Leonardo DiCaprio stars as an American artist from Wisconsin with a working class background. He wins tickets for a trip on the Titanic in a poker game and then accidentally meets Rose, played by Kate Winslet. Rose, struggling with her class background and her mother's pressure to marry for money, is considering jumping from the stern of the ship when Jack appears on the scene. He talks her out of suicide and then willingly becomes involved with her in a clandestine love affair while on the ship. Their deep love for one another grows quickly when Titanic hits an iceberg and begins to sink.

From the visually impaired point of view, this adventure movie was much easier to follow than I expected. The two main characters, Jack and Rose had distinct voices and seemed to monopolize most of the screen time. This was good. Lesser important characters seemed to be relatively easy to follow, as well. THere was lots of dialogue and scenes shifted at a reasonable pace. Of course, the last hour of the movie focused on the tragedy of the sinking ship and this was difficult. But, I obviously knew the ship was sinking and all the action scenes that followed were somewhat understandable. My sighted assistant worked a lot with descriptions during that part of the movie, but was surprisingly quiet during the first two thirds of the picture.

I'll give this one a seven -- at this point, my highest rating for any adventure movie -- and encourage you to see it.