I found The Shape of Water to be very strange - but beautifully so. We open on a woman who lives a highly regulated life - she follows her daily routine at home, then goes to the night shift at her job, cleaning a secret government facility. Her name is Eliza, she is mute, and I felt immediately drawn into her story. On this particular day, a new "asset" is brought in to the facility - a creature that lives in water, and Eliza begins to observe the men who are investigating this new life form.
One man, a scientist, seems to genuinely care about the creature, about what he might learn from it. Another man seems to care only about controlling it, keeping it chained up and treating it violently with a cattle prod. When the creature fights back by biting two of his fingers off, he only ups his level of cruelty and control. But silent Eliza is able to slip in around the shadows, visiting the locked facility on her lunch break. She learns to communicate with the creature, through sign language, music, and knowing glances. They develop a bond and she begins to genuinely care for it.
When she overhears a plan that threatens the creatures life, she makes plans to rescue it, enlisting her friends and the caring scientist to help. Here is where things take an odd turn into a romance that I did not expect. You'll have to see it for yourself to see what you think! Overall I think the movie was well done - the visuals were stunning, the creature was fascinating to watch, and I was invested in the story all the way to the end.
Your thoughts?
a Lovely yet odd story
I enjoyed this one a lot more then I thought. The story was intriguing and I always love pieces that are set this time of the past. Visually it was great. It had its odd moments and characters but it all added to what made the story so charming. The only part the pulled it from me was the directors choice to make the creature look too much like a creature from his other movies and have it no one connect. I'm glad it didn't connect because it would of been odd if it did to Hellboy but fans and everyone is trying to make it connect because they look so much alike. With it being different it should of been a helpful choice to create a new costume.
It did look like the one from Hellboy!
I said the same thing to Bethany, but she hadn't seen Hellboy. I didn't know it was the same person, though. That would have brought it down a point for me, I think. But I agree, they looked so much alike. And even the egg thing! Didn't the Hellboy one like rotten eggs? What a weird thing to repeat. Such a unique story, why make it so similar? Odd choice.
I think your right.
I think your right on the egg thing but I'll have to watch the Hellboy movies again. I enjoyed those as well. I wonder how the new reboot will compare. I still like the shape of water, but it took it down a notch, almost like it was the easy road.