"Edward Scissorhands" - near-perfect allegory of l

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The entire movie felt "weird" to me. I can't say if related to it or not, but I didn't understand how Edward was even alive. I mean, apparently he was made by some scientist or something and there were a lot of machines in the mansion. But none of them seemed to be alive, whereas Edward was seen to be at least conscious even before he was fully assembled in a flashback.

That and the weird haircuts are the only things I remember about that movie.

Seven dwarfs or seven allegorical representations?

Dopey: the youngest, sweetest, and silliest of the seven, and the only one to be completely bald and beardless; wears a too large lime green tunic and purple cap.*

Grumpy: the grouchiest and most curmudgeonly of the group, though even he is supremely devoted to the beautiful Snow White; wears a red tunic, long white hair and beard.

Doc: the only one of the dwarfs to wear glasses (so presumably the most intellectual); wears an orange-brown tunic, long white hair and beard.

Happy: the most rotund of the dwarfs; wears a brownish two-tone tunic, yellow cap, long white hair and beard.

Bashful: evokes his bashful nature through a classic pose of shyness (hands clasped behind back, shoulders slightly raised, eyes upturned); sometimes difficult to distinguish between Sneezy and Sleepy; depicted in purple tunic and magenta cap (on video), as well as long white hair and beard.

Sneezy: frequently shown with one finger underneath his nose, as if trying to stifle a sneeze; sometimes difficult to distinguish between Sleepy and Bashful; wears a yellow-brown tunic, long white hair and beard.

Sleepy: perhaps the most difficult to differentiate between Sleepy and Bashful, though he wears a perpetually sleepy looking, heavily lidded expression on his face; wears a brownish tunic, green cap, long white hair and beard.

I like the way Edward created topiaries. I thought that was the coolest thing about him. After seeing that movie for the first time., I went home and pruned my trees and shrubs. Every time I see it, I am inspired to work on them.

I think the first time I watched that movie, I was 7, and it was by accident. I saw it by myself and I remember saying after the movie was done, "That was genius..." I was just so awed by it. I think it was the single-most enjoyable, meaningful thing I'd ever seen in my 7 years of life. I found a kindred spirit in Edward, even down to his artistic flare and his obsession with hands [which I still have an obsession of...], and I wanted him so desperately to be able to interact with the people around him, but by the end of the movie, I knew that it was inevitable. I can watch that movie all of the time.

When I was a senior in high school, I read the book by Aldous Huxley, "Brave New World". I suggest one should read that book and then watch Edward Scissorhands and see the glaring similarities.