The decision to kill off Jim in Edward Scissorhands is widely debated though I think that it was a bad idea to kill off Jim. While he was the main antagonist of the movie he still didn’t do enough wrong to warrant being killed off. While he did attempt to kill Edward, this was because he felt that he was a dangerous person and he was also quite drunk. Outside of the actions, he took whilst drunk, at worst he only ever got mad at Edward for Kim which, to be fair was with scissors that had come into contact with quite a few unclean things and could’ve led to Kim having an infection. If I were to make an ending for ending for Edward Scissorhands it, it would be as follows. Instead of being outright killed, Jim should’ve been knocked out via a
Edward Scissorhands is one of the most curios and anticipating oviesive seen and it all starts off with A man named edward scissorhands is living in a dark mansion up on the mountain towering over the little town. Then an Avon representative drives up to the mansion and realizes the Edward is the only one living up in this mansion and decides to take him home to her house. Then then the peg the Avon representative took edward on a tour of the house and they get to her daughter kim's room and right when you see it you can tell edward like kim but Jim edwards boyfriend does not like Edward every much because he's different. If i was that person i would not bring edward home because who knows what he is capable with those scissorhands.
He would feel just as bad even if he turned Jim in. To keep jim was the most handy thing to do. 3. Why don't the slave hunters get Jim?
*For instance, He tried to convince Kevin that he could fight Mike even though in the end he wasn’t able to beat him. This shows that he had overestimated himself because towards the end we had found out that Kevin was actually correct. *In addition, Jim acted confident when people questioned him about the fight or if he was really going to fight Mike. This is significant because in the end, Jim, instead of winning, lost! *Finally, he was trying to show his ex-girlfriend that he could really take down Mike because he was jealous and wanted her back because the story states that; “ I had foolishly broken up with her ten months before.”. Jim may feel that way about Linda, (his ex), Linda probably doesn’t feel that way about him because in the story she states; “Kill him! Kill him!”. To summarize, Jim has a pretty big ego, and I believe that he had taken it for granted. Because soon enough, he’s going to lose
Compare the ways in which the authors of two texts explore how society treats people who are different.
When asked if the shooting was an accident he replies “no, … I picked up my shotgun and done it.” (36) He doesn’t feel bad about his actions because he believes that he had no other options. Jim believes that he killed her out of love. He could tell that his daughter was dying, and he felt her pain as she was slowly going hungry. He took it upon himself to put her out of her misery. “When she woke up this morning saying she was hungry, I just couldn’t stand it.“ (37) He repeats the phrase “I just couldn’t stand it“ several times. This shows Jim’s helplessness towards his daughters suffering. Rather than watch her suffer, he decides to kill
He stabbed him with his hand and that led to Jim going through a glass window and dying. The similarity between the two films is that both of the creatures killed people. They did it because of rage not just because they wanted to or felt like it. Both these creatures end up running away after they murder their
In the scene when Jim tricks Edward into breaking into his home, society discards Edward and calls him “devious” the audio codes the producer uses shows us that Edward is being rejected by society. The audience is perturbed that people have a very little conscience and knowingly take advantage of the people with unique
When Jim saw his importance fading, he faked numerous injuries to gain attention. Jim claimed to have cancer although an autopsy showed no cancer was present in his body. Even though Jones forbid the use of drugs, he became dependent on barbiturates and painkillers. His excuse was that he needed them for the pain of his non-existent injuries. Then as quickly as it grew it ended.
