From a stats perspective, this still looks like a race
between The Shape of Water and Three Billboards even though they both lack one significant nomination.
Well, the two big guild prizes handed out right before the announcement of these nominations were split
between The Shape of Water and Three Billboards, and it would be silly to not consider those two films as the current frontrunners.
I'm guessing that it's going to be
between The Shape of Water and Three Billboards.
Best Picture (Drama) seems like a showdown
between The Shape of Water and The Post, while Lady Bird and Get Out are the frontrunners in the comedy category.
Get Out could be a benefactor to a split vote
between The Shape of Water and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and we would be happy with that.
Not exact matches
Particularly, the overlap
between food and
water, exemplified here in the case
of water - efficient agriculture, an opportunity from Global Opportunity Report 2015, is
shaping up to be a booming market in the coming years.
That's how close things seem
between the modern fairy tale The
Shape of Water and the fast and furious Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, which have split the guild prizes and have left people who like to engage in guesses, guessing.
I bounced back and forth
between Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and The
Shape of Water — the two films that have been dividing up most
of the predicative awards so far.
Brush around the sausages with a little
water and place the other piece
of pastry on top and press firmly around the sausage
shape to seal, then cut in
between each.
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Shape the squash into 12 quenelles (oval balls) by dipping 2 tablespoons in warm
water, and moulding a generous spoonful
of squash
between them.
Water mats can help babies distinguish
between different
shapes and colors while helping them develop their tactual skills as they learn to press and push certain areas
of the mat to create different effects.
Finally, the corners
of the tray are
shaped to collect excess
water to be easily poured out in
between drying sessions.
By developing these materials absorbing large amounts
of water without losing its
shape was achieved, as well as the ability to retain heat at a temperature
between 37 and 42 degrees Celcius.
In a paper published this week in Advanced Materials, corresponding author Orlin Velev and colleagues show that, in a
water medium, liquid silicone rubber can be used to form bridges
between tiny silicone rubber beads to link them together — much as a small amount
of water can
shape sand particles into sandcastles.
Moss and colleagues realised that the complex sound
of a brick being dropped into
water, for example, comes from resonance
between bubbles
of multiple
shapes and sizes.
Dynamic proteinaceous structures
between cells change
shape to allow the selective passage
of nutrients and
water while excluding deleterious foreign elements which exceed a particular molecular radius (2).
Without what you read
between the lines, neither Get Out nor The
Shape of Water stood a chance.
Between Coco and The
Shape of Water, it was a great night for Latino filmmakers.
So are Hawkins», and a soulful moment
between actress and bear evokes «
Shape of Water» while melting hearts in its own right.
This feels like a fight
between Lady Bird and The
Shape of Water.
The
Shape of the
Water (*** 1/2) It takes a genius writer / director (Guillermo del Toro, Pan's Labyrinth) who loves monsters and a creative co-writer (Vanessa Taylor) to concoct a love story
between a man - like amphibian (Doug Jones) and a mute lady janitor (Sally Hawkins, Maudie).
This one is probably
between Sally Hawkins and Frances McDormand — and while Hawkins gives a radiant wordless performance in «The
Shape of Water,» who the heck can say no to McDormand and «Three Billboards?»
By the way, if you could only see half a dozen movies
between now and the end
of the year, you could hardly improve on the six narrative features that played both Venice and Telluride: Alexander Payne's big - idea satire «Downsizing,» which kicked off both festivals; Guillermo del Toro's terrific revisionist monster romance «The
Shape of Water»; «Weekend» and «45 Years» director Andrew Haigh's spare nouveau western «Lean on Pete»; Lebanon's «The Insult» and Israel's «Foxtrot»; and «Taxi Driver» writer Paul Schrader's best movie in at least two decades, «First Reformed.»
The only film in
between was the indie «Ruby Sparks,» and with Fox Searchlight haven't to make some strategic choices
between this, Guillermo del Toro's «The
Shape of Water,» and Martin McDonagh's «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,» will she and her counterpart receive the proper focus?
It also includes awards for «Bravest Performance» (a tie this year
between Sally Hawkins for «The Shape of Water» and Margot Robbie for «I, Tonya»), and «Actress Most in Need Of A New Agent» (Kate Winslet for «Wonder Wheel» and «The Mountain Between Us&r
between Sally Hawkins for «The
Shape of Water» and Margot Robbie for «I, Tonya»), and «Actress Most in Need Of A New Agent» (Kate Winslet for «Wonder Wheel» and «The Mountain Between Us»
of Water» and Margot Robbie for «I, Tonya»), and «Actress Most in Need
Of A New Agent» (Kate Winslet for «Wonder Wheel» and «The Mountain Between Us»
Of A New Agent» (Kate Winslet for «Wonder Wheel» and «The Mountain
Between Us&r
Between Us»).
