Pitcher's Film Blog

Official trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFYWazblaUA ' The Shape of Water ', directed by Guillermo del Toro ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillermo_del_Toro ) is a fantastical, romantic picture presenting itself with a running time of 123 minutes (2 hours, 3 minutes); the film was created with a (relatively small) budget of 19.5 million US dollars and grossed over 92.3 million in the box office. The plot of the film is seemingly based within the 1960's with an aesthetic that obviously suits the style of its director (Guillermo del Toro), showing some resemblance to some of his earlier films, such as 'Hellboy' ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellboy_(2004_film) ). The way the characters of this story are presented also greatly matches Guillermo del Toro as it projects the protagonists in a light that greatly emphasises their importance and somewhat alienates them from the norm of the world they reside within (, again much like 'Hellboy'). Th...

Film Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u6pg8fuSB4 The film 'Fish Tank' is a social drama with a running time of 123 minutes and was directed by Andrea Arnold's ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Arnold ); the film was produced with a budget of 3 million US dollars and grossed around 5.9 million US dollars profit. The film covers a number of social topics, such as statutory rape, domestic abuse, differences in social class and the difficulties of growing up (as a teenager); the overall plot of the film develops at a relatively slow pace, however you could argue that this somewhat grounds the story in reality and makes all the significant events that the main protagonist experiences all that more meaningful. The main setting of the film is based in an urban area, which seems to be used to emphasise/convey a crushing sense of imprisonment  and depression; within the beginning and end of the film there is a combined total of three scenes that focus on a mal...