The Shape of Water

I love this movie.Sally deserves best leading actress.Best Movie Ever!!!!!!!

I think this deserves a higher score than I am giving it, but this was simply not a movie I enjoyed that much. I generally like Guillermo del Toro's stuff, but this movie was a bit of a miss for me.

In this unusual mesh of fantasy, romance and science fiction, a mute woman working as a lab custodian in the late '60s falls for an abused, captive sea monster. The Shape of Water dons many hats, several at the same time, which distract and compete for attention: that central relationship, the military's plans for the creature, a neighbor's quest to reclaim his job with an ad agency, a coworker's marriage, a supervisor's frustrated home life. Each adds a layer to the onion skin, and color to the world, but ultimately they feel like light diversions from the main course. On a technical level, it's exceptional. Guillermo del Toro's work has never been short on conceptual know-how, and The Shape of Water merely continues his habit of one-upping the preceding film. The beast itself, heavily influenced by The Creature from the Black Lagoon with a hint or two of Abe Sapien from del Toro's Hellboy, looks fantastic. Lifelike and expressive, it's easy to buy into as a thinking, feeling participant in the story. Sally Hawkins is equally wonderful as the human lead, drawing inspiration from dozens of classic silent films in her flourishing role as a mousey, passionate, eloquent young woman. Set designs, too, are distinct and remarkable, from the slimy, clinical confines of the military science lab to her crusty, crumbling apartment right above a busy movie theater. The plot drags, though, and more than once edges awfully close to cliché. I enjoyed it, particularly on a thematic level, but I wish it was about twenty minutes shorter.

Sinceramente, dejar de idealizar la estética de los 70 y 80 poniéndola superbonita y hacer un guión decente y no algo que parece que lo hayan hecho dos chavales. Estética muy chula y todo lo que quieras, pero el guión es pobre y no se diferencia más alla de la película de ET exceptuando la diferencia de que con ET no mantienen relaciones sexuales. Esta película no es solo aburrida sino que me ha sacado en varias ocasiones de mis casillas.

It was better to not have an academy award this year. No story, No new idea, stereotypical. A terrible year for world of cinema.