Sky Is Black: Edward Scissorhands

Added another movie by Tim Burton to our movie library. Like the movies by Burton, as his movies will bring you into another dimension when you are watching them.

The movie starts when Edward(Johnny Depp) who live in a darkness in a Gothic mansion, was found by an Avon saleswoman, Peg (Dianne Wiest), and invite him to stay at her house, after his creator, a scientist passed away.

Even though he is just a mere creation by a scientist, he is a real gentleman, with a kind and pure heart. His present in the neighborhood has brought joy to the people surrounding. I like the part where he go to all the neighbor's garden to turn their plants to different shapes, by using his scissor hands. He also provide a free hair cut using his marvelous skills. And the part where he create an ice sculpture of Kim, which creates an effect of snows in the garden.

While staying at Peg house, Edward also fell in love with Peg's daughter, Kim (Winona Rider). But they never ended up together, since he was misunderstood by the neighbours as a killer. Hence Kim has to lie to all the people that he was dead. And she don't want to live with him in the castle, since she don't want him to see her aging. (Edward won't aged, as he is not a real human. Yet it was a wonder that he have feeling, thanks to the scientist who taught him all the human emotion, manner before he passed away. He died before he gave Edward his new hands)

Thankful that Burton collaborate with Depp in this movie, as he was so impressed with Depp's performance that he go on to include the actor in many of his later films.

The 1990 film was nominated for an Academy Award at the 64th Academy Awards in the category of Best Makeup and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical for Johnny Depp, while Elfman's score was nominated for Grammy Award. In addition, the film won a BAFTA Award for Best Production Design, and was nominated in three other categories.In 2003, Entertainment Weekly ranked the film one of the most "tear-jerking";and was also ranked by a Channel 4 poll of the 100 greatest family films. (source: Wikipedia)