Umm...come again?

Rating: 3/10 (5 April 2018)

I'm not in the habit of panning movies, but it's the Oscar that provoked me here. This movie is heavy on style-over-substance, and that wouldn't be such a bad thing since the setting and atmosphere are spot on and authentic, but this is not an Oscar material. Out of the vast possibilities this movie could have develloped, it chose to be a rather shallow fantasy romance.
---Spoilers ahead---
Why is the best picture for 2017 a movie whose plot is described with a single sentence : marine finds creature, janitor falls in love with creature and tries to save it from marine who wants to kill it, janitor and creature swim off in the ocean.
No explanation for the creature itself whatsoever, its origin, its people, its abilities, its lifestyle, its intellligence, no attempt to develop communication, nothing. Just eating a lot of eggs and copulating - a mere beast.
I'm aware that I'm probably one of the few to rate this so low, but a nostalgic playlist for the 70's and intercourse with a jungle animal just aren't enough for me from an Oscar winner.
Should I watch - only if curious how low the Oscar criteria is, don't expect a story here. Watch "Get Out" instead.