The Kings of the world
If we had already been moved the first time Leonardo DiCaprio shouted that "I am the king of the world!", conquering the public and the Titanic with the same forcefulness, imagine the number of chills that ran through our bodies when Kate Winslet joined the equation to feel like I was flying before infinity. A beautiful image to which James Cameron knew how to contribute visual poetry that has ended up turning it into film history in all fairness.
The stairs
That first date. That DiCaprio looks when he finds Kate Winslet in the crowd. The complicit smile that is born between them. Those nerves in the stomach do not need to be verbalized so that we know they are there. And, of course, that last scene in which they return to those same stairs to close an unbeatable film with a flourish.
Dances in the third class
Few scenes in recent decades have conveyed such a tangible feeling of happiness and love as the one starring a radiant Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet at that wonderful party located in the third class of the Titanic. Moment of total ecstasy and wild dancing (and barefoot) that is seen with a smile fixed on his face at all times.
The painting
"Paint me like one of your French girls."
The rest, as with almost everything in 'Titanic', is already the history of the seventh art.
Car
For James Cameron to be the person behind the camera, the S- scene in 'Titanic' exudes surprising elegance, romanticism, and delicacy. Of course, without losing passion, of course, a feeling that is brilliantly captured in that hand that emerges from the back seat of a car to crash against the glass. Another great movie moment.
The Titanic Orchestra
A group of musicians determined to play every last note as their world collapses around them. The commitment to art and the ability of music to calm terror, excite amid chaos, and isolate the most painful noise. There is something epic in this wonderful scene. And of poetry. And beauty without an expiration date.
The spectacularity of the disaster
Even though the first half allows us to fully enjoy James Cameron, how the filmmaker displays his talent from the moment the Titanic collides with the iceberg is simply amazing. An absolute mastery of cinematographic language and rhythm within the framework of drama and catastrophe reaches one of its many climaxes at the moment when the ship astonishingly breaks in half and tilts: Cameron to the fullest of his potential.
Breaking the chains
Even knowing that he would swing the ax to save his beloved, half the world held our breath or covered our faces seconds before Kate Winslet tried to bust those damn handcuffs. Infallible tension was followed by a fast-paced escape through the corridors of the Titanic that could perfectly have been part of this special. Tremendous.
