Current Events > Unpopular opinion: Home Alone is extremely mediocre, at best.

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TC just lucky Joe Pesci is retired.

electricbugs2 posted...

DarthAragorn posted...

Shut the actual fuck up

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I don't see how you cold possibly make the argument that its extremely mediocre. I guess you were just born without a sense of humor or something
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Home Alone is both a better Christmas movie and a better movie than Die Hard.
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EndOfDiscOne posted...

Home Alone is both a better Christmas movie and a better movie than Die Hard.

Lets not get crazy
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most movies are just ok
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Even more unpopular opinion...

Home Alone 3 > Home Alone

>_>

...nah, kidding, who in their right mind would ever even think such a thing?
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misterbum posted...

Even more unpopular opinion...

Home Alone 3 > Home Alone

>_>

...nah, kidding, who in their right mind would ever even think such a thing?

The real Home Alone 3 is Saw.
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I'd say that Home Alone is a legit good movie. I can't think of anything about it that's seriously flawed. It follows through on its premise very effectively.
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90's was filled with humor that relied on a child protagonist being smug and rebellious.

WafflehouseJK posted...

I just didn't find it very entertaining.

Same.
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wiiking96 posted...

I'd say that Home Alone is a legit good movie. I can't think of anything about it that's seriously flawed. It follows through on its premise very effectively.

did Kevin actually shave? If not there was no reason for him to scream after putting on after shave.

Its my personal favorite Christmas movie , always a good one for the Holiday season. I cant watch the part where Marv steps on the nail though, that make me cringe everytime .
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TC wouldn't know a good movie if it was growing on his ass!

It's a fun movie, nostalgic bumps up the enjoyment factor.
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waffle i love you and everything
but im afraid im morally obligated to resort to violence (love home alone but the sequel isnt as good)
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It's really not that great.
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Die Hard is better, agreed.
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josiskrazy posted...

TC wouldn't know a good movie if it was growing on his ass!

It's a fun movie, nostalgic bumps up the enjoyment factor.

I have several good movies growing on my ass, thank you very much. Check someone's ass thoroughly before making such claims.
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Buzz is one of the best characters of the 90s
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I'd have to agree if you was talking about Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, but this film is iconic and classic. You are entitled to your own opinion, but you are turning your nose to a great film that went down as one of the greatest pop culture hits of the 90's.

I suppose you hate Waterboy, Billy Madison, Black Sheep, Harry and the Hendersons and many more movies as well, huh?
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*Setups traps in TC s house*
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weekoldhotdog posted...

I'd have to agree if you was talking about Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, but this film is iconic and classic. You are entitled to your own opinion, but you are turning your nose to a great film that went down as one of the greatest pop culture hits of the 90's.

I suppose you hate Waterboy, Billy Madison, Black Sheep, Harry and the Hendersons and many more movies as well, huh?

Billy Madison and Harry and the Henderson's are great and a lot of fun, haven't seen the other 2.

Home Alone isn't as good as those 2 by any stretch imo.
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I agree that Die Hard is by far the better Christmas movie

I can get to the bottom of this.

What is your opinion of The Three Stooges and which skit do you find the most entertaining?

If the answer is "you don't, and none" than I don't have much else to say to you about this.

If you like stooges than I cant see how you don't like home alone. Not to mention the feeling of empowerment that movie left on a 8 year old. Imagine being home alone and taking care of yourself, not only better than the adults ever could, but practically calling all your own shots for like a week.

Also, what are you thoughts on Hook? Because I find that movie to be remarkably similiar to Home Alone.
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weekoldhotdog posted...

I can get to the bottom of this.

What is your opinion of The Three Stooges and which skit do you find the most entertaining?

If the answer is "you don't, and none" than I don't have much else to say to you about this.

If you like stooges than I cant see how you don't like home alone. Not to mention the feeling of empowerment that movie left on a 8 year old. Imagine being home alone and taking care of yourself, not only better than the adults ever could, but practically calling all your own shots for like a week.

Also, what are you thoughts on Hook? Because I find that movie to be remarkably similiar to Home Alone.

Never really sat down and watched The 3 Stooges, but what I have seen wasn't a huge fan.

As I said earlier, not a big fan of slapstick.

I'm more of a Marx Brothers kind of guy.

Also Hook is a lot of fun. It has its flaws, but it is a very enjoyable movie, although Robin Williams and to a lesser extent Dustin Hoffman REALLY carry that movie.
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To clarify a bit, yes, Marx Brothers do have a lot of slapstick as well, but for me, slapstick in only funny when it's the punchline to something else, which is more the case with stuff like Marx Brothers than it is with stuff like Home Alone. If there's other set up and the slap stick is used as some sort of irony or resolution to that set up, it can be funny to me.

Slapstick where it's just "oh, ha ha, he got hit in the head" isn't funny to me, at all. And that's a huge chunk of the humor in Home Alone.
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bump.
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The only good Christmas comedy is jingle all the way

The movie hasn't really aged well. None of it should be funny to you as an adult.

WafflehouseJK posted...

Admittedly I'm not the biggest fan of slapstick comedy, but I just don't find it funny or endearing. Kevin is annoying, all of his family is annoying, the filmmaking and cinematography itself is meh, and I just didn't find it very entertaining.

The burglars are ok, but they couldn't save the film for me.

The one funny bit IMO is Keven asking if his toothbrush is approved by the American Dental Association. Other than that, the movie didn't get any laughs from me.

Then what isnt mediocre to you?

