I Did It for You: Edward Scissorhands (1990)

Most Romantic Moment #1

Edward Scissorhands (1990)

So I’ve been meaning to review this film for Horrorfest since October 2012, but just haven’t gotten around to it. How funny that it’s first appearance was Christmas and second Valentine’s Day.

Edward Scissorhands (Johnny Depp) was created by the Inventor (Vincent Price) who lives in a castle at the end of suburbia. Before he could complete Edward and give him hands, he passed away.

Edward has been living alone until he is found by Avon Lady, Peg Boggs. She decides to take him home to her house to take care of him: introducing him to her husband, son Kevin, and daughter Kim (Winona Ryder). Having lived home alone he doesn’t have a lot of social skills or understand things such as sarcasm.

They throw a big party for the neighborhood to meet him and all like him, especially as they see his lawn trimming capabilities. He then grows from lawn work to dog grooming to hair styling.

The only one who doesn’t care for Edward is Jim, Kim’s boyfriend. Jim wants money to buy a van for  him and Kim, but his father won’t give him any more. Jim comes up with a plan to break into his father’s house, using Edward to get in.

Not good

They do and the alarm goes off. Everyone runs away and Edward takes the blame. After that everyone shuns Edward. Everything comes to a head one Christmas. In the end will Edward be able to find love, his place, and create more art?

Most Romantic Moment: I Did It Because You Asked Me to

So Edward gets caught in the burglary, Jim having done it on purpose, and everyone hates him and speaks badly about him.

Kim talks to him, sorry for what occurred and sorry she didn’t do anything to assist him. She is also sorry for who the house belongs to.

But Edward reveals he knew that all along.

Here is a guy that understands very little of how people talk and the secret meanings we might have underneath things; such as sarcasm, often thought of like a kid. But he knew what was going on, and even though he knew, he did it anyway.

Aw!

He would have done anything that Kim asked him to do, because he loves her.

Kim: You’re here… They didn’t hurt you, did they? [Edward shakes his head] Were you scared? I tried to make Jim go back, but, you can’t make Jim do anything. Thank you for not telling them that we…

Edward: You’re welcome.

Kim: It must have been awful when they told you whose house it was.

Edward: I knew it was Jim’s house.

Kim: You… you did?

Edward: Yes.

Kim: …Well, then why’d you do it?

Edward: Because you asked me to.

For more Edward Scissorhands, go to 25 Films of Christmas

For more on Johnny Depp, go to It was a Horseman, a Dead One. Headless: Sleepy Hollow (1999)

For more Tim Burton, go to He’s Married to a Corpse. He Has A Corpse Bride!: Corpse Bride (2005)