Keep in mind that airport security before 9/11/2001 wasn’t as stringent and didn’t take as long to get through. Carry-on through the x-ray and step through the metal detector. They just wanted to make sure you weren’t packing a gun, knife, or bomb. They didn’t care about fluids.
You could even go through security without taking your shoes off. Oh, and you didn't actually need a boarding pass to go through, you could accompany people right to the gate.
In the 90s at my small city airport, I arrived and walked right on the airplane as they were closing the door no security check at all ! Ahhh..... the good ole dayz ✌️😎
Kevin would not get into trouble for protecting his home. Illinois where this story took place is one of many states that have a Castle Law. Simply put, a person has the right to use whatever means to protect their home and themselves to include deadly force.
true... but not always, its selectively applied for example in one case a person might kill an intruder and get away with it, in anther case a remember a black woman firing warning shots and she's now in jail for it. castle law is also outdated in its absolute form as many states have on their books which conflicts with principals under federal law which supercedes state law. for castle law to be absolute, the federal government would have to both adopt it AND apply it equally, currently they do neither. but yes as long as the feds chose not to get involved castle law would protect him.
Some fun behind-the-scenes trivia about the film... - Fuller (the little kid who has a reputation for wetting the bed) was played by Macaulay Culkin's real-life brother, Kieran Culkin. - Catherine O'Hara, who played the mom, still sends Macaulay a Christmas card every year, signed "Mom"! - The cast and crew for the movie had a very wholesome relationship with many of the people who lived in the neighborhood where the movie was being filmed. The owners of the house across the street from the one that served as the McCallister house in the film let the cast and crew rest in their basement while they were off duty. They were invited to the 90th birthday of another neighbor lady and Macaulay sang "Happy Birthday" to her. - The movie Kevin is initially scared by and later uses to trick the pizza guy and the burglars, "Angels with Filthy Souls", was created and filmed specifically for "Home Alone" rather than actually being an old gangster movie. - John Candy ad-libbed most of his lines, including the story of leaving a child in a funeral home. - The flooded basement scene was actually filmed in the swimming pool of a school located near the "Home Alone House". - Macaulay still has a scar on one of his fingers because Joe Pesci got a bit too carried away during one take of the "finger biting" scene and accidentally bit his finger a little too hard!
I was thinking about it and i think he was only pretending cuz he seen his dad do it. The only reason it would sting is because the cuts/micro cuts after shaving which i dont think he did
The guy offering Kevin's mom a ride back to Chicago was John Candy. He and Catherine O'Hara (Kevin's mom) co-starred with several other actors in the Canadian TV show SCTV, which involved fake celebrities at a fake TV station.
The guy that offers Kevin’s mum a lift in their van is called John Candy. He’s done some fantastic films such as Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Uncle Buck and my personal favourite Cool Runnings
It was Keven's performance as a side character in "Uncle Buck" that made the Director say, this kid can carry a movie on his own. & That's what got him "Home Alone".
Dad is an advertising executive and mom is a fashion designer. Everyone always wonders how they can afford to live in expensive Chicago and go to Paris for Christmas
@@passionsquietrage According to Harry, it's the house he's most looked forward to burgling in a neighborhood full of extremely fancy homes. They're basically the wealthiest family in a wealthy neighborhood.
You missed the mother explaining over the phone that her husband's brother is also at the house with his wives and kids because they are traveling to Europe together for Christmas. The brother-in-law and his family do not live in the house.
There are quite a few videos on RUclips where Emergency Room doctors, and trauma surgeons, discuss the real life injuries that Harry and Marv would’ve sustained trying to get into Kevin’s house, and they’re really entertaining to watch.
When it comes to traveling and flying abroad before 9/11 (2001) security was more flexible you could even get close to the gate without a ticket to say good bye to family and friends. So a lot of the older movies you can clearly see the difference of before and after the 2000s and TSA
When they had the house selected as well as other locations they were getting ready to start shooting in a couple days. It was discussed regardless of what scene was scheduled if it was snowing & a thick snowfall was building up regardless of what was scheduled it was stopped & they would shoot the snowy house. When the production team woke up the following morning it was snowing & a thick snowfall was building up. The Director was oh sh*t. We're doing it, right now. Everybody up LET'S GO.
