Why do so many Chinese people like the film Titanic?

It can be hard for others to understand the significance of Titanic in Chinese movie history. Titanic is probably the first American Movie that was aggressively advertised in China. It's a good movie in many ways: the plot was romantic, and the graphical effect was absolutely stunning by the standard then. read more

It can be hard for others to understand the significance of Titanic in Chinese movie history. Titanic is probably the first American Movie that was aggressively advertised in China. It's a good movie in many ways: the plot was romantic, and the graphical effect was absolutely stunning by the standard then. read more

People’s Daily points out that “Titanic” boasts other enticements for Chinese audiences, including grand special effects and director James Cameron’s “professional spirit of pursuing the perfect,” but its stands to reason, given the sometimes transactional nature of real-life romance in China, that no small amount of the film’s broad appeal in China is due to the escapist promise of its central love story. read more

If Titanic was one of the original lightning rods for hater culture, part of the reason that the film made such a perfect target is that what the haters were really attacking wasn’t “bad dialogue” so much as a huge, powerful, ambitious movie, by a geek-god filmmaker, that actually dared to be innocent about love. read more