Bittersweet is the best kind of movie.

Rating: 10/10 (19 June 2004)

When I was little girl of four, a wonderful movie premiered on the big screen. That movie was called "Edward Scissorhands". Having once watched "Nightmare on Elm Street" (still as a little four year old) in the dark of night with my parents, the idea of Scissorhands just didn't appeal to me. So for the next fourteen years, I avoided and shied away from every golden opportunity to see the film. I ALWAYS thought it was a horror flick. But one day, as a high school graduate of eighteen, I decided to watch a little bit of it with my mother before heading to work. I fell in love immediately! That little bit I saw was the funniest thing I had viewed in a very long time. I hadn't laughed so hard since I still can't remember when.
So during my lunch, I rented the DVD. When I got home late that night, I popped it in right away. And although I still laughed hysterically at my favorite parts (waterbed scene...all-time favorite!), I was almost moved to tears by the end of the film. With the combination of Tim Burton's excellent directing skills and Danny Elfman's heart-wrenching movie score this movie has become one of my very favorites. Because if a movie has a happy ending, I'm upset by it's cliché qualities, and if it has a sad ending, I don't ever want to watch it again, but when a movie has a bittersweet ending, the good and bad emotions I feel are so jumbled that I can't help loving the film.