Sad disappointment

Rating: 4/10 (8 December 2002)

What a sad disappointment this movie was. I had heard good things, and Tim Burton is good director. But, it was all for naught. What starts interesting(scissors for hands, cool)eventually becomes just another movie, with a horribly generic Hollywood ending. Another problem stems from the fact that Edward isn't really all that unique. Every character is a strange caricature themselves, so everybody is weird, not just Edward with his strange hands. So, instead of this strong contrast with Edward to everyone else, we instead are greeted by a parade of weirdos, and focus is lost. And then there's the ending. All I'll say is, very bad, very stupid. But, at that point, I was just glad it was over. To be fair, the set design was nice, and Johnny Depp was good. But overall, a sad waste. Someone told me that if I had seen it when I was younger, I might have liked it more. Ah, to be young, stupid, and have no standards.