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Sure a man with cutlery for limbs equals Christmas, why wouldn't it? Nostalgia Critic takes a look at the Tim Burton holiday(ish) classic, Edward Scissorhands.
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Edward Scissorhands is a 1990 American fantasy gothic romance film directed by Tim Burton. It was produced by Burton and Denise Di Novi, written by Caroline Thompson from a story by her and Burton, and starring Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest, Anthony Michael Hall, Kathy Baker, Vincent Price, and Alan Arkin.
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What's your favorite Tim Burton movie?
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Definitely Nightmare Before Christmas. It’s such a classic to me.
Nightmare before christmas! 🎄🎄🎄❤️❤️❤️❤️🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃
This one.
Fun Fact: Michael Jackson wanted to play Edward Scissorhands, but they didn't really see him in the role. Which is odd since they based his outfit on Michael's Bad era.
Ms Peregrine
I still get choked up at the ending. The town rejected him, demonized him, chased him out... but he gives them a gift every year. The gift of snow. It's a gift they may or may not deserve, but he does it anyway because he is a pure and gentle soul.
"Hold me." "I can't." This exchange always broke my heart as a child.
Tim Burton and Danny Elfman both called this their favorite of everything they’ve done
I don’t blame either of them
@@chasehedges6775neither do I!
@@chasehedges6775 I really like GoodFellas. I actually LOVE Dances With Wolves. But, if it were only up to me, THIS would win Best Picture for 1990. This is just...one of the perfect movies.
@@Volvagia1927 The 90s were THE BEST!
@@chasehedges6775so happy that I'm a 90s baby! Funnily enough, my 32nd birthday happens to be next Friday!!
Probably the saddest yet eeriest thing about the flashback where Edward's creator dies it that it was the last scene Vincent Price ever filmed.
😢😢😢😢And Also They Are Both Related To each other 😢😢😢😢
He recorded some voice acting after it though (for The Thief And The Cobbler... or maybe it was just released later)
@@nuclearcatbaby1131 thief and the cobbler was in development hell for 30 years,
i think was how it went-
Is that his real death in the movie?
He did record some likes for Santa in Nightmare Before Christmas afterwards but he was still dealing with his wife’s death so he was audibly depressed, making his takes unusable
I love how NC has evolved. Back in 2010, my 18 year old self thought him yelling all the time was the funniest thing in the world, but he knew he couldn't just do that for the rest of his career. Now I love his thoughtful reviews, with the occasional screaming meltdown that made him famous.
*edit* As someone mentioned, he didn't just "yell all the time," and he did give insightful reviews. But his meltdowns were what I was waiting for. At the time, I thought it was hilarious. I still do think it's pretty funny, when I watch his old reviews, but like I said, I love how he's evolved.
While that was a part of his schtick, he never just "yelled all the time." He's always had a lot of funny and insightful commentary. You probably just remember the yelling most because that's what you found the funniest when you were younger.
Also, the ad bits are often as entertaining, if not more entertaining than the show!
I do love how NC mellowed, now channeling his insanity into a costumed character, or a voiceover. He’s come far.
Not to mention the yelling hasn't been good for his tonsils 😂
@@gRinchY-op5vr I think that's the reason why he stopped doing the douchey mcnitpick character.
The first collaboration between Tim Burton and Johnny Depp, and it was great
💯💯
A Burton drawing of Legoshi would be great.
It was perfect
This is one of my sister's favorite movies! And it's also one of my favorites as well.
RIP, Vincent Price, 1911-1993.
This was his final film role.
I thought it was Ratigan in Disney's "The Great Mouse Detective".
Watching this movie is like being put into a surrealist dark fairytale and I love it so much for that!!
@@louisduarte8763hard to believe that kind of voice coming from a nice, old man.
And an awesome way to go out it was.
Technically, his last role was The Thief and the Cobbler. However, he recorded his lines for that film decades before its release.
Whoever decided to cast Winona Ryder in Stranger Things is genius. Her being the mom in that show is almost a passing of the torch as she was great in movies such as Edward Scissorhands and other 80’s and 90’s flicks
There’s nothing about that show that represents passing of torches…..ugh
@@ninjanibba4259 Except for that whole torch passing scene, but don't even get me started on that. So boring
@@Oddsfeline it tries so hard and it doesn’t have to, the show lost itself years ago, season 1 was perfect
Can't wait for season 5
Stranger things is mostly just a hodge-podge of ideas and tropes from other nostalgic properties mashed together to generate member-berries...of course they hired famous actors from the 80s to be in the show. They're trying to generate those nostalgic member-berries
This movie is one of the reasons why I love Johnny Depp. He doesn't need to say much to show so many emotions. And the romance is so pure in a way most films seem to shy away from. Tim Burton is a genius and this is one of his best.
I agree! Plus it's Vincent Price's last film role, he was perfectly cast as well!
The romance is so good
@@kdusel1991Oh, that's cool.
