Ahead of the 2018 Oscars, Cath Clarke argues that the quiet female steeliness at the heart of Guillermo del Toro’s fish-love fable should make the Academy rethink its aversion to fantasyGirl meets hot fish monster, falls in love, plots to break him out of a top-secret government research facility.
On paper, Guillermo del Toro’s fantasy-sci-fi-romance-thriller The Shape of Water looks a bit Splash-meets-Et – with the addition of an interspecies sex scene.
(And you know Steven Spielberg and Ron Howard would never have gone there.)As Oscar bait, this film is a tough sell.
For starters, it’s the wrong genre.
Academy voters rarely put a tick for best picture next to films featuring big beasties, let alone a film with an orgasming big beastie.
(The only fantasy film ever to win best picture was The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King; a sci-fi has yet to scoop the prize.
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