The Shape of Water
Jan. 6th, 2018 06:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shadowkatBrrr...it's not exactly much warmer today than it was yesterday. And I've gained weight so none of my cords fit me. All I have are jeans. No thermals. So, my thighs are always freezing. We'll see if I make it up to my brother's place in Kinderhook, NY next weekend. (It's just north of the Catskills, East of Bershires, and South of Albany, NY. Crazy brother decided to move to the boon-docks.)
Anyhow, saw The Shape of Water by Guillermo Del Toro today with
Anyhow, saw The Shape of Water by Guillermo Del Toro today with
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Brrr...it's not exactly much warmer today than it was yesterday. And I've gained weight so none of my cords fit me. All I have are jeans. No thermals. So, my thighs are always freezing. We'll see if I make it up to my brother's place in Kinderhook, NY next weekend. (It's just north of the Catskills, East of Bershires, and South of Albany, NY. Crazy brother decided to move to the boon-docks.)
Anyhow, saw <b>The Shape of Water by Guillermo Del Toro</b> today with <user="cjlasky">. It is possibly the best film that I've seen in 2017 and so far in 2018. A flawless, precisely directed romantic horror pic, that manages to do a better job of tackling the same themes that Last Jedi had.
It was clear, concise, focused, and the attention to detail staggering. It's also a beautiful piece of cinematography.
Del Toro is a mixed bag, so I never know what I'll get. This film reminded me a great deal of <i>Pan's Labrynthe</i> in its fairy tale aspects.
Water imagery was emphasized in various ways throughout, and the film is in a way a visual poem. The way Del Toro uses water to further the story, themes, and as a backdrop is simply breathtaking - from the first shot to the closing shot. It is a cinemagraphic masterpiece.
The story is simple -- a love story between a death mute and a merman. Think Creature of the Black Lagoon meets Starman, and well...1940s musicals. And it is set against the back-drop of the 1950s at the height of the Cold War, before Sputnik.
I'm struggling to talk about it without giving away spoilers...because I think it's best if you go in cold like I did. All I knew about the film was what I'd seen in the trailers. Which is basically it's about a mute cleaning woman who saves a merman from a government facility, and what transpires before and after that.
This may be the only film I've seen in 2017 that deserves all the accolades its received. It made me very happy, and I felt it managed to convey and explore the same themes that I saw in Last Jedi in a far more comprehensive and clearer manner.
BAM, where we saw the film, is not the most comfortable theater on the planet. It shows its age.
But the film was so good, I barely noticed it.
Anyhow, saw <b>The Shape of Water by Guillermo Del Toro</b> today with <user="cjlasky">. It is possibly the best film that I've seen in 2017 and so far in 2018. A flawless, precisely directed romantic horror pic, that manages to do a better job of tackling the same themes that Last Jedi had.
It was clear, concise, focused, and the attention to detail staggering. It's also a beautiful piece of cinematography.
Del Toro is a mixed bag, so I never know what I'll get. This film reminded me a great deal of <i>Pan's Labrynthe</i> in its fairy tale aspects.
Water imagery was emphasized in various ways throughout, and the film is in a way a visual poem. The way Del Toro uses water to further the story, themes, and as a backdrop is simply breathtaking - from the first shot to the closing shot. It is a cinemagraphic masterpiece.
The story is simple -- a love story between a death mute and a merman. Think Creature of the Black Lagoon meets Starman, and well...1940s musicals. And it is set against the back-drop of the 1950s at the height of the Cold War, before Sputnik.
I'm struggling to talk about it without giving away spoilers...because I think it's best if you go in cold like I did. All I knew about the film was what I'd seen in the trailers. Which is basically it's about a mute cleaning woman who saves a merman from a government facility, and what transpires before and after that.
This may be the only film I've seen in 2017 that deserves all the accolades its received. It made me very happy, and I felt it managed to convey and explore the same themes that I saw in Last Jedi in a far more comprehensive and clearer manner.
BAM, where we saw the film, is not the most comfortable theater on the planet. It shows its age.
But the film was so good, I barely noticed it.