Filmmaker reacts to Edward Scissorhands (1990) for the FIRST TIME! 

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It's Beauty and The Beast in reverse. The Beast is the talented, deep-minded artist, the beauty is the self-absorbed narcissist. She doesn't realize her boyfriend is Gaston until it's too late and the truly rare and beautiful thing is forced to run away. Poetically, he continues to create his beautiful topairies and ice sculptures forever, her beauty eventually fades with time... (It is also the the precursor to "Shape of Water" which was Creature from the Black Lagoon as a love story, this one is Frankenstein)

Danny Elfman’s score always haunted me since I was a kid. He’s a master of his craft. Just like Steven Spielberg to John Williams, Danny to Burton is a match made in heaven. The overall score of this film makes me emotional. Hope everyone is doing well and enjoy your time away James. Stay frosty

Johnny Depp said he thought of Edward as having a dog type of innocence.

Tim Burton and Johnny Depp collaborations are most of the time great. This and Ed Wood are probably my favorite of them.

The 1999 Sleepy Hollow is another cool stylistic collab with Johnny Depp and Tim Burton, edging more towards the horror side tho ✨

Love the contrast of pastel 50s cliches and heavy gothic themes. Such a beautiful yet sad movie. So glad you watched this!

The relationship between Edward and Kim progressed naturally I think. At first she had the stereotypical Alpha male boyfriend, and didn't understand this strange new creature living with her family. Slowly but surely Kim develops empathy for him, that eventually turns into genuine love. It's like how kids are in their youth preferring to be part of the known, of the crowd, rather than to challenge conformity. You can see that this neighbourhood is all about conformity among the adults as well. Which is one of the points the movie tries to make. That the resistance to variety and differences are what makes people into monsters, rather than their outward appearance. Kim realizes too late how precious Edward is, and how she should have protected him from the start. She's not that bad, when you think how she protested whenever the gang did something to hurt Edward. It was unfortunate that she didn't have the bravery to do the right thing from the get-go. However this is a modern fairy-tale or a fable, and if everything went well and everyone was nice there would be no story, and no lessons to learn either.

She directly caused 1 thing. Her silence caused at most 2 issues. The other main issues were cause directly by the jealous bully framing things badly and the one woman accusing him of sexual assault because he "Rejected" her (he was more frightened of the feelings than rejecting her}. To place the blame on Kim, and say she was the cause of everything is wrong.

I can’t recommend Ed Wood enough. It’s Burton and Depp’s best collaboration, and as a filmmaker, you’d have an additional appreciation for it given the subject matter.

I used to rewind over and over to watch the scene of Kim in the “snow” when I was a kid❤️

I love how that parental instinct started bubbling up the more of Edward you saw. I think that's the general reaction a lot of people have; they see something beautiful and sincere in the character that they want to protect and cherish, to see brought to its full potential, and watching all these vacuous suburbanites immediately trying to take advantage of him can be really enraging and disgusting, but that's kind of the point. It's one of my favorite movies to watch, even though I must have seen it at least half a dozen times.

As a kid (god I'm old) seeing this in the theater was the first time I ever got lost in a film. For more top tier Johnny Depp, I humbly recommend 'What's Eating Gilbert Grape".

*raises eyebrow* You expect a young teenage girl to confront her violently aggressive boyfriend by escalating the situations to physical altercations? That does not end well for her. She does stand up to him eventually; she just has to grow as a person first. I definitely disagree with your thoughts that she's at fault for most of what happens. The fault is with everyone in that community who saw someone vulnerable and different and wanted to take advantage of him. She at least started to become a better person and tried to be there for him emotionally and have sympathy for him. As for explaining things to everyone at the end, you're talking about trying to talk down a mob, which is nigh on impossible. I dunno. I've always liked her quite a bit and really loved the connection between her and Edward.

Idk if mentioned yet, but It's beautiful that we had legend Vicent Price as The Inventor. And the fact that Burton got his childhood idol acting in his movie before passing is really touching too. James, if you deep dive into Price's filmography you'll find an incredible world of fantasy and elite horror.

I'm so glad you're picking up classic and more artsy films. I'm honestly tired of everyone only reacting to Marvel everywhere xD. Edward Scissorhands is a beautiful movie and so unique

It's implied that Edward is like a Fankenstein creation, living tissue, built together, and brought to life like an infant.

