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Summary: Brilliant film- although the DVD extras are a disappointment
Review: When I heard that this film was coming out on DVD for its 10th Anniversary, I was overjoyed. This is probably Tim Burton's best film to date- IMO. And with a stellar cast- Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest, Alan Arkin, Kathy Baker, and of course, Vincent Price- how can you go wrong? The story is fantastic, brilliantly acted out by all the cast. Such an innocent person introduced into a world of such bad things. Of course they except him, but when he does something that is not his fault, they immediately disregard him. As for the DVD extras, well, when I first heard about this DVD, I thought that it would be loaded with them. Apparently not. The two commentaries by Danny Elfman and Tim Burton are great, but unfortunately, from there it goes downhill. I expected much more concept art than is shown, as is the case with the featurette. Basically all that is, is the stars answering a few questions. I expected an half hour program and was looking forward to seeing some info on how the hands were made. The Soundbites could have been put into the featurette to have made it longer, but trailers and TV spots were a cool- always a welcome sight The only reason I have not given it five stars, is because of the disappointment in the extras. IMO, it would have been nice to have had "Vincent" in there as well.
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Summary: Vincent Price
Review: This movie would had bin nothing without Vincent Price as the creator of Edward scissorhand(s). He's the one the that makes this into a real fearytale.
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Summary: one of burton's best
Review: this tale is so wonderful. the way the story progresses is perfect. it gives a perfect blend of drama, comedy, and fantasy. when i first saw this film i thought it was very strange, but as i grew up i came to love it. burton's style is awesome (for lack of a better word). i loved the dreamlike world he created in this film. also johnny depp portrayed edward perfectly. no one else (in my mind) could have played him. i challenge you not to fall in love with the gentile pale-faced edward. also danny elfman put together a perfect score for this classic tale.
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Summary: Edward Cuts Up Christmas Competition
Review: The concept of holiday films as become a cliche over the years and one I've grown long tired of. Holiday films peeked in 1990 with two of the best and most drasticly different of their gere. While John Hughes decided to go the way of slapstick with Home Alone, Tim Burton took his artform to a new level with Edward Scissorhands. It transends the holiday movie and has become a kind of contemporary classic complete with an excellent performace by Depp and one of the most unforgetable scores by Danny Elfman (who aides Burton in the DVD comentary track). Depp plays Edward, a kind of Frankenstein whose left with scissors for hands after the man who invented him dies. He lives alone without human contact until one day Diane Wiest's avon lady comes calling and introduces him to a whole new world. It's both strange and exciting for Edward whose initially excepted as the eclectic towsfolk use him as a hedge-trimmer and hair-stylist. Use is the appropriate word because once his usefulness runs up, a call to lynch him goes up in town. At the center of all this is Winnona Ryder whose tender relationship with Edward will tug at the heartstrings of even the most cynical of critics. It's a dark comedic fable, at times very abstract with it's messages but all the better movie because of it.
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Summary: Perhaps the best Tim Burton/Danny Elfman ever!!
Review: Not only does it have Danny Elfman's best soundtrack ever!, but it also has a wonderful plot. When I first saw this movie, I thought it was just a boring movie. But after ten years, and missing it when it was on cable a few weeks ago, i thought, oh what the heck, i might as well get it on DVD. I am soooo glad i did. Great animated menus, great features, and best of all, EXCELLENT MOVIE!!!
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Summary: Mother Goose for the modern era
Review: It is difficult to find another film that has captured the essence of the fairy tale better than this one. Wrapped up in a young girl's question of why it snows in the winter, the film tells a simple fable of a person created by an old inventor. Slowly this person was put together, but tragically the inventor dies before he is finished, leaving the person with scissors for hands. The strange man is brought into a new, strange world - our own - and thus begins our story. Fairy tales are pure style in themself; in films, fairy tale style and delicacy are difficult to capture. I can't fault this movie for running out of plot steam at the end, because the genre demands such simplicity to the tale. Within the tale, Tim Burton says a lot through striking visuals - from the pastel-colored, gossipy world, to the quirky world of the inventor. Like many of the best fairy tales, there is subtle parodies of society invoked, and you may laugh at a few of the concepts. But what's really striking about this film is the tender outsider story, the heart of the film. Outsider stories are common in Hollywood movies, but few (dare I say none) display such empathy and innocence. Tim Burton's outsider, as portrayed by Johnny Depp, struggles to fit in with the world, but is too innocent to do so. It is this - the innocence and heart - of Johnny Depp's character, that makes this movie incredibly powerful. Danny Elfman's delicate, dream-like score (his best so far) further enhances the effect, with beautiful layers of boy's choir enveloping the most striking visual elements. This is one of my favorite films. I don't think everyone will get it because of its outsider fairy-tale nature - its not for everyone. But its definitely one of the best films of its genre - certainly one of the most enchanting.