@@kdusel1991are we sure he didn’t die on film?
@@tgiacin435 pretty sure he died right after filming wrapped.
If you're used to seeing Anthony Michael Hall as a nerd in various John Hughes movies, then it will come as a shock to see him as a bullying jock.
As a 90s kid who went through a Molly Ringwald phase growing up, I can remember when I had seen The Breakfast Club and Sixteen Candles on repeat and thinking Anthony Michael Hall was so adorkable back then. When I watched Edward Scissorhands some time after and realised the bully was the same guy, my teenage brain couldn't comprehend that it was Anthony Michael Hall 😅
Not that much of a shock, considering that most bullying jocks are just nerds who cracked and sacrificed their personality to peer pressure. Jocks who actually like the things they like are typically real welcoming, if a lot to deal with.
He was also in the dead zone.
Imagine my suprised first seeing Hall in Edward Scissorhands.
If you’re used to seeing Danny Elfman as the mad scientist singing “Weird Science” or other Oingo Boingo songs in various John Hughes movies then seeing him credited as the composer for the airy-fairy Tchaikovsky-esque score here must also come as a shock.
I loved this movie because this was Vincent Price’s final film role (BIG fan of his). This felt like the right film to bow out on.
Fun fact: they had Price’s daughter in the film as a news woman. And “Nightmare Before Christmas” ALMOST became his last film; Burton managed to get Price out of retirement to play Santa Claus. He managed to do a recording, but Price’s health was taking a bad toll and even Henry Selick felt that iconic voice was a shell of its former self and never used. Sadly, some time after “Nightmare Before Christmas”, Price passed away. The recording is said to be lost, but there are people who believe Burton has it. If it’s true, I hope he releases it at some point.
Plus apparently Price’s wife had died recently and apparently you could hear how depressed he was in the recordings
Rest in peace, Vincent Price. He had such an awesome voice, but I really don’t think it would’ve fit well Santa Claus.
@@georgeeastwood6930 I dunno, I’m imagining some of Santa’s lines in the Oogie Boogie song and I could hear them being sung in Price’s voice
He shouldn't ever release the recordings if he hasn't already destroyed them
In a way The Thief and the Cobbler, while being a posthumous performance, was a gracious last hurrah for him. While the official releases of the film are butchered we still got to hear Price do the villain ZigZag at the top of his game for one last time.
No words can describe how great Edward Scissorhands is.
It’s a masterpiece/classic
Day 65 waiting for the ,,G-force" movie review by Doug the ,,Nostalgia Critic"!
@@chasehedges6775 it's one of my favorite Tim Burton movies. And one of his best films! Truly a masterpiece!
Hey, aren't you that guy on twitter who sucks?
Yeah a movie where the ending undoes the entire story making everything pointless is always rewarding when you have no taste
The “Ice Dance” song is one of the greatest pieces of music ever written, both in and out of movies. Just something so heart wrenching yet hauntingly hopeful about it.
The entire score to “Edward Scissorhands” ESPECIALLY “Ice Dance” helped me to soothe me as I recovered from my seizure last year (especially since I was dealing with a lot of stress as I was preparing to move out of my hometown) It’s so gorgeous and soothing.
When it was coming around the time that I felt my daughter was old enough to see this film, I was listening to this soundtrack, and the ice dance cue was moving me to tears. I started to remember the first time I saw this film and how Elfman's incredible music moved me to tears. I was probably a few years younger than my daughter when I first saw it (like 5 or 6; my parents didn't really worry, too much, about content back then). While my daughter didn't react the same way I did, she still loves the film. However, I still get incredibly uncomfortable watching the storage room scene, and my daughter always asks for us to skip it. I tried my best to prepare her for it, because I sure was not prepared when I first saw it; I didn't even know what seduction was when I was 5, no reason why I should.
@@dorothyallspice1862 Oh I usually listen to Elfman’s catchier stuff (Oingo Boingo) to calm me down from panic attacks
Imagine if Del Torro and Burton could keep their interests for 6 minutes
Me trying to stick to one painting project at a time: I resemble that statement
My husband and I nicknamed him " Guillermo ADHDel Toro". I swear he and Burton them have such fantastic ideas with unique and creative visions that could become timeless treasures, but are constantly tossing them aside for studio glam remakes and rehashes we've seen a million times. A few spirals and some black eyeliner isn't that interesting anymore. If we could get Burton, Del Toro and freaking Junji Ito on a single project it'd be the most amazing thing in cinema.
@@brideofcthulhu347 Glad I'm not the only one who realizes this. I'm trying so hard to be supported of Del Toro, I'm a huge fan of so much of his stuff (Pan's Labyrinth, Hellboy, Pacific Rim, Cabinet of Curiosities), but he is just all over the place. It really makes me want to do better as an artist and creator myself (only aspirational though).
