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Summary: Bonechillingly beautiful fantasy of loneliness & alienation
Review: When I first heard the plot of this movie described, my initial reaction was that it was too stupid for words. What, an inventor smart enough to create Edward but too stupid to make him hands, instead giving him scissors, for gawd's sake? How idiotic! Obviously this was just another Tim Burton exercise in excessive visual style, like his well-known love of circus stripes that made the sandworms in BEETLEJUICE so annoyingly phony to look at. And there was that early draft of BATMAN in which Burton planned to have the Joker's goons paint all of Gothan City in stripes . . .With this in mind, I refused to watch this film for years. And yet, when I finally did, I was completely won over! I kicked myself for not watching this earlier. (I'll let you in on a secret. It was SLEEPY HOLLOW that re-hooked me on Burton's movies and caused me belatedly to check out EDWARD SCISSORHANDS.) Helped by a dream cast (Johnny Depp is the modern Boris Karloff, and I can't think of higher praise than that) and an achingly beautiful score by the always-reliable Danny Elfman, this movie is simply unbelievably moving. Some might find it a touch precious, but I don't. Pathos when overdone lapses into bathos, but Burton, Depp, Rider, Wiest, Elfman, et al., manage to walk that delicate tightrope without stumbling. And the really weird thing is, I STILL think the basic idea is ridiculous --- but the movie sweeps me away anyway! Now, that's cinematic magic! Don't make the mistake I did and let this one go by you for years on end. This is a film for the lonely child in all of us.
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Summary: Moving, Burton's best
Review: Despite some flaws, this creative and moving movie still manages to impress. Tim Burton's fantasy-fairy tale visions, Johnny Depp's magnificent preformance and Danny Elfman's fantastic music, this becomes Burton's best movie to date. The movie becomes only better when you learn the behind of the scenes of the movie, and the director's relationship with the project. Not a masterpiece, but wonderful, none the less. Recommended
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Summary: Who Ever THought of This Film was an Insane Genius
Review: Whomever came up with the concept for this film needs very serious mental evaluation; A love story about a guy with scissors for hands? But perhaps we will put that aside for now becasue the movie is simply stupendous. Edward ScissorHands is one of my all time favorite movies, I assume this goes for many others as well, becasue i have never found someone who didnt like this movie. It appeals to the strange geek inside us all who just wants to be accepted for what he is. For an overview of the movie read the summary amazon has provided, i will talk only about the dvd. THe extras are quite neat with commentary tracks, production art, and best of all some old Burton shorts. Vincent is a great clayamtion thing about a kid trying to be vincent price, it reminded me of beetlejuice, visually. Frankenweenie is kinda dumb and boring, but its about a kid who brings his dog back to life. THe image clarity is fantastic, as is the sound on this disc. It has some really cool animated menus too. So go buy it. You might wanna see it first though becasue it is pretty strange. Bottom line is if you like Burton films, you will love this one. (I still have a little trouble seeing that kid from the breakfast club as a bad guy, but whatta gonna do?)
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Summary: I WANT MORE!!!
Review: The transfer compared to the laserdisc is far superior in quality, and the movie itself is due to become a modern cult classic...but I want more extras!! The featurette on this DVD edition is not worth mentioning on the packaging. Most of the extras are just lifted from the pre-release media kit. Even a section that is not listed on the packaging called, "soundbites" starts off with the actor's name and question along with how many seconds the answer runs. Each segment gets cut off in mid sentence and they only talk about things that don't add any impact to the viewing of the movie. There are so many artistic touches and Stan Winston's contribution to the film that don't not get mentioned in any depth. And there's a photo of Tim Burton and Vincent Price seated on director's chairs having a conversation, yet there is no such material on the DVD. I really really felt short changed. The transer and sound are wonderful, the colors are crisper and most noticably the facial scars seemed more prominant in the transer...but I want more!! Maybe in the 15 Anniversary Edition??
