The movie wasn't made for him

Zechariah 2022-04-20 09:01:11

The overall feeling is normal. There are two things that touch me: Scientist: "It's a beautiful creature, it has feelings and it understands language!" Project leader: "Who isn't like this? Soviets, North Koreans, Koreans don't? But we still have to Kill them." And there's the "monster" teasing meow, even though it just killed a meow. The project leader has more drama than the heroine - he is very uncomfortable working. The grand narrative based on the "Cold War", the "little luck" based on the family, and the explanation of "what is a man" by the officer in military uniform can't save him, and the more the plot develops, the more morbid it becomes. Seriously, crazy since the abusive scientist...but the movie wasn't made for him. The female protagonist is a marginal person in society, and she naturally approaches the "monster", but the process is too simple, or there is no process - you can trust it with an egg (the "monster" is easy to understand human nature), and the love of fish and water is together. If you don't communicate well, it's good to sing. What should I do if I encounter problems again? "Mechanical seance" - the crazy project leader beats them to death, or kills the heroine and then gets beheaded by the "monster". But the film was not made for him, so the "monster" hugged the heroine and jumped into the water, and the heroine's natural scar-shaped birthmark turned into a gill... The last dance in the water was beautiful.

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The Shape of Water quotes

  • Zelda: [to Elisa] Yeah. That's good. Keep that up. Lookin' like you don't know anything.

  • Strickland: [to himself in the mirror] You deliver. You deliver, that's what you do, you deliver. Right? RIGHT?