A Writing Fact: Tim Burton wrote Winona Ryder's character as a popular cheerleader who is pretty much the antithesis of Ms. Ryder. In 'Burton on Burton', the director laughs about how unusual it was to see Ryder in the girly outfit. "It was so funny," Burton recalls. "I used to laugh every day when I saw her walk on the set wearing this little cheerleader outfit and a Hayley Mills-type blonde wig. She looked like Bambi."
I love how this film is a reverse of the classic fairytale trope of the people learning to love a monster. Here, he starts off being loved by the people, and slowly grow to become afraid of him. Its a clever reverse of the formula we've seen so much
It’s what I’ve gone through a lot as an autistic.
Yeah, this movie resonates well, especially if you’re someone that’s been through similar circumstances. To me, Edward’s journey symbolizes the journey of most “gifted” kids as they grow older. When you have something you stand out on, be it sports, art, scholastics or whatever, people flock to you and adore you and put you in this big pedestal.
But when you grow old and showcase that you, indeed, are not perfect and can make mistakes, suddenly people turn against you. Suddenly you’re not this perfect little angel that they wanted you to be, and you start to lose favor with others. As soon as you no longer fit the mold and expectations that other people had of you, it’s like you’re worthless and invisible, and all of your faults are magnified tenfold. It sucks big time.
@@gothicMCRgirl Very interesting take, I can kinda see that. Was never a gifted kid myself, but there definitely has been a lot of underdelivering on expectations people had from successes at an early age, and it's hella lame
@@DestinySpider Edward can be interpreted in many different ways, and it’s such a beautiful thing. Some people see Edward as being autistic, or at least representing the autistic experience, and I can see that too. This movie was made for the misfits, the socially awkward, and the isolated. It’s beautiful in a tragic way.
It's very fitting take on societal and technological bias(I dunno if that's the right example, it's 6AM and I still need to sleep) a new, convenient thing, in this case an actual sentient being pops up, and the neighborhood milks him for all they deem he's worth. They only see him from a superficial and suface-level view, and they decide he's a monster when they realize they may have done sone damage to him.
Edward Scissorhands is one of my all time favorite Johnny Depp films! Just as the character of Edward Scissorhands is one of my all time favorite Johnny Depp roles! his performance as the character was just marvelous!!!
Honestly one of my favorite things about this movie that I'm genuinely surprised NC didn't bring up is Edward's dialouge with other characters or rather lack of dialouge. One of the reasons i think this movie and this character is so well remembered and loved is how much emotion Johnny Depp pulls off with very little words to work with. Like him and Kim don't have THAT many scenes together talking and yet you completely buy the fact that he's falling in love with her just by the emotions on his face. Same for when he gets angry. When he starts to snap he doesn't say anything or yell or scream but as NC said he takes it out on the hedges and his clothes. The way that i describe this movie best to people that haven't seen it is "it's like Frankenstein meets Beauty and the Beast." Everyone sees the comparison to Frankenstein in how the town accepts him just to hate him later on but i feel like the love story really is similar to that of Beauty and the Beast. The first time she sees him she's scared of him and runs away and even he's kinda nervous of her as well but over time they grow a inexplainable bond with one another. Hell you could even argue that Jim is Gaston cause he is the tough guy that gets the girl of his dreams. It really does fit. Just my two cents though
And the funny thing is that this movie came out just one year before Disney's Beauty and the Beast. What a way to start the 1990s with two bizarre but endearing love stories
Believe it or not but my grandfather was actually in this movie as an extra and you can see him a few times in the barbecue scene, he has a dark yellow polo shirt and blue jeans dark grey hair and mustache
Rest in peace Papaw,
As a reformed punk/goth kid Edward Scissorhands is always a go to film to during the holidays.
My only critique is the point at 13:49 about the point that the neighborhood turns on Edward. I personally think that is great choice because as you said it’s not what you expect the turning point to be since you have all of these scenes before hand, that would be the more obvious places to put it, it constantly keeps you on your toes while watching the film since you don’t want something bad to happen to Edward.
in terms for it not being relatable if you look at the film through the lens that many reviewers do as it being an allegory for people with disabilities and how they’re often treated, it tends to make a lot more sense. it’s not an uncommon story to hear within the disability community, particularly the autism community, (Burton has said in past interviews that he believes he has autism so it wouldn’t be a far-fetched to say It may have influenced the film) of falling into the wrong crowd, and doing things that get you in trouble because have spent your whole life being so isolated that you wanna fit in so bad that you miss a lot of red flags that most people would easily see. put that on top of the immense trust and loyalty, we give to people that we believe to be our friends it often makes us easy, pray and an easy Patsy these situations.
A Influence Fact: Tim Burton and Caroline Thompson cite monster stories (specifically The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923), The Phantom of the Opera (1925), Frankenstein (1931), King Kong (1933) and Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)) and fairy tales as an influence on the film.
