Good movie, but not the best of the year

Rating: 9/10 (21 April 2018)

Greetings from Lithuania.
"The Shape of Water" (2017) is a beautiful movie. It is beautifully made, beautifully acted, directed and written. I was involved into this story from beginning till the end. This is a beautifully made entertainment. So since when pure entertainment movies are receiving Oscars for best picture of the year? It only shows how inconsistent and all sometimes all over the map Oscar voters can be. This movie hasn't have any dept. For example Michael Shannon's character - although i highly enjoyed acting by everyone involved - he is basically a two dimensional villain.
Overall, "The Shape of Water" is a very good movie to see it once, but its not the best of the year (and i haven't even saw "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" yet - something tells me i'm going to love it much more then this one).