The cinematography is beautiful, the editing skillful, the acting genuine... The story is utter garbage.
Three friends, which can be classified according to their respective group identities (a gay man, a black woman and a communist doctor), help their mute friend free an animal from a white Christian male who represents oppression, evil, and sadism. The animal is given human-like intelligence to show it has human-like worth as PETA would have us believe of all animals.
The end goal? Utter sexual freedom. Disregard for morality, contempt for rules and for natural law. Everything is fluid and relative, hence the title: the shape of water.
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The Black Stallion
(1979)
A film that needs to be experienced
20 March 2017
One of the most beautiful movies I have ever seen. Even now in 2017 it blows me away. To be honest, the first time I saw this movie was when I was a kid, and I liked it, but wasn't crazy about it. It actually got rather boring after seeing it several times. I re-watched it for the first time in several years, and just sat there flabbergasted! First of course, the cinematography. Simply breath-taking. Second, the soundtrack. Mysterious, exciting and exotic. And thirdly the beautiful speechless dialogue between Black and Alec. It feels like an ancient myth of a boy and his horse. A myth like that of Alexander and Bucephalus. This movie is deeply touching, and covers subjects such as friendship and trust, without any dialogue. It reminds the viewer of the fox and the little Prince from the French novel "the little Prince". A film that needs to be experienced.
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