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One of the stupidest movies I've ever seen! (Spoilers galore!)



I only went to see this turd because two web sites mentioned it as a possible nominee for Best Picture Oscar. WOW! Was I ever misled! I give it a 3/10, and I'm being generous. That's two hours of my life I'll never get back again.

Where do I begin? First the total lack of originality. This is nothing more than a ridiculous mashup of The Creature From the Black Lagoon and Splash. But at least in Splash Tom Hanks fell in love with Daryl Hannah. Here Hawkins falls in love with a hideous gill creature. Not only that, it's implied that they have sex! Eeeeeuuuwww! GROSS! Bestiality! YUCK! That is some sick and disgusting stuff there! 😣 And it was obvious that is was just a man in a rubber suit.
I don't like CGI, but maybe they should have used some in this bomb.

Now the stupidity:

1. In a top secret government lab, they let the cleaning women have pretty much total access to the room where they're storing a valuable "asset".

2. Hawkins' character Eliza and her fellow cleaning woman are instructed to clean up the room after a bloody attack on Michael Shannon's character. Huh? Security?? Secrecy??

3. Michael Shannon's character Strickland is a cardboard cartoon villain. He's mean just for the sake of being mean. And the government allows him to abuse this valuable "asset"?? PUH-lease! And did I mention that Shannon chews the scenery something fierce?

4. Then Eliza is able to just waltz into the room and have lunch with the creature, multiple times! And then play music for it?? Are you friggin' kidding me?? Who the hell is in charge of security here? Mickey Mouse??

5. Eliza and her co-conspirators are able to get into a top secret lab and make off with the creature?? What??

6. Eliza moves one of the security cameras, and nobody notices?? Yikes!!

7. The government is so possessive of this valuable asset. But what do they plan to do with it?
Kill it! Are you kidding? Even the government is not that stupid, except in this turd.

8. She fills the bathroom with water (to make love with the creature YUCK!) which leaks into the cinema below, and nobody calls the cops? Or at least a plumber? Right!

9. Strickland sees the words rain/canal and knows exactly where to find the lovers?? Yeah right!

10. Instead of diving into the canal to be free, the creature stops to say goodbye which allows Strickland to shoot him and Eliza? Holy cliche, Batman!

OH THE HUMANITY! This film was STUPID STUPID STUPID! I'm never going to pay attention to that web site again!

Bottom Line: Do NOT waste your time and money on this monstrosity. Go see "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri" instead. Now there's a good film!



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I agree with your points but still enjoyed the movie. I even had a quibble with Strickland able to go to Zelda's house from the quarry, then Eliza's, having never been to either (at least not that I recall). Maybe an award for CGI but thirteen noms is a bit much.

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Sadly the latest buzz is that it's in the lead for the Oscar. "Inconceivable!"


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You ignorant, ignorant sunsabitches...firstly, they decided to kill it only after having realized that they couldn't take successful X-rays thanks to the thickness of the creature's cartilage. They needed to resort to an autopsy instead.
BOOM!

Also, people who rate a movie a 1 out of 10 on IMDB because "was really boring guys!" or "thought it was a little pretentious" is an absolute jackfaced ass. Ones should be reserved for like...stuff that's so absolutely offensive or abhorrent...movies that are so damn bad that the level of acting/directing etc surprised you, as you didn't know people were capable of doing it so poorly.

But no, you just didn't like it, for whatever reason and nothing but a 1 will suffice because you're like...really unsatisfied, damnit, there was just way too much wasted potential here, guys. Plus you're an entitled narcissistic douchebag.

That being said...yeah this movie was pretty bad, huh? Lol especially for as many accolades as it seemed to have got. I really didn't realize how bad it was until reading this thread...because yeah its a fantasy and therefore you just kind of go along with it, right? But at the end of the day...there really wasn't a whole lot to it. Like another person mentioned, I too was just kind of waiting for it to be over, and that's about the worst thing you can say about a movie IMO.

But in its defense, I can see how she'd fall in love with the creature, being a lonely mute and all...except it also ate her damn cat. And she was like...aww mutants will be mutants or whatever and then had sex with it. Goddang...yeah that was a little hard to swallow, fantasy or not. Just how much of an animal it was.

Was it just me or did she seem to get a lot more attractive as the movie went on though? Shannon was kind of right, I think...about her muteness being sexy. She was kind of sexy.

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Who pissed in your cornflakes? Chill, Bro.


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The film has an obvious political/social agenda. Notice how the heterosexual white males are all racist, sexist, and disgusting people. The strange sex scene between Strickland and his wife reinforces this perception. Heterosexuality is revolting in its banality. No doubt the filmmaker was making a statement about "toxic masculinity," the latest feminist boogeyman. Our fish-fucking hero shudders at the thought of being with one of these toxic white dudes. She would rather sleep with the fishes than conform to a society dominated by the white man.

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You know, I think you just nailed it, Yuma. And that's why the Hollyweird scumbags will probably give the Oscar to this turd.


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I agree with op.

Also, its very unrealistic how she decides to socialize with the creature without being scared, and even give him eggs, after he almost killed a man.


The romance seems pretty forced and hasty. It wasn't credible. I never got involved in them, and i didn't care that much about the couple

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More good points, bird. This was truly a piece of cinematic dog crap. But then the Hollyweird scumbags will probably give this filth the Oscar.


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