This movie is amazing!!!

Rating: 8/10 (8 September 2018)

The first time I saw a Guilermo Del Toro movie was Cronos, which was on Syfy (back when it was the Sci-Fi Channel), and enjoyed it. The first one I saw in the theater was Hellboy and its sequel, and in between i saw his first spanish language movie Pan's Labryinth, which was well done. He then created Pacific Rim and that was a great movie (the sequel sucked). His most recent movie, The Shape of Water, became the first original movie in awhile to win Best Picture at the Oscars this year, becoming the first fantasy romantic drama with sci-fi elements to win it. I finally saw it on blu-ray and thought it was well done, despite its slow place and some graphic sex scenes mixed in with violence and harsh language that is not appropriate for kids. The casting in this movie is well done, and Sally Hawkins is now my celeb crush. She kinda reminds me of my teacher crush in high school years ago. Doug Jones, best known as playing Abe in the hellboy movies, delivers as the merman whose mission in the end is to fall in love with the woman of his dreams and makes her a mermaid with gills on her neck. The soundtrack is well done, and the cinematography is excellent for a moderately budgeted art film. Do yourself a favor and rent this movie or watch it on pay tv and you'll see why The Shape of Water is the best of Del Toro's films.