Awesome article about the Shape of Water+ the merits of personal freedom vs loneliness.
What are your thoughts on Spike Jonze's Her?
Before that movie I thought AI companions were absurd, but being able to have a really deep conversation about a book or a movie on command sounds pretty amazing.
The Shape of Water is the best version of the Creature from the Black Lagoon, smart enough to make the Creature a good guy and kind enough to pair him with someone willing and able to deluge her home as a nice surprise.
It was much better than Dunkirk.
That's an excellent list of Cold War films. Some other good ones are On The Beach (The 1959 version, not the 2000 remake!), Failsafe and Threads, although all are dated and bleak (Threads especially).
Don't feel bad about describing everyone as Jane Austen characters, most people are Jane Austen characters.
Thanks again for the great read and and creating such an admirable connexion between peculiar subjects.
I still have yet to see Her! I'll make it a priority. Thank you for the Cold War movie recs and the very thoughtful comment. "Smart enough to make the Creature a good guy and kind enough to pair him with someone willing and able to deluge her home" is like the perfect encapsulation of why I like Shape of Water so much.
Great review, Emma and I really enjoy when you incorporate insight and personal snippets and we get to learn interesting things about you over time in each review. Effortless and not easy to do.
I wanted to like this movie so much as a del Toro fan and CFTBL fan and it felt tailor made for me and it just..fell short.
The deux ex machina ending just was too much. But your review makes me want to rewatch and revaluate it and hopefully experience differently the film the way you and B Movie did.
Thank you! I can see your point about the deux ex machine ending. Personally I found the end to be charming, but it is certainly an easy way out. There are just certain movies out there that should objectively work for someone, but for whatever reason just don't click.
I love Pan's Labyrinth! I've seen Cronos, but was pretty indifferent to it. That's one I think I need to rewatch. I haven't seen The Devil's Backbone, but I've heard good things. Crimson Peak, Shape of Water, and Pan's Labyrinth are in a fight for #1 del Toro in my heart
Awesome article about the Shape of Water+ the merits of personal freedom vs loneliness.
What are your thoughts on Spike Jonze's Her?
Before that movie I thought AI companions were absurd, but being able to have a really deep conversation about a book or a movie on command sounds pretty amazing.
The Shape of Water is the best version of the Creature from the Black Lagoon, smart enough to make the Creature a good guy and kind enough to pair him with someone willing and able to deluge her home as a nice surprise.
It was much better than Dunkirk.
That's an excellent list of Cold War films. Some other good ones are On The Beach (The 1959 version, not the 2000 remake!), Failsafe and Threads, although all are dated and bleak (Threads especially).
Don't feel bad about describing everyone as Jane Austen characters, most people are Jane Austen characters.
Thanks again for the great read and and creating such an admirable connexion between peculiar subjects.
I still have yet to see Her! I'll make it a priority. Thank you for the Cold War movie recs and the very thoughtful comment. "Smart enough to make the Creature a good guy and kind enough to pair him with someone willing and able to deluge her home" is like the perfect encapsulation of why I like Shape of Water so much.
Great review, Emma and I really enjoy when you incorporate insight and personal snippets and we get to learn interesting things about you over time in each review. Effortless and not easy to do.
I wanted to like this movie so much as a del Toro fan and CFTBL fan and it felt tailor made for me and it just..fell short.
The deux ex machina ending just was too much. But your review makes me want to rewatch and revaluate it and hopefully experience differently the film the way you and B Movie did.
Thank you! I can see your point about the deux ex machine ending. Personally I found the end to be charming, but it is certainly an easy way out. There are just certain movies out there that should objectively work for someone, but for whatever reason just don't click.
I gotta rewatch. My daughter watched it recently too and loved it. Have you seen Pan’s Labyrinth, Cronos, or The Devil’s Backbone?
I love Pan's Labyrinth! I've seen Cronos, but was pretty indifferent to it. That's one I think I need to rewatch. I haven't seen The Devil's Backbone, but I've heard good things. Crimson Peak, Shape of Water, and Pan's Labyrinth are in a fight for #1 del Toro in my heart
Nice! I get that with Cronos. It was good but Devil’s Backbone is better.
I still need to see Crimson Peak!
I’d go Pans Labyrinth and Hell Boy 2: The Golden Army as my go to del Toro’s.