Picture this if you will: a young and starry eyed thirteen year old girl sits with ten other such females all sighing in unison as they watch the scenes flicker by. It was 1997. The movie was Titanic. And I was swept away…drowning, if you will, in the story of passion and tragedy that played out before my eyes.

While my heart burned with romance and chili fries, I outwardly showed no signs of approval. I hated mass female movements. I tried to play it cool but this film, this epic cinematic piece de resistance hit my girlish passion at just the right time and I was change.

It could only have happened once in a universe

I’ve never been a chick flick kinda gal. I shun anything with the words “Kate Hudson” or “tear-jerker” involved. I like loud and I like guns. So I was a little shocked by my initial reaction to Titanic. I expected to mock the film and mock the film goers. But there I sat on opening day with my prepubescent cronies actually eating it up. The story, the romance, the tragic unrequited love. It was everything a thirteen year old girl should dream about. And it hit me at the perfect moment. And I loved it.

Let sleeping boats lie

Fast forward twelve years. I’m 25 now, married, and wading in my own life romance…so to speak. I haven’t revisited my titanic love since that day in the theater when I had a kismatic experience. But last night, around 12:30 am, I had the most unquenchable urge to watch this movie. My dear husband uses the power of the “internets” to download the film and we partook.

Oh, my. Well…the movie hasn’t change any but I sure have. Its amazing how our perceptions change. The love story suddenly seemed contrived and annoying, the boat sinkage predictable (I guess the name kinda gives that away…) and the death scene almost unwatchable. Dan made appropriate gagging sounds and I realized I should have just left that one in the past.

So…no more Titanic for me. Maybe tonight I’ll revisit my love affair with another James Cameron that I know is sure to please. You know what I’m talking about…dickwad.

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