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The Shape of Water (2017)
Overrated and boring
The Shape of Water is beautiful.
From the beginning to the end it just looks so beautiful. But beauty isn't worth anything if the rest of the package fails to submit.
About the writing: The Movie lacks a good plot. All you see here, has been done over and over again and again throughout the entire movie history. There is nothing new. All characters are plain and simple, easy to digest. The bad guy is a bad guy to bone, the good girl is a good girl to the bone. There are no large grey areas, conflicts or surprises.
About the overall plot. It's boring. It's really boring. Everything is so predictable, that I knew all that would come already before it would happen and that is kinda disappointing and sad.
I cannot recommend this movie, avoid it at best.
The Expanse (2015)
Finally there is some great science fiction on TV again.
I just finished the first season of The Expanse and I must say: "Wow. Syfy you did something here, that sais you can keep your name."
First you get thrown into a not very distant future. It is the 23rd century. Mars has declared independence, the stations in the asteroid belt are revolting and earth is suffering overpopulation and the results of climate change. In the first few episodes you witness some events that are threatening the survival of the human race as a whole and you meet a couple of very interesting characters in very different positions in this world. A detective, looking for a missing young woman, an ice hauler who found something and a United Nations secretary who unveils a dark conspiracy.
The SFX are awesome for a TV show and the allover appearance is quite professional, which you were not supposed to expect after all the crap Syfy recently produced and released - seriously I don't want another shark-somethingtotallydifferent-movie or another 90s-like Sunday afternoon virusoutbreakrobotthreat-trash. Make more of this quality stuff!
This series, based on a serial of novels, is really good science fiction at the pulse of the time. I highly recommend it to every friend and fan of the genre.
For me it is clear to give 10/10.