🎥🎥🎥🎥And Also the cabinet of the cabinet of Dr Caligari & The Man Who laughs 🎥🎥🎥🎥
I’ll bet Caroline Thompson took lots of inspiration and movie recommendations from her boyfriend Danny Elfman
Another Fun Fact: Caroline Thompson based Edward on her border collie mix she had when she was in college. "When I was 18, I took this dog to college with me, and she had a presence and a character. I swear to God if she had a larynx, she would've talked. I mean, she was that involved in my success. She was everywhere I was, sitting next to me and enjoying everything I was enjoying, but not able to quite do it because she was a dog. And that's how Edward is. He's just sort of like, 'Uhhh, OK I want to be here, but how?'"
“The Melancholy death of Oyster Boy” is my favourite thing Burton made and I wish it would get more love
There's something truly charming about the way Depp makes a character feel so much more believable and also just more real in general
Cuz he’s a pod person pretending to be people playing weird characters
Which is amazing considering just how unbelievable the characters are on paper. An Iguana lying about being a cowboy? A narcissistic, unhinged pirate that talks like he's permanently drunk? An awkward goth with scissors for hands? Only someone like Depp could actually make these work.
Another Fun Fact: Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder dated throughout filming of this movie, and became engaged later that year, 1990.
Fun fact: Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder were an actual couple during filming this movie. They even go as far as to say they were each other’s first loves. Though, they’ve since broken up, they’ve remained incredibly close and have nothing but good things to say to and about each other even now. In fact, the worst thing she’s ever said about him (if you can even call it that) is that he’s a bit of a pushover and is frequently taken advantage of
Caroline Thompson and Danny Elfman were a couple as well. Since Danny’s getting charged with sexual harassment (obviously fake and frivolous charges) it should be pointed out that the worst thing Caroline has said about him is that he’s got a big ego and maybe that’s why the movie company they tried to make didn’t work out.
The shots of just Malcolm’s head in that big ass bed has me cracking up 😂
There's a reason why so many people still love this film to this day and i really think part of that just has to be Depp great acting and really making Edward feel like a real person
Another Fun Fact: The idea for the movie was inspired by a drawing Tim Burton had done when he was a teenager. The drawing depicted a thin, solemn man with long, sharp blades for fingers. "Since I liked to draw since I was younger, oftentimes images would come up, and they'd stay with you, and you'd keep drawing them. This was a character I sketched a while back," he says. He explains the character represented him as he was in his teenage years and how the film represents much of his time growing up. He likened growing up in Suburbia to a Frankenstein movie with the suburbanites acting as the angry villagers. Burton also stated that he was often alone and had trouble retaining friendships. "I get the feeling people just got this urge to want to leave me alone for some reason, I don't know exactly why."
That story hits differently when you remember that Tim Burton is allegedly autistic, as he's never been formally diagnosed. There's old footage of a teenage Tim Burton working at Disney and his co-workers are filming him and he's noticeably very quiet and stiff.
@@AluminumFusion22 Yeah, Danny Elfman believes he’s undiagnosed autistic as well. As an autistic this movie definitely feels like how I get treated by society and why I have to live in isolation.
Johnny Depp considers this and Captain Jack Sparrow his two favorite roles. Also, Vincent Price's last scene, where he was presenting Edward with those hands, he really did faint in that scene, and Tim Burton liked it so much he kept it. Amazingly, Johnny Depp fainted in the scene where he's running from the townsfolk because his costume got too warm.
Rest In Peace Vincent Price, Dick Anthony Williams, Conchata Ferrell, and Alan Arkin until we meet again thank you for being part of childhood to adulthood
Fun little fact that I have close to my heart for this movie, my mother actually worked on some of the sets in this. It was mostly volunteer because they wanted to meet time constraints, but she showed me old pictures of her progress of the topiary and the interiors of a couple of the houses. She also worked alongside Stephen Spielberg for a few films. A very eccentric interior designer, she was. Miss her dearly.
I freaking LOVE Edward Scissorhands!! It is my all time favorite movie directed by Tim Burton himself!!
Same, it was a very good movie.
@Disney65Fan Indeed, it was! A flawless masterpiece I might say
Me too
A Wild Fact: The little blond boy on the Slip 'N Slide, at the beginning of the film, is Nick Carter of The Backstreet Boys. Though uncredited in the film, Carter himself has confirmed this in several interviews.
Easily my favorite part of the movie is killing the bully. You've just watched an entire movie showing the back breaking lengths this character goes to not hurt anyone, the whole performance oozes that uncomfortable tension of being a hairs width away from harming someone. Even when the town turns against him, he'd rather run away. Then when someone pushes too hard it's just one unceremonious poke and that's the end of him. It's like you were waiting for a massive loud sound sting and extreme reactions to sell how scary this was with cutting hair, but it's such a blandly shot and undersold moment that it really emphasizes the fragility of life and why Edward can't live with normal people.
