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Kevin McCallister is a total sociopath in Home Alone 2
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Movies that are ridiculous on their face are the most fun to deconstruct/interpret in this kind of way, IMO. Nobody's getting hurt, it's all in good fun.
Hydrophobic
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Tell that to Joe Pesci!
BattleshipErnest
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The torment that Marv's feet go through? Oh man. Stepping on the ornaments was bad. But when he stepped on that nail? Sweet LORD. I don't like foot or fingore. Burn my head, bust me in the chops, but leave my extremities alone.
Also, no spiders.
Also, no spiders.
Haha you really think you're clever for picking apart a kids movie. That's funny.
Discotheque
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I get that it rehashes some stuff but how can you hate it? All the hotel stuff is hilarious
whitemex88
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This is what lead to The Good Son
plagiarize
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I think they're both garbage. People like different things. What're you going to do. Yeah, you might find slapstick funny (I don't) and think that makes up for the complete lack of anything remotely plausible in these movies.
For me, they aren't funny, so I find that all the implausible nonsense compounds the lack of comedy.
HomerSimpson-Man
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Haha, seriously. Kevin may be a sociopath, but man is he a brilliant one with his planned fun house, he had to up the ante, those two survived the first one movie like it was nothing when they appeared in the 2nd one.
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Naw, The PunishAaaaAaaaH!
Vermillion
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Ironically, it's the people saying "it's just a movie" that are missing the joke.
It must be a dismal existence not being able to laugh at the tool chest going down the stairs scene.
TheLostBigBoss
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isn't that part of the charm?
kids think it's fun and people older find humor in how horribly deadly and brutal the traps are and can imagine the consequences if this were a darker movie or if it was real life.
seems like a win win!
kids think it's fun and people older find humor in how horribly deadly and brutal the traps are and can imagine the consequences if this were a darker movie or if it was real life.
seems like a win win!
Bravo.
GoldenEye 007
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Yeah where was child protective services? Not fit to be parents at all.
timetokill
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It's crazy that a guy goes from playing Marv in these movies to playing baseball for the San Francisco Giants. Crazy talented guy.
out0v0rder
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The talkboy was genius level marketing
Nerdkiller
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf1LSNNgSWA
I think that was only made because kids wanted a real version of that.
Shame though that the movie was just...well, you already know that it's just the same structure as the first one. Just louder, angrier, but no access to a time machine.
DrForester
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I haven't watched Home Alone 2 in years. I remember not hating it though, and thinking it was entertaining enough.
Explain.
Explain.
What did he mean by this?
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I know its fun to come up with edgy theories about stuff from childhood but this is just dumb
Henry and Marv were trying to murder him. They deserved everything coming to them
Henry and Marv were trying to murder him. They deserved everything coming to them
They made this movie, kind of. Watch a perfect getaway. Steve Zahn is Kevin, and Timothy Oliphant is the ghost of Marv.
MrPink93485
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Daniel Stern being electrocuted still gets me every time. The little squeal that he does is flawless.
Terrifying.
Skiptastic
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Twenty five years after his adventure in New York, Kevin McAllister is a recluse.
Mr. Duncan, upon his death fifteen years ago, bequeathed the Toy Chest business to the little boy who helped him back in '92. Kevin thought that helping children live their dreams would satisfy the hunger inside of him, but his paranoia simply grew and grew until he could no longer function. He has sold the Toy Chest to FAO Schwartz and, using the money from the sale, has bought a huge compound in Winnetka.
Kevin's mother and father come to him during Advent to bring Kevin home for Christmas. Over the years, they've tried to get Kevin the mental help he needed. Kevin had been making progress, but the death of Old Man Marley and the Pigeon Lady drove him deeper into his madness.
Upon reaching the steps to his house, which were iced over to prevent intruders, Mr. McAllister falls and breaks his hip, leading to massive medical bills and what will be a Christmas in a hospital bed.
The Winnetka police, upon learning of this incident, send two cops over to Kevin's house to investigate, when they too fall victim to a trap. Seriously injured, they retreat to their cars and back to the station. The police union gets involved and refuses to have any more police officers go to Kevin's house, for fear that the master of traps will cause more physical harm.
At a loss for how to deal with Kevin, they decide that there are only two people who can bring Kevin in. The two individuals who suffered through Kevin's worst traps and survived. Two criminals who were returned to Illinois after their fisaco in New York and are serving long sentences. The criminals with nothing to lose: The Wet/Sticky Bandits.
The mayor of Winnetka calls in a favor to the governor of Illinois. An offer is made: full pardons for the Bandits if they can bring Kevin in. They agree, but only if they can do it on the one night of the year they most want revenge, the night where they have always been foiled: Christmas Eve.
HOME ALONE: THE LAST CHRISTMAS. CHRISTMAS 2017.
