As mentioned in my previous post, my husband and I went to see The Shape of Water, the new Guillermo del Toro movie, on Valentine's Day, partly because it seemed to be a romantic movie, but also because of the seemingly Deaf character who communicated through sign language.

Normally, we have the whole theater to ourselves, since we tend to go see movies months after their original release, so I was a little nervous about finding a good seat and how crowded I imagined it would be, so imagine my surprise, when the whole theater was almost completely empty!! Apart from two other couples, it was almost deserted!!
Since my husband insists on sitting very high up, we made our way almost to the very top spots and sat down in the middle and were able to talk amongst ourselves before the commercials started. Back when we went to see It, there was a group of girls that sat behind us, who thought it was a little hilarious to see us signing, as well as the sound of my husband's voice, which of course, made me really angry, but also uncomfortable, so I'm always relieved when we're either alone or mostly alone in a theater.

Of course, we knew that The Shape of Water was rated R, and while they mentioned there were going to be some kind of sexual themes in the movie, we (naΓ―vely) assumed there wasn't going to be anything too intense or overtly sexual... and almost immediately, we were proven wrong. In the very beginning of the movie, while the opening credits were showing up, the main character (at this point, unnamed) was full frontal nude and also masturbating x.x I instantly regretted picking this movie and telling him about it and how much I wanted to see it. We both looked away, and after a few times, it passed and we were able to set into the rest of the movie :)
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Eliza with Giles, her neighbour |
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Eliza with her best friend, Zelda! |
Even after they figure out something is going down, not even once do they even think it could possibly be Eliza or Zelda, because they're "just the help" and therefore couldn't possibly do anything.
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Giles, and the jello pie |


Overall, the whole movie was really suspenseful and exciting, with an opening that is a little slow to start, but when it does, it picks up pace quickly and leaves you wanting more and more, throughout the whole movie. The only thing that left sour tastes in my mouth was all of the sexual themes and scenes in the movie (including a full on sex scene) as well as an upsetting scene where Eggs eats a cat in front of its owner :,( During this scene, it came so unexpectedly that I burst into tears when it came on and had to look away. Partly, I'm happy I went to see it, since I'm a huge Guillermo del Toro fan, as well as supporting a movie with PSE in it, but I also really wish I had picked a different movie to end our Valentine's Day date. It was a very exciting and interesting movie, but I can definitely say we won't be buying it once it comes out on dvd.
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