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Summary: Portrait of the Artist
Review: THIS is the perfect metaphor for the role/function of the artist is society. Edward is fun and popular as long as he's doing what everyone else enjoys, from hairdo's to topiary. In the end he's rejected and ultimately alone. The ending is bittersweet as some of those living in their look-alike houses are touched by the snow that falls while he's ice sculpting in the castle up on the hill. I love this film, one of my top 5 of all time. Depp is simply amazing. And yes, it makes me cry everytime I watch it.
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Summary: Edward Scissorhands = Weird Emotions
Review: Where do I start? This movie is so different from anything you'll EVER see, I mean I don't think you can really find another movie like this anywhere. This movie made me feel like I was discovering new emotions or something, lol. Anyways, you already know the basic story just about (look at all these other reviews. hehe.), but you really can't help but feel for Edward, he's like a small boy trapped in an adult's body. The situations he's put in are sometimes sad, most of the time funny though, see that's what also is good about this movie, lots of comic relief, so it isn't nothing but sad sad sad, it's also just a beautiful movie, the music is so amazing, and the character's are beautiful (not literally, i mean... they were all just the perfect fit for the movie.)I love this movie though, lol. It's so beautiful and funny and sad, it's almost the perfect movie, it may already be just that.
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Summary: Johnny is so sweet and innocent looking!
Review: i LOVE this movie! its so fabulous. the first time i saw it i thought it was just a comedy, but after a while i was like... OMG this is so SWEET and SAD! (for those of u who don't know) its about this kind middle aged Avon Lady (played PERFECTLY by Diane Weist) who comes up to this abandoned tower one day. she finds Edward all alone up in the attic and decides to take him back down to live with her. The neighborhood is very nosey and Peg has neighbors like a VERY religious woman and a whore... LOL thru the movie people take advantage of him and then he falls in love with pegs daughter, Kim (played by Winona Ryder) but kim is dating Jim... at the end Kim falls in love w/ Edward but he has to go back and live in the tower again... *tear* recomended if u like romance with a little bit of comedy
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Summary: Can't touch, can't connect.
Review: Tom Cruise initially turned down the role of Edward Scissorhands because of the character's 'lack of virility'. Some have even suggested that Edward is the opposite of Freddy Krugar. Frighteningly deformed yet with innocent intent. The film is a fairy tale and the suburbs to which Edward is taken seem like the stereotypical fantasy of the American Dream. It was against this fantasy that Tim Burton developed his own artistic vision. As Burton himself has said of his childhood in suburbia "If you're culturally devoid of something, of artistry, of interesting architecture, you manufacture these things for yourself." 'Edward Scissorhands' is the most autobiographical of Burton's works, where Johnny Depp's character gives some sense of the alienation Burton must have felt growing up in Burbank, California. Despite his obvious talent as an animator, Burton went through most of his late teens and early 20's with "the feeling that you can't connect, you can't touch." Edward is the literal translation of Burton's young adulthood where his work is prized while the man himself is despised. Great cameo performances by Dianne Wiest and Alan Arkin. The movie is only spoiled by the ever 2-dimensional Winona Ryder.
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Summary: Touching, funny and whimsical
Review: Edward Scissorhands is one of my favourite movies. Johnny Depp gives a brilliant performance as the vulnerable Edward. His facial expressions are so cute and heart wrenching that you just want to go up and give him a great big hug! The other actors do a great performance as well, and what can I say about Tim Burton? The guy is an imaginative genius! This movie manages to be very comedic. Not exactly Im-gonna-pee-my-pants funny, but its the little quirky things that make you giggle. Edward Scissorhands is very touching as well, and you really feel strongly for Edward. If you have not yet seen this movie, get off the computer and go rent it!
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Summary: One of Depp's best movies
Review: I like this movie, pretty good, it sounds stupid but its not
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Summary: Bring a kleenex
Review: Good gravy this was an awsome movie. I will tel you first...YOU SHALL CRY!!!!!! I was told the day I watched it that I would cry and replied"I don't cry" which I don't. I cried and sobbed and cried and thinking about it makes me cry and sob and if I don't wrap up this review I will cry and sob. It is really not just about the deep wonderful character that Johnny Depp plays but also about humankind and our inability to accept differentness and individuallity. At least that is what it struck me as. Everyone is just so mean to Edward. The PG-13 rating should be ignored but certain things should be fast forwarded over. Edward is just so innocent and yet so ignored and misread. A wonderful hedge trimmer though. When I stop sobbing I may write a more in-depth review but for now, I need a kleenex!
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Summary: An amazing film!
Review: For all those people out there who didnt understand this movie because it was too "stupid", it is about true love, being able to love someone inspite of their physical apperiance. That was probably the most prodominate message to this movie. Personally I thought this was one of Tim Burton's best films. It was touching, funny, and heart-wrenching. Also, for all the people out there who thought that it was "dark and gloomy meets the Brady Bunch", its called "symbolism". The modern, everyday, happy suberban meets the abandoned artificial man...who brings curiousity and in a way "adventure" to the town. Its supposed to be HAPPY LITTLE TOWN versus DARK AND GLOOMY, due to the fact Burton was trying to bring out real messages through unlikely situations. The first time I saw this movie I was about six years old, and since then i thought this was an incredible film. True, the special featueres on the DVD are not somthing to die for, but I am not judging that. i am judging the quality of the story, which in my opinion was MAGNIFICENT! If you want to watch a truly touching cinimatic peice, Edward Scissor hands is for you!
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Summary: Burton, thank you.
Review: This film... well, it's class. I saw this film when it first came out. Enjoyed it a bit. However, I went years without watching it, being as how I didn't own it, and I didn't really leave it on when it was on TV. However, New Years 2004 rolls up. FX is showing it, and I'm feeling really sad and lonely and depressed, so I leave it on. Well, Edward Scissorhands made me so much happier that I cried. I'm still amazed at how they pulled off a movie such as this. It seems like a wonderful dream, brought to life with no flaws in recreation. At it's core, it's the story of an outsider. Not only did Burton connect to this, but I highly connect to this. Maybe this is why I enjoy the film so much, but I don't know. The cinematography in this film is also some of the best I've ever seen. And the score by Danny Elfman. Well, once again, it's class. The whole experience is a richly rewarding one which leaves your heart feeling full. Once again, I thank you Burton.
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Summary: A fine romance
Review: This has to be Tim Burton's crowning glory, the summation of his fine appreciation of B-horror movies of the 50's, placed squarely in suburban America. He assembles a fine cast, which is what really makes this movie work with their razor sharp performances. They play beautifully off the ridiculous theme he creates. Part Pinnochio, part Frankenstein, Edward Scissorhands seems an Andy Warhol-inspired creation, played impeccably by Johnny Depp who is virtually unrecognizable in the role. The sad-faced boy, as my little daughter calls him, descends upon the suburb below (thanks to the Avon lady) and soon turns it on its head. Kathy Bates, at her vampy best, quickly seizes on this prized new object of affection, but it is Winona Ryder who steals his heart. The movie's strength is in the personal relationships it sets up. The action is a bit weak-kneed and doesn't resolve itself very well. I was surprised to find that my 3-year old daughter loves the movie, I think in large part to the compelling nature of Scissorhands himself who is one of the most memorable movie creations of all time.
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