When Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water premiered in late 2017, it forced moviegoers to suspend disbelief and become invested in the budding romance between a human woman and a humanoid amphibian man. And while the film itself is indeed a beautiful love story, it also involves, uh, fairly gratuitous fish-on-lady sex scenes, which is not something audiences have ever been challenged to wrap their minds around before. (Well, for the most part.)
So it goes without saying that when Saturday Night Live cast member (and epic live-tweeter) Leslie Jones decided to take on the Best Picture Oscar-winning film over the weekend, we knew we were in for a treat. If there’s any movie out there begging for a Leslie Jones-style breakdown, it’s this one, and Jones doesn’t disappoint. Side note — if Jones thinks she’s confused now, just wait til she finds out about the dildos. Spoilers ahead, obviously!
Jones didn’t waste any time delving in, pointing out the creepy music playing over the opening credits:
Ok this doesn’t seem creepy… #shapeofwater pic.twitter.com/6Iji7qnFMK
— Leslie Jones 🦋 (@Lesdoggg) October 20, 2018
I don’t about this movie y’all. It needs to capture me soon. But I like this dude. pic.twitter.com/vaOdw53reh
— Leslie Jones 🦋 (@Lesdoggg) October 20, 2018
He want more than pie dude. #shapeofwater pic.twitter.com/CgmxN1JltL
— Leslie Jones 🦋 (@Lesdoggg) October 20, 2018
With all of the inter-species boinking, it’s easy to forget some of the other bizarre aspects of the film, like this bathroom scene featuring Michael Shannon’s character:
Um no hands dude? #shapeofwater pic.twitter.com/UGkivLAvJw
— Leslie Jones 🦋 (@Lesdoggg) October 20, 2018
Ok I need to barf now! You believe you more if a man cause you don’t wash your hands ew! #shapeofwater pic.twitter.com/eTc39WKFEv
— Leslie Jones 🦋 (@Lesdoggg) October 20, 2018
It’s 100 percent true that hard-boiled eggs don’t peel this easily. Like be more realistic, fish-sex movie.
This is not realistic!! You can not peel eggs that easy!! #shapeofwater pic.twitter.com/AI3mbKbeWN
— Leslie Jones 🦋 (@Lesdoggg) October 20, 2018
Black women don’t play that shit!! So the egg gonna save you? GTFOH!! #shapeofwater pic.twitter.com/NA0M5giOr4
— Leslie Jones 🦋 (@Lesdoggg) October 20, 2018
And she just goes on and on from there:
Oh so we plugging albums now!! #shapeofwater pic.twitter.com/7pUauiKX3Q
— Leslie Jones 🦋 (@Lesdoggg) October 21, 2018
Soooo is that the pussy finger or the trigger finger?! #shapeofwater pic.twitter.com/i1LTAC5MS9
— Leslie Jones 🦋 (@Lesdoggg) October 21, 2018
Am I wrong though?! #shapeofwater pic.twitter.com/R5wtfE4VGq
— Leslie Jones 🦋 (@Lesdoggg) October 21, 2018
So let me get this straight.. #shapeofwater pic.twitter.com/kAMieeOOeh
— Leslie Jones 🦋 (@Lesdoggg) October 21, 2018
Just roll up on ya!! #ShapeOfWater pic.twitter.com/s0BVX3w945
— Leslie Jones 🦋 (@Lesdoggg) October 21, 2018
How you gonna explain a fish man to your landlord?! #shapeofwater pic.twitter.com/PPOBAy76Og
— Leslie Jones 🦋 (@Lesdoggg) October 21, 2018
Uh huh?! What you give tell the sista?! #areyououtyourdamnmind? pic.twitter.com/DX23smRMVg
— Leslie Jones 🦋 (@Lesdoggg) October 21, 2018
They would have had to pull me off that mf!! #shapeofwater pic.twitter.com/Gv2G6ruTtj
— Leslie Jones 🦋 (@Lesdoggg) October 21, 2018
What did you think was gonna happen when you put the fish man in the tub dammit!! Car didn’t have a chance! #shapeofwater pic.twitter.com/iUtmI2w4Qj
— Leslie Jones 🦋 (@Lesdoggg) October 21, 2018
Ok I need to know yo!! #shapeofwater pic.twitter.com/WOIsqp1vVY
— Leslie Jones 🦋 (@Lesdoggg) October 21, 2018
What is wrong with us?! #therewasdamnsexscenewiththefishman #shapeofwater pic.twitter.com/zch2qcACKi
— Leslie Jones 🦋 (@Lesdoggg) October 21, 2018
I’m enraged right now!! You good and damn well know…#thisinotarealisticreactionfromasista #shapeofwater pic.twitter.com/aI69JkYYD1
— Leslie Jones 🦋 (@Lesdoggg) October 21, 2018
Somebody tell me something!! #isthisaspaceporn #shapeofwater pic.twitter.com/cKbUMPde8j
— Leslie Jones 🦋 (@Lesdoggg) October 21, 2018
Let’s take a moment to give this man his props dammit!! Wrist game on that iron is deadly!! #oldschoolironing #shapeofwater pic.twitter.com/0fh81VznNS
— Leslie Jones 🦋 (@Lesdoggg) October 21, 2018
Part 2! Look at the flowers on that board that’s old school dammit!! #oldschoolironing #shapeofwater pic.twitter.com/gFZ7TjLkgg
— Leslie Jones 🦋 (@Lesdoggg) October 21, 2018
Hey um just was asking for um a um friend um these don’t look too good do they?! #shapeofwater pic.twitter.com/sL1z7QZ2dL
— Leslie Jones 🦋 (@Lesdoggg) October 21, 2018
Wow really?! #wastingwater #shapeofwater pic.twitter.com/fkK6sUBO5x
— Leslie Jones 🦋 (@Lesdoggg) October 21, 2018
Like what am I watching? #shapeofwater pic.twitter.com/IsoDiHp0FP
— Leslie Jones 🦋 (@Lesdoggg) October 21, 2018
Ok I’m done now! #shapeofwater pic.twitter.com/1Et81Sh7F6
— Leslie Jones 🦋 (@Lesdoggg) October 21, 2018
Your back Brewster?! Really?! #shapeofwater pic.twitter.com/wGpvg7PkW1
— Leslie Jones 🦋 (@Lesdoggg) October 21, 2018
And eventually, she made it to the end of the movie, but was clearly not buying the happily ever after stuff:
Ok soooooo.. thanks a lot people!! #shapeofwater pic.twitter.com/tTVX4zhW8X
— Leslie Jones 🦋 (@Lesdoggg) October 21, 2018
Let those of us who didn’t want to smoke a joint after The Shape of Water cast the first stone.