As multiple nominations for the Golden Globes, an Oscar hit, the film The Shape of Water has a pitiful few in the American theaters. In Houston, there are only two theaters, which add up to about 8 games per day; during the same period, almost every theater has film layouts of various sizes, roughly 195 games per day. 25 times the gap. When I saw the stills and trailers half a year ago, I had a premonition that it would be a literary feature film. The length is not the time itself, but because of the inherent literary attributes, the plot is procrastinated, violated, and there are many long shots. The time has become very long, sitting and lying restless, worried that friends who don’t like to watch literary and artistic films with me may gaze during and after watching the film (yes, I’m quoting Blade Runner 2049). Because of the existence of monsters, movies can make people feel uneasy, ugly, and scared. What I expected was a movie that would challenge many of my comfort zones. With this expectation, I walked into the theater. The viewing itself exceeded my expectations from all angles. The plot itself is compact and orderly, logically reasonable, and the characters and behaviors almost perfectly fit the story and the age of the story. This logical and self-consistent story makes people easily immersed in it. At the end of the movie, amid applause, I don't remember how long the movie is, but I just feel that time is fleeting. Yes, this is a literary film that shortens the time. I think the meticulous conception of the plot is the cornerstone of the wonderful film, and it is very satisfying after watching it. The plot of the story is roughly as follows: In the early 1960s, in the cold war atmosphere, the dumb woman Elisa worked as a cleaner in a secret laboratory. Mute girls live a regular life, are lonely, and masturbate every night. She is slender, skinny, and has three scars on her neck, which are said to have been there since childhood. In her circle of friends, there are black teasing partner Zelda and neighboring middle-aged and elderly male illustrator Giles. Her ordinary life was broken by a mysterious thing one day. The white chief, Richard, brought an aquatic organism (similar to a male fish) into the laboratory to study with the scientists in the laboratory. The so-called research is torture. The blood on the ground allowed Elisa and Zelda to apply their expertise to clean up the battlefield. During the cleaning process, Elisa came into contact with the male fish and got acquainted. Elisa is also attracted by this mysterious species and often brings him something to eat (the crew chose eggs to save money). The long-term experiment had no results, making Richard and his general superiors impatient. They decided to kill the male fish and changed from studying a living body to studying a corpse. Elisa decided to steal the mermaid after learning about it, and decided to send him away from the canal on the 10th of next month. On the 10th When the water level of the canal rises, the city will open the gate to release water, and the mermaid can return from the river to the sea. The decision to kill the mermaid also angered scientist Robert, who saw Elisa's actions and secretly supported it. It turns out that Robert is not only a scientist, but also a Soviet spy. The love for the mysterious species made him decide to abandon his spy mission (destroying the mermaid makes the American Emperor unable to study). The efforts of several parties made the operation a success. The black friends, the male illustrator and the spy scientist worked together to send the mermaid to Elisa's bathtub. In the life together, the illustrator discovered that the mermaid has the ability to recover from other people's injuries, and even regenerate hair from the bald head (programmer's gospel). After the protagonist Elisa and the mermaid lived together, the two also warmed up, and they mysteriously crossed the boundary of species. On the other hand, the angry Richard tried his best to find the mermaid in a short time. The bathtub was too small for the mermaid, and he was getting weaker. Elisa and the illustrator decided to send the mermaid away from the dock according to the previous plan. Richard follows the clues to find Robert, reveals his identity as a spy, and interrogates Elisa and Zelda about stealing the mermaid. At the juncture, on the dock, Richard found Elisa, an illustrator and a mermaid. In the sound of a gunshot, Elisa was shot in the abdomen, the mermaid was shot twice in the chest, and the illustrator was knocked down. When the bad guy was about to win a full victory, the illustrator got up and injured Richard with an iron rod. The mermaid healed even after being shot twice, and after slowing down, he countered Richard and pierced his throat. The story does not introduce Richard's ending. If he hadn't died, he would have become a dumb man. The mermaid jumped into the ocean holding the shot Elisa. At the end of the film, it was the picture in the movie poster. In the illustrator’s dictation, the mermaid and Elisa hugged in the sea. The dead Elisa opened his eyes in the water. The three scars on his neck since childhood turned into fish gills. Together, they became creatures in the water. . I especially like this ending. This is an illustrator’s dictation. He may have added his own imagination. This romantic imagination has the rationality of the plot itself (Elisa’s scars, the ability of a mermaid, and the unacceptable loneliness in human society), as well as his good friends to himself Love. Maybe both of them ended up in death, but what does it matter? The director told you the ending in this way, you can choose to accept it, or you can sneer at it. In a sense, I think this kind of treatment and we think that the departed relatives will be soulless The form is the same. For those who remain, the truth is not important, and the understanding of the event is more important than the truth. My viewing experience is so good, it makes me wonder why such a movie has so few lineups. The reasonable explanation is that this is an ambitious Olympic movie, which will be re-released by the theater after the Oscars in February next year. The second part of this movie that I am particularly satisfied with is the music. What was the most popular song and dance film in the 1950s and 1960s. Although Elisa is dumb, she loves music and dances with a good rhythm. This little hobby can be seen in her and her illustrator while watching TV while sitting on the sofa and dancing with her feet. It can also be seen in the regular and rhythmic movements of mopping the floor when she is cleaning. I think the audience will laugh as