Episode 21-The Shape of Water

About this episode

A discussion on Guillermo del Toro's 'The Shape of Water' and its themes of interspecies relationships.

Episode 21-The Shape of Water Wanna see a movie where the Creature From the Black Lagoon gets it on with Mrs Brown from the first two Paddington movies? I don’t. But Adam (who doesn’t seem to mind a bit of interspecies fantasy love action) has forced me to watch The Shape of Water again. I find Guillermo del Toro’s 2017 Oscar winning modern fairy tale, unoriginal, twee, borderline plagiaristic, largely miscast and a little bit queasy when it comes to matters of human/ amphibian copulation. Adam loves it. But then again, he’s a massive pervert. Tune in for a lengthy discussion of this and all things Guillermo del Toro in the latest episode of Punching Up. Get in touch :O) by sending us an email @punchingupmoviepodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram @ punchingupmoviepodcast

People in this episode

Host: Unnamed Host

Topics covered

• film analysis
• Guillermo del Toro
• Oscar-winning films
• fantasy
• creature features

Keywords

• The Shape of Water
• Guillermo del Toro
• Creature From the Black Lagoon
• Paddington
• Oscar winning film

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Shape of Water, Creature From the Black Lagoon, Paddington

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