The aesthetics in this movie are so fun. I love anything dark/Gothic but I also love bright pastels so every scene is like eye candy lol. Glad you reacted to this one. Edward is adorable. 🖤

The "Ice Dance" track is one of those pieces of music that will always make me feel something and make me emotional

In a similar theme of breaking suburban monotony, you would love Pleasantville, which is a very creative film about breaking out of the 1950s

I don't know why I lost my shit as hard as I did at your scissors story in the beginning, but goddamn did I laugh.

With this being Johnny Depp's first major role, I love that he was able to show us just how great of an actor he could be with having very few lines but showing the raw emotion just with his facial expressions in this film. I will always put him in the upper echelon of actors. He's my personal 2nd best actor right behind Robin Williams

Please watch Tim Burton’s directorial debut: Pee-wee’s Big Adventure! It’s hilarious and a little known fact is that Paul Reubens actually suggested Danny Elfman to Tim Burton to write the score because he was a big Oingo Boingo fan. Danny had never written a score before and was hesitant! He wasn’t going to do it. Imagine if he had said no!? Burton’s films would have been SO different!

This movie makes me sob everytime. Just the beauty of it, as well as sadness captured in moments.. The scene with dancing in the 'snow'.. Such beauty.. Very underrated film in my opinion.

This is my family's Xmas film. We all blub together at it. Honestly? I feel like this informed my moral compass as a small kid. I related to and loved Edward so much that I went out of my way to support and champion those who were being picked on.

The more I find out about Tim Burton the more I feel like this movie is autobiographical for him. Have fun with Adaptation, great time had by all.

I once read someone saying that the song “Ice Dance” (which is when Edward is making the ice statue) is what it feels like to watch a calm snow fall.

It’s hilarious how the bully is played so well by Anthony Michael Hall, who was also the little scrawny nerd Brian in “THE BREAKFAST CLUB” as well as in “Weird Science.” Such a great actor! He’s almost unrecognizable here!

You need to watch The Breakfast Club next... It's really an incredible study, these two movies, because Anthony Michael Hall plays one the best cliché weakling nerds ever in The Breakfast Club (maybe the best ever), and in Edward Scissorhands he's playing one of the best most cliché bully idiot characters.

You should watch WHAT'S EATING GILBERT GRAPE! The film-maker in you will love it and Johnny Depp and Leonardo Dicaprio are amazing! Probably one of their best roles in my opinion. Another good Depp movie is Benny and Joon, very quirky but his character is very entertaining. I enjoy watching your reviews 🙂

11:41 all the robots had happy faces on them except for one . The inventor chooses the only Robot without a happy face to bring life to it.

I remember finding the soundtrack CD to this movie in Arizona, and driving through the desert in that state - at sunrise - WITH THAT MUSIC - just changes your goddamn life.

Edward is such a beautiful metaphor for a person who is just… other: a dark, imperfect castle of a human meeting the outside world, attempting to conform to society, finding love, and in the end bringing everything he learned back to that dark castle.

Not sure if someone said already but the guy who gave Edward his scissor hands is the guy who voiced the ending part to thriller by mj

Can we talk about how great Dianne Wiest is? This woman has won two oscars. And her performance in this is so funny and warm.

One of my favorite all time movies. Great score from Danny Elfman and excellent acting from the whole cast especially Johnny and Alan Arkin.

Tim Burton's best film (also with Depp) is Ed Wood. It's about the filmmaker of Plan 9 from Outer Space among other films and all the behind scenes antics of his approach to filmmaking.

The beginning where he puts his scissors through the wax hands followed by the heart attack traumatized me as a kid for some reason. I thought they were real hands and that it killed the old man lol. I was a dumb kid. Edit: also Joyce made me feel things downstairs for the first time

Tim Burton made Edward's costume out of his couch. It was super hot and Depp had some health issues with it. His acting without eyebrows is amazing. I think Brad Dourif did the same with Grima Wormtongue in LOTR Two Towers

As much as the set design and Depp do, the music is truly the star of this film.

One of the things I love about this movie is it's original, how often do you see a movie about a guy with scissors for hands and Johnny Depp makes him an endearing, likeable character and I give Tim Burton credit for doing something unique and different and beetlejuice is a very unique film too and great reaction man

This man is immune to Winona Ryder's charms, I'm impressed! lmao

When I was a teenager this was the only movie that made me cry.

The fact Kim is the Grandma that's telling the story is amazing!

