Well produced movie .. but slow and boring

Rating: 4/10 (13 March 2018)

This movie received several Oscars this year. Well I feel that I deserve an Oscar for sitting through this movie.
Don't get me wrong the movie is well made. But for me a great movie (whatever the Genre maybe) must connect and captivate the person watching the movie. This Movie failed in this respect as I was looking at my watch through out hoping the movie would end.
The other point to note about the Shape if Water, is that there are too many parallels with M Night Shyamalan's Lady In The Water (another adult farye tale and a movie which was ambitious but failed to deliver).
(1) the story is Centered around a being who lives in the water
(3) the water dwelling being is being hunted and is in need of protection
(2) the main character has a speech impediment
..... the list goes on
The last point about this movie that did not sit well with me is the year the movie is set in - 1962 .... I found myself repeatedly asking the question why is the movie set in this year and why is there such a focus on the music of the era.... I mean it is almost pushed down our throats there is so much of it.
In my view the only reason the movie was set in 1962 was to try and set the movie apart from other movies of similar themes, one of which I mentioned earlier in this review.
So why did this movie win so many Oscars? I will leave you to ponder that question yourself