One of the things I never appreciated about this film until recently is just how personal it is to Burton specifically. With his dark films I have a tendency to think of Burton as this cool, edgy auteur maverick, but the more I read into the productions of his films the more I learn just how sensitive and emotional of a person this artist really is. Jon Peters straight up made him cry on the set of Batman. The more I learn about Burton, the more I realize just how much Edward represents him, and not just in a typical "Oh I see myself in all my characters" way.
10:24 “Oh I think I did the math wrong” that line and his face were hilarious
The "I lost me pea" soundbite from Red Dwarf is my favourite part of the review just cause of my love for that show.
I earned that pea!!
NC Red Dwarf video, please!
@@sammybear7100He's taking the smeg!
The fact you threw a RED DWARF line in this review has made me happier than I could ever imagine.
Boys from the Dwarf!!
Edward Scissorhands is definately in the holy trinity of Winonna Ryder movies (Heathers, beetlejuice, and Edward Scissorhands)
What about Girl Interrupted?
@@nuclearcatbaby1131 oh shit I actually kinda forgot she was in Girl Interrupted.
I think Mermaids is special too. She's wonderful in it.
Johnny Depp said during the trial last year that Edward was based on a dog he had as a kid and on newborn babies, he had the curiosity of a dog and the pure excitement of experiencing things for the first time that children get. So glad Johnny was able to survive all that horrible abuse and find the strength to admit to being a victim of domestic violence, even if his abuser still wasn't criminally charged with anything.
Wasn't she charged after the trial? She was found guilty of spousal abuse and defamation.
@@AluminumFusion22 She was charged with defamation since that's technically what the trial was about, he didn't try to take her to trial for spousal abuse after that, I think he was just exhausted and wanted to move on with his life. That's what I meant by criminally charged, the defamation case was a civil case, not a criminal one. She was supposed to pay him 13 million dollars but later on they settled on her paying him 1 million which I believe she did and he ended up pledging the money to charity.
I think Johnny is happy with how things turned out but personally I think it's really unfair how he was dropped from the Fantanstic Beasts franchise because of her abuse allegations and even with everything the trial revealed SHE did to HIM she's still working in Hollywood. Warner Bros is the studio that makes the Harry Potter movies and they are also making the upcoming Aquaman 2 where Amber continues to play one of the lead roles from Aquaman 1, so the same studio who kicked him out because of her allegations *chose* to maintain his abuser in their movie after her crimes were revealed, that's why I'm not giving Aquaman 2 any support in cinemas, I mean no shame to anyone who wants to go watch it but my personal sense of justice has been really hurt by how the studios and mainstream media dealt with that whole situation, I'll just watch it at home later.
@@Prototype-357 On the bright side, Johnny is finally at peace and has hopefully moved on from this entire fiasco and the trial was a good reminder that spousal abuse can happen to anyone and should never be tolerated.
@@AluminumFusion22 Absolutely, it was a victory for survivors everywhere because a victim was finally able to expose the lies of their abuser after being forced to stay in silence for years. If the trial helped even one person realize they were in a toxic relationship and gave them strength to leave before it got worse then it was all worth it, anything that challenges out biases is a good thing cause it helps us be more fair in the future.
Danny Elfman is getting accused of stuff too from some crazy woman half his age who wanted to steal him from his wife Bridget Fonda.
A Interesting Fact: Tim Burton has never intended to make a sequel as he said it would rob the film of its "purity".
Another Fun Fact: Johnny Depp stated that he "cried like a baby" when he first read the script.
He was in the movie Cry-Baby.
Yeah, this score haunts me. I cannot not cry when I listen to it. And if we are being completely honest, a simple man finding joy in making beautiful, innocently monstrous things is so, so Vincent Price.
You can see this as an honestly very biographical film for Burton. It's the weird guy who no one understands, but whom you love anyway. And you can clearly feel how much he would love to be the Inventor here.
A Loss Fact: Johnny Depp had to lose a reported 25 pounds for the role of Edward Scissorhands.
Another Fun Fact: In Winona Ryder: The Biography, her and Johnny Depp's first time meeting is best described: "It was at the premiere of that movie where Johnny Depp spotted Winona. They were in the lobby of New York's Ziegfeld Theater, and according to both, it was love at first sight. 'I was getting a coke,' remembers Winona. But Depp was more precise. 'It was a classic glance,' he said, 'like the zoom lenses in West Side Story (1961), and everything else gets foggy.'"
The Zhuul joke was surprisingly refreshing in how honest it was. It had a chance, delivered and then bowed once the job was done.
This is my favorite Johnny Depp, Tim Burton, and just favorite movie in general. I just relate to Edward so much it hurts
The instrumental orchestration score is always my favorite part of any Tim Burton movie.
Yes! I wish they would do more operettas like Nightmare and Corpse Bride! Danny Elfman actually wrote a couple on his own but Disney didn’t let him finish after the budget cuts...