(Title could use some work. Maybe throw something in there about the Bandits enlisting the help of Kevin's illegitimate daughter, who is some sort of Rub Goldberg genius and could help them make it through the house alive. Plus I'm almost 100% sure someone else has come up with this idea and probably pitched it to Fox. I mean, it pretty much writes itself.)
plagiarize
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I was going to be a pedant and tell the OP that he was shocked, not electrocuted, but then I saw his skeleton writhing about in the gif and I figured electrocuted was way more accurate. Somehow after Kevin killed him, he came back to life. Perhaps by some voodoo Kevin did, just so he could kill him again.
And Quizxilxz, it's not a miserable existent finding these movies unfunny and worthless. I enjoy all other sorts of comedy... just not this kind of slapstick. For example, I love Christmas Vacation.
Screen Junkies made a video on both the Home Alone movies and how many deaths Harry and Marv would accumulate from all of the traps. It's pretty good stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WKgNyvsNDM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WKgNyvsNDM
Guns don't kill people, Kevin does
LabouredSubterfuge
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We need to talk about Kevin.
flatearthpandas
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Considering the guys keep coming, we could realistically say he was not being aggressive enough against them. The bricks in that movie, makes me laugh just thinking about it.
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flatearthpandas
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If you think about it, Home Alone would improve tons of movies. Any home invasion horror or thriller movie. Signs. Limitless possibilities.
CapitalismSucks DonkeyBalls
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uncelestial
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This reminds me: I found Air Bud's playing style to be too aggressive. That dog should be put down for how he dunks on the other players. Presuming he was not neutered, they got totally got nuts to the face!
CapitalismSucks DonkeyBalls
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Agent Gibbs
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its slapstick cartoonish violence and portrayed as such - no consequences, just dislodged noses and skin reddening - its a kids movie3
If it was realistic they'd have died in the first movie - you've read far far too much into this
Can i ask OP are you a parent now? or since you last watched this?
I ask because a school friend of mine used to drink like crazy and loved life. Every Bomfiire night (UK look it up) he set off fire works in his garden into the late evening (legally can be launched until midnight)
This year he had a child
he's no longer drinking
This year he called decided to call the police on his neighbours who were setting off fire works at 9:30 on bomfire night , as it was disturbing him and his newborn baby - they told off for wasting time and he complained on facebook expecting sympathy.
His hipocrissy has rightly been pointed out to him by just about everyone, but he still feels he was in some way right
Your re assessment of a previously beloved film seems akin to that priority change/world view change
Should end this with in no way am i complaining or telling you off, just trying to understand how you can change a view so suddenly and thats the first thought i had
I suppose the other query is were you high and someone suggested this to you and you had a 'Woooooah dude' moment
but you're damn straight on the underrated actor
If it was realistic they'd have died in the first movie - you've read far far too much into this
Can i ask OP are you a parent now? or since you last watched this?
I ask because a school friend of mine used to drink like crazy and loved life. Every Bomfiire night (UK look it up) he set off fire works in his garden into the late evening (legally can be launched until midnight)
This year he had a child
he's no longer drinking
This year he called decided to call the police on his neighbours who were setting off fire works at 9:30 on bomfire night , as it was disturbing him and his newborn baby - they told off for wasting time and he complained on facebook expecting sympathy.
His hipocrissy has rightly been pointed out to him by just about everyone, but he still feels he was in some way right
Your re assessment of a previously beloved film seems akin to that priority change/world view change
Should end this with in no way am i complaining or telling you off, just trying to understand how you can change a view so suddenly and thats the first thought i had
I suppose the other query is were you high and someone suggested this to you and you had a 'Woooooah dude' moment
but you're damn straight on the underrated actor
TsunamiOfSwagger
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There is a whole series of sequels.
He only wants to play a game.
He only wants to play a game.
TheWarrior
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Kevin grew up to become Jigsaw
http://grantland.com/hollywood-pros...-to-be-jigsaw-a-deadly-serious-investigation/
http://grantland.com/hollywood-pros...-to-be-jigsaw-a-deadly-serious-investigation/
CapitalismSucks DonkeyBalls
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I started a job in a field that forces me to observe behavior for 8 hours a day. I've been doing this job for a year and a half and it's caused me to look at a lot of things as ABC:
Antecedent: activating event that leads to B (e.g., trauma, loud noise, self-stimulation, etc.)
Behavior: the behavior as a result of the activating event
Consequence: the result of the behavior (e.g., satiation, satisfaction, attention, etc.)
I'm not trying to read too much into the film. Believe me, most of my content in the original post was parody to an extent, I really don't understand why people are struggling to see that. I don't take this film seriously, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't more affected by Kevin's motivations on a different level than I had been during previous viewings.
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