Titanic is not just a movie, it is one of the most emotional places of my adolescence. I have seen this historical epic from 1997, made by director James Cameron, countless times. The popularity of the movie was so skyrocketing that it was also dubbed in Bengali, which made our viewing experience even more vivid.
The main focus of the story is Rose DeWitt Bucater, a 17-year-old girl from an aristocratic family, and Jack Dawson, a destitute painter traveling on a deck ticket. Due to the family's financial crisis, Rose reluctantly got engaged to billionaire Cal Hockley. While looking for a way out of that suffocating life, she met Jack and later began an unforgettable love.
But their happiness did not last long. Jack, a victim of a conspiracy, was handcuffed and locked in the hold of the ship on the false accusation of stealing diamonds. As the ship sank rapidly after being hit by an iceberg, Rose risked her life to find an axe and, with perfect aim, cut Jack's handcuffs free.
Even in the face of death, some scenes left a deep scar on the heart. To keep people's spirits up in the midst of extreme fear, the conductor Wallace Hartley and his team played the violin and other instruments in absolute peace until the last moment.
Another similar painful scene was that of the elderly couple Isidore and Ida Strauss-who, having given up hope of survival, quietly hugged each other in their beds and waited for the last moment, when water came from all around and swept away their house.
On a cold Atlantic night, this huge ship tilted to one side and began to sink to the bottom of the sea.
The Titanic eventually split in two from the middle due to the intense pressure of the water.
The stern of the ship stood almost upright and people started falling from above one after another. Even in the midst of that terrible chaos, Jack held on to Rose tightly until the last moment.
The most brutal scene in the movie comes when Jack lifts Rose onto a floating wooden door and floats in the icy water. When Jack, holding Rose's hand and making her promise never to give up in life, freezes in hypothermia and sinks into the bottomless sea, that scene makes my eyes water every time.
That scene of hundreds of frozen bodies in life jackets floating in the dark Atlantic was one of the most tragic tragedies in human history.
Note: Originally written in Bengali and translated into English using Google Translate.
Image Source: Screenshots taken from IMDb gallery.
Rating: 90/100
