Masturbation in opening scene

Rating: Null/10 (20 February 2018)

People who feel they are the odd balls in society should believe they have a voice and live like they matter. Watching all films which received Oscar nominations. Our groups was not happy this film started with a masturbation scene nor there were other masturbation scenes in the film. The sexual scenes whether from the boss having sex with his wife or Sally Hawkins masturbating does not add and is not even needed in the film, the only reason for it was probably a shock effect and it takes away from the film's value. This film is a love story about the creature from the black lagoon. Everything in the film was green from the uniforms of the lead actors to the building to the cars to the walls to the pie, jello etc. Green was the color of the film. Kudos to the production designers they did anamazing job. We knew the scars on Sally Hawkins neck would be useful for something in the end and indeed they were. I thought the creature was introduced too fast and awkward. The opening scene with the water and the quote by Richard Jenkins was great, but we really did not need to see the diner scene as it was obvious his character was homosexual so not real sure why they put the scene in. The second diner scene was just as weird and not relevelant to the film as the first because the audience already was aware of how white men in positions of authority treat people who are different than them. All you have to do is look at America today. I was impressed by Sally Hawkins and Octavia Spencer was just as funny and entertaining as always glad she was cast. I thought the director missed a unique opportunity when they were looking for the creature in regards to Sally Hawkins lunch bag full of eggs. I really liked the score. And thought some of the scenes were very far fetched and would have liked it to be more real, but that's just me. Overall I gave it 6 stars because of the sex scenes which did not add to the movie at all. And there was no real reason for the curse words either also took away from a brilliant movie. The ending for us and several other scenes was no surprise and wished it had been. Overall great film style, production design, score and great acting by all the characters including the creature. Take out the cursing, the sex scenes and we could rate it a 9. Great Love Story Remembering LOVE sees no color.