The Shape of Water - Exquisite fairy tale of a romance.
Not sure will this premier locally cause even when it does don't bother as it will be buchered by LPF. This is not a disney movie to bring the kids along unless you are ready to be a biology teacher of flowers and bees. Afterall it earned the category 3 rating in Hong Kong.
Initially I thought they will borrow heavily from the fantastic Jean Pierre Jeunet playbook of whimsical and quirky treatment like the classic Delicatessen. It did a bit of that and a whole lot of GDT own signature. It's an homage to the classical love story with the current sensibilities. Racism, xenophobia and homophobia are little subplots surrounding the main story.
The star of the whole movie definitely Sally Hawkins with her strong performance as the adorable lead falling in love with the creature. Then you have the camaraderie side characters to Elisa to complete her story. Michael Shannon as usual plays a very effective villain that drives the movie forward. For sure this will cement Del Toro reputation as a bona fide auteur but his best work to date still belongs to Pan's Labyrinth.
The Shape of Water - Exquisite fairy tale of a romance.
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Not sure will this premier locally cause even when it does don't bother as it will be buchered by LPF. This is not a disney movie to bring the kids along unless you are ready to be a biology teacher of flowers and bees. Afterall it earned the category 3 rating in Hong Kong.
Initially I thought they will borrow heavily from the fantastic Jean Pierre Jeunet playbook of whimsical and quirky treatment like the classic Delicatessen. It did a bit of that and a whole lot of GDT own signature. It's an homage to the classical love story with the current sensibilities. Racism, xenophobia and homophobia are little subplots surrounding the main story.
The star of the whole movie definitely Sally Hawkins with her strong performance as the adorable lead falling in love with the creature. Then you have the camaraderie side characters to Elisa to complete her story. Michael Shannon as usual plays a very effective villain that drives the movie forward. For sure this will cement Del Toro reputation as a bona fide auteur but his best work to date still belongs to Pan's Labyrinth.
'Pan's Labyrinth' was exceptionally good... that's my first Guillermo film.
I wonder if I should watch this in you-know-what version or wait for the Malaysian release (March 22 2018).
It's great news anyway that it is coming here, but quite late.
Certainly the creature prosthetic, vfx and music score warrant to watch it on big screen. But the risque scenes and cursing dialogues will not survive censorboard scrutiny. You'll be surprised with the nudity shots and its integral to character building.
If you are a purist just wait for bluray otherwise watch it twice. Luckily for me I'm watching it later at HK for work related engagements.
It goes without saying this will be an overdue win for Gary Oldman should he prevail in the coming Oscar. Just like Scorsese who waited for decades to finally nab the statue.
It's a showy performance and Oldman almost unrecognizable under the prosthetic. It's a tad beneath of Daniel Day Lewis when comes to dissapearing into character. Movie wise it's your standard historical figure genre that building up to the pivotal point from the actual event. Also a good companion piece to Dunkirk as it narrate the politicking behind the scene and how that event cement Winston Churchill in the history book.
Ben Mendesohn plays a small side character but he does have an awesome scene where he goes mano a mano with Gary Oldman. As usual Lily James always a welcome sight to see on screen. Watch this for the performance while the movie itself a little run of the mill especially Netflix The Crown did a magnificent spin on the post war Churchill arc.
It goes without saying this will be an overdue win for Gary Oldman should he prevail in the coming Oscar. Just like Scorsese who waited for decades to finally nab the statue.
It's a showy performance and Oldman almost unrecognizable under the prosthetic. It's a tad beneath of Daniel Day Lewis when comes to dissapearing into character. Movie wise it's your standard historical figure genre that building up to the pivotal point from the actual event. Also a good companion piece to Dunkirk as it narrate the politicking behind the scene and how that event cement Winston Churchill in the history book.
Ben Mendesohn plays a small side character but he does have an awesome scene where he goes mano a mano with Gary Oldman. As usual Lily James always a welcome sight to see on screen. Watch this for the performance while the movie itself a little run of the mill especially Netflix The Crown did a magnificent spin on the post war Churchill arc.
Love Gary as the memorable villain in the past. My favorite is dope dealer in true romance, Stansfield in Leon, Zorg in 5th element, and the Russian terrorist in air force one.
Hope Churchill can put him in nomination and win best actor. Hahahaha.
This post has been edited by skylinelover: Jan 19 2018, 09:50 AM
The Shape of Water - Exquisite fairy tale of a romance.
Not sure will this premier locally cause even when it does don't bother as it will be buchered by LPF. This is not a disney movie to bring the kids along unless you are ready to be a biology teacher of flowers and bees. Afterall it earned the category 3 rating in Hong Kong.
Initially I thought they will borrow heavily from the fantastic Jean Pierre Jeunet playbook of whimsical and quirky treatment like the classic Delicatessen. It did a bit of that and a whole lot of GDT own signature. It's an homage to the classical love story with the current sensibilities. Racism, xenophobia and homophobia are little subplots surrounding the main story.
The star of the whole movie definitely Sally Hawkins with her strong performance as the adorable lead falling in love with the creature. Then you have the camaraderie side characters to Elisa to complete her story. Michael Shannon as usual plays a very effective villain that drives the movie forward. For sure this will cement Del Toro reputation as a bona fide auteur but his best work to date still belongs to Pan's Labyrinth.
Watched this already! Super good! Very haunting and moving. It feels surprisingly human and not to mention that the cinematic, picture is really good! While the style is almost similar with Pan Labyrinth, but this one has more hopeful tone to it. And it feels more 'human' and 'real'. The theme is more realistic than expected.. Anyways I love this one, more than Pan Labyrinth.
This post has been edited by miyakochan89: Jan 20 2018, 02:06 AM
Special Forces (2011) - good start, slowly get little logic.... Sicario (2015) - one of the best movie, war against drugs... intelligent drama, very well organized...
Sicario or Den of Thieves which one good????? 140 min running time for Den of Thieves,,, wow...
Den of Thieves - Decent cast wasted on a try hard plotline. Man this one sucks donkey balls. It felt like the film director knew what he wants out of a serviceable action heist sequence but fails miserably how to connect the dots. Cliche character development with uninspiring story set-ups. Most of the cast member did ok but the storyline just try so hard to be clever. When the big twist happens...it just embarrassing to watch.
This post has been edited by 6so: Jan 22 2018, 01:33 PM
Sicario or Den of Thieves which one good????? 140 min running time for Den of Thieves,,, wow...
Wind River is a better follow up to Sicario as the same writer making his first directorial debut. Sit through the slow burning set-ups and when the shootout scene drops its loud and deafening to your senses. DoT just another throwaway action bait movies that nobody care by next week.
2017 turn out some really good movie, especially in the end.
This movie to me is all about... rebirth
Hugh Jackman, had hung up his claws and once again proved to the general public how well rounded an actor he really is!!
Michelle Williams is pure light here. Great great actor. There really is life, after Heath Ledger.
Zac Efron... The kid, from High School Musical, is in a... Musical. He had literally grown up in front of everyone, a situation not for the faint hearted. Again, really really good in this movie.
Logan Lucky - Low key Ocean Eleven-ish. It's a little slow in the first hour or so, once the groundwork in place it's a lot of fun with how the job being pulled off. The thick southern accent takes a little bit to get use to. Overall pretty enjoyable and surprizingly good in certain aspect of the casting. The soundtrack pretty good as well.
Guess his failed attempt to retire from directing does not stop talent flocking to his film projects. Sorderberg still got it in him. Now how much of influence does he have over Ocean's 8 as he have seen it 9 times in his annual books and movies article.
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