One of the worst movies ever made, technically poor and without any true content or meaningful message, it's just a sappy inferior version of Romeo & Juliet that's been done to death by Hollywood and has almost never been done well, it's the "Twilight" of it's era.
Yet average "brain-dead" Joe and average "nothing-in-the-noggin'" Jane sure like it.
PS: Add Avatar into the mix and you have the top two reasons why Cameron is aiding in the destruction of refined culture in modern society, replacing it with sappy meaningless romance between 2-dimensional characters and stories that are as complex as a P.S.A. directed to 5-year olds.
PPS: For anyone using the argument that movies needn't be "complex" or "have a message" and could just be 2-hours of "purty pictures and stereotypes"... go watch Capcom cut-scenes, save yourself 7?, use the 7? to buy rope, make a noose, kill yourself and let not your genes taint the human race.