Does abnormal people like the way they are - hated by the “ordinary” people? The movie “Edward Scissorhands” directed by Tim Burton, is about a man named Edward who has hands that are scissors. He was fabricated by the inventor who lived in a mysterious, gloomy castle. The reason why his hands were scissors, was because the inventor died before he replaced it with human hands. That the inventor was dead, Edward was left out and living in the castle all by himself; until, when a local Avon saleswoman, Peg Boggs went into the castle and saw Edward. She felt frightened of his hands at first. However, she realizes that Edward is harmless and lonely so she decides to take him to her home. Once Peg introduced Edward to everyone in Peg’s neighborhood, most people got along with him. Edward was also recognized as a talented, trustworthy person once he proved his skills on hedge-trimming and hair-cutting. However, not everyone accepted him and at last, the whole neighborhood start to reject him. As a result, Edward ends up living back up in the castle, his home. In the movie Edward Scissorhands, Tim
The film Edward Scissorhands is a contemporary archetype of the gothic genre exploring themes such as unrequited love, social rejection and human creation as defined by Tim Burton. Feature films explore different ideals that can be categorized into different genres that create expectations among audiences about characters, settings, plots and themes. Edward Scisscorhands directed by Tim Burton in the year 1990 is described as both a dark romantic fantasy and a gothic horror film. The film tells a story about Edward Scissorhands, the creation of an elderly inventor who dies before he can give Edward his normal hands in place of his scissor hands. Edward is taken from the mansion he lives in by a suburban family in an attempt to live a
The film ‘Edward Scissorhands’ by Tim Burton, is a modern day fairy tale which follows the story of Edward, a young man that is taken out of isolation and introduced into a new way of life. Although the film is for entertainment, that is not its sole purpose. The film has deep and rich themes, which convey many important messages to the audience. Some themes of the film include; conformity, appearances versus reality and individuality.
He faced a huge disappointment when he found out that Long John Silver wasn’t the “clean and pleasant tempered” (66) man he always thought him to be. Instead he turns out to be "cruel and heartless" (66). Jim realizes how cruel Silver really is when he overhears Silver talking about the mutiny that they were planning. He witnessed Silver openly murder a man who refused to join the mutiny. Even after seeing that, he stayed composed and continued trying to get the treasure.
In ‘Edward Scissorhands’, Edward goes through new experiences that show his individuality and how he is different to all the community. In the film, characters such as Joyce and Jim firstly rejected Edward as he was different, they then adored him as he did unique art such as hairdressing, gardening, grooming dogs, cutting meat and ice sculpting. Once Edward discovered his talents, he became very popular amongst the community. They used him so that they would have an easier life, but then when he did something wrong he was then rejected again. Being the individual Edward was in the community, he experienced so many new things such as his growing relationship with Kim. His new experiences with Kim made him learn what true feelings for a girl really was. As great as being and individual is with all this said however, being an individual can also be dangerous in a way, as you would get judged by others around you for being yourself. Edward in the beginning of the film had that exact problem, everyone would be judging him for having scissors as hands and would think of him as a scary monster. The reason Edward went to the community in the first place was because of Peg. Peg
The camera focuses on Edward’s face; it shows how pale and sad he is. The gothic horror feature used here is the physical appearance of the “monster”. Edward is a large, dark figure with objects (his scissor hands) that can cause harm. This is very stereotypical of the gothic monster as this has been used in Frankenstein (1931) and Nosferatu (1922), and is imprinted in viewers’ minds. But what makes us question how monstrous Edward truly is, is his facial expression and the way he talks. Unlike most gothic horror monsters, he does not have a scary personality. He is shy and is not the antagonist. As the story continues, all the bad deeds he does, are actually the result of someone else taking advantage of him. As viewers, we see this, and we are led to believe that it is not Edward who is the monster, but rather the community Peg has brought him into. By manipulating common features of gothic horror films, Edward Scissorhands is able to influence the audience into believing the “monster” of the film is Edward, but when the tradition is changed, it makes us think that not everything is black and white, and that to get the correct judgement, we must wait until all evidence is presented.
The film ‘Edward Scissorhands’ by Tim Burton is a story about a lonely boy with a unique disability: scissor hands, it follows Edward as he experiences life outside of his isolated home and through his hardships of dealing with prejudice and people treating him differently. It also follows him when he makes judgments of others wrongly and shows the consequences to both parties from those decisions made on them.