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Kevin McCallister is a total sociopath in Home Alone 2

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From the trivia page on imdb:

"Entertainment Weekly had a doctor analyze what the actual effects of the injuries to Harry and Marv would be. Bricks to the face would have caused "at best, brain damage; at worst, death." "
 
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Sephzilla said:
Considering Kevin's entire family is composed of genuinely awful people (right down to his parents) are you surprised Kevin turned out wrong?
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Yeah, this. The movies are fun, but they're studies in 80s/90s Hughesian suburban privilege. Movies like that have no class consciousness whatsoever. Kevin's family is unbearable (except, maybe, his mom?)
 
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Mother fucker wasn't even at home, how you gonna call it Home Alone 2?

PS. I haven't watched HA2 in years but I hated it back then.

Also from IMDB trivia:

Director Chris Columbus admits on the audio commentary for Home Alone (1990) this film was "to some extent" a remake of the first film.
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All I took away from this is that Kevin grew up to be the Jigsaw Killer.
"I would like to play a little game..."
 
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Biggest plot hole was why didn't he just call the police from a safe distance lol.

In home alone one the angonists have already cut th phone line, in this the sequel there is no excuse lol.
 
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The movie also has the scariest scene in the entire series, with that cab driver in Central Park. I was terrified of that as a kid.

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Motherfucker looks like he's wearing an Edgar suit.
 
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funkypie said:
Biggest plot hole was why didn't he just call the police from a safe distance lol.

In home alone one the angonists have already cut th phone line, in this the sequel there is no excuse lol.
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It's been a while since I've seen it, but they do set up why Kevin couldn't have called the cops from the neighbors house at, like, 7:57 to say he saw someone robbing his own house then just let them get caught in the act, right?

Because he does eventually call the cops and they are eventually caught in the act, right? Kevin calls them with his fake older man voice and then gets caught and the shovel dude hits them to save Kevin.
 
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Skiptastic said:
It's been a while since I've seen it, but they do set up why Kevin couldn't have called the cops from the neighbors house at, like, 7:57 to say he saw someone robbing his own house then just let them get caught in the act, right?

Because he does eventually call the cops and they are eventually caught in the act, right? Kevin calls them with his fake older man voice and then gets caught and the shovel dude hits them to save Kevin.
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I'm talking about home alone 2. There was no reason not to call the police. In the first one shovel man knocks them out and the police arrive jumped forward in time
 
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funkypie said:
I'm talking about home alone 2. There was no reason not to call the police. In the first one shovel man knocks them out and the police arrive jumped forward in time
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Because nothing puts down Harry and Marv quite like a shovel to the face.

In HL2, Kevin does it because he genuinely likes it. Hence why he is psychotic. It's not a plothole, it's in line with the character.
 
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funkypie said:
Biggest plot hole was why didn't he just call the police from a safe distance lol.

In home alone one the angonists have already cut th phone line, in this the sequel there is no excuse lol.
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I guess you could say that Kevin was afraid of authority because of how Tim Curry accused him of stealing his dad's credit cards?

Secret Fawful said:
The movie also has the scariest scene in the entire series, with that cab driver in Central Park. I was terrified of that as a kid.
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Yeah, it's like the PG version of the alley scene in Mulholland Dr.
 
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Damn I forgot about that cut to skeleton Marv while he's getting electrocuted. I remember that scaring the fuck out of me as a kid, must have burned it out of my brain
 
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HiiiLife

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I just watched the Clue movie yesterday and the only thing I could think about was the hotel guy in HA2.

GET DOWN ON YA KNEES AND TELL ME YA LOVE ME.
 
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Had this conversation with my wife just a few weeks ago. We watched both Home Alone and Home Alone 2 together.

Yeah, his situation is pretty shitty, but he's a shitty kid, too.
 
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HawksWinStanley said:
Amen.

The dude's scream in the first movie when the tarantula gets put on his face cemented him as my favorite character. That scream cracks me up every time.
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Sigh. Stern was so much better than where his career went. Also, a quick look at his IMDB page shows that he played Dilbert on the TV show. What the fuck?
 
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Munter said:
Or, it's a movie and his character is like that for entertainment purposes?
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Or the op understands that and Just wants to have silly/fun discussion on gaf?

Like I don't get why this is someone's defacto response to threads like this. There's like 5 already.
 
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jiji said:
Yeah, this. The movies are fun, but they're studies in 80s/90s Hughesian suburban privilege. Movies like that have no class consciousness whatsoever. Kevin's family is unbearable (except, maybe, his mom?)
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Not that I disagree with your central premise here, but you were absolutely supposed to think Kevin's family were a bunch of terrible, self-absorbed assholes.
 
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OP, do you take everything this seriously in life? It's a feaking slapstick comedy where no one would/should die. It's like wondering why Tom or jerry doesn't keel over when they smash/blow up each other in every episode. And why wouldn't he just call the cops from the beginning? Because the credits will start running right after he did that. Enjoy it for what it is and if you can't then I would suggest you stick with non-fiction movies from now on.
 
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funkypie said:
Biggest plot hole was why didn't he just call the police from a safe distance lol.

In home alone one the angonists have already cut th phone line, in this the sequel there is no excuse lol.
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No hilarious, wacky antics this way.
Same could be leveled against the bandits who could have just shot him or something considering they knew who he was and what he was capable of the last time around.
 
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Home Alone 3 had nothing to do with the other two and probably had just as many traps that would have someone killed.

Watching Home Alone 4 should kill you.
 
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funkypie

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we really do need a violent gore new home alone, with the original kevin living in squalor, armed with a shot gun and many traps ready to deliver swift death.
 
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Remf said:
OP, do you take everything this seriously in life? It's a feaking slapstick comedy where no one would/should die. It's like wondering why Tom or jerry doesn't keel over when they smash/blow up each other in every episode. And why wouldn't he just call the cops from the beginning? Because the credits will start running right after he did that. Enjoy it for what it is and if you can't then I would suggest you stick with non-fiction movies from now on.
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Calm down, brother. I think it's okay to talk about it. I don't mean it to be all serious because I know it's not.
 
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