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Jessica - Dec 07, 2017 10:18:23 am PST #1167 of 3463

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

My feelings on Shape of Water is that it is a lovely fairy tale romance, but because it's such a sweet, simple story, it doesn't quite have the oopmh of del Toro's other work.

Thinking more about it after a couple days' digestion, it is refreshing to see a story with such clear good and bad guys - defined by how much they help or hurt the people around them. The protagonist's fish kink is treated as evidence that she's an emotionally healthy sex-positive adult, and we the audience are 100% rooting for their love story - no antiheroes here. The bad guys are vocally racist, sexist, and homophobic - we are not asked to sympathize with their secret manpain because what matters is that they are ASSHOLES, which is a bad thing to be.

Amy - Dec 07, 2017 10:24:57 am PST #1168 of 3463

Because books.

I want to see it even more now!

-t - Dec 07, 2017 10:33:40 am PST #1169 of 3463

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Dang it, why is that not playing closer to me?

Atropa - Dec 07, 2017 11:09:25 am PST #1170 of 3463

The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

It turns out I'm not seeing it this weekend, because it doesn't open here yet, just a one night only screening that I can't make it to. Grrr. I WANT TO SEE MY FISH MONSTER/LADY ROMANCE.

msbelle - Dec 09, 2017 7:38:11 pm PST #1171 of 3463

I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Say Ladybird tonight and did not love it. I expected to love it and I just liked it.

Amy - Dec 11, 2017 8:07:06 am PST #1172 of 3463

Because books.

Who decided Get Out was a "comedy or musical"? [link]

Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 11, 2017 10:47:38 am PST #1173 of 3463

"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Someone who didn't see the movie, I'm guessing. I mean the friend at TSA was comic relief, but that wasn't a big part of the movie.

Atropa - Dec 11, 2017 11:46:50 am PST #1174 of 3463

The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Actually, the studio and director made that decision, because the "comedy or musical" category has become a catch-all for any genre film, which helps the genre films not go up against big dramas like Dunkirk.

The year The Martian was released, it was nominated as a comedy or musical, and it won.

Jesse - Dec 11, 2017 11:57:42 am PST #1175 of 3463

Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I could almost buy The Martian as a musical.

Actually, the studio and director made that decision, because the "comedy or musical" category has become a catch-all for any genre film, which helps the genre films not go up against big dramas like Dunkirk.

Yeah, that's annoying and weird. You might as well call the categories "Oscar Movies" and "Golden Globe Movies."

Connie Neil - Dec 11, 2017 12:27:56 pm PST #1176 of 3463

brillig

"Movies Made To Make Big Bucks"

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