The Shape of Water!
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The Shape of Water!
I hadn't known that there was a novelization of it prior to seeing the film. I only learned about it in an article posted to io9gizmodo. I haven't read the novel by Daniel Kraus yet, but it was interesting to learn that both del Toro and Kraus worked almost in tandem with one another as both film and novel developed. And how Kraus eventually reached a point where he stopped correspondence with del Toro in order to separate his ideas and influences from the filmmaker's to create two different experiences.
What do you guys think?
I can't post the link, but if you go to io9gizmodo and search "The Shape of Water," the article should be at the top titled The Shape of Water Novelization Does Much, Much More Than Adapt the Movie.
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And he definitely loves his Fish Men, as seen with Abe Sapien in the Hellboy films. Haha. Of course, that character is Mike Mignola's creation.
In response to FilmStar, you're right, that part of the film is definitely not for everyone. I was surprised with how much the film utilized sex and/or sexual scenes in general. I wasn't expecting it at all, but I think it was handled well. The parallelism between Eliza and the Fish Man was the entire story. So I think it'll be interesting to see if the novel expands on those types of scenes or if it was del Toro's own intent to include them. I'll have to read and see!
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Also most things about the movie were vague. There were so many loopholes. Lots of unanswered questions like where the creature came from? How the lady became dumb? It was said at some point she'd been dumb since birth but she also had a slash on her neck. This made me believe the creature or perhaps some other of its kind had something to do with her getting dumb.
The movie was a complete off from the book
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Now you have me curious to read the novelization!
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