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Summary: one of the best movies ever made
Review: this movie is a funny, yet sad movie that all can enjoy!!!Johnny Depp played edward like he was real,you should see this movie you'll love it to.!!!!
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Summary: Edward Scissorhands
Review: This movie was overall incredible. This is my favorite movie, and I watch it constantly. A man with scissors as hands is such a wild and odd concept, I never expected it to be anywhere near as moving as it was. All of Tim Burton's films are wonderful, (especially The Nightmare Before Christmas and Beetlejuice) but Edward Scissorhands tops them all. Major kudos to Tim Burton.After making a total of zero sales, local Avon represenative Peg Boggs(Diane Wiest) decides to attempt a sale at the Gothic castle at the top of a mountain, looming over a cheerful Suburbia neighborhood. Peg soon discovers that no ordinary man lives in the castle, but an unfinished creation named Edward(Johnny Depp), who has lived his life with scissors replacing his fingers. The glass-half-full Peg takes him to her home, where he is warmly welcomed by Peg's family and friends. Edward soon begins to discover the rich life of civilization, where he flaunts his talents in topiaries and dog-trimmings, while Peg plasters his face with her Avon cosmetics. He also meets Kim(Winona Ryder), Peg's daughter, who fills him with love and desire. But things take a turn for the worse, and the neighbors that once loved him suddenly reject his differences. This movie contrasts comedic scenes ("I have a doctor friend that might be able to help you.") with melancholy, sad acts ("Hold me..." "I can't.") I honestly can't get enough of this movie. If it doesn't capture your heart and mind right away, you need emotional development. This movie pulls you into it's storyline and makes for a great classic. Watch it even if it doesn't sound very good. Overall a triumph.
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Summary: I am amazed
Review: I just watched this for the first time (about time, eh?) and I was blown away. First off, the movie wouldn't be nearly the same without Danny Elfman's terrific score. I don't think I've scene a Tim Burton movie without Elfman's music. *strokes chin* Also, Johnny Depp did a GREAT job acting. He doesn't have many lines, but his facial expressions are...I don't know how to describe them. There's so much emotion and sadness in his eyes...he was the perfect guy for the role. This story is, on the surface, a bittersweet story about a (boy? man? Edward is almost ageless...another great thing about the movie)...male with scissors for hands (ooh! Bet you didn't see that one coming!) who falls in love, but isn't accepted by society. Under the surface there are lots of metaphors and things you could compare this to, but I don't think there's one right thing that this movie represents. I still don't know why this movie makes me cry. I'm sort of a sap, though...meh. Take the time to watch this movie. I'm going to watch it again!
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Summary: A Fairy-Tale For the Modern Age
Review: Tim Burton's films are arguably the 20th/21st century answer to Grimm's fairy tales. Each of his films are at once entertaining, mesmerizing and thought provoking, giving the viewer an askewed but vivid portrayal of life through the images he so masterfully captures. Edward Scissorhands is a prime example of such a film. It is the story of an inventor and his invention, a "Pinocchio" fable if you will, about a man who creates life though his craft, though in this instance, the inventor (Vincent Price), dies before he can complete his invention; namely, Edward (Johnny Depp), a man built from the pieces/parts of the inventors many fancy machines. Instead of being whole, Edward is left with menacing "scissor-hands". Peg Boggs (Diane Wiest), an AVON saleswoman, ventures to the home of the inventor after failing to sell any of her wares too her usual customers, the housewives of her small community. When there, she discovers an enchanted old mansion, with beautiful sculptures cut from the tress and bushes that adorn the gardens. Braving the dark of the immense home, she seeks out its owner, discovering Edward in the process. When she sees that he is there alone, stricken with the "infirmaty" of his condition, she befriends him and takes him home with her. The neighborhood women, nosey-busy bodies, catch wind of Peg's discovery, and it isn't long before Edward is the gossip of the day. Edward, dark and mysterious, is a stark contrast to the bright, vibrant, colorful "cookie-cutter" neighborhood of pastel homes and yards, and the families that occupy them. It isn't long before the neighborhood gossips, led by Joyce Monroe (Kathy Baker) invite themselves over for a cookout, and begin to exploit Edward for his many talents, including his gardening abilities and his inane talent to provide the women with elaborate hair-cuts. The story advances when Peg's daughter Kim (Winona Ryder) returns home from a weekend camping trip. He is at once taken with her, though she is repulsed by his differences, his outward deformity. Unlike the others who immediately embrace him, she is repulsed by him. And it is here where the story really unfolds. Burton, whose films might be considered bizarre and cartoonish at the front, makes a couple of very poignant points about acceptance and love in this film. Edward and Kim, through a series of events, are drawn together, and Kim learns that Edward's beauty is an internal one, and that, despite any physical abnormalities, he is far more beautiful than anyone she knows, save maybe for Peg, who defends Edward when the neighborhood turns on him later in the film. Tim Burton's casting, direction and