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“A fun fairy tale. Only big issue I had with it was her quickness to embrace the monster for apparently no reason when first learning of it after it attacked someone. Also, this could have been a PG or PG-13 film with some editing and it might have fit better with younger kids who might not care that she'd have no motivation to become friends with the monster. Anyhow, worth it. 7/10” read more
Movies Watched in 2018 (58 movies items)"2018/02/04 @Celebration, theater 12, seat E9 via MoviePass A fun fairy tale. Only big issue I had with it was her quickness to embrace the monster for apparently no reason when first learning of it after it attacked someone. Also, this could have been a PG or PG-13 film with some editing and it might have fit better with younger kids who might not care that she'd have no motivation to become friends with the monster. Anyhow, worth it."
2017: Films I've Watched in December
“Guillermo del Toro’s entire career has been built on a profound empathy for the monsters and the outsiders, sometimes metaphorically, quite often literally, and that goes to a logical extreme in The Shape of Water. Imagine Creature from the Black Lagoon played out as a Beauty and the Beast-style romance, now add in a large portion of mermaid, both specific and related, mythology and you’ll conjure something up that approximates the final product. It’s a gorgeous and achingly romantic story about two misfits rebelling against the system with the help from their fellow societal discards. Richard Jenkins’ Giles narrates the film, positioning the story we’re about to see as a fairy tale about a mute princess that always belonged to the water before returning to it. From there, a” read more
BAFTA Film Awards 2018 Predictions (21 movies items)"Best Film! Winner: The Shape of Water! Nominees: Call Me By Your Name Darkest Hour Dunkirk Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"
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If There Had Been 5 (9 movies items)" Likelihood of Nomination 1. The Shape of Water 2. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 3. Get Out 4. Dunkirk 5. Lady Bird"
2017's Best Movies (75 movies items)" 36.5 points Lists BradWesley123: (#8) Bullying: (#5) Director Black: (#3) epicgordan: (*) JROCK1772: (#4) Kraven: (#4) the giraffe: (#6)"
Favorite Drama Films: 2016-2017 (39 movies items)" Directed by: Guillermo del Toro Produced by: Guillermo del Toro and J. Miles Dale Written by: Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor Cinematography: Dan Laustsen Edited by: Sidney Wolinsky Music by: Alexandre Desplat Distributed by: Fox Searchlight Pictures"
Academy Award for Best Cinematography: 2010's
Movies Watched in 2018 (188 movies items)"January 25th Directed by: Guillermo Del Toro If you told someone to come up with a plot of something Guillermo Del Toro would make, it would be this. So you should know exactly what you're gonna get, and if you liked Pan's Labyrinth I think you'll like this. The Shape of Water has actually made me ask myself an interesting question when I was comparing the two, because I always thought of Pan's Labyrinth as a kid's movie, but I initially wouldn't say the same for this movie. I won't say why, b"
