25th Anniversary DVD (1990-2015)

Rating: 10/10 (15 November 2015)

I'm a geek who keeps an ongoing Master Calendar of my life, including all the movies I've ever seen in a theatre (not a huge number, maybe ten a year, but over the past thirty years that's 300 movies). I recently noticed that a 25th Anniversary DVD of Edward Scissorhands was being released, and didn't hesitate to order a copy because I fondly remember seeing it in 1990. After receiving the DVD I first carefully watched it with the Director's commentary, then Danny Elfman's (composer of the musical score) commentary, then the original theatrical release. That's well over five hours and it took me several days, but I was reminded of the film's creativity, beauty, over-the-top production design, and sweet story. Twenty-five years later Johnny Depp has gone on to be a big movie star, other actors in this film have become better known (including the ubiquitous but always watchable Alan Arkin), and Vincent Price has sadly left this earth. Looking through my Master Calendar of the past 30 years I often see movie titles that I literally remember nothing about, but not Edward Scissorhands. This is in the top 5% of all the movies that have ever been made. (At least it's in my top 5%).