Tuesday, November 22, 2011  Edward Scissorhands (Burton. 1990)
"I'm not finished..."  Riddle me this: how is Tim Burton able to
make a completely absurd character into a popular culture
phenomenon? He is partly responsible for the success and
popularity of Pee Wee Herman. He is the mastermind behind the
disgustingly over-appreciated Jack Skellington. Burton is also
the creator of one of 90s cinema’s most popular protagonists,
Edward Scissorhands. With all of these characters under his
belt, it is amazing that Burton finds time to make good movies…
Edward Scissorhands is, on the surface, a movie that tells its
audience to not treat unusual people differently than they would
want to be treated. A loveable Avon lady walks into an abandoned
castle on the hill and finds that a robot-man thing named Edward
has been living there alone for several years. She is virtually
unresponsive to the fact that he has scissors instead of hands.
“I’m not finished”, he says. “No kidding”, says the audience.
Edward is, to say t