Edward Scissorhand The story of Edward Scissorhand is a modern day account of beauty and the beast. The main genre of Burton’s film is a Gothic-Horror film with romance and comedy added. The story takes place in suburban America where the majority of members are familiar with each other’s movements and whereabouts. When Peg brings in Edward the majority see him as an outsider‚ they also choose to use him to the best of their advantage. After a series of events which tarnishes Edward’s name the members
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Edward Scissorhand‚ is a comedy‚ romance‚ sci-fi‚ which revolves around a love story between Kim‚ a messed up teenager‚ and Edward‚ a freakish mixture of childlike humanity and shear destructiveness‚ doomed never to grow up or share a home with other creatures. The film is an odd mixture‚ and at some points may become confusing. It is partly a gothic fairytale with the castle on the hill‚ but mainly it is a story of a normal community and how it is challenged by an outsider‚ and how difficult it
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Edward Scissorhands directed by Tim Burton conveys many ideas and themes to the viewer. Of these ideas‚ the most predominant are that of finding beauty in the most unlikely of places‚ and accepting difference. By exploring and understanding individual characters‚ in particular‚ Edward Scissorhands‚ and film techniques in this movie‚ we can develop a better understanding and knowledge of the ideas portrayed to us‚ and apply these to situations that we may face in our own lives. Edward Scissorhands
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years since the American film director and producer‚ Tim Burton‚ released Edward Scissorhands in the United States. The film was a box office success and it received nominations for some of the most important awards in the film industry. This was mainly due to the compelling performances of a star-studded cast‚ composed of Johnny Depp‚ Winona Ryder‚ Dianne Wiest and Vincent Price‚ among others The film traces the story of Edward‚ a young unfinished-experiment-man who had scissors as hands. He was living
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ourselves yet one abnormal attribute will make you an outcast. Edward Scissorhands is a perfect example of this. The film “Edward Scissorhands” directed by Tim Burton‚ follows a peculiar man and how he attempts to fit into a judgemental society. At first he earns their acceptance‚ however one toe out of line sends him plummeting to an outcast. This film reflects our current society now‚ how you will also be accepted until they have a reason to hate you. Edward is a creation‚ he was invented with human
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In the film “Edwards Scissorhands”‚ the character Edward was portrayed as a strange or scary person to the people of the town. He has scissors for his hands‚ which makes him very useful and unique in the town. When Edward was on screen‚ he always had eerie music playing in the background to add terror to his character. Despite all the fear the townspeople had for him‚ they began to accept who he was. The community enjoyed his presence due to him being able to help them with yard work and hair cutting
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the eye misleads the truth. “Edward Scissorhands”‚ directed by Tim Burton‚ portrays this form of act at its finest‚ giving the audience the clue of how society is influenced wrongly through one’s worth of aspects. This film revolves around an animated human being named‚ Edward Scissorhands‚ created by the scientist‚ Vincent Prince. Edward’s creator unfortunately passed away due to a heart attack‚ leaving the created human being incompleted with scissorhands. Edward is left to also fend himself
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cover. In Tim Burton’s beautiful film‚ Edward Scissorhands explains the true meaning of harsh judgment by society. This Drama-Fantasy film from the 1990’s shows how harsh society can be at an instance to such a harmless creation‚ which comes to show how quick people can judge without knowing. For many years now Edward (played by Johnny Depp) has been in lonely solitude causing him a lack of the outside world. His creator made him with a human heart. Edward is welcomed into Peg’s (played by Dianne
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who cares and loves everyone. Her name is Peg‚ Peg welcomes Edward to town and gives him a nice place to live. Everyone is impressed by what Edward can do until Kim‚ Pegs daughter and her boyfriend Jim return from their camping trip. Edward falls in love with Kim the moment he laid eyes on her. Kim is rude and embarrassed at first but once Jim showed Kim who he really was she instantly knew she loved Edward. In the movie Edward Scissorhands‚ Tim Burton uses costume‚ color‚ and set/props to create a
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Edward Scissorhands‚ a film directed by Tim Burton‚ contains many allusions to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Both stories are centered on the creation of life and the difficulties that the one who was created must face as a result. However‚ Frankenstein is entirely composed of Gothic elements‚ while Burton chooses to sharply contrast Gothic elements with those of modern suburban life. In Edward Scissorhands‚ Tim Burton satirizes the conformity of American suburbanism‚ which is counter to many ideas
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