So funny that almost all reactors think the iron falling on marvs face was turned on/Hot....if you get slapped in the face, your face turns Red and the slapping hand wasnt hot😂
@@maureenseel118 Honestly, at 48yrs old, I have seen A Christmas Story so many times, I am currently on a 10 year break from it. However, you're right about it being on that list. It's a classic and is hysterical.
gosh everyone used to say "keep the change ya filthy animal" back in the day when this was brand new. John Candy is just pure magic in his 5 mins of screen time.
I am dating myself a bit, but I saw this in theaters as a kid when I was maybe a year or two older than Kevin. I was also the "problem kid" in my family, so I identified SOOOO much with Kevin feeling like he's always in trouble. Love this movie and watch every year.
Oddly enough Roberts Blossom who played "Marley" actually did play a killer in the movie "Deranged: the confessions of a necrophile" (1974) which was loosely based on the real life American serial killer Ed Gein AKA "The Ghoul of Plainfield".
10:09 In 1990 there was almost no airport security. At big airports you had to put your carry-on thru an x- ray machine and walk thru a metal detector but that was it, no taking off belts and shoes, and the only reason you got a rectal exam from the security there, is if you were carrying a gun or sword.
If you noticed on the car of the pizza delivery it said "In 20 mins or it's free". Lots of pizza places tried to get pizza to the customers in under half an hour back then. Domino's being a prime example. This resulted in a lot of traffic accidents so that's no longer a thing. But yeah, that's why the pizza dude drives like a maniac.
1. John Candy did his part at union rate/FREE for his friend John Hughes RIP both. 😇😇 2. The items in Kevin's bags were not the same as what he had a checkout. 3. Daniel Stern/Marv has arachnophobia. That's why he freaked out. (NOTE: tarantula spiders aren't venomous to humans but look scary). He insisted on only one take. His scream was dubbed in later so not to scare the spider. 4. "Angels with Filthy Souls" is not a real movie. 5. GOOF: Marv has tar all over his foot when he steps on the stairs but when he grabs his foot, and all the other scenes after that no tar. 6. NO WAY could a child get the rope tight enough between the house and treehouse without a winch of some kind. 7. There's ANOTHER NO WAY Kevin could clean up that fast. 8. Home Alone II is good. However, Kevin as good hearted as he is, he gets mean. 9. Macaulay Culkin worked with John Candy (and Hughes) in "Uncle Buck". That's how he got this gig. Great first time/share. HINT HINT
Have you seen "Little Miss Sunshine" (2006) A dark comedy about a dysfunctional family on a 2 days road trip from New Mexico to California, trying to get there in time for the younger kid's child beauty pageant. With: Abigail Breslin, Toni Collette, Steve Carell, Paul Dano
I remember having vicious arguments like that with my family when I was a kid. I cringe when I think about it now. The old man side plot is always one of my favorite parts when I watch this. I feel like I could potentially end up being the old man in the neighborhood that everyone is afraid of. 😂
I love watching new reactions to classic movies! Home Alone came out at the perfect time for me, as I was 8 years old when it was released, the same age as Kevin (though a couple of years younger than the actual age of Macaulay Culkin, the actor who played him). I'm also a bit of a know-it-all, so I tend to try to answer questions and post trivia about the movies in the comments. - The film is set in Winnetka, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago and one of the wealthiest communities in the US. - The part of the family that lives in the house includes Kevin, his parents, and his four older siblings: Buzz (the worst bully of the kids), Megan (the one who has the conversation with Buzz in Paris because she's worried about how Kevin is doing), Jeff (the Ron Weasley-looking boy who was also mean to Kevin) and Linnie (the girl who calls Kevin "les incompetent"). The rest of the kids are Kevin's cousins, the children of his dad's two brothers. Kevin's Uncle Frank (the really mean one who calls Kevin "little jerk") is taking care of not only his own kids, but the kids of the third McCallister brother, Kevin's Uncle Rob, who lives in Paris, and who has invited the rest of the family to spend Christmas with him there. - Buzz was making up wild stories about Old Man Marley, but