After The Shape of Water won best picture, I figured I would finally get around to checking it out, and unfortunately it just did not satisfy me.

The first half or so is intriguing, suspenseful and otherwise powerful storytelling. I'd be giving this a good review if it didn't completely fall of during the second half, it's almost criminal how quickly the positive momentum just falls apart into a boring snooze fest. It honestly feels like watching two different movies given the difference in quality.

The character design for what is referred to as "The Asset" throughout the movie is fascinating, and as far as backstory goes we learn a satisfying amount about him through Michael Shannon, who plays the villain of the story and is also a redeeming quality of the film.

The soundtrack, while unique, only played into the boring portions of this movie and almost pushed my focus away from the movie even more.

A lot of people loved this movie so I still recommend this to people who just want to see what the hub-bub is about, but I wasn't the biggest fan of this one.