The Shape of Water .....Overrated Oscar Winner??
So I just saw the Shape of Water and I'm not getting it. I generally like Del Torro's work big fan of Hellboy and Pan's Labirinth but this effort is just not doing anything for me. Its a love story ? Between a woman and a fish?
Its full of half baked characters with no purpose but to serve a really predictable and lazy plotline. The musical references/sequences do nothing for me but then I've never been a fan of musicals imho the most useless movie genre in history. It was the same for me when LA LA Land won.
What is it with hollywood these days? Is the rise of high production value episodic story arc TV finally spelling the end for them and now they are trotting out bad genre movie after bad genre movie like a desperate fisherman who won't believe the fish have moved on??
I guess not so they made a movie about one falling in love.... god save me from this crap .... oh ...right 
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I never saw this movie. Judging from the trailer, I decided not to see it with an acquaintance who wanted to see it. From more scences flashed online and on TV, I'm glad I didn't pay to see it. The "fish" and the woman danced? There was a "love" scene in the water? Okay, maybe it's an analogy for human prejudice. I get that. I'm still happy to say I didn't spend my money on it.
I_dont_know
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Mar 24, 2018
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Agreed, I don't know how this won best picture. I much preferred I, Tonya. (which won for best supporting actress, at least.)
verifiabliss
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Mar 23, 2018
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I dunno maybe my ASD is getting in the way here...I'm just not seeing it
@Rideauxb Thats one of my objections Hollywood are always re-tooling something Avatar for example was Pocahontas in space, try comming up with something oh I dunno .....'Original' ???
Best movie i've seen this year was on Netflix
This is a love story that I can relate too
Anyway good discussion folks, to each thier own
pictomaniac
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Mar 23, 2018
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I thought it looked ridiculous and have no desire to see it. I watched "Lincoln" the other night - thought it was okay but certainly not as good as it was made out to be.
Presley1209
Level 7
Mar 22, 2018
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Found Lincoln really dry and slow, like so many bio-pics overrated again. Feeling the same about 'Darkest Hour' and 'Dunkirk too
@pictomaniac Yes it was, I was disappointed. I actually fell asleep.
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