Edward Scissorhands film review

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Edward Scissorhands

The gothic home of Edward is a strong contrast to the pastel suburban homes

that amplifies, that someone scary and different lives in the home at the top of

the hill. Figure 1 shows a still from Edward Scissor hand, where his gothic styled

house dominates the landscape of the little suburban town.

Figure 1 Edward Scissorhands home.(1990)

What this Image shows is a gothic castle at the top of hill where pastel coloured

homes are in the foreground . The Suburban homes lack individuality and are a

reflection of the people in this town. Who follow each others judgements and

stick to the crowds ideas of what might be wrong or right instead of making theirown judgements. Ironically the real scary scene is the suburb while the castle is a

place of solitude and peace and loneliness.

The poster art in figure2 depicts a really scary film but its not true the real

monsters in this film are the suburban house wives, especially the woman who

tries to seduce Edward.


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Figure2 Edward Scissorhands (1990)

The poster shows Edward looking solemn with his scissorhands in the picture.

The poster makes Edward seem like a danger especially to himself, his

expression is sad and he seems really lonely. And this is true in the movie he is

lonely and sad but hes not an intentional danger, he just seems to be miss

understood and timid compared to the loud house wives.

Edward is embraced reluctantly by the town when they realise he has a gift but

they then discard him when it appears like he is in the wrong . The Contact music

film review explains that the people in the down use Edward they stated that the

people give him a celebrity persona but this status, turns negative and soon

enough, pitchfork and torch sales are flying through the roof(Contact music,s.d)what Contact music seems to be saying is that after the people have taken what

they wanted from Edward they are quick to take away the trust and love they

once had for him.

Edward seems to have a need to make things beautiful even though he cantmake himself desirable. Baussat explains that the The bored housewives in the

community are awed when Edward demonstrates marvelous creativity in

sculpting fantastic objects out of suburban hedges (Baussat,s.d) It seems likethey are awed because Edward brings creativity and individuality to the

community.

The movie is being told by an old lady to her grand daughter which turns this

film into a very unconventional fairytale. Ring from Sci fi Block explains that,

The fact that this story is presented as a story creates a mythicaleffect(Ring,2008) this notion is true because a man with fingers for hand could

only be told in a mythical setting because it doesnt draw from reality in anyway.Edward is a strange frankstein compilation, that the audience sympathises with.


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Bibliography

Contact music,(s.d). Edward scissor hand movie review.At:

http://www.contactmusic.com/movie-review/edwardscissorhands_1(Accessed

13.12.12)

Baussat,M(s.d).Film Review: Edward Scissorhands. At:

http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/films/films.php?id=8804(Accessed

13.12.12)

Ring,R.(2008)Edward Scissorhands 1990. At:http://scifiblock.com/movie-

reviews/edward-scissorhands-1990.htm(Accessed 13.12.12)

Illustration

Figure 1 Edward Scissorhands home.(1990).From Edward Scissorhands.[Film

still] Directed by Tim Burton.At:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nc7QQI94c4k/TQEYZEBhzAI/AAAAAAAAAkY/elLtFS

jzUco/s1600/edward%2B2.jpg(Accessed 13.12.12)

Figure2 Edward Scissorhands (1990)[Poster] at:

http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/16000000/-Edward-Scissorhands-

Poster-edward-scissorhands-16068615-1011-1500.jpg(Accessed 13.12.12)
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