Finally someone who is hell of annoyed with "that useless chick" as well. I was a teenager when I first watched this movie and everyone was like "such a lovely love story" and I was like "society (mis)used him and spit him out. Damn them All!" 😳🤬😩

This is the classic frankenstien story. A gentle monster who just wants to be loved by the world. There's a little frankenstien inside all of us.

Not sure how to feel about your desire for the third act to maybe become a bloodbath, but I kinda understand it. Always hip to a new take. :) Also, I can’t overstate what a trip it was at the time for us to see Winona Ryder as a peroxide blonde. Not at all better than her look in Heathers or Beetlejuice, but the radical change was a legit phenomenon when the movie came out- much like Natalie Portman shaving her head for V for Vendetta.

Aw hell yeah. Watched this film all the time as a kid, at first it terrified me, then I grew to love it and cry everytime. One of my favs

This was Vincent Price's last film. He was before my time but when he left us, movies lost part of their soul.

My 4th favorite film of all time. Low-key "Living on the Autism Spectrum: The Movie". Part of what I like to call The Christmas Trilogy which are for me the best works of Burton's and Danny Elfman's careers (this, Batman Returns, and Nightmare Before Christmas - which yes was directed by Henry Selick but was still Tim's baby in most of the important ways)

I can always rewatch this anytime. Classic 👍

just wanna say ive been watching for awhile, and you are truly one of my favourite youtubers, always makes my day better when you upload a new reaction. im also very into cinema, and love hearing your commentary man. you a real one.

I really love how bright everything is in town and then you have Edward in his black, white and gray tones. Just love the contrast and overall look of this movie.

Surprised you didn't like Winona's character, really liked her my first watch

Also, the mom is the real mvp. To even consider bringing someone like that into your house, she's a saint. It all feels very animated-Disney-esque.

i never even noticed he didnt have eyebrows ! our human brains are so good at filling in the missing information when it comes to visualisation especially with expressive emotion

Still remember first time I saw this movie at the cinema, at the end I was ugly crying , so I run to the toilett...just to find it was full of people crying too! The music score still makes me emotional.

Fun fact: Nick Carter from the Backstreet Boys is the kid on the Slip n Slide when Peg is driving Edward to her house.

That cop knows the indifference in this neighborhood better than anyone.

He speaks for 3-4 minutes in the combined and yet I love Edward him so cuteeeeeer

When I saw this in the theater, I laughed really loud when the boyfriend started talking about the setup his dad has. Big screen tv, CD player, VHS with four heads. High end stuff for 1990 but up until this time, it appears the movie is set in the '70's. Not many got the joke in the theater and I think it's probably lost on people today if you aren't sure of the time setting.

Bo Welch went above and beyond with the set design on this one. Won a BAFTA. Took over a newly developed neighborhood, moved all of the residents to hotels so he could altar absolutely everything to fit what/how Edward sees. From the size of the windows, to ripping out every last piece of vegetation in the neighborhood (replacing it all with artificial grass and the huge chicken wire topiaries). When Peg sees Edward’s castle for the first time in the car mirror, what she sees is actually a small study model propped up on a C-stand.

One thing I don't think is appreciated enough about this movie (especially as the years pass) is how influential Danny Elfman's music score was to entertainment in general. I seem to remember people *really* being taken by Elfman's style when this movie came out - in particular, all the "ooh" and "ahhs" of the children's choir. Since then, nearly every single movie, show or video game that's been even remotely fantasy-themed has emulated that (There have even been a couple cases of outright musical plagiarism.) I feel like if it weren't for Elfman - and this movie in particular - that the whole "oohs" and "ahhs" thing wouldn't have become as synonymous with fantasy in pop culture.

Think this is the first time I’ve ever seen someone dislike Winona’s character lol

The movie is through the innocent eyes of Edward, that is why the town is colorful and institutions of authority like the bank are so drab.

I often wonder when it comes to this movie. How it all what’ve went down if she ran when she first saw him. And he went to grab her because he was afraid of being alone. And how badly it could’ve gone. Which would’ve probably have turned it into a horror movie. But Tim really wanted us to see how those who are different or dark are often the most misunderstood and have great love in their hearts.

Better than Winona Ryder? What, like, Marisa Tomei? I mean, there just aren't that many rungs up from there is all.

I watch this every xmas. I love this film so much.

This was my first Winona Ryder movie, and I very unreasonably have never been able like any of her characters since, no matter how well done.

