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"I'm flying, Jack!"
- Rose DeWitt Bukater, reciting the film's most iconic line

"I'm the king of the world!"
- Jack Dawson, reciting this tropers opinion on the film's most iconic (and ironic) line

The movie of 1997. It was a darling of most critics at the time, a commercial splash, won 11 Oscars including Best Picture, and quickly became a source of many Stock Parodies. If you don't adjust for inflation, it's the highest-grossing movie ever and unlikely to be unseated anytime soon. Currently, the film is facing a bit of a backlash, due to being rather schmaltzy, but it still has its fans. We're not going to get into that other than to say Your Mileage May Vary.

In case you don't remember '97 or you were living in a cave at that time, Titanic tells the story, in Flashback, of the two fictional Star Crossed Lovers Jack Dawson and Rose DeWitt Bukater. Unfortunately, they both happen to aboard the ill-fated ocean liner of the title, which, as we all know, struck an iceberg and sank on its maiden voyage in 1912. There's also a Love Triangle involving Rose's evil Disposable Fiancé Caledon "Cal" Hockley, who decides the best solution is to literally Murder The Hypotenuse, Jumping Off The Slippery Slope in the process. This more-or-less leads to the film's Downer Ending.

Launched the careers of Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet.
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