Titanic 3D

Some background:
*The first time I saw Titanic I was 11 years old, I am now a few short months away from 26.
-to put this into perspective my first dog Britney was still alive. I am now on my third.
*Titanic holds my personal record for most viewings in a theater. No I was not in love with Leonardo (though my friends all were) I just loved the story.
*I cried Everytime I saw the movie even on TV when I only caught the end.
Okay so it seemed probable I would go see it released for the 100th anniversary of the sailing/ tragedy. Even if I hate the 3D obsession taking over movies and I will never forgive James Cameron for the 3 (hundred) plus hour mind rapping he called Avatar(ded) because once upon a time a little girl loved him forever for what I then thought would always be my favorite movie. Then I found out the bff had never seen it in the theatre (clearly this is because we weren't friends yet) and the stakes were set higher. Had i actually found the one female in generation YA who hadn't?!
While I will admit still loving the movie I must also concede that a different girl left that theatre than the one who teared up everytime My Heart Will Go On blasted on the radio. Celine promised "We'll stay forever this way" but indeed I've changed. For one, I didn't even cry and the only time I neared tears was when I realized a dead woman was holding a frozen baby. Cameron still awes me with how stunning it was shot and I still applaud the actors for what the went through recreating the disaster, perhaps this was the first time I actually appreciated the behind these scenes aspects in fact. Much like the joke Rose makes about Dr. Frued when they talk about the importance of sheer size, certain aspects that 11 is oblivious to, 26 quite enjoyed.
I guess hopeless romantic has been replaced by slightly cynical cinephilla. I watched thinking how all of the awards were well deserved rather than how I would gladly go through that hell for that kind of love. Sure I'd still like Jack Dawson to be all artist sexy and teach me to spit but I'm not hanging off a boat to get him and maybe then end up no better than Leo and Kate in their follow up film Revolution Road- perhaps the only great love stories are the ones where someone dies young or tragic, perhaps not. Rose probably was in for the long haul but then why not share the door-turned-life raft, Jack probably wouldn't have gone for it but you should've asked!!

And then she threw him in the ocean!! I've always had issue with this because you don't say you'll never let go and then physically let go. I understand now that I was too busy sobbing to hear him telling her to never let go of the dreams they shared. I get the bad metephore now and don't get me wrong, I want him to die I really really do because I am a Terry Gilliam fan and he teaches that real disasters are about failure and it's true but all of the science classes I've taken taught me that hypothermia- very severe hypothermia can cause a death like sleep. Jack might not be dead!!! Now I want to cry because he is an allegory for the ones who were loved and lost.
In conclusion, Titanic will always hold a place in my heart but it is a young person's film. I guess it's like Peter Pan going back to Neverland.