he was correct about one thing: had there been any victims hidden in the salt, it WOULD have turned them into mummies, as salt draws all the moisture out of things and prevents decay. Ancient Egyptians used salt as an important part of making mummies. - The film takes place around 1990 (the year it was released), so airport security was much more relaxed and travelers didn't have to get to the airport nearly as far in advance of their flight times. - The reason Kevin screams (striking the famous "Home Alone" pose in the process) is because he was applying aftershave to his face, and it produced a painful burning sensation. - The scene in which Kevin's mom is trying to find a flight to Chicago takes place in Scranton, Pennsylvania, a few states east of Chicago. It would be a relatively short flight, but a very long drive, which is why it took so long for the polka band she eventually traveled with to get her back to her home. Milwaukee, where the polka band was going, is a couple of hours' drive north of Chicago. - I also thought Old Man Marley looked familiar, but in my case it was because he looked just like a US President from the late 1800s (Benjamin Harrison) and I was a history nerd as a little kid. - Early drafts of the script called for an ending scene that had the burglars in jail, watching TV. The "Angels With Filthy Souls" movie would have been on, and Marv would have suddenly realized where he had heard the name "Snakes" before...
I love that John Candy and Macaulay were reunited in this after Uncle Buck. Even though they weren't in a scene together, close enough. Also the funeral story by Candy was completely improvised, which makes it even more hilarious. Marv's spider death scream is legit. He had arachnophobia. The greatest crime in this movie certainly...is that Kevin didn't even get to eat his Macaroni and Cheese.. He is most known for this but also great in other films. "The Good Son" and "My Girl" I highly recommend. "What, now?" "No tomorrow ya egghead yeah now!" 😂
@@passionsquietrage Daniel Stern (Marv) was even concerned about screaming that loud, that close, to the spider & didn't want to do any damage the spider. The spider handler (real job) looked at Daniel Stern & said. Spiders: Don't have ears.
The city is Chicago. The airport is clearly Chicago O'Hare terminal 1 or 2. The airports supposed to portray French airports are NOT in France, at least not in Paris. Daniel Stern (Marv) is really arachnophobic and no one told him about the spider... his reaction is genuine. Home Alone 2 is advised too (not the subsequent ones).
19:03 Aftershave used to sting your face a bit. The combination of alcohol and harsh chemicals on skin that was already sensitive because of shaving wasn't pleasant.
I would have given up right after being shot in the sensitive bits. I'm going home and rethinking my life. 😂 Marv's spider scream is priceless. It is beyond funny. 🤣🤣
I actually know how it feels to step on an upturned nail, like what happened to Marv. I was fortunate, in that it didn't tear any muscles. And I was also lucky that someone had me dip my foot in a tub of cold water help the blood clot.
Probably the one big thing to happen for them to forget Kevin is that his dad accidentally tossed Kevin's ticket in the trash when they were cleaning up the milk.
if your alone and you think someone might try to break in, the following is advised: security system set up. Have certain lights set up that you leave on (both inside and out), even when you go to bed. Leave your car in a place people can see it, this places doubt in their mind. Ensure you have good locks on your doors.
I LOVE Home Alone! It is really unique but if you're looking to watch a similar movie (apart from the sequel) I recommend Baby's Day Out. It's about a baby from an upper class family who keeps outsmarting kidnappers who want him for ransom money. I watched it when I was a kid and I don't think it has the heartwarming quality that Home Alone has but I remember it being very funny.
actually, yes lots and LOTS of salt is used in mummification, however big the body is, 10 times as much salt is required (62kg body with an average volume of 75,000cc = 750,000cc of salt required), and it takes 70 days of dehydration to mummify.... so yes technically you could mummify a body is a trash can, but it would have to consume no more than 9% of the total volume of the can, as the rest would be salt, ergo the can in question is too small. mummification is mostly just dehydrating a body for preservation.
