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Post by Nalkarj on Dec 7, 2017 16:24:58 GMT
I'm very fond of Home Alone, though I'm certainly not unaware of its flaws; I don't really have much to add to what everyone else has written except that I actually find John Candy's far-too-short cameo to be the funniest part: his interactions with former SCTV castmate Catherine O'Hara are hilarious. Boy, do I miss John Candy.
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Post by someguy on Feb 20, 2018 3:33:40 GMT
6/10.
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Post by sjg on Apr 21, 2019 13:54:02 GMT
7/10
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2019 2:22:15 GMT
10/10
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Post by louise on Apr 29, 2019 15:07:08 GMT
5/10. Would be a 6, but I really hate the child's appalling family.
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Post by Vits on May 4, 2019 8:29:47 GMT
5/10. Would be a 6, but I really hate the child's appalling family. But that's the point, right?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2020 20:59:49 GMT
Finally watched it, it was a fun movie and ends on an uplifting note, I can see why people like watching this during the holiday season. 7/10
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Post by dimaggio on Jan 15, 2020 19:18:09 GMT
7
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Post by movielover on Jun 21, 2020 16:17:54 GMT
7/10
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Post by Vits on Dec 1, 2021 12:09:16 GMT
HOME ALONE 7/10 HOME ALONE PART 2: LOST IN NEW YORK 4/10 HOME ALONE PART 3 1/10 HOME ALONE PART 4: TAKING BACK THE HOUSE 3/10 HOME ALONE PART 5: THE HOLIDAY HEIST 3/10 Ever since HOME ALONE was released, people have made jokes about how the traps set up by Kevin McCallister made him look like a sadist. That's why HOME SWEET HOME ALONE had a lot of potential: The characters who break and enter the house aren't 2 greedy bandits; they're 2 in debt parents (Pam & Jeff McKenzie). And the little boy (Max Mercer) comes off as a little shit from the beginning. What a great idea! I mean, how often do we see a remake that makes the protagonist the antagonist and vice-versa (at least in a way that makes sense)? Unfortunately, the movie doesn't commit to the idea. You see, even though this is revealed to be a sequel (the events from the first 2 installment are acknowledged), it follows a lot of the same story beats like it was a remake (the late John Hughes even gets a "story by" credit, because so much of his script is used here). It gets to the point where Jeff behaves like an idiot during the climax (in order to emulate Marv Murchins), even though his personality was quite different in previous scenes. After he gets knocked out, Max puts V.R. headsets on him. When he wakes up, Jeff thinks that what he's seeing is real. I'm sure the image quality is very realistic, but how can't he feel that device on his head? Now, are there any changes? Actually, there are plenty... but none of them are improvements. A couple of them actually make everything worse. The McKenzies think that Max stole a valuable heirloom from them, so they're trying to get it back in order to sell it, but Max thinks that they want to kidnap him. Also, Max is a mischievous yet likable pre-teen (at least that's how the audience is supposed to see him). That's right: These 3 characters maintain the same roles as their 1990 counterparts, but the situation is a misunderstanding, so there's no villain. Are you kidding me?! The slapstick in the original made us laugh because we were seeing evil people get their comeuppance! Even though HOME ALONE PARTS 2-5 had a lot of problems, at least their makers understood this principle. It's not fun to watch the McKenzies suffer, because they don't deserve it. 1/10 ------------------------------------- You can read comments of other movies in my blog.
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