I watched the movie The Shape of Water last night. To be honest, the melody, tone, history involved and some of the characters in this movie are not my favorite type, but its theme is very attractive. I, He tells a fairy tale-like story of pure love.
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The story takes place during the Cold War. The heroine Alyssa works as a cleaner in a secret agency. Dao Scar, it is said that it was because of this that her vocal cords were damaged and she was unable to speak. She has two friends, one is Xiao Hei, her work companion, and the other is a gay painter.
One day, the white officer brought an aquatic creature into the laboratory, saying that he wanted to study it with the scientists in the laboratory. But suddenly the white officer came out covered in blood, covering his fingers with a look of agony on his face. .
Alyssa (the heroine) and Xiao Hei hurried to clean up. During the cleaning process, Alyssa saw the merman. At this time, the merman was also looking at her, their eyes facing each other. They seemed to be attracted to each other.
After going back and forth, Alyssa (the heroine) became very familiar with the mermaid monster. She often brought him eggs that she loved to eat, listened to music for him, used gestures to communicate with him, and sometimes even danced for him. look. The long experiment yielded no results, and the white chief and his general superiors lost patience. They decide to kill the merman. Alyssa (the heroine) hid behind, and it was extremely uncomfortable to see the merman in pain, so she decided to rescue the merman. At the same time, the white leader's decision to kill the mermaid also angered the scientist. He saw Alisa's actions and secretly supported it. Efforts from multiple parties made the rescue operation successful, and Blackie, the painter, and the scientist worked together to deliver the mermaid to Alisa's bathtub.
While living with the merman, the merman helped the painter grow his hair again. Alyssa's relationship with the mermaid gradually warmed up, from good to passionate. On this day, the two of them finally broke through the boundaries and met each other naked. Their two bodies were intertwined. The painter who happened to be passing by was also given a handful of dog food.
On the other hand, the white officers tried their best to find the merman in the shortest possible time. Because they are not used to it, the merman living in the bathtub is also getting weaker and weaker. Alyssa decides to send the mermaid off from the dock. Unexpectedly, the white officer actually followed the clues to find them. It was too late, but it was too soon. Just when Alyssa and the man arrived at the dock, the white officer also rushed over. Amidst the sound of thunderbolts and gunshots, Alyssa and the mermaid monster fell. At the critical moment, the mermaid monster activated its powerful self-healing system and grabbed the white officer by the throat. The white officer vomited blood and fell to the ground. The mermaid hugged Alyssa and jumped in. In the water, he kissed Alyssa and slowly stroked Alyssa's face. The scars on Alyssa's neck slowly turned into fins... …
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I have been lonely for so long, just waiting for you to appear.
Alyssa is a mute girl who is used to facing the world in silence.
Although he has two friends, Xiao Hei and the painter, she is still drifting and helpless deep down in her heart.
The merman has been living in the sea. Maybe he has had friends, but since he came to a strange environment, he has not only been abused, but no one can understand him.
Until they met each other.
Two soft hearts touched each other, and a fairy tale came into being.
They accommodate each other and change each other.
Alyssa became more fond of smiling, a shy girlish smile that she never had before she met the merman. The merman also put away the thorns on his body for Alyssa, and treated Alyssa's friends in a friendly manner.
Although the love between humans and animals is a bit complicated and weird, what I can feel throughout the movie is the pure love between them, the bond between hearts, sweet and beautiful.
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There is no need to hide it in front of you, this is love.
Alyssa had always closed herself in a box. Apart from excessive communication with Xiao Hei and the painter, she presented almost nothing to the outside world.
But when she met a merman. She would specially boil eggs for him to eat, and would also immerse herself in music with him. She would also dance naughtily with a mop when she felt like it. Alyssa seems to be a different person, but in fact this is the real her.
I remembered a sentence: Some people say that I am isolated from the world, but I just don’t want to give others too many opportunities.
Alyssa is like this, so why not a merman?
In front of him, Alyssa can be cute, sexy, girly, and desperate...
Love without barriers, because you are who you are, and what I love is you. I don't care about your appearance, or whether we can be together forever, as long as we are happy at this time, it is enough!
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With just one glance, I can understand everything about you.
The merman is ultimately a beast, and Alyssa is human. It's hard to imagine how they communicate, maybe it's sign language, or maybe it's eyes.
While others only regard merman as a research object, Alyssa can know his preferences and see the happiness in his eyes.
Only friends can read Alyssa's sign language, but the mermaid can communicate with her without any barriers.
The mermaid lay dying in the bathtub and opened her mouth, and Alyssa hurriedly brought a whole bottle of salt.
I really like what Wang Xiaobo said to Li Yinhe: No matter how mediocre I am, I always feel that my love for you is beautiful.
There is a huge contrast between the mermaid and the image I like of a mermaid. He is not handsome, cannot speak, and is not considerate enough. But when he looked at Alyssa blankly in the movie theater; when Alyssa took care of him in the bathtub, and his cute big eyes stared; when Alyssa couldn't go with him, he saw his extremely lost expression. His eyes; when Alyssa was shot and fell, he showed distressed and tangled eyes; and when he caressed Alyssa's face in the water, his affectionate eyes... My heart trembled, I love you, I His eyes betrayed everything.
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We have all been marginalized, but this does not affect our love.
One of the most liked comments on Douban said, This movie tells the story of two marginalized people who can fight against the dark world by embracing each other.
The heroine Alyssa is a mute girl who can only do the lowest level of work; the male protagonist Yu is a monster in the eyes of others; the gay painter confessed his love to the boy, but was not only rejected but also scolded; There was obviously a seat at the bar, but the young man refused to let the black man sit down; even the white officer with the encyclopedia in his hand was indifferent to his demands for his wife. Everyone in the film is marginalized.
In fact, we are the same in real life. Everyone is a marginalized person. When we change roles, change identities, when we leave our familiar areas, we become marginalized people in another world. Even so, so what? We can always find someone who loves us wholeheartedly without even asking for anything in return.
When you come, you are my world.
There is a love poem at the end of the video. I really like it and share it with you who are reading the article.
I hope we can all find the one we love♀♀