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Summary: A cut above the rest...HA HA HA HA ...ha..uh...mmm
Review: A robotic kinda humany guy gets taken into suburbia and tries to fit in. A Dromedy for sure. Even though the movie's subject is incredibly weird the film is still a tear jerker in parts. Edward is just extremely loveable and you'll find that you grow attached to him by the end. Only Tim burton could manage this one. Great film, great transfer, the extras are great the commentary is interesting (even though Tim Burton rambles). The overall sound is above par, music and dialogue mix nicely. THe film is a standard mister/mrs weirdo falls for mr/mrs popular, and eventually teh too hip fer you character ends up loving the weirdo. However, becasue Edward is a guy wit hhands made of scissors, totally pale, and has never experienced the world or had human contact, it adds a whole new edge to this film. Adding to this is Burton;s wonderful cinematography. THe color saturated neighborhood of snobs works in starch contrast to teh blanch and strange edward, making this film a marvel to watch. Certainly Burton's best.
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Summary: A Story Of a Extra Ordinary Man
Review: The film is about a machine like a human and a family. A woman tries to sell some cosmetics and finds the Edward, the machine. The woman takes him to her house and Edward begins to live with her family. Then the film begins to show us the change in their lives. The film is a kind of tragicomedy, because you can laugh in some scenes and feel sad in the other ones. In every part of the film you focus on Edward, because he seems strange. The director tries to affect the audience by some extra ordinary scenes. I think director is successful, because while you are watching film you wonder what will happen next. And it makes you to think about the film.
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Summary: Edward
Review: The film is about a machine like a human and a family. A woman tries to sell some Edward's Scissor Hands cosmetics and finds the Edward, the machine. The woman takes him to her house and Edward begins to live with her family. Then the film begins to show us the change in their lives. The film is a kind of tragicomedy, because you can laugh in some scenes and feel sad in the other ones. In every part of the film you focus on Edward, because he seems strange. The director tries to affect the audience by some extra ordinary scenes. I think director is successful, because while you are watching film you wonder what will happen next. And it makes you to think about the film.
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Summary: The man with scissor hands
Review: The movie is about a man who has scissor hands, his name was Edward. The main character was (Jonny Depp) who played Edward. In the movie he had a very shy pesonality. He lived alone in a castle where he was created by a proffersor. One day a woman who selled cosmetic products found Edward by visiting him in his castle. She took him with her to her home. Slowly Edward became a member of the family. He could use his scissor hands very good. Later he fall in love with the womans doughter but he could not show his love because he was a very shy person. The people of the town started to love him because of his property. However, the friends of the girl did not like him and they wanted to show him as a thief. I think the main message of the movie is to show how difficult it is for persons who are different to adjust themselves to the society. The movie shows all the problems which could appear in such situations. I think the behaviour of the woman was very good because she wanted to give Edward a new life. It is a movie which should have seen.
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Summary: A Touching Fable
Review: Tim Burton's "Edward Scissorhands" can be called a masterpiece, in my opinion. It is touching and emotional in the most pleasant and saddening ways. "Edward Scissorhands" is an incredible take on the fairytale of a boy who just wants to fit in, who wants to have a life like others around him, and wants to find his true love to spend his life with. Johnny Depp shines as the fragile, yet uncompleted creation of The Inventor (Vincent Price). Edward can appear frightening to those who don't know him, fashioned like a monster from 1930s Hollywood cinema. But to those who get to know the real Edward, he is just as human as anyone else, gentle and wanting to share in the love of the world. Tim Burton creates "Edward Scissorhands" in a funny, comically creative, yet very moving way. The closing scene between Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder is enough to bring anyone to tears. The story and characters are beyond well developed and this is a movie worth adding to your collection. You'll return to visit this wonderful story of a boy with scissors for hands and a heart made from a cookie again and again.
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Summary: Classical love story
Review: Edward(Johnny Depp),a man who is different from other people, comes to a middle-class neighborhood to live like "normal" people, which is totally strange. Edward is a frightening man who has scissor-hands, but the neighborhood welcome him as if everything is natural. The women find him very attractive although he was scary-looking. He easily get used to the social life. But after he is arrested, everyone hates him-except the girl he is in love with(Winona Ryder). In fact, this film is a kind of love story with messages for viewers. One of the messages ý got from this film is that the physical characteristics are not important to be fallen in love. The whole story is told in a surrealistic form which I think is more effective. Having some question marks in my mind-after I watched-made me think more about the film.What was the purpose of producing such a film? May be it was because the director of the film had tried to emphasize his own feelings or his past life.
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