asked the opinions of many professors. Furthermore, he spent three years and invested 200 million on the film. In order to make the film more real, a 3/4 size of the real ship was built. His work has not been profit. Titanic is so popular all over the world. In Hong Kong, the income at the box office is more than $30,000,000. It has also broken the record of Jurassic Park. It proves that hard work is the key to success.
The plot of the film is also important to its success. Although there are many characters in the film, different characters have their own temperament. All people focus on the leading roles - the spoiled and desperate 17-year-old American socialite Rose Rewitt Bukater (Kate Winslet) and the plucky young American Jack Dawson (Leonardo Dicaprio), an impoverished, itinerant artist who has won steerage passage on the ship in a poker game. In fact, other actors’ performances are excellent, too.
My most memorable character in this film is a rich woman - Molly Brown. In the film, she did not look down on the poor artist Jack. When Ruth's boyfriend - Cal Hockley who was my most hateful character - wanted to fool Jack in a dinner party, she was willing to help him voluntarily. She lent some clothes to Jack. She also taught him the etiquette in high society. Moreover, when she saw the ship sinking, she asked the sailors to row the lifeboat back to save the passengers. All her actions imply that she is a kind woman.
As I have mentioned before, my most hateful character in Titanic is the impossibly villainous millionarie's son - Cal Hockley. In the film, he showed the ugly side of human beings. In order to survive, he used money to bribe the sailor. Moreover, he always looked down on the poor.
Some messages are transmitted to the audiences in Titanic. From the beginning of the film, we can see that there is a big difference between the rich and the poor. This was true not only about the living environment. When the ship began to sink, the rich people could immediately get on the lifeboats. However, the poor were locked in a cabin of the ship and were not allowed to escape. All these scenes the inequality in the last decade.
Furthermore, the director also wanted to show the importance of life. In the film, when Rose's lover - Jack - died, she did not give up. On the contrary, she tried her best to survive. Finally, the sailors saved her and she could live in the earth for more than 100 years.
Titanic is not only a love story. If we think about the story thoroughly, we can experience the life philosophy and the social situation in the past. All in all, Titanic is one of the most engrossing and memorable movies in the heart of people over the world.