Another Wild Fact: Tim Burton mentions there were two things that caused Johnny Depp to "throw up" while filming. The first was all the food he had to stuff into his face during the cook-out scene. The other was a scene later when he's running down the street away from the police. Depp had to film the shot of him running the length of the road six times, the last of which caused him to run into the trees and purge. "I think only two," says Burton. "I'm only aware of two."
I remember a sequel comic published by IDW where Kim’s granddaughter, now a teenager, decides to see if the story of Edward was true after Kim’s passing. Edward is encouraged to try to reenter the outside world and has new adventures.
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
00:00 🎭 *Introduction: Setting the Stage*
- Brief introduction and setup of Tim Burton's unique style.
- Overview of the Nostalgia Critic's encounter with Tim Burton at a CZcams studio.
- Humorous commentary on Tim Burton's creative ideas for new characters.
03:21 🏡 *Edward's Introduction to Suburbia*
- Introduction of Edward, a man with scissor hands, living in a model town.
- Encounter with Peg, the Avon lady, who brings Edward into her home.
- Exploration of Edward's character, emphasizing his innocence and uniqueness.
08:08 💇♂️ *Edward's Haircutting Talent Unveiled*
- Edward's accidental yet skillful haircutting abilities.
- Presentation of the comedic reactions of the neighbors to Edward's haircuts.
- Illustration of the economic discussion around Edward's talent and its value.
11:50 🎭 *Romantic Subplot and Financial Motivation*
- Introduction of the romantic subplot involving Kim, Edward, and Kim's boyfriend Jim.
- Discussion on the financial struggles of Kim and Jim, leading to a plan involving Edward.
- Analysis of the narrative choices and suggestions for alternative plot development.
13:41 🚓 *Edward's Downfall and Arrest*
- Explanation of the Heist subplot leading to Edward's arrest.
- Introducing the sympathetic cop character and the aftermath of the arrest.
- Critique of the subplot and suggestions for a more relatable downfall.
19:17 🎉 *Christmas Party and Revelation*
- Recap of the Christmas party setup and the aftermath of Edward's arrest.
- Exploration of the humorous reactions of the neighbors to the fabricated threat.
- Emphasis on the impact of Danny Elfman's music on the film's emotional tone.
20:32 💔 *Edward's Anguish and Finale*
- Illustration of Edward's emotional breakdown after being rejected by Kim.
- Analysis of the final scenes depicting Edward's return home and confrontation with the neighbors.
- Interpretation of the poignant flashback sequence with his creator.
22:01 🚗 *Edward Saves Kevin*
- Edward saves Kim's brother Kevin from a drunk driver.
- Self-defense is justified as the driver posed a threat.
- Highlights Edward's unfortunate luck even in moments of heroism.
23:28 🔪 *Edward's Breaking Point*
- Edward reaches his breaking point after continuous hostility.
- Killing in self-defense reflects the harshness of the world rubbing off on him.
- Demonstrates the impact of the town's hostility on Edward's character.
24:10 🌆 *Farewell and Resolution*
- Kim and Edward bid a poignant farewell.
- Reflects on the consequences of their love story.
- Edward continues his life, creating ice sculptures, providing a unique resolution.
25:06 🌟 *Reflection on "Edward Scissorhands"*
- Summarizes the film's enduring qualities.
- Appreciates the imaginative storytelling, visuals, music, and character actors.
- Highlights the uniqueness of the film's Christmas setting without being reliant on it.
26:20 🎬 *Tim Burton's Ongoing Impact*
- Discusses the lasting impact of Tim Burton's work.
- Addresses the audience's connection to Burton's nostalgic ideas.
- Acknowledges the significance of Burton's impact on the perception of certain ideas.
27:29 🍪 *Cameo for Charity*
- Promotes Cameo for charity, specifically Toys for Tots.
- Encourages viewers to participate in charity for a good cause.
- Shares a humorous story related to Christmas charity events.
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A Cure Fact: Tim Burton had asked Robert Smith of The Cure to do the soundtrack, and had even sent the script. Robert was busy recording "Disintegration" at the time, and didn't know who Burton was, so passed up the opportunity, handing Danny Elfman the job.
Is that why Edward kinda looks like Robert Smith?
That’s surprising considering he almost never used anybody other than Danny Elfman to score anything since Pee-Wee. How would he be so sure Robert would even do a good job? Then again Danny thought he was crazy even to hire him at first, it only worked out because Danny just so happened to have taught himself how to write music before he started the band that Tim was a fan of although he hadn’t put a note down on paper for years. For the Batman movie the producers wanted Prince to score it hence why Danny Elfman left the project but he didn’t know how to do a real movie score so they brought Danny back and released the Prince album as a separate “soundtrack”.
I still think whenever Depp is onto something and he can act the way he wants to act he can still give us some of the best roles we've ever seen
What makes this movie _even more bittersweet_ is that this was Vincent Price's _very last performance_ before his passing.