19:0518:59 he was putting on aftershave so ye it hurts specially for kids (specially the ones they had back then), for adult it stings like putting alcohol on a light wound
have you seen these other Christmas movies? 1.Bad Santa 2.Bad Sant 2 3.The Santa Clause Trilogy 4.A Christmas Story 5.National Lampoons Christmas Vacation 6.Four Christmases 7.The Ref 8.Gremlins 9.Die Hard 10.Die Hard 2 11.8-Bit Christmas 12.Scrooged 13.Scrooge 1951 14.A Christmas Carol 1984 15.A Muppets Christmas Carol 16.An American Christmas Carol 17.A Merry Friggin Christmas 18.The Night Before 19.One Magic Christmas 20.Trapped In Paradise 21.Deck The Halls 22.Jingle All The Way 23.Ernest Saves Christmas 24.Office Christmas Party 25.Surviving Christmas 26.All I Want For Christmas 27.Black Christmas 1974 28.KRampus 29.Better Watch Out 30Violent Night 31.Love The Coopers 32.Love Actually 33.The Family Man 34.The Family Stone 35.Prancer 36.Mircale On 34th Street 37.White Christmas 38.Red Christmas 39.Secret Santa 40.Just Friends 41.Fatman 42.Silent Night Deadly Night 43.Christmas Chronicles 44.Christmas With THe Kranks 45.Fred Claus 46.ELF 47.ITs A Wonderful Life 48.Holidy Inn 49.Jack FRost 50.The Holdovers
Home Alone is low key THE MOST violent movie ever made. Imagine if they made another version of what Marv and Harry would've looked like by the end of the movie if they showed if this was real? 🤣🤣🤣
OK young lady, now watch the best Christmas movie of all time.......1946s IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE. And, yes you will cry, but they will be tears of joy. Merry Christmas!
Quokka merch for Christmas 🤣 We went to Rotto in Sept and my wife pretty much got every piece of Quokka merch that was there; she even got a chokka quokka from the Margaret River Chocolate Company so, sorry to say, I don't want to see another quokka toy or merch for the next 10 years 😆
just to help with the family side of things: Kevin has four siblings and his two parents. Then Kevin has five cousins (on one side) plus his aunt and uncle. and on the other side Kevin has another aunt and uncle (who aren't in America) but their oldest daughter is staying with Kevin. i think that side of the family also has two or three younger siblings as well still living with the parents (also not in America). So yeah huge family. Yeah one problem is...getting a flight at christmas is not easy... Kevin put on aftershave...as men can tell you...afterhave can sting.
Nope. Chicago is in Illinois, in the middle of the USA. Scranton is in Pennsylvania, on the East Coast. It's a couple hours north of Philadelphia. Scranton to Chicago is a good 10 hours or so.
There are six Home Alone movies now and honestly 1 & 2 are the best, 3 & 5 are okay, and you can skip 4 & 6. Don’t worry, you won’t be missing anything by skipping them as after the second one they are all standalone movies. Also, I believe they said that the family lives in the suburbs in Chicago.
-Kevin's cousin Fuller is played by Macaulay Culkin's younger brother Kieran Culkin. -Harry's disguise doesn't actually say "Police." Most police officer costumes can't for legal reasons. -If you look closely, Kevin's ticket gets thrown away with all the napkins. That's why they wouldn't notice an extra ticket. -Pre-9/11 air travel was so much less of a hassle. -The Frenchwoman who Kate takes the phone from drops the F-bomb in French. - _Angels With Filthy Souls_ isn't a real movie. Its name comes from the James Cagney gangster flick _Angels With Dirty Faces_ . -The most unbelievable thing about this movie is that Kevin got all those groceries for $19.83. -Joe Pesci kept a swear jar on set because this is a family movie. -Harry's head being torched was done with the old Pepper's Ghost trick. There's a pane of glass in front of the camera, which reflected a mannequin getting set on fire onto Pesci. -John Candy had no scripted lines. He and Catherine O'Hara were part of Second City back in the 80s, and their entire interaction was improv. -Mel Torme re-recorded "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" for the movie.
