When I first heard about this film, I only knew that it was a tragic story with love as the main line. However, after reading it, I found that I was deeply shocked by the hidden connotations revealed in this story.
This tragedy is not caused by any one person, but by this secular world. Edward had never set foot in this society, and his heart was as holy as a newborn baby, unstained by dust. However, this is precisely what this world does not allow. This world does not allow such pure and beautiful things to exist.
After the "break-in", Kim's father asked Edward a question: What would you do if you found a bag of money on the street? A: Take it as your own. B: For your friends and your loved ones. C: To the poor. D: To the police.
Edward said: For the one I love.
Then everyone shook their heads helplessly, but Qin smiled.
Seeing this, my first thought was: their relationship has progressed. A second sad thought followed.
This world, this world framed by legal and secular rules, does not allow such an "emotional" answer. Indeed, D should be chosen and handed over to the police, this is a problem that everyone knows. But if you ask a child, maybe he will answer: for my father, my mother, my brother and my sister. Because that is a child, and a child's heart is always beautiful. But this society does not allow it. If the owner of this bag of money is a notorious hypocrite, then this bag of money should also be returned to him. If the owner of this bag of money has committed a serious crime and escaped punishment, he is still constantly swindling and cheating. Then the money should be returned to him. In this world, such purity and beauty as Edward cannot survive.
When the police shouted at the helpless Edward with a loudspeaker, "Please put down your weapons! Put down your weapons!" Edward raised his hands nervously, trembled, and walked out of the room slightly staggering, I felt in my heart. A thought flashed through: Under the coercion and frame-up of this society, Innocence and Beauty raised their hands and surrendered naked and helpless to the muzzle of the mundane black hole.
Yes, in such a world, innocence cannot survive.
The women in the town are one of the highlights of the film, bustling and lively. They are the most direct manifestation of the world. There are very coquettish (or even if you remove that style), who seduce men everywhere, even Edward is not spared. Undressing in front of him, but he didn't understand anything and told Qin's father. He is too simple. There are also those who do good things, go around to inquire about things in other people's homes.
When children are born, they are as pure as white lotuses, but when they are constantly in contact with the world and understand this society, their minds will change, they will put on a body and a mask, they will gradually adapt, they will return with a false smile, and they will Appeal to others, tend to be inflamed.
So people became like this.
When Edward first arrived, it was because of his craftsmanship and... unique appearance. People were very interested in him, and at barbecue parties, men treated him like a buddy and invited him to play cards. The women fed him his own food bite by bite. However, when Edward was imprisoned because he did not have any standard of right and wrong, and only did things for the people he loved, their attitudes began to change greatly, and they got together and said one sentence, and that one sentence. "Hey, you know, I saw him..." "Yeah, last time..." Actually, it's perfectly normal for these things to happen to everyone, but when a group of people gather to discuss one person at the same time, This person will become the target of public criticism, and will be ruined in an instant.
Edward didn't think there was anything wrong with his scissor hands, but a veteran came over to the barbecue and said, "Don't think that you have a disability, you are a cripple, my leg can't move at all after the war, but , I still maintain an optimistic and positive attitude towards life, what's the disability, right?" Edward couldn't understand what he was saying. However, when everyone in the town began to crowd out Edward and the police were dispatched, Jean's younger brother Kevin met the veteran on the way home and asked, "Have you caught him?" Kevin said: "Who is it?" The old soldier said, "That's the one—" He showed a disdainful expression: "Woman." I sneered, when Edward was the focus of everyone's life, he put out his own hypocrisy to pretend to be close to Edward. "Relief" Edward. It was as if he had spoken out what he and Edward had in common, and brought them closer together. However, with the passage of time, Edward became a cripple in his mouth.
There can be no women in the world who reflect the world so completely, and it is impossible for them to live together so coincidentally. And the film just refines and magnifies this phenomenon. They are a representative of this society, the dirt in everyone's heart, yet sadly, this society cannot exist without this dirt and worldliness.
Because not everyone can be Edward.
He sees everyone as a good person.
When Edward can't stand the humiliation of Jyn's boyfriend Jim and leaves in anger, he shatters and discards the clothes Petty gave him after he came to town. This scene left a deep impression on me. Edward abandoned the cover given to him by the world and returned to himself. He was too tired, and he couldn't bear to survive in this world. He sat alone and ran over to a puppy whose fur covered his eyes. It squatted beside Edward. Edward turned his head and glanced at him. Then, he stretched out his scissor hand, "click", The long hair on the puppy's forehead was cut off.
This shot, in my opinion, has a profound meaning. Especially in such a scenario. The world blinded people's eyes, Edward helped the puppy cut the fur, and his vision was bright. I know that Edward has released a soul at this moment.