A Fantastic Fact: When Tim Burton first saw Stan Winston's enhanced drawings he said, "I didn't think he'd actually have scissors for fingers. I thought they'd just be long sharp pieces of metal that weren't finished but this is much better!"
Stan the Man was an awesome creature effects artist.
Johnny Depp has gentle and kind eyes. You feel protected while watching Edward ScissorHands and he’s portrayal of Gilbert in “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape”.
I just saw Gilbert Grape, it’s for free on CZcams right now
24:45 back at my school, there was this graphic novel about Edward Scissorhands and how Kim’s granddaughter meet him for the first time, and I don’t remember the rest of it but it was interesting
Winona Ryder was stunningly beautiful in this movie.
I first saw it a year later when it came out on VHS, I was 5 at the time and cried my eyes out because I was so moved by it. Sure I didn’t understand what was going on because I was 5 years old, but it’s such an amazing movie that it didn’t matter. I still weep watching it. The score is the best if not one of the best ever made. The choir….absolutely beautiful. Not to mention Vincent Price….yup I’m starting to tear up.
I always forget that Edward is played by Johnny Depp. He disappears into the character, that's awesome
He is such a phenomenal actor, and his performance as Edward Scissorhands is proof.
Without a doubt Tim Burton's (and Danny Elfman's) Masterpiece
I love how creators these days make ads entertaining. Nostalgia Critic, a real OG, have watched him for so long, it`s good to see still a great episode every once in a while.
A Hair Fact: Edward's hair is based on Robert Smith of The Cure's hair.
This is another film where’s it took me years to realize that a character was Johnny depp.
Dudes an amazing actor
He was until he just started recycling his Jack Sparrow schtick. He's got so much more range. Ironically, one of his most unique roles (and best performances) was the title character in "Donnie Brosco", where he plays a "normal" guy, a cop who goes deep undercover in the Bonanno crime family.
I was amazed that Willy Wonka and Jack Sparrow were the same person
@@dreamlandnightmareidk Minamata was a work of art and in Black Mass he came out as terrifying. Both performances way different from what he used to do
@@Paulagonia I haven't seen either of those, nor did I know he was in them.
The Vincent Price's voice imitation is on point.
I love how Tim Burton finds a way to make creepy and scary content that is also beautiful and meaningful. They can make your head scratch at first but when you see it all come together you're glad you had the experience. To all the people who said it's a phase weren't ready that Tim Burton created a movement where the weird is celebrated and normal is shunned.
I can never pass the movie's ending without tearing up.😭 Any movie that makes me cry is a top best for me 👍
The tiny malcom in the bed killed me XD
And while it was just a silly skit, the ending bit honestly tugged at my heartstrings a bit, even if the whimsey was called out as a nuisance
Like most artists, the last bit of anatomy the Inventor gets to is the hands.
Rob’s Vincent Price Impression was simply delicious
Another Fun Fact: Dianne Wiest was the first to sign on. "Dianne, in particular, was wonderful", Tim Burton said. "She was the first actress to read the script, supported it completely and, because she is so respected, once she had given it her stamp of approval, others soon got interested".
Surprised he never cast her in any of his movies after this.
Ah, the Marlon Brando Superman effect.
I miss Tim Burton's movies.
His last film was Dumbo in 2019. He even said in an interview that he is done with Disney, saying that "the studio is run by greedy corporate clowns, turning Disney into a circus."
That’s the case with everything, pretty much. Everything is run by corrupt scum bags… religion, healthcare systems, insurance companies, schools etc
Netflix seems to be a better working environment
2019's Dumbo was a big piece of horseshit in Tim Burton's filmography. The movie, aside of being an insult to the 1941 film, perfectly reflects what Burton said about Disney's greedy ways of movie business
I like the fact that the scissor hands were made by Stan Winston, who also did work for Terminator, Predator, Wrong Turn, Pumpkinhead, Jurassic Park, Lake Placid, and Iron Man just to name a few.
Did Doug draw those Tim Burton style concept drawings in the beginning? If so, they're really good imitations!
They're from Burton's book "The melancholy death of oyster boy and other stories"
@@gRinchY-op5vr Ah I was wondering because Doug practiced art and was such a big fan it wouldn't have surprised me if he could draw in a Tim Burton style but this is much easier.
Theirs a comic sequel about Kim’s granddaughter decades later merging Edward about Edward waking up a prototype version of himself that’s pretty good
A Vincent Fact: Tim Burton remembers sending a copy of his first film, Vincent (1982), to Vincent Price. Actually, Burton refers to the legendary actor as "Him", He wrote Burton back after watching Vincent, and the director mentions He was the first person "of that stature" who supported his work. It was a huge moment in Burton's early career for someone like Him to not only notice him but also appreciate him and understand what he's doing with his work.
I like the detail of Tim's "scissor fingers" being pens.
Malcolm's Tiny head in that bed is absolutely hilarious to me.