I actually do watch your videos during my lunch break to relax and reduce the stress of the workday, thanks for acknowledging and appreciating this ^_^

20:26 "This town just needs some seasoning" 😏😏

That's the first time I heard "seasoning " used like that, lol

This film, Benny and Joon, and What's eating Gilbert Grape are the best intro to Johnny Depp's body of work. Cheers

They filmed this movie near my hometown. My father and I drove through the neighborhood where they painted many of the houses in pastel colors and in the area where they built the facade of the mansion.

By far my mostest fabe reaction vid from you so far. Thank you so much. Ed Scissors is dope AF!

This was filmed in my neighborhood, down the street. Lutz, Florida

My wife's grandfather put in all of the garage doors for the neighborhood in the film. The neighborhood is in Florida and you can still visit it even though the houses have obviously been repainted and other things have changed.

I feel like the weirdness of the set pieces and cast mixed with Danny Elfman's soundtrack create something totally trippy, fantastical, and beautiful. Love this movie, and the song at the end haha.

Really enjoyed this thank you :)

The inventor of Edward is played by Vincent Price he was in a multitude of movies during the 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s and narrated Tim Burton's first-ever film. Even if you don't recognize his appearance you probably know his voice from Michael Jackson's THRILLER, this was his last movie.

It's crazy that Im not a lot older than you. We wouldn't look out of place together. But I've discovered your channel and you're first time watching all the films of my childhood. Good stuff.

i only just now noticed, the front yard of edwards house is i believe a recreation of the last footage of bela lugosi (tim burton has a fascination with him)

“This movie needs some seasoning” took me out. Edward Scissorhands definitely has the ability to reel you in.

Such a sweet, and sad movie! :-) and poor Edward :-( he did not deserve that treatment he got, from the majority of the town :-( One of Depp's finest performances, to be sure! :-)

The southgate mall shot at 15:07 is in Lakeland Florida. I’m not sure where the rest of this movie is filmed, but for sure that southgate shopping mall is in Lakeland and still is. I’ve personally been there a hundred times

I like how she looks in the side mirror and is like hmm i never noticed that huge dark spooky mountain 😀

As a kid that water bed scene always scared me lol. Such a fantastic film especially the score! I believe this was actually the film that Johnny and Winona got together. He got a tatto that said "Winona Forever" and after they broke up he changed it to "Wino Forever"

If anyone's interested, there's a ballet version of Edward Scissorhands by Matthew Bourne (the man who did the version of Swan Lake with male swans), here's the ice dancing scene from that ballet though I don't think there's a live filming of the whole ballet yet: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-l_LgxmUKIFQ.html

Dude you should definitely check out Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 👍🏻🖤 Tim Burton, Johnny Depp, Helen Bonham Carter, Allen Rickman.

Johnny Depp apparently threw up a couple times during the bbq scene because of his outfit, the heat and all the food he ate from retakes. Poor guy

Think of Edward as a like a Frankenstein's monster

Tom Cruise was originally suppose to play Edward, but he wanted a happy ending. Tim Burton didn’t want to argue with him so he let him go and then brought on Depp

James man, I just want to say that I love your vids. I was in film school for a while In college, I really appreciate your analyses. You gotta do Annie hall.

Last time that I saw Mr Price. He was one of a kind and his voice was unmistakable. Nope, only Tim Burton could make this movie.

Reminds me of playing Edward 40hands in college. In case anybody doesn't know that's where you duct tape a 40oz bottle of beer to each hand and you can't take them off until you finish them

If you want to see some prime Vincent Price (the inventor), you should check out The Tingler. It’s delightfully cheesy, but also kind of brilliant. When it came out, theaters would be rigged up with stuff to gently shock people sitting in certain seats and stuff. Also, he was great in Laura, for a less old, horror movie Vincent Price.

Two things I love about this movie existentially: Anthony Michael Hall goes from playing a nerd in the 80s to playing a bully in the 90s. And Tom Cruise was the original pic to play Edward, but he couldn't wrap his head around how the character would pee, so he didn't take the part.

This is PEAK Tim Burton. Honestly these videos definitely help me especially recently. That last few months have been awful. So this is a nice escape.

You're amazing James. Like, a normal, good guy with meaningful insight. Having you as a friend must be great! :)

This was so magical in the theater. It really is one of those films that made me fall in love with cinema! I get your point about the relationship but all can say is you don't get to pick who you fall in love with. Much love! J.