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Tim Burton is a brilliant visual director but with Edward Scissorhan ds he managed to combine these talents with pure, classic storytellin g – Scissorhands is his best overall film, abandoning the slight cha racterizations and special effects-driven spectacle of the (albeit hu gely enjoyable) Batman and serving up a convincingly detailed left-of -center fairytale romance.
The story is fairly basic, being the standard Frankenstein-esque tale of alienation and the empowerment of love. Edward (Johnny Depp) is a lonely man with scissors for hands, crafted by an eccentric inventor (magnificently played by Vincent Price in flashbacks) prior to his d eath. After Edward witnesses the death of his creator he stays locked away inside his mansion all day, which is located atop the otherwise cheerfully picture-perfect local neighborhood community.
Then one day a nosy neighbor decides to investigate, and ends up brin ging Edward to reality. He falls in love with a local girl (Winona Ry der), and is witness first-hand to the joys of life, until accidental ly injuring a young boy and becoming the enemy of the overzealous tow n. Soon everyone is out to get him for no good reason – the climax i s beautifully done and, because Burton has allowed his characters to expand so much, it's also very touching.
The movie is decidedly odd but in a good way – the only problem is t hat it is occasionally quite thin when it comes to actual depth. Burt on's never been as good at telling believable stories as he has mythi cal, exciting fables (see Sleepy Hollow for a similar example). Even Burton's Big Fish – arguably his most story-oriented film of his car eer – was somewhat shady. The mix of screwball dark comedy, horror, drama, romance and elements and familiar happenings of other genres r esults in a very different combination. You can literally "feel" the vibe of this picture, its heart pulsing black blood.
The movie was a childhood project of Burton, who drew sketches of Edw ard as a boy and used to alienate himself from his hostile surroundin gs by taking refuge in fictional stories involving the scissor-handed hero. As a result Burton's true affinity for the subject is evident – it's clear that he takes this entire project very seriously.
The acting is marvelous – Depp's performance is one of his finest an d, arguably, one of the most convincing and fun of all-time. Depp has formed a Scorsese/De Niro-like companionship with Burton over the ye ars, teaming up for various pictures (including Sleepy Hollow and the
upcoming Charlie and the Chocolate Factory). He's always had fun rel ishing his over-the-top and absurdly dark roles, such as Ichabod Cran e in particular. In Scissorhands he gives the equivalent of a Travis Bickle – a man who feels shunned by society, only to open his heart and have it feel crushed again. This is possibly one of the reasons t he film is able to affect its audience so well to this very day. The tale does not grow old because the values are timeless.
Edward Scissorhands, despite its occasional flaws, finally gave Burto n the chance to unleash his talents as a visual filmmaker along with a pretty solid story mold – the result being a sublimely dark rom-co m-drama that never conforms to the typical genre clichés and becomes quite a unique film in its own little world.
蒂姆·伯顿导演的《剪刀手爱德华》是一部关于机器人的现代童话。它讲述一座古堡中住着一位发明家，制造出了各种东西，最后还造出了一个机器人，并给他起名叫爱德华。发明家对这件作品倾注了全部的心血，他甚至教授爱德华人类的礼仪和诗歌，何时微笑何时沉默。然而，没有等到机器人最后完成，发明家就去世了，留下已有人类心智却残留着一双剪刀手的爱德华独自在古堡生活。不知过了多少岁月，一位推销化妆品的中年女子佩格误闯城堡，发现了形象古怪的爱德华。好心的佩格没有被爱德华惨白的肤色和张牙舞爪的剪刀手吓倒，而是怜其孤独，把他带回了自己的家。佩格住在一个色调明丽的小社区里，女邻居们都喜欢调情、窥探、以及搬弄是非。爱德华的出现，给她们百无聊赖的生活增添了新鲜的刺激，所以大家都对他表现出了极大的友好甚至亲昵。当他展露出用剪刀手修剪植物、设计发型的才华，全镇的人几乎都为他癫狂了，把他当成了明星一样的宠儿。但他也有自己的痛苦，那就是爱上了佩格的女儿、美丽绝俗的金。金早已有了男友，而且对这位家庭新成员一直有抵触情绪。为了金的一个请求，爱德华硬着头皮潜入金男友父亲的豪宅，不慎被警察逮捕后也没有吐露真相，唯恐连累心上人。虽然他不久由于“没有判断是非的能力”被释放，但周围的人都把他看成蓄意抢劫财物的危险分子，对他以及佩格全家敬而远之。在这一过程中，金逐渐看清了男友的丑恶嘴脸，与他决裂，并对爱德华产生了好感。
圣诞夜大雪纷飞，矛盾达到了最高潮，爱德华越想做好事就反而被误会得越深，全镇居民都要求驱逐爱德华，甚至连佩格也认为他应该回到古堡中去。在古堡的打斗中爱德华杀死了金恶毒的男友，金也接受了爱德华不求回报的爱。这是爱情最初的交融，也是最后一次的交融，从此爱德华永远隐藏进了不为人知的角落，在那里修剪他的植物、冰雪和爱情……约翰尼·德普在这部影片里发挥出了他的最佳演技，作为一个机器人，爱德华的面部肌肉是僵化的，几乎没有表情，一双尖利的剪刀手也不利于表达感情，德普却通过他的眼睛传递给观众大量的情感信息，衬托在他惨白的脸上反而更加令人难忘。当看到他被误解时眼中惊恐痛苦的神情时，我觉得自己的心在那目光中慢慢粉碎。女主角《纯真年代》中的大美女薇诺娜·赖德，那冰雪中一袭白裙简直不食人间烟火，正适合这现代童话的梦幻色调。这里讲述的与其说是爱德华和金的爱情，不如说是爱德华对金的爱情，他为她献出一切，直至最后被所有人驱逐，她虽然感动甚而有所回应，但毕竟不能和他在凄凉的古堡里隐藏一生。金的感情再纯再真，也是世俗之爱，而爱德华的爱才是不朽的，因此也是不属于我们这个世界的。
