September 29, 2009

edward scissorhands


saw the movie edward scissorhands ... it's pretty old ... i think it came out in 1990 ... but i'd never seen it ... i'd heard of it though ... it's even referenced in a seinfeld episode ... winona ryder looks really young in this movie ... she was too ... anyway so the movie stars johnny depp as edward scissorhands ... edward is the creation of some dude who used to live up in the castle on the hill ... but the dude died before edward was complete ... and so edward has scissors for hands ... then one day the makeup saleswoman in the fantasy suburban world at the bottom of the hill pays a call to the castle thinking they might buy something ... and that's where she finds edward ... and takes him home with her to the fantasy suburban atmosphere ... and so the movie is the adventure of edward in this world ... edward is not only an outsider but he looks different and he has scissors for hands ... so he's also a freak ... so that's what the movie is about ... it's kind of like pinochio on acid if you will ... it's pretty trippy ... it's a tim burton movie if you're familiar with his work ... he did corpse bride if you know it ... so yeah lovely movie ... it has its fair share of awwww moments ... i think everyone's seen it by now but if you're like me and you haven't ... you should ... 9.5/10 ...

also if you like seeing depp and scissors on screen ... you might also want to watch sweeney todd which is almost as good except it's a musical ...

7 comments:

Dreamer said...

Have you seen sweeney tod? I don't like musicals they irritate me so and I think music does not go well with horror; it clashes with it rather than add to it!

Depp plays some odd parts. I liked him in sleepy hollow.

Jundi said...

i have seen it .. and it is very very good .. except for the musical thing .. it loses points for that .. but u know the whole thing is not singing .. there are parts where it's just dialogue ..

sleepy hollow .. i shall download it on my next trip home :D

Anonymous said...

I liked Sweeney Todd.
If you like Depp, you should see "Secret Window".

Jundi said...

then i shall download that too lol

NasEr said...

everything by Depp is just great, haven't seen Public Enemies yet though . I watched this one ages ago

Anonymous said...

Edward Scissorhand is plain simply about being different.
I love the movie.

muistikku said...

Dude y do you speak like that, as if you would be quiet. Dont be shy man, relax.