47. Edward Scissorhands
Edward Scissorhands
Only someone with a heart and mind like Tim Burton's could make a character with a hauntingly white face, wild dark hair, and scissors for hands the tragic hero of a modern fairytale. Of course, not many people think like Burton, so it easily could have been hard for him to find someone to help bring this character to life. Luckily Johnny Depp thinks like Tim Burton because no one else could bring beauty to such a sad character.
Left to fend for himself after his creator dies (right before giving him real hands, too!), Edward lives alone in a dark, gothic mansion on top of a hill until he's discovered by Avon lady Peg Boggs. Peg invites him into her home in the very pastel suburbs, where he becomes a source of fantasy, resentment, adoration, gossip, and even lust for the people of suburbia.
In a true beauty and beast situation, Edward soon falls for Peg's daughter Kim and he tries to win her over. Kim is obviously fearful at first of the fairly freakish Edward, but soon warms up to his gentle nature and naive kindness. Unfortunately, she's dating a real jerk of a jock named Jim(played by Anthony Michael Hall? Isn't he supposed to be the one getting beaten up by jocks?).
Edward Scissorhands is a beautifully misunderstood character that only wants to be misunderstood. By the end of the film, we invest in his own trusting naivete and innate decency that we can't help but feel for me through and through.
Defining moment: The heartwrenchingly romantic scene where Edward creates an ice sculpture for Kim while she dances in the resulting snowflakes.
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