Speaking of mermaid love, I immediately think of the legend of chasing fish starring Zhao Liying. The clever and lovely carp Jinghongling transforms into a human figure and comes to the world to meet Zhang Zhen, a scholar, and then develop mutual affection. Rescue Zhang Zhen at the cost of disobedience and reluctance to extricate herself from the red scales. The love of mermaid attracts the world and the earth, and the sincere love is finally cultivated to perfection.
It is also a magical romantic story between "mermaids" that crosses races, but "The Shape of Water" puts love on the edge, completely subverting the inherent mythology, neither romantic nor able to get the beauty of mermaids. In the film, the mute girl Alyssa is a cleaner in a government agency. She accidentally discovered an experiment at work: a mysterious creature, a mermaid. Abused, Alyssa decides to help the merman escape from the lab. Toro, a talented director with a wide-open brain, has surpassed people's habitual thinking patterns with his creativity and ability to create films, breaking the routine of monster movies. No monsters or princesses need to change. The real transformation comes from the heart. Like accepting each other and loving each other.
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