Guillermo del Toro’s latest, The Shape of Water, reminds me of so many of the director’s other films. It
contains lush, gorgeous, fantastic elements that astound, tease the
imagination, and take your breath away. But it also contains flat, bland,
lame-ass choices and needless grandstanding that kills momentum and waters down
the impact of what’s otherwise a lovely love letter to classic movies and
sweeping cinematic romance.
While I was less than enthused with Eli Roth’s latest
addition to the cannibal movie sweepstakes, The Green Inferno, there’s another on the way that I’m rather psyched to see.
Bone Tomahawk is a very different take on the subject
matter, trading in do-gooders being devoured by a jungle tribe for the
trappings of a grim revenge western. The movie recently premiered at Fantastic
Fest and now a new trailer has hit the airwaves.