Edward, beautiful, holy soul. However, how did such a beautiful Edward come to be? He's an artificial human with a cookie heart made by an inventor. Yes, such beautiful things are produced from the hands of worldly human beings. In fact, there is such a beautiful shadow in everyone's heart. The inventor created Edward and taught him etiquette, such as whether it is polite to receive a second cup of tea. Read poems to him and teach him to read. Edward was never isolated from the world. Created by human hands, the reason why he is so kind is because the inventor, or in other words, everyone subconsciously wants everyone to be Edward.
In everyone's heart, there is a shadow of Edward, beautiful, but ethereal, disappearing and appearing from time to time. When I see an old man standing on the bus, I think for a while: Do I want to give up my seat? At this time, this kind and beautiful shadow flashed, but after that, he would hide in everyone's body full of dirt.
The deepest hope in the human heart can only be an unreachable fairy tale. The inventor turned this hope into Edward, but after he got involved in a society composed of human beings, he could not be accepted. This is the tragedy of human beings.
Edward's hand - what's the point. Why are the writers and directors so cruel to let Edward - such a symbol of holiness and beauty, let his hands be scissors that can hurt anyone at any time?
After watching the movie, I was stunned in front of the TV for half an hour, constantly thinking about it. In the end, I think, perhaps, human hands can hurt more than the sharpest scissors.
The inventor died before giving Edward his hands, and Edward could only have a pair of scissors as his hands, for which he could not do much. When Jyn said "Hold me" to him, Edward said because of his hand. "I can't."
But in the end, Jean still helped Edward to hug himself. You see, although the scissors are sharp, they can hug love.
But when I remembered the ending song, I raised my face full of tears, and the first words that flashed in my mind were --
--- give him a hand.
The film is a tragedy. In the end, Edward returned to the castle, carrying his love for the piano, building branches and leaves, gardening, and alone every day. Yes, truly beautiful things can only be stored in a corner beyond the reach of human beings, away from society and the world. Only in this way can the holiness continue to survive. If the film ends with a happy ending, and Edward is accepted by the town and lives happily with Jean, then, after a long time, the same purity as Edward will die, and his heart will degenerate. , has become filthy. The film also cannot explain those tragedies that are hidden under the mask of human nature and society, which are more real than those who have lovers who are not dependents, and belong to human beings.
I don't know how to comment on the movie. It's like a big thank you. You have received too much, but you can't say thank you, because at that time, a "thank you" seemed too light. This film, I can not use "good" to evaluate, because "good" is too light.
Johnny Depp. I have to mention Edward's performance, it's very well done. Edward had never set foot in society. After entering this world, he looked very scared and lonely. His lines were scary, and he only said "thank you" and "sorry". Some people have counted, Johnny Depp in this film only said a total of 169 words. However, he played Scissorhands alive - with eyes and body language. Sometimes tender, sometimes melancholy and affectionate, or fearful, or lonely and helpless. A beautiful soul made him come alive. In the end, Qin said "I love you" to him, and the next thing was to say goodbye to life and death. I think, if it were a Qiong Yao drama, Edward would definitely cry at this time, and then he would say a lot of love words, and the two would hug each other and cry again. If it was Ma Jingtao, he would definitely use a roar. However, Edward didn't say anything, just closed his eyes gently. This closing of eyes makes this scene the most heartbreaking moment in the entire play. However, closing the eyes can better highlight the character and the scene at that time than a thousand words. That kind of beauty can only be tasted with tears.
The past has become a memory, and after the events in the small town, it is also doomed that Jean and Edward will never be together. They never saw each other again, leaving only good memories. The scene of Winona Ryder dancing in the snow is simply too beautiful to eat. Her dancing posture and happy smile have been frozen, and it has become a sweet and beautiful picture in Edward's memory.
Tim Burton is a genius. He is the director and screenwriter of "Edward Scissorhands". The films he shoots are generally profound, and there are many classics that are common and serious all over the world. For example, "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" is a classic movie. (also starring Johnny Depp, they are good friends) "Edward Scissorhands", a film shot in 1990, has almost 20 years passed today, and there are still many loyal audiences, people are still constantly Look at it, taste it, be shocked by it, cry for it. The real classic can be kept, to put it another way, such as "Chibi" (well, I am very reluctant to mention this film), I really don't know if it will be as sensational as it is now in another 20 years , How many people in China are willing to watch this film, and then say from the bottom of their hearts: Well done.
"Edward Scissorhands" allows us to understand the world, understand love, and understand human beings. Just as the beautiful figure of Qin can only remain in Edward's memory, this beautiful love story has become an illusory but stunningly beautiful shadow, hidden in the hearts of every audience, frozen, and then immortal. Everyone was moved by it, but everyone knew it could never happen.
Because it is too sacred and too beautiful. However, in the eyes of the world, there is no fairy tale.
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