It's an Oscar battle
between «Blade Runner 2049» and «The
Shape of Water,» but «Coco» makes history as first ADG animation winner.
A tale as old as time but with far less animated household objects, «The
Shape of Water» is a romance, a love story
between Elisa, a mute woman who falls in love with Amphibian Man, the newest source
of fear & curiosity in the 1950's government run facility where she works.
But, for us, it's
between Guillermo del Toro (The
Shape of Water) and Christopher Nolan (Dunkirk).
It really seems like Best Film Editing is
between «Baby Driver» and «Dunkirk,» though a win for «The
Shape of Water» would help it push past the pack in Best Picture.
But it's The
Shape Of Water that may well prove to be his masterpiece, with the Mexican auteur crafting a magnificently twisted tale that is somewhere in
between Beauty And The Beast and The Creature From The Black Lagoon.
Meanwhile, Pan's Labyrinth director Guillermo del Toro premieres The
Shape of Water, a cold - war era fantasy starring Sally Hawkins that Barbera says is «somewhere
between Beauty and the Beast and the Monster [sic] from the Black Lagoon.
Saoirse Ronan Winning Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role: What initially felt like it would be a tight race
between McDormand (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) and Sally Hawkins (The
Shape of Water) has become, essentially, a coin toss
between McDormand and Lady Bird's Ronan.
Ultimately, this battle over the identity
of «Oscar bait» may end up being won or lost according to whether both The Post and The
Shape of Water — woozy marriages
between old - school craft and new - school wokeness — earn their expected nods.
Director Guillermo del Toro has unveiled the trailer for «The
Shape of Water,» an offbeat love story
between a mute woman and a sea creature.
Director Guillermo del Toro has unveiled the trailer for his upcoming film The
Shape of Water, an imaginative and offbeat love story
between a mute woman and a sea creature.
I would say its
between that movie,
Shape of Water and Lady Bird.
A watery romance that's a cross
between a fable, a fairy tale, and a fantasy, The
Shape of Water is both a tribute to old Hollywood and an allegory about those on the margins
of society, set in 1960s Baltimore during the height
of the Cold War.
The
Shape of Water is a cross
between a dark fairy tale, historical fiction, and an epic romance (
between a mute woman and a fish - man), and with its occasional gore and imaginative monster stylings, it's very much a del Toro film.
Director Guillermo Del Toro loves to ride that line
between wondrous fantasy and harsh reality — and in the sensual woman - meets - monster tale «The
Shape of Water,» he creates a dreamscape
of wonder and peril for grown - ups.
Don't get Gerwig started on the naked embrace
between Sally Hawkins and the fish creature in «The
Shape of Water.»
Guillermo del Toro's «The
Shape of Water,» a love story
between a lonely woman and a monster, led all movies with seven nominations.
And yet I keep coming back to The
Shape of Water, which seems sort
of like a bridge
between old and new,
between classical style and socially relevant storytelling.
That should be a very good sign for the movie's Oscar chances, as its good showing at the Directors Guild Awards teased a showdown
between it and The
Shape Of Water next month at the Academy Awards.
Guillermo del Toro won for directing «The
Shape of Water,» a sweet, sincere fantasy about a romance
between a mute cleaning woman and an Amazonian river god.
Shuffling
between a heart - fluttering, fireplace warmth and crackling edge -
of - your - seatedness, The
Shape of Water — like Pan's Labyrinth before it — is the uncommon fairy tale for adults; bizarre but beautiful, mesmerizing and moving and easily my favorite love story
of the year.
On Guillermo del Toro's The
Shape of Water — following a budding romance
between a janitor and a fish - man in a»60s Baltimore laboratory — cinematographer Dan Laustsen confronted difficulties when it came to two worlds at the film's center.
It's
between Frances McDormand («Three Billboards») and Sally Hawkins («The
Shape of Water»).
As should be clear by now, monsters are anything but monstrous to Guillermo del Toro, whose Venice hit The
Shape of Water from Fox Searchlight portrays the surreal love affair
between mute military - base cleaning woman Elisa (Sally Hawkins) and a captured psychedelic fish - man (Doug Jones) against the backdrop
of Cold War America.
But when it came to playing Richard Strickland — a government agent overseeing a plot
between American and Russian scientists involving a fantastical sea creature (Doug Jones)-- in Guillermo del Toro's The
Shape of Water, what appealed to the twice Oscar - nominated actor (Revolutionary Road, Nocturnal Animals) was the fact that, several decades ago, his character would have been cast as the good guy.
Currently folks are split
between Christopher Nolan for Dunkirk and Guillermo Del Toro for The
Shape of Water.