Guillermo del Toro's "The Shape of Water"

[Reverse-Zoom]

You need to see it immediately. One of the greatest fantasy films ever made.

Netflix? Hulu??

 

[Boom]

I'm not sure if it's on either of those services.

 

[Reverse-Zoom]

I'm not sure if it's on either of those services.

Are there 2 of these movies??

 

[Boom]

Nope. Just the one.

 

[Guts]

Netflix? Hulu?

You could buy this from criterion.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

I like Crimson Peak though, and it was better than Pac Rim. Hellboy 2 was great though some of the humor was too broad for my liking. Which is weird because Del Toro himself is very funny and it didn't translate onto the big screen.

The Strain has gotten bad especially in the last season. I think it'll get cancelled soon and there's zero buzz for the show anymore. But 'just a TV series' is an archaic mentality. When TV's good, it's good and sometimes better than film.

His best work was Pan's Labyrinth but he hasn't reach that level in a long time. I felt that his American films lacked the gravity of his Spanish films, and maybe 'Shape of Water' is a return to that style..on a smaller scale.

The Strain already announced that they are finishing the story, in the 4th and final season.

For me Hellboy 2 was great, as was Pacific Rim and I really like Crimson Peak also. I am still loving GDT's output personally.

 

[redhawk23]

You guys should check out his Trollhunter's show on Netflix. It's a kids show and purposefully starts out pretty standard but then goes in many different directions.

You know how we got to see the Troll Market in Hellboy 2? This show is the rest of the world.

 

[Serpico Jones]

You need to see it immediately. One of the greatest fantasy films ever made.

It's his last good movie, imo.

 

[StarLord]

 

[Luigi]

Aw yes. Everything about this sounds ace.

 

[Silvermoth]

I'm moist already

 

[Luigi]

Looks like GDT already has this one in the can. Rated R for sexual content, graphic nudity, violence and language.

 

[dark_b]

rated R

 

[Silvermoth]

Woo sounds like Abe Sapien slash porn!

 

[Boom]

Just sitting here waiting for a trailer.

 

[#root]

I really hope this is on par with del Toro's earlier work. Sounds amazing.

 

[Black Narcissus]

Just sitting here waiting for a trailer.

A trailer was suppose to drop weeks ago. Le sigh.

 

[Abudefduf]

Ah, I see Del Toro is already covering his *** in case the marketing misrepresents his movie again.

 

[Luigi]

https://***********/RealGDT/status/879017962191114242

Teaser trailer for The Shape of Water will be attached to an upcoming film (guess) and only then will go online. Teaser poster? Soon...

 

[Silvermoth]

Attached to Spider-Man maybe? I didn't even know he was filming. So who's in the cast?

 

[David H.]

Attached to Spider-Man maybe? I didn't even know he was filming. So who's in the cast?

I guessed Planet of the Apes.

Cast is awesome:

Sally Hawkins, Doug Jones, Octavia Spencer, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Michael Stuhlbarg (who will hopefully get to do more than just stand around this time), Nick Searcy.

 

[Silvermoth]

Oh that's cool!

 

[Elayis]

I hope this one is good. I really enjoyed Pan's Labyrinth, but that's the only Del Toro film I like; haven't seen his other non English films though, so maybe I'd like those too.

The good thing is that it doesn't have a big budget, which it seems is where his movies go wrong. Maybe he tries too hard to make his films more accessible. Hopefully he doesn't waste Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon and Richard Jenkins.

 

[dude stannis]

25th January 2018 release for Australia.

 

[Boom]

I hope this one is good. I really enjoyed Pan's Labyrinth, but that's the only Del Toro film I like; haven't seen his other non English films though, so maybe I'd like those too.

The good thing is that it doesn't have a big budget, which it seems is where his movies go wrong. Maybe he tries too hard to make his films more accessible. Hopefully he doesn't waste Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon and Richard Jenkins.

I would strongly recommend watching The Devil's Backbone and Cronos. The former is one of the greatest ghost movies ever made.