"Edward Scissorhands" is a Gothic fairy tale filmed by Tim Porter in 1990, the story is very romantic and full of sadness, which has almost become a common logo of Tim's future films, and the elderly Kim tells a sad story to his granddaughter, the protagonist is Edward, a robot with thoughts and feelings but no hands.
Edward is a human invention, his hands are a pair of sharp scissors, but unfortunately the owner died after creating him, Edward changed his fate because of the appearance of the salesman Peg, came to the town, thus witnessing the emotional world of human civilization.
01, a tragedy that is doomed to be unable to be reunited, but it symbolizes the yearning for people's emotions
Love often comes from friendship, and Edward fell in love with Kim when he first saw her picture, but Kim was startled when he first saw Edward. The terrifying shape and exaggerated scissor hand overwhelmed Kim, and the first impression of friends who had seen the movie was that it was impossible to fall in love, but the reality was that the young and beautiful Jin gradually fell in love with Edward, who was pale and strangely dressed.
The two's relationship is fueled by kim's boyfriend, Jim, who uses Edward's lock-opening skills to prepare to pry open his safe until King asks Edward, "Why are you doing this?" Edward replied, "Because you told me to do it." This sentence makes King abandon the stereotype of Edward, who says that robots cannot have emotions, and Edward's feelings for Kim are hot and focused, in stark contrast to the lustful Jim.
An emotionally charged robot who is unable to hug his lover is destined to be a tragic story in which Edward kills her boyfriend Jim in order to protect Kim, and Kim makes the decision to guard love in the face of choice. Tim predetermines the distinction between good and evil with an extreme hypothetical situation, Edward represents good and good, Jim represents evil and insidiousness, and the choice is revealed.
Edward is the representative of many people in life, and the scissor hand symbolizes the various constraints in reality, just to break up the lover! When Edward meets love, this defect becomes a heart-rending pain, he wants to live with his sweetheart, but he is afraid that the scissor hand will hurt his beloved. So he will say "I'm sorry, I can't" to Kim, and the relationship between the two symbolizes people's yearning for a happy love, while the townspeople represent a worldly vision.
02, the residents of the town and Kim's boyfriend interpret selfish human nature and love
Jussi is Pegg's neighbor, and as soon as she appears, she says that "the TV says that the plumbers are lonely, but in fact, our housewives are also lonely", thus exposing the tedium and monotony of ordinary life. In Jusie's eyes, men easily arouse her desires, and at barbecue parties, she even feeds Edward food, and then hopes that Edward will help her mow the lawn for more contact. Jussi is the third party of Edward and King, and her existence is full of proof that the love between the two is stronger than Kim's.
It is also important that a devout believer says that "Edward is not from heaven, but from a fiery land", which shows that she does not recognize Edward, stubbornly lives in the world of the self, compared to her, Edward is not much like an outlier, when Edward left her with a garden in the shape of a devil, from her frightened eyes, in fact, tells us that the devil is in everyone's heart.
Kim's boyfriend, Jim, is irresponsible and greedy, he uses the people around him as his tools, and his feelings for Kim are also aimed at possessiveness. Jim blames Edward for stealing and tests Kim's feelings for himself. But the truth is that feelings cannot be tested at all, and Jim's actions destroy his relationship with Kim and foreshadow his death.
The policeman representing justice had never regarded Edward as a fierce man, and when Edward ran away, he aimed his gun at the sky and released the bullet and said, "Keep running." The police had already recognized the ugly faces of his neighbors, and he maintained a superficial peace and did not want to violate the morality in his heart, so he let Edward go, proving that love was always hidden in the hearts of some people.
03, the dream is very beautiful, but to work hard to achieve, when it can not be realized, you need to give up and miss
Everyone has a dream in their hearts, but this dream is not a castle in the air, but it needs to be acted and paid step by step. The process of chasing dreams may be lonely or ridiculed, but as long as you identify the goal and fight bravely, there will be a day when it will be achieved.
Edward and King's relationship was doomed from the start, how could a robot fall in love with a human? Fairy tales are still fairy tales after all, in real life, we must know how to make trade-offs when we strive to run towards the goal, and what we can't get can't be forced. The so-called "willingness" has to be given away, and when the wish cannot be realized, all we can do is to give up and miss.
Edward was simple and single-minded from beginning to end. As a robot, he has a strong ability to learn, but what is more valuable is that he can distinguish between good and evil, when the neighbor asks him to do something against his heart, he does not go with the flow, nor complains about the negative, but actively and sunnyly to face the difficulties and setbacks encountered in life, this practice can affect the people around him to face life with a positive attitude, from this point of view, Edward understands the best ideas of human beings.
"Edward Scissorhands" tries to awaken the conscience of society through the situation of Edward the robot, expresses Tim Burton's views on life and love, has a deep humanistic concern, carries forward the truth, goodness and beauty of human beings, and pins hopes and prayers for freedom, equality and fraternity. As Nietzsche said, "The noblest beauty is such a beauty that it does not attract people at once, does not make violent and intoxicating attacks, but on the contrary, it is the kind of beauty that gradually penetrates, almost unconsciously takes it away, and it completely possesses us, makes our eyes full of tears, and fills our hearts with longing."