cinematic flare are never more poignant than they are in this film. If a director has a signature piece, than Edward Scissorhands is Burton's, and it shows. Audiences will be touched by the tender performance Johnny Depp, whose portrayal of Edward is both moving and completly believable, a task that must have been doubly challenging considering the amount of prosthetics and make-up he underwent to get into character during each day of filming. This film is a must have for any Burton fan, and a good film for the whole family. Though there are moments in the film that might be slightly inappropriate for younger audiences, the film as a whole is a tender and touching love story and a story of acceptance despite diversity. Danny Elfman, whose scores have become synonymous with some of the most popular television and film programs ever (The Simpsons, Tales from the Crypt, Batman), scores this film beautifully, and his soundtrack is haunting and tender. The acting in the film is first rate, with an array of first rate actors (including those listed above): Alan Arkin and Anthony Michael Hall round out the cast. Though the DVD does not offer as many extras as some films released in this format, it does provide the widescreen edition of this film, along with a director's commentary on the film, which provides many insightful glimpses into how the film was produced. The film itself is digitally mastered, giving the sound and color a brilliance even more vibrant than provided in the theater. This is a must have for any DVD library and a great film for all ages. It is a film that, once seen, will be watched over and over again. -Scott Kolecki
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Summary: Not Impressed
Review: While an interesting idea, Edward Scissorhands was a major disappoinment. Instead of seeming touching, the story felt silly and fake. The characters, especially Edward Scissorhands, didn't seem real or human enough to draw me into the story. This is easily my least favorite Johnny Depp movie.
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Summary: Tim Burton's Quirky Fantasy Meets Semi-Autobiographical Film
Review: Tim Burton was born in 1958 & raised in the suburban city of Burbank California. Burton was a recluse & very shy. He loved to draw and actually had a sketch of the little boy with the scissors for hands, now, Edward Scissorhands DECADES before his character became a feature film. The character of Edward is uncannily, MUCH like Tim Burton. The wild, black hair, the lonliness, reclusiveness, not really "fitting in"... That, plus the 1950's & 60's portrayal of the suburbanite homes and nuclear families in the picture and you can see why this particular Burton film makes you feel just a bit more wonderful, sick & sad all at the same time for the world and the people that live in it. Incidentally, Vincent Price cast as the doctor (in one of his last roles of his long, successful career) is Tim Burton's lifelong IDOL. This film is highly recommended and it is great family fare! Happy Watching!
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Summary: A modern day Gothic fairy tale.
Review: I love this movie, it is one of my favorite movies of all time. This film takes a Hunchback of Notre Dame approach with a Tim Burton twist. The acting, the scenery, the script, everything was good in this film. The love between Winonna Ryder, and Johnny Depp (who gave wonderfull performances) was sweet and heartfelt. This film is really hard to review because it is so good. Tim Burton's best movie in my opinion, this film is certainly a 90s classic. I highly reccomend this movie for ANYONE, especially teenagers and Tim Burton fans.
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Summary: The difference between looking and seeing
Review: This is a movie about how this world destroys everything beautiful and sincere. The town portrayed in the movie is a caricature of the appalling normalcy that, it seems, is the only acceptable way for things to be. And then there's Edward Scissorhands - not even a man, yet more human than actual people. Someone who can only appreciate inner and outer beauty, not "right" or "wrong"; someone who sees beauty in the unusual, the one thing that humankind hates so much. A movie about how people see others as mere pieces in a grand game of chess; everyone has a certain position and is treated according to their position. Beauty? Fascination? Just masks and more masks to conceal that they've never felt anything they didn't intend to feel, never thought anything they didn't intend to think. There's no "themselves" behind the masks. And, when suddenly there is someone, they cannot tell him apart from a lifeless mask. That is what "Edward Scissorhands" is all about. Being human.
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Summary: Amazing!
Review: From the first time I saw this movie I was enthralled by it. Tim Burton has out done himself, and Danny Elfman's music is enchanting. This is a must see for all ages and will forever be deamed, in my eyes, as a classic.
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Summary: A Keeper!!
Review: A classic tale by the master Tim Burton. This story is almost like a fairy tale focusing on a boy who has scissors as hands and the way society reacts to someone so different and the misunderstandings that occur that make him a hero one moment and a villain the next.
The whole movie is beautiful and magical with it's simple settings and characters so real, that you feel you know them.
Buy this one because you'll never get tired of watching it. It leaves you with a special feeling, like all Tim Burton movies usually do.
Johnny Depp shines again in this movie. The perfect actor for this role.
Trust me, this one's really good.
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