Was Titanic actually that good of a film? Perhaps I should watch it again now that almost three decades have passed.

It was pretty good, but many movies were that good. I picked Titanic specifically because it was broadly popular and culturally relevant.

as someone who had a DiCaprio lookalike in his middle school when it came out, who attracted ALL the girls' attention, and also as someone whose first date ever was to see Titanic

I begrudgingly have to admit it is a very good movie