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We rummage through the mailbag to find your letters (and some promotional tat).
I’ve just seen The Shape Of Water and have to say, it’s the greatest film I’ve seen in years. Although all the
actors were terrific in their parts, what I was particularly impressed with was the fact that there weren’t any what one might call box-office stars in the movie. It just goes to show that you don’t always need megastars in order to make a masterpiece.
STEPHEN MCCARTHY, GLASGOW
I’m sorry but Blue Planet and Sir David need to put a bit more effort in. How could they have missed the South American water creature that Guillermo del Toro discovered and documented in The Shape Of Water. What am I paying my licence fee for? Anyway, while I loved the movie, I think it felt a little sketchy on the logistics of the reproduction ritual involved. David, could you please send a wildlife camera crew down to the creature’s natural habitat, rather than a bathroom in Baltimore?
JACK H, VIA EMAIL
Just watched The Shape Of Water and gotta say hats off to the best slice of amphibian erotica since Kermit The Frog copped off with Miss Piggy. Top marks all round! PS. My wife toad me you would not print this letter, but I newt you would…
PHIL SLOAN, BEXLEY Honestly, GdT makes a tender allegory about love, understanding and otherness, and all we want to discuss is how you do it with a merman. Either it’s natural human curiosity or we’re all big pervs. But yes, we’re delighted for the filmmakers, scoring a hit with something that doesn’t pander to the masses, or feel like any of its quirk and nuance have been focus-grouped to zero. That said, would it have killed them to have the creature punch out a few battleships? Or a knowing cameo from Jason Momoa as a lifeguard at the local leisure centre?