Watching Tim Burton movies may as well be a Christmas tradition, and I’m completely fine with it.
Just as we take a shot of Steven King with Maine, we should do a Tim Burton drinking game with Johnny Depp being a shot
However, Burton hasn't worked with Depp since Dark Shadows in 2012.
I remember the intense corporate rivalry between Creepy Old Guy Cookies and Starscream Cookies. When the old inventor had that heart attack, Starscream made that wildly inappropriate commercial:
"Creepy Old Guy has fallen! I, Starscream, am now the leader of the cookie industry!"
To quote the late great Norm MacDonald and something i'm sure Winona Ryder might be thinking about is "There are these showcase clubs where 14 guys will go on in a row and people are laughing at everything, and I’m like - ‘I can’t laugh that much. That’s so weird to me.”
I think the closest the Vincent Price imitation got was during the line, "I got the math wrong." I could actually hear him in that line.
Fun Fact: Edward Scissorhands was a big influence for Kazuki Takahashi when designing the characters and monsters for Yugioh.
R.I.P to the GOAT
@@Ihatenamehandles he was amazing.
@@Ihatenamehandleshe was amazing. God rest his soul.
@KaeMcSpadden and here's another fun fact: Edward Scissorhands was also a big influence on another well-known cartoonist: Jhonen Vasquez of Invader Zim and JTHM fame. He even admitted to having posters of the movie in his room during an interview.
Another Fun Fact: Edward says only 169 words in the film.
A Love Fact: In an interview with People, Johnny Depp professed his feelings for Winona Ryder. He said, "There's been nothing in my 27 years that's comparable to the feeling I have with Winona." Depp famously confirmed his sentiment by having the words "Winona Forever" tattooed on his right biceps. Ryder responded to his tattoo in a 1991 interview with Rolling Stone. "I sort of was in shock," she confessed. "I kept thinking it was going to wash off or something. I couldn't believe it was real. I mean, it's a big thing because it's so permanent!" "It ain't goin' nowhere," said Depp. Unfortunately, it did end up going somewhere, because Depp reworded the tattoo following their split. Instead of saying "Winona Forever" he famously changed it to say "Wino Forever." also Pressure from the media was what eventually caused Johnny Depp's split from Winona Ryder. At least, according to Depp, this was the reason for their break up. He tells Los Angeles Times, "It's very hard to have a personal life in this town. My relationship with Winona, it was my mistake to be as open as we were. But I thought if we were honest it would destroy that curiosity monster. Instead, it fed it, gave people license to feel they were part of it." and Johnny Depp revealed it was "love at first sight" when he first met Winona Ryder. In Rolling Stone, he describes the moment when they first locked eyes. "At the première of Great Balls of Fire! (1989), a film in which she played Jerry Lee Lewis's child bride, they spotted each other from across the lobby. 'I was getting a Coke,' Winona Ryder said. 'It was a classic glance,' he said, 'like the zoom lenses in West Side Story (1961), and everything else gets foggy.'
Wow sounds like kind of the same reason why Taylor Swift split up with the love of her life, Joe Alwyn.
Much like Die Hard, many people forget that this is a Christmas movie. It was odd, but the music was hauntingly beautiful, and the set pieces were artistically brilliant.
I can see where the heist part felt forced, but I also found it relatable in a sense of people taking advantage of your naivety or your willing to please others. I've gotten involved with so many toxic people in my past because of my own vulnerability, some without knowing it, and would to me do believing I was the problem. Maybe it was more how I viewed myself as opposed to how others viewed me but I did feel something there.
10:46.....That Joke was just too awesome 😂
Another Fun Fact: Contrary to popular belief, Winona Ryder was actually cast in the film before Johnny Depp got the part of the title character.
Fun fact Edward scissorhands was actually Tim Burton's very first drawing
This is my favorite non-Batman movie from Tim Burton! Edward Scissorhands even though feels more like a Halloween movie than a Christmas movie, it’s still a great movie that has the holiday spirit!
So I saw the waterbed scene when I was a little kid and proceeded to poke holes in my parents’ water bed with a thumbtack. I expected the water to spray like it did in the movie, but that’s not what happened.
Growing up I thought this was a horror movie so imagine my surprise when I left the movie in tears wanting to hug my scissor hands boy 😭🖤
Another Fun Fact: The role of The Inventor was written specifically for Vincent Price.
This film is basically Tim Burton’s equivalent to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and also this video is uploaded just in time for Christmas.
He was also ahead of his time in calling out artificial intelligence for not getting the hands right
Yes, someone else who agrees this is a Christmas movie. I never understood why people watch it around Halloween, it's literally about how Edward brings snow to the town. Anyway, still love this movie to bits. I watch it every Christmas.
Vincent Price was originally going to have more scenes as the Inventor, but due to his battle with emphysema and Parkinson’s (which would eventually take his life 3 years later), his scenes were cut down to what they were in the finished film.