Review of The Shape of Water (2017) by Elthor — 04 Nov 2018
This movie is seriously overrated.
There is no denying the striking visuals. From dingy apartments to dream-like underwater scenes, the cinematography is beautiful. That gets the movie a 1.
Unfortunately, the plot is thin as water and theThis movie is seriously overrated.
There is no denying the striking visuals. From dingy apartments to dream-like underwater scenes, the cinematography is beautiful. That gets the movie a 1.
Unfortunately, the plot is thin as water and the pace is leaden. The length of the film is twice as long as this short story full of caricatures requires.
The movie's biggest flaw is that we are supposed to feel something for the fishman because he is 'intelligent'. Instead he is portrayed as feral with a smaller vocabulary than Koko the gorilla or your family dog... neither one of which should you want to see anyone have sex with.
The romance is imaginary and one sided. Towards the end we see Elisa pour her heart out to fishman who doesn't stop eating to even pay attention.
This movie is for really lonely women who may find it moving. I found it as romantic as a woman with box of frozen fishsticks and want my two hours back.
This review of The Shape of Water (2017) was written by Elthor on 04 Nov 2018.
The Shape of Water has generally received very positive reviews.
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