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Fish Out of Water

  • 2008
  • 12m
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8.9/10
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  • Director
    • Kathryn Olguin
  • Writer
    • William-Michael S. Taylor
  • Stars
    • Babak Tafti
    • Andy Brooks
    • Maggie Fine
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.9/10
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    • Director
      • Kathryn Olguin
    • Writer
      • William-Michael S. Taylor
    • Stars
      • Babak Tafti
      • Andy Brooks
      • Maggie Fine
    • 7User reviews
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    7tjch

    What a Nice End It is !

    A man comes out of lake, and a woman, who see him at the shore every day, smiles at him. He goes to his office. This is the end of Fish Out of Water. I felt in mind after I watched the short film, "What a nice end it is!" The beginning of the story and the body are made for the conclusion, because there are two conflict in the story for the end. Firstly, city and a boat. The man likes the way to office by using a boat, because he does not like noise, cigarette smell and smoke, and crowds. He use a boat in order to avoid the annoying things, but his commuting changes after a beautiful woman appears. She brings a lot of materials which he does not like in his boat. In other words, he brings bad luck himself. It is irony, but this irony leads to a good ending. Secondly, a woman with brown eyes and a beautiful woman with blue eyes. At first, he chooses the latter woman. He wants her to like him, so he rides his boat with her. However, as I mentioned above, she is unhappiness for him, and he is used by her. Perhaps, most of the audience could feel that he is stupid, and he should have chosen a woman who is the shore of the lake. However, in the end, he realizes it, and he abandons the beautiful woman. Finally, he and the woman with brown eyes can smile at each other. For these reasons, I feel that this movies is a good short movies, and has a beautiful ending. I want to make a good story like Fish Out of Water.
    8china-tr

    Funny

    A man goes to his office by boat because he doesn't like crowded place. One day, a beautiful woman asks him to take her to her office by boat. After that, more and more people take his boat. It is displeasing to him. Finally, he hits on a good idea to avoid the people.

    In the short film, people don't say anything from beginning to end, but I can imagine what they say and their feelings. "Fish out of water" means a person who feels uncomfortable or awkward because he or she is in surroundings that are not familiar. I think fish out of water in the film is the man. He goes to his office that is in city and he takes many people to their office by boat every day, so he feels stress. However, the story ends with a laugh, so I think he overcomes his stress. There is the love story element in the story too, so I never lose interest. If you watch the short film, you will burst out laughing.
    decopon_kobe

    funny commute

    The main character goes to his office by rowboat in order to avoid the rush hours. People are irritated by a traffic jam, on the other hand, he is calm because a river doesn't have traffic jam. However, one day, a happening which interferes with his rowing occurs. His comfortable commute starts to be threatened on the day. After due consideration, he tries to commute in another way and keeps his comfortable commute.

    The composition of story is easy and clear, so I enjoyed this film while relaxing. Obstacles increase day by day. It makes me thrilled and laugh. The scene that he goes to his office are the same camera works, which helps to impress his grief and fan audience expectations.

    The tempo of this film is light and good. We can enjoy expecting net way a story develops. The twist in story made me laugh. This has a funny denouement and conclusion, so I think everyone is entertained.
    9feae-72598

    Living peacefully

    This short film is one of the funniest movies I've seen. The main character of this movie is so clever and peaceful, so people who watch this will learn something absolutely from his way of thinking by watching this film. When the problem happens, he solves it without arguments and unpleasant things. Also, he settles it so easily without conference. The story tells the point of view of smart people. This is memorable, amusing and valuable for adults. Lots of expressions of characters are so clear to understand and know feelings. I think people who suffer from and feel difficulties in socializing should watch Fish Out of Water. It is a good text to learn thinking for living peacefully.

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    • Release date
      • December 4, 2008 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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      • $10,000 (estimated)
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      • 12m
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      • 1.78 : 1

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