Many public accounts say that this film is a black fairy tale, so it's no wonder that I can't get excited about watching it, because whether it's black or white, as long as it's a fairy tale, the plot is usually very simple and the emotional love and hate are clear. In my opinion, the film failed because it was too clear about love and hate - the villain was conscientious and worked hard to manage the house, but was betrayed by his subordinates, plotted by his colleagues, reprimanded by the boss, the newly bought car was scratched within a few days of driving, and even lost his job, Losing his life, and the protagonist did not even abide by the basic professional ethics, but he could live a sex life like a duck to water, entangled with a non-human person every day, so that the downstairs theater could not operate normally. Is this a celebration of love and freedom? It's a celebration of unrequited love and selfishness.
We all say that the film censorship of major powers in the Milky Way is very strict, resulting in limited subject matter and scale, and it is impossible to make good films, but in my opinion, the United States is similar, but it is not the imperial court that restricts them, but the society and people's hearts. I think moral correctness is no less powerful than political correctness. Of course, if a movie is both morally correct and politically correct, it will be over. For example, a wolf who climbed to the top of the box office in a big country last year is such a masterpiece. Purely from a movie viewing point of view, this film is not a stream, I only watched 20 minutes in fast-forward.
The film The Shape of Water stands on the commanding heights of moral correctness. In the United States, you are embarrassed to start a movie without setting the banner of pursuing freedom, true love and a happy family. This film treats the heroine as a model who pursues these things, and puts it at the center of the camera. Underneath, everything else can be sacrificed, the most tragic is the villain, as well as her black and fat colleagues, and her friends who are forgetting years, as well as the theater owner downstairs, they only sold 4 tickets for a play, and they were also killed. Because of your perverted sexual needs, the overflowing water destroyed the decoration, and the guests ran away in anger. Who will pay for these losses? These people are usually very good to the heroine, why should the heroine hurt them regardless of her own selfish interests?
Therefore, a fairy tale is a fairy tale. In order to tell the universal dream of happiness (that is, correct nonsense), it ignores a lot of realistic things, which makes the film look simple, rude and unreasonable. Production can't hide it. If this film can win gold medals in non-technical fields, I think this year's Oscars, like the last few years, are just a social institution kidnapped by politics and public opinion, and their artistic judgment ability is really not enough to convince me.
Of course, if you are not sensitive to the above things, this film is still worth watching. The service is very attentive, the special effects are extremely realistic, and the story is a little naive, but isn't that the case with Hollywood fairy tales?
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