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I've always been a bit of a Burton (and also Johnny Depp) naysayer, but Ed Wood was the one exception. Makes for an easy choice.
I love both of these movies! Edward Scissorhands has Vincent Price and Alan Arlin. Ed Wood has Bill Murray’s greatest quote ‘Let’s hearhim call Boris Karlof a cocksucker!’ Gotta go with Ed Wood!
This was easy for me. I remember getting excited when I saw the trailer for Edward Scissorhands. The director of the dark and daring Batman was directing a film about a guy with scissors for hands? This was sure to be a truly dark comedy. And then I saw the movie. Ugh. Not very dark, and predictable as a comment on suburbia.
Ed Wood however. Funny, original, illuminating, and beautifully loving to all it's characters.
I've always felt that "Edward Scissorhands" is an almost-great movie that trips over itself in the final act. (Spoiler alert: Anthony Michael Hall's character's death has never sat right with me, and feels like more of a screenwriting shortcut than anything having to do with character motivations.) "Ed Wood" has no such shortcomings; it's a classic from the first scene to the last.
This is a tough choice. Ed Wood hits a perfect tone, giving homage to the passion of a director while laughing at some of his product and choices. But Edward Scissorhands has all the best of Burton in one film. A dream-like pallet of black and grey suddenly shifting to unbearable pastels, the unacceptable v. those who are just trying too hard to create safety. The melancholy joy of this film is still the soundtrack of my life. And Johnny Depp knew how to be subtle in those lost times.
This is kind of a good Burton vs. bad Burton. Not saying that Edward is Alice in wonderland bad, but it's a stunt movie compared with Ed Wood which feels grown up and the pathos emerges organically from the relationship between Ed and Bella.
Ed Wood feels like it will be the only (near) great film Burton will ever make.
Genuinely hugely tough. One of my most cherished filmmakers, two utterly wonderful films, "Ed Wood" is touching, moving, complex and beautiful but "Edward Scissorhands" is one of those films that is so close to my heart it goes beyond critical thinking. Depp's very finest performance, Burton's very finest film, unquestionably my winner.
Edward Scissorhands is a nice enough modern fairytale, but I've seen it once and don't really feel compelled to see it again. On the other (non-scissor) hand, Ed Wood is a hilarious and touching glimpse into how far people will go to achieve their dreams. It never speaks down to Wood or his collaborators. Even if his talents can't match his ambition, his zealous determination keeps him going in the face of naysaying executives, budget woes, and truly awful dialogue. Every time I watch Ed Wood, I feel a little more hopeful.