The Shape of Water
This is in strange and overlong romance. Though it is packed with some good performances.
Sally Hawkins is adorable, and great, as Eliza. Mute due to a past injury, she lived a lonely life of routine. Her only friends are a equally lonely artist who is gay, and her coworker who isn’t fleshed out enough to benefit a decent actress in Octavia Spencer.
The romance is a little creepy, and takes up too much time to develope, and and the Russian spy subplot is a unnecessary distraction.
But once we get past that we are reminded how touching it can be with little moments between her and the fish man. Those scenes, however come before his breakout Halfway through the movie, which would have been better served if had come closer to the end.
I know this sounds like I didn’t enjoy it, but honestly I did. I liked it, actually. There’s some good performances here, with a decent story and a fish man that Del Toro breathes life into. You feel for him when he’s tortured mercilessly, and you can see the kindness in his eyes.
It’s the little things, that one comes to expect from Del Toro.
Good pick, just falls short of being great
My guess is Thursday Next? I recall her being a fan of it.
This is in strange and overlong romance. Though it is packed with some good performances.
Sally Hawkins is adorable, and great, as Eliza. Mute due to a past injury, she lived a lonely life of routine. Her only friends are a equally lonely artist who is gay, and her coworker who isn’t fleshed out enough to benefit a decent actress in Octavia Spencer.
The romance is a little creepy, and takes up too much time to develope, and and the Russian spy subplot is a unnecessary distraction.
But once we get past that we are reminded how touching it can be with little moments between her and the fish man. Those scenes, however come before his breakout Halfway through the movie, which would have been better served if had come closer to the end.
I know this sounds like I didn’t enjoy it, but honestly I did. I liked it, actually. There’s some good performances here, with a decent story and a fish man that Del Toro breathes life into. You feel for him when he’s tortured mercilessly, and you can see the kindness in his eyes.
It’s the little things, that one comes to expect from Del Toro.
Good pick, just falls short of being great
My guess is Thursday Next? I recall her being a fan of it.
Last edited by Wyldesyde19; 11-07-20 at 05:47 PM.