sorry martin and this wannabe titanic do not do a thing for me . i do not want to say this be simply a film for the mass about the mass but that the way it turn out represent a big fat mass of mass for mass . that say and without spend too much time and i belive the film fail honestly because scorcese be attach to it . if this be a film make by any unknown director or some greenhorn and i would have no choice but to applaud the effort a the effort be tremendous . but and when you look at the body of work and more importantly the intelligence and multi level approach of scorcese other film and this film completely fail in comparison . somewhere along the way this film be butcher and ( pun intend ) whether it be by the studio and by scorcese and or by the batch of writer who conflict vision and machismo keep bob up and down throughout the story . i believe scorcese ( or the studio ) try too hard to make a film for today ( young ) audience instead of just make ( or let scorcese make ) a scorcese film . sure and perhaps many of today brainwash and dumbed down prole might not get it and but the film would have entertain the large follow this director have cultivate over his many year behind the camera . if the only story he want to tell be a nobody win revenge tale without redemption and flank by an extremely shallow and cookie cutter romance and then why waste all the time and money with 1860 new york . whether or not martin be actually wash up or still possess his own magical ability with a camera i can not say and but it seem that whatever his original vision be and someone go through it ( violently ) with a cleaver . it interesting though and a a comparison and the actual base human story of titanic have the same cookie cutter romance element a gang yet it be crystal clear that the focus of titanic be on an immaculate portrayal of both the ship itself and the passenger and and the event that take place an accurate portrayal of history be the most important factor . gang do not present that same sharp and exact historical focus to any degree and instead bit of chop up pseudo history and gruesome violence be throw around for a bit color in an otherwise monochromatic and by the book and and boring love story . bottom line represent i can hear this bomb fall right now . half my theatre leave after the 2 hour mark and some before and and that be on open night .