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That’s great
Keep in mind that airport security before 9/11/2001 wasn’t as stringent and didn’t take as long to get through. Carry-on through the x-ray and step through the metal detector. They just wanted to make sure you weren’t packing a gun, knife, or bomb. They didn’t care about fluids.
9/11/2001 sure changed the rules.
You could even go through security without taking your shoes off. Oh, and you didn't actually need a boarding pass to go through, you could accompany people right to the gate.
The Richard Reed incident on December 22, 2001, changed airport security on shoes too!
I carried a pocket knife in my carry-on through several countries in August, 2001. None cared. 'twas a different time.
In the 90s at my small city airport, I arrived and walked right on the airplane as they were closing the door no security check at all ! Ahhh..... the good ole dayz ✌️😎
The actor who played Kevin's cousin Fuller was actually Macaulay Culken's (Kevin) brother, Kieran.
Kevin would not get into trouble for protecting his home. Illinois where this story took place is one of many states that have a Castle Law. Simply put, a person has the right to use whatever means to protect their home and themselves to include deadly force.
true... but not always, its selectively applied for example in one case a person might kill an intruder and get away with it, in anther case a remember a black woman firing warning shots and she's now in jail for it. castle law is also outdated in its absolute form as many states have on their books which conflicts with principals under federal law which supercedes state law. for castle law to be absolute, the federal government would have to both adopt it AND apply it equally, currently they do neither.
but yes as long as the feds chose not to get involved castle law would protect him.
Kevin was screaming in bathroom cause he put on aftershave 😅
"Keep the change, ya filthy animal!"
That's a better movie quote than even, "Noooo, I am your father."
Okay stupid amphibia character
"Always leaving the water running. Now we know each and every house that you've hit."
Some fun behind-the-scenes trivia about the film...
- Fuller (the little kid who has a reputation for wetting the bed) was played by Macaulay Culkin's real-life brother, Kieran Culkin.
- Catherine O'Hara, who played the mom, still sends Macaulay a Christmas card every year, signed "Mom"!
- The cast and crew for the movie had a very wholesome relationship with many of the people who lived in the neighborhood where the movie was being filmed. The owners of the house across the street from the one that served as the McCallister house in the film let the cast and crew rest in their basement while they were off duty. They were invited to the 90th birthday of another neighbor lady and Macaulay sang "Happy Birthday" to her.
- The movie Kevin is initially scared by and later uses to trick the pizza guy and the burglars, "Angels with Filthy Souls", was created and filmed specifically for "Home Alone" rather than actually being an old gangster movie.
- John Candy ad-libbed most of his lines, including the story of leaving a child in a funeral home.
- The flooded basement scene was actually filmed in the swimming pool of a school located near the "Home Alone House".
- Macaulay still has a scar on one of his fingers because Joe Pesci got a bit too carried away during one take of the "finger biting" scene and accidentally bit his finger a little too hard!
No one's mentioned that Joe Pesci had also just done Goodfellas (Academy Award winner), two completely different movies.
He was screaming because he put aftershave on and it stings a bit lol
I was thinking about it and i think he was only pretending cuz he seen his dad do it. The only reason it would sting is because the cuts/micro cuts after shaving which i dont think he did
@@KurticeYZreactsI thought about that, but also wondered if little kids have sensitive skin that made make it burn.
@@KurticeYZreactsKids who are naughty and play would probably have some micro cuts on their face.
@@benrast1755 thats possible as well
@@benrast1755 yep i looked it up, you're right
The guy offering Kevin's mom a ride back to Chicago was John Candy. He and Catherine O'Hara (Kevin's mom) co-starred with several other actors in the Canadian TV show SCTV, which involved fake celebrities at a fake TV station.
The Good Son is about Kevin being a psycho.
The guy that offers Kevin’s mum a lift in their van is called John Candy. He’s done some fantastic films such as Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Uncle Buck and my personal favourite Cool Runnings
Don't forget that he played "Barf" in Spaceballs!
He was also the voice of Wilbur, the albatross air from Walt Disney‘s. The rescue was down under.