freely as I do when they capture such details. When Elisa was speechless across from the mermaid, she was singing at the loudest volume in her heart and dancing with him. This way of using music, like some other wonderful movies, pays tribute to the golden age of the past. The other wonderful movies I talked about are in the Green Mile, the old Tom Hanks remembers dancing with his lover, "Cheek to Cheek", Cheek to Cheek (Ella and Louis’s jazz song); in the robot Wali, Wali always "Put on Your Sunday Clothes", which never gets tired of listening; Put on Your Sunday Clothes; is the silent rhythm in the Oscar film artist a few years ago; and also last year's blockbuster La La High School Musical and Dance in Land. This way of using music, there is love and memory, never too much (yes, the Oscar judges also particularly like it). The third thing I like about this movie is the various similes and metaphors used. In these metaphors, I feel the director's greatest ambition. Richard is arrogant and conceited, showing no respect to everyone except the general. He is a white supremacist like a fossil specimen. Using the background of the 1950s and 1960s to tell the story, the director can show all the faces of these people without mercy. He despised blacks, respected the demands of his subordinates, and was particularly obsessed with items that could express his status. Two details are used in the movie to show that the electric baton he carries is his weapon, ready to swing at the people around him at any time. He easily bought the most luxurious car in Cadillac's 4S shop under the praise of the sales staff. Such a person is also merciless to himself. He was bitten off by a mermaid with two fingers during the filming. Later, although he took it back, he didn't get nourishment and was decayed day by day. He can twist his finger in anger. When chasing the lost mermaid, under pressure from the general, he would also hit himself in the mirror and say "you can do it". This cruelty to others and to oneself is the attribute of these people. In a society that emphasizes stratification and segregation, it is not easy for the upper class. The system automatically screens out such people to become their leaders. It is difficult for a compassionate white supremacist to exist. In Pierce Brown’s "Red Rise (Red Rise) In the book "Rising)", the author discussed in detail how the upper strata eliminated themselves. The bloody happens between the strata, and the gore also happens within the strata. Elisa, illustrator Giles, black friend Zela and mermaid all represent the minority. They are people with "unsound" bodies, such as Elisa dumb; people with "abnormal" mental states in mainstream society, such as the curved male Giles; they are also people with "low races", such as black Zelda; they are also mysterious and unassuming. Known groups, such as mermaid. Richard's suppression of them on different occasions, I think, symbolizes the squeezing of people in society. In backward times and societies, the mainstream of mankind is to reject aliens. These aliens become good friends with each other and hug each other to keep warm. There are also many supporting characters in the film, showing the aspects of the class division at the time: such as the many black wage earners who secretly smoked; the empty bar refusing to wear well-dressed black couples; the black riots and police suppression on TV, etc. There are different kinds of things. A modern society should be able to accommodate different people and a small number of people. The more I see this darkness, the more I look forward to a bright day. In addition to the plot, music and metaphors, I have to say that the director has a very good degree of completion of the character of Elisa. She is silent and astute, and her witty side can be seen everywhere in the movie. She longs for friends and cherishes any opportunity to communicate. Here is a good echo of why she can develop a romantic relationship with the mermaid. Loneliness and the desire for love cross many things. The loneliness itself also allows her to know more clearly what she wants. She is brave. At the beginning of the film, she easily picked up Richard's broken finger on the ground. Such details reflect why she could face the mermaid instead of being scared off. In the face of Richard’s harassment, she can also type F firmly with sign language U gesture, and more than once. The protagonist's performance is also very good. Frankly speaking, her appearance is not a beauty in the traditional sense. The character has no voice, and all emotions are conveyed through sign language and eyes. Her frowns and smiles touched the audience. In the first shot, she was lying on the bed with wrinkles and her muscles became rough due to long-term work. I wondered how the director chose such a (not good-looking) person to star in a romantic movie. In the last shot, I have fallen in love with her completely and I sincerely wish her happiness. Finally, to mention the lingering atmosphere of mysticism in the movie, I think it comes from the myth of Cthulhu. As far as I know, the mermaid in Greek mythology and western traditional fairy tales are women, such as the water monster Siren, and the mermaid princess described by Andersen. Only in the myth of Cthulhu, the mermaid is similar to a male. They are called deep divers, fish-headed human bodies, their main color is gray-green, but they have a white belly. There are webs between the fingers of the limbs, scales on the body, gills on the neck, and a strong fishy smell on the body. Although it looks inferior in appearance, deep dives are highly intelligent races that will live forever unless they are killed. In Cthulhu mythology, deep dives can give birth to hybrid offspring with humans. The offspring born are no different from ordinary people at first, but as they grow older, they will gradually show the characteristics of a deep dive. When he/she completes the change, such offspring will enter the water from the bay and join the group of deep divers. From a scientific point of view, it shows that Elisa may be a child of the deep diver left behind in the world. If Robert was not dead, he would probably make such an inference. If you meet someone with three scars on your neck, remember to make friends with him/her, he/she may cure your melancholic alopecia. Water falls from the bright air It falls like hair Falling across a young girl's shoulders Water falls Making pools in the asfalt Dirty mirrors with clouds and buildings inside It falls on the roof of my house Falls on my mother and on my hair Most people call it rain That's one shape,
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