The Shape of Water

Made through this one, on principle.

A mute woman, an outcast, falls for an unknown creature, also an outcast. An evil guy — teeth and grimaces in place — wants to use that creature for evil purposes. Bad Russians involved, too. The woman saves the creature at the expense of her own life with an implication that she will acquire new supernatural qualities that will allow her reincarnation and union with that creature in their new life.

It seems like this movie is targeting those with simple emotional range: black—white, good—evil. All the accolades made me wonder, if people get so hyped up and excited about a human entering a relationship with a fish why do they get so worked up about a human entering a relationship with another human — regardless.

And those Russian characters… Their American accent was so thick that I had to read English subtitles to understand what was going on. Couldn’t they find some expats in Hollywood for the part or they really go for the lowest possible denominator?

Maybe I missed something.

Back in the 1962, there was a huge blockbuster in Russia — “The Amphibian Man.” This story differs from “The shape of Water” but feels like it was heavily borrowed from. And of course there’s a Russian book that movie was based on.