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Summary: OK big budget remake of Frankenweenie
Review: The scenes with Vincent Price are wonderful. The whole beginning of this movie is very promising but them turns into a cliched kids movie. There's no telling how many times the JOCK SETTING UP THE NERD TO MAKE HIM LOOK LIKE A ROBBER DRESSED IN BLACK gag has been used in countless 80s NERD GETS THE GIRL flicks before this. Johnny Depp is wonderful as Edward, an extremely shy frankenstienish man with scissors for hands and what seems to be a leather suit sewn on his body, or tin body, um.. I think if you cut him in half with a chainsaw he would be made out of metal from some shots earlier in the film I think he is, which are more entertaining than the movie itself. He looks like a caricature of Time Burton. This could have been a very good film, could still even be a kids film and be great but Tim Burton has proved time and time again he cannot write a story without it getting cliched and been there done that. Tim can show me his "WEIRD" creations and set designs all he wants but his stories are almost always predictable and stale. Not Tim's worst movie but not his best. Worth owning on DVD.
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Summary: A meal to remember
Review: "Edward Scissorhands" reminds me of nothing so much as one of those fantastic Caribbean meals that blends flavors, colors, and textures you'd never think of putting together -- but, prepared by the artful chef, becomes an eating experience to be retold for years. The characters are its pungent ingredients: Johnny Depp's innocent Edward, Winona Ryder's ethereal Kim, Alan Arkin's crusty Bill, Dianne Wiest's sweet Peg, Anthony Michael Hall's brutal Jim, Kathy Baker's man-hungry Joyce, and Vincent Price's cadaverous, fatherly Inventor. Edward's world gives color, from his black and white castle, to his eerily green gardens, to the pastel-mint kitsch of his neighbors' houses. The story brings the meal together with chew and crunch -- and Edward's and Kim's romance finishes dinner sweetly. Of course, when your chef is Tim Burton and your server is Vincent Price (in one of his last performances), the lights are dim, the tablecloth black, and the candlesticks cobwebbed. Though told as a children's fable -- which, like Rocky and Bullwinkle, is a special treat for the grownups who "get" what the kids don't -- this might not be for young ones who still fear the darkness under the bed. But for anyone older, set aside an evening. Start with jerk chicken, roll "Edward Scissorhands," and relive it all over a rich coconut pudding.
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Summary: Movie still is great, but DVD extras don't deliver!
Review: Every director probably has one movie that he pours part of himself into. For Spielberg, it was ET, Lucas had American Graffiti. Here, Tim Burton poured into the soul of Edward Scissorhands the world of an outsider, a creation of an old inventor (wonderfully played by Vincent Price) who passes on before he can finish Edward(wonderfully played by Johnny Depp). Edward is one day discovered by Peg Boggs, a curious Avon lady, who takes Edward home to suburbia, a community of multi-colored houses that could only come from the mind of Burton and production designer Bo Welch. Danny Elfman delivers probably his most moving score in this picture. The DVD looked like it would be incredile with what was announced, but it would have to lose starts for what I thought: 1)Audio commentary by Burton and Elfman: Both of these guys do not talk all the way through the film, (though it does sound a little better than Devlin and Emmerich on ID4's DVD & Barry Levinson and Tommy LEe Jones on Men In Black, who chatter on like inane movie theater patrons). But most of the time I found myself wondering when they would speak again. Burton probably speaks 12-15 times through most of the movie, but it sounds more like he's having little afterthoughts. Elfman's audio plays after certain music segments are done (his background music plays over the dialogue so we hear outright how it sounds). 2)Tim Burton concept art: after seeing The Tarzan Collector's Edition, this was a letdown, with only about 7 pieces of art (5 concepts of Edward, 1 of the Inventor, and 1 of Edward's place in the mansion's attic). 3)The featurette talking about the film is also a letdown, as there is nothing that was reall notable (I was really looking forward to hearing how Stan Winston Studios made the Scissorhands props). The only cool notable is the interactive menu, made like a pop-up book of the mansion Edward is found in. If you are looking to find a great movie, get this DVD. If you are into those that promise incredible extra features, pass this one up.
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Summary: Pretty good Tim Burton movie
Review: I am a huge Tim Burton fan. I have always loved the vast atmospheres that Burton always has the audience experience. This movie is no exception to that. You get your dark mansion on a hill overlooking a conservative town. At first everyone loves Edward, then the town begins to turn against him. Overall, I enjoyed this movie, but I prefer the atmosphere and mood of Sleepy Hollow better. I recommend seeing both of these well told Burton tales.
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