Home Alone 1 was the best one. The second was good but was a repeat of the story from the first, only with different locations. Then the series committed suicide with its sequels.
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Bass_X0 posted...

WafflehouseJK posted...

Admittedly I'm not the biggest fan of slapstick comedy, but I just don't find it funny or endearing. Kevin is annoying, all of his family is annoying, the filmmaking and cinematography itself is meh, and I just didn't find it very entertaining.

The burglars are ok, but they couldn't save the film for me.

The one funny bit IMO is Keven asking if his toothbrush is approved by the American Dental Association. Other than that, the movie didn't get any laughs from me.

Then what isnt mediocre to you?

Home Alone 1 was the best one. The second was good but was a repeat of the story from the first, only with different locations. Then the series committed suicide with its sequels.

Are you asking what comedy movies aren't mediocre? Cause there's tons, Home Alone just isn't one of them.

Spaceballs, Airplane!, Blazing Saddles, Duck Soup,Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Life of Brian, those are all great comedies.
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Let's be real here:

You had to be a 90s kid to understand how great Home Alone was in the early 1990s
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Caution999 posted...

Let's be real here:

You had to be a 90s kid to understand how great Home Alone was in the early 1990s

That's honestly perfectly valid. Some films are a product of the times, and those outside of that set age demographic at that set time wont appreciate the film the same way that those who were in that demographic did.

I would argue though, that if you have to have seen a film at a certain time period/at a certain age to appreciate it AT ALL, that inherently makes it less good than other films without that limitation.
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WafflehouseJK posted...

Caution999 posted...

Let's be real here:

You had to be a 90s kid to understand how great Home Alone was in the early 1990s

That's honestly perfectly valid. Some films are a product of the times, and those outside of that set age demographic at that set time wont appreciate the film the same way that those who were in that demographic did.

I would argue though, that if you have to have seen a film at a certain time period/at a certain age to appreciate it AT ALL, that inherently makes it less good than other films without that limitation.

Definitely. It's a film that takes me back to my childhood. I'm not gonna argue it's a rock solid film for sure.
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Anisoptera posted...

The movie hasn't really aged well. None of it should be funny to you as an adult.

Its a classic 90s comedy.

Go watch one of the many clones trying to cash in on its success, including its own sequels, if you want to see what an actually bad Home Alone looks like.
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Caution999 posted...

Let's be real here:

You had to be a 90s kid to understand how great Home Alone was in the early 1990s

I'm not a 90s kid and I think its great
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I hate Home Alone but tbh I just enjoy that people enjoy things so it doesn't bother me that people like it
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Balrog0 posted...

I hate Home Alone but tbh I just enjoy that people enjoy things so it doesn't bother me that people like it

OH, it doesn't bother me that other people like it. I just personally find it mediocre.
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Bump.
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WafflehouseJK posted...

Balrog0 posted...

I hate Home Alone but tbh I just enjoy that people enjoy things so it doesn't bother me that people like it

OH, it doesn't bother me that other people like it. I just personally find it mediocre.

Again, its sequels and rip offs are the ones that should be referred to as being mediocre. Home Alone comes from a time where its quality was actually genuinely good. People who do enjoy it arent likely judging against modern day movies. You have to judge it as a early 90s movie.
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Bass_X0 posted...

WafflehouseJK posted...

Balrog0 posted...

I hate Home Alone but tbh I just enjoy that people enjoy things so it doesn't bother me that people like it

OH, it doesn't bother me that other people like it. I just personally find it mediocre.

Again, its sequels and rip offs are the ones that should be referred to as being mediocre. Home Alone comes from a time where its quality was actually genuinely good. People who do enjoy it arent likely judging against modern day movies. You have to judge it as a early 90s movie.

I don't know if I agree with that tbh. If a movie is a truly good movie, it stays a truly good movie. There's movies from the 50s and 60s that are some of my favorite movies ever made.

A better argument would be that maybe it's a good slapstick movie, which is completely possible, but as I don't like slapstick as a genre, the whole genre feels mediocre to me, with only a handful of exceptions.

And even if we go the "good for its time" route of thinking, I still don't really see it. I watched the original Halloween for the first time recently, and I felt it was a little lackluster, but I also recognized that the reason I felt it was luckluster was because I've seen so many modern horror movies that pull directly from Halloween, so Halloween doesn't feel new and revolutionary anymore, when at the time it very much was so.

I don't really watch modern slapstick movies (can't even think of any off the top of my head), so the reason I don't enjoy it isn't because I've seen it done before due to other movies in the genre being heavily inspired by it. I don't enjoy it cause I just don't think it's a good movie.
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The best movies from 1990.

https://m.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-movies-of-1990
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Bass_X0 posted...

The best movies from 1990.

https://m.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-movies-of-1990

Lot of nostalgia on that list...just thinking about walking through Blockbuster and seeing a lot of those movie cases.
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Bass_X0 posted...

The best movies from 1990.

https://m.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-movies-of-1990

I don't see how that refutes anything I said.
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It's a fun film but the part you watch it for all happens like right at the end.

Kajagogo posted...

That entire family are not good people.

It blows my mind that in literal 2018 not only can people still not recognize a maturation story when they see it but actually consider the first part of said maturation story a major flaw.

I've literally heard people complain that The Lion King was an awful movie because little Simba whines a lot.
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The ONE time I want to put a user on Ignore......
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ShadowElite86 posted...

The ONE time I want to put a user on Ignore......

:D
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