Rescuers Down under
@@patrickmccarthy3421 You can edit your comments, click on the three dots on the right side.
It was Keven's performance as a side character in "Uncle Buck" that made the Director say, this kid can carry a movie on his own. & That's what got him "Home Alone".
Fun fact: Scranton, PA is roughly a 13-14 hour drive from Milwaulkee, WI through Chicago with no stops. And yes, that's the most direct route.
Add 6 hours on a bus, for all the stops, refueling, and driver changes
Sounds great for travel. And after that, you’d sleep good there.
Dad is an advertising executive and mom is a fashion designer. Everyone always wonders how they can afford to live in expensive Chicago and go to Paris for Christmas
Advertising executive? I thought he was an accountant
@@patrickmccarthy3421Everyone knows he's a mafia underboss
I mean, one look at the house should disuade any doubt about how they can afford the trip to paris.
@@passionsquietrage According to Harry, it's the house he's most looked forward to burgling in a neighborhood full of extremely fancy homes. They're basically the wealthiest family in a wealthy neighborhood.
@StarkRG So yeah they're loaded af then.
I've watched Home Alone, Home Alone 2 and Home Alone 3 so many times and they always make me laugh !
You missed the mother explaining over the phone that her husband's brother is also at the house with his wives and kids because they are traveling to Europe together for Christmas. The brother-in-law and his family do not live in the house.
There are quite a few videos on RUclips where Emergency Room doctors, and trauma surgeons, discuss the real life injuries that Harry and Marv would’ve sustained trying to get into Kevin’s house, and they’re really entertaining to watch.
Most of them conclude they would have died several times over.
When it comes to traveling and flying abroad before 9/11 (2001) security was more flexible you could even get close to the gate without a ticket to say good bye to family and friends.
So a lot of the older movies you can clearly see the difference of before and after the 2000s and TSA
You could get right up to the gate. I remember going to pick up relatives, waiting at the gate for them to come off the plane.
When they had the house selected as well as other locations they were getting ready to start shooting in a couple days. It was discussed regardless of what scene was scheduled if it was snowing & a thick snowfall was building up regardless of what was scheduled it was stopped & they would shoot the snowy house. When the production team woke up the following morning it was snowing & a thick snowfall was building up. The Director was oh sh*t. We're doing it, right now. Everybody up LET'S GO.
Check out the movies Home Alone 2: Lost in New York(1992), Richie Rich(1994), The Goonies(1985), and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids(1989).
So funny that almost all reactors think the iron falling on marvs face was turned on/Hot....if you get slapped in the face, your face turns Red and the slapping hand wasnt hot😂
This, Home Alone 2, Scrooged & Christmas Vacation are great fun.
Christmas Vacation I will give you. I'll take your Scrooged and raise you a "Christmas Story"
@@maureenseel118 Honestly, at 48yrs old, I have seen A Christmas Story so many times, I am currently on a 10 year break from it. However, you're right about it being on that list. It's a classic and is hysterical.
gosh everyone used to say "keep the change ya filthy animal" back in the day when this was brand new.
John Candy is just pure magic in his 5 mins of screen time.
Can't wait to get stuck into this reaction. Also now that you've watched this.. you GOTTA react to Home Alone 2! 🎉
I knew nothing about this film when it was released. At the theatre, I'd NEVER heard so much laughter, ever!
I am dating myself a bit, but I saw this in theaters as a kid when I was maybe a year or two older than Kevin. I was also the "problem kid" in my family, so I identified SOOOO much with Kevin feeling like he's always in trouble. Love this movie and watch every year.
the house in the movie went up for sale a few years ago. the price was $3.8 million usd
The house I like. Stranger stopping in front of my house & taking picture every day would quickly get old.
@@mrtim5363i would make money from it. Invite them into the house for $40
Kevin screams when he smacks his face because he put aftershave on, which can have a burning sensation.
Oddly enough Roberts Blossom who played "Marley" actually did play a killer in the movie "Deranged: the confessions of a necrophile" (1974) which was loosely based on the real life American serial killer Ed Gein AKA "The Ghoul of Plainfield".
