The Cutting Edge of Film - "Edward Scissorhands" Mini-Review #4

     Costumes!  Acting!  Musical Score!  Edward Scissorhands has everything a movie could ask for.  By far, the costumes were the best part of the movie.  Edward’s menacing scissor-hands, his scars and wild hair and super pale complexion were magnificent.  Everything came together to create a very unique character that managed to be creepy but adorable at the same time.  The other costumes, though not so abnormal, were very well done as well.  They may be “normal” people but the neighbourhood is filled with bright colours and interesting hairstyles.  They even had their own colour scheme,

 seen in the picture on the left.  Their bright colours were used very effectively to contrast with the plain, dark colours of Edward to visually demonstrate the gap between them.  Another thing that was very impressive was the awesome acting!  It’s to be expected from such a well known actor as Johnny Depp (The Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland, Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean and Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory).  He perfectly portrayed the kind and innocent Edward as he strives to find his place in society.  A scene that stood out the most was when Edward is first introduced.  Depp looks so scared and lost, you can’t help but feel bad for him!  This was a critical scene for good acting because if he didn’t seem so innocent and scared, the audience would have thought it was a horror movie.  Dianne Wiest (Peg) was also an amazing actress.  I’ve never seen her in a film before but she played her character very, very well.  She was kind and protective like any real mother would be. 

You can tell without even watching the movie that she's an Avon lady by the way she smiles and holds her hand!

Along with the acting, the musical score, by Danny Elfman, was brilliant.  He put together a theme that you could always associate with the film, similar to how “Hedwig’s Theme” will always bring Harry Potter to mind and “The Imperial March” is recognized everywhere from Star Wars. 

The theme so well encompasses the character of Edward and everything he goes through that it makes me sad just to listen to it!  The other songs are so wonderful as well but the main theme definitely comes first.  The amazing costumes, actors and soundtrack are all really impressive. This film is certainly worth seeing, it gets a 9 out of 10.