10:09 In 1990 there was almost no airport security. At big airports you had to put your carry-on thru an x- ray machine and walk thru a metal detector but that was it, no taking off belts and shoes, and the only reason you got a rectal exam from the security there, is if you were carrying a gun or sword.
After this movie watched home alone 2 lost in New York and home alone 3 my favourite Christmas movies
Speculating about him going to juvie for manslaughter gave me a good laugh!
He probably wouldn't, though, rich people get away with everything.
Saw this movie in theaters Thanksgiving Day 1990 & it’s been my favorite Christmas movie ever since. Thank you for sharing!! 🤘🏻😉
I used to think that the gangster movie was real until I saw the actor who plays Johnny in another movie a year later.
I love the part when Harry screams when his hat got burned 😅
If you noticed on the car of the pizza delivery it said "In 20 mins or it's free". Lots of pizza places tried to get pizza to the customers in under half an hour back then. Domino's being a prime example. This resulted in a lot of traffic accidents so that's no longer a thing. But yeah, that's why the pizza dude drives like a maniac.
She said it in the video. I guess you didnt watch the whole thing
@zedwpd didn't need the attitude
1. John Candy did his part at union rate/FREE for his friend John Hughes
RIP both. 😇😇
2. The items in Kevin's bags were not the same as what he had a checkout.
3. Daniel Stern/Marv has arachnophobia. That's why he freaked out. (NOTE: tarantula spiders aren't venomous to humans but look scary). He insisted on only one take. His scream was dubbed in later so not to scare the spider.
4. "Angels with Filthy Souls" is not a real movie.
5. GOOF: Marv has tar all over his foot when he steps on the stairs but when he grabs his foot, and all the other scenes after that no tar.
6. NO WAY could a child get the rope tight enough between the house and treehouse without a winch of some kind.
7. There's ANOTHER NO WAY Kevin could clean up that fast.
8. Home Alone II is good. However, Kevin as good hearted as he is, he gets mean.
9. Macaulay Culkin worked with John Candy (and Hughes) in "Uncle Buck".
That's how he got this gig. Great first time/share. HINT HINT
1:57 They are not rich, just a middle class family, back then things were cheaper than they are today.
Peter is a lawyer and Kate is a fashion designer
Have you seen "Little Miss Sunshine" (2006)
A dark comedy about a dysfunctional family on a 2 days road trip from New Mexico to California, trying to get there in time for the younger kid's child beauty pageant.
With: Abigail Breslin, Toni Collette, Steve Carell, Paul Dano
I remember having vicious arguments like that with my family when I was a kid.
I cringe when I think about it now.
The old man side plot is always one of my favorite parts when I watch this.
I feel like I could potentially end up being the old man in the neighborhood that everyone is afraid of. 😂
I love watching new reactions to classic movies! Home Alone came out at the perfect time for me, as I was 8 years old when it was released, the same age as Kevin (though a couple of years younger than the actual age of Macaulay Culkin, the actor who played him). I'm also a bit of a know-it-all, so I tend to try to answer questions and post trivia about the movies in the comments.
- The film is set in Winnetka, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago and one of the wealthiest communities in the US.
- The part of the family that lives in the house includes Kevin, his parents, and his four older siblings: Buzz (the worst bully of the kids), Megan (the one who has the conversation with Buzz in Paris because she's worried about how Kevin is doing), Jeff (the Ron Weasley-looking boy who was also mean to Kevin) and Linnie (the girl who calls Kevin "les incompetent"). The rest of the kids are Kevin's cousins, the children of his dad's two brothers. Kevin's Uncle Frank (the really mean one who calls Kevin "little jerk") is taking care of not only his own kids, but the kids of the third McCallister brother, Kevin's Uncle Rob, who lives in Paris, and who has invited the rest of the family to spend Christmas with him there.
- Buzz was making up wild stories about Old Man Marley, but he was correct about one thing: had there been any victims hidden in the salt, it WOULD have turned them into mummies, as salt draws all the moisture out of things and prevents decay. Ancient Egyptians used salt as an important part of making mummies.
- The film takes place around 1990 (the year it was released), so airport security was much more relaxed and travelers didn't have to get to the airport nearly as far in advance of their flight times.
- The reason Kevin screams (striking the famous "Home Alone" pose in the process) is because he was applying aftershave to his face, and it produced a painful burning sensation.
- The scene in which Kevin's mom is trying to find a flight to Chicago takes place in Scranton, Pennsylvania, a few states east of Chicago. It would be a relatively short flight, but a very long drive, which is why it took so long for the polka band she eventually traveled with to get her back to her home. Milwaukee, where the polka band was going, is a couple of hours' drive north of Chicago.
- I also thought Old Man Marley looked familiar, but in my case it was because he looked just like a US President from the late 1800s (Benjamin Harrison) and I was a history nerd as a little kid.
- Early drafts of the script called for an ending scene that had the burglars in jail, watching TV. The "Angels With Filthy Souls" movie would have been on, and Marv would have suddenly realized where he had heard the name "Snakes" before...
I love that John Candy and Macaulay were reunited in this after Uncle Buck. Even though they weren't in a scene together, close enough. Also the funeral story by Candy was completely improvised, which makes it even more hilarious. Marv's spider death scream is legit. He had arachnophobia. The greatest crime in this movie certainly...is that Kevin didn't even get to eat his Macaroni and Cheese.. He is most known for this but also great in other films. "The Good Son" and "My Girl" I highly recommend. "What, now?" "No tomorrow ya egghead yeah now!" 😂
That scream kills me every time 😂🤣😂🤣 Kudos to Daniel Stern(Marv)for being a good sport and not letting his fear stop him from doing the scene.
@@passionsquietrage Daniel Stern (Marv) was even concerned about screaming that loud, that close, to the spider & didn't want to do any damage the spider. The spider handler (real job) looked at Daniel Stern & said. Spiders: Don't have ears.
I wasn’t planning on watching a holiday movie but your smile is too infectious to pass up. Great reaction ! 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
The city is Chicago. The airport is clearly Chicago O'Hare terminal 1 or 2.
The airports supposed to portray French airports are NOT in France, at least not in Paris.
Daniel Stern (Marv) is really arachnophobic and no one told him about the spider... his reaction is genuine.
Home Alone 2 is advised too (not the subsequent ones).
19:03 Aftershave used to sting your face a bit. The combination of alcohol and harsh chemicals on skin that was already sensitive because of shaving wasn't pleasant.
I would have given up right after being shot in the sensitive bits. I'm going home and rethinking my life. 😂
Marv's spider scream is priceless. It is beyond funny. 🤣🤣
Aftershave tends to burn a little bit and that's why Kevin screamed in the bathroom.
I'm new to your channel thankyou for welcoming me , on a festive season ❤️🎄
I actually know how it feels to step on an upturned nail, like what happened to Marv. I was fortunate, in that it didn't tear any muscles. And I was also lucky that someone had me dip my foot in a tub of cold water help the blood clot.
That sweater looks fabulous. Home Alone is a favorite of mine around the holidays. You have to watch Home Alone 2.
Probably the one big thing to happen for them to forget Kevin is that his dad accidentally tossed Kevin's ticket in the trash when they were cleaning up the milk.
Cant wait for home alone 2 lost in new york. I watched it more than the 1st one as a kid 😂
17:20 mr. heckles lol
What a crossover lol! Just started the video, hope she recognises him 😂
New subscriber to a fellow Aussie.
Thank you for the support! Appreciate it 🤍🤍
Fosters up mate.
RIP the Kraft mac n cheese.
It's fine, it'll reheat in the microwave.
I have Home Alone and Home Alone 2 on DVD and sometimes watch them in the middle of July just to pick my spirits up !
if your alone and you think someone might try to break in, the following is advised:
security system set up.
Have certain lights set up that you leave on (both inside and out), even when you go to bed.
Leave your car in a place people can see it, this places doubt in their mind.
Ensure you have good locks on your doors.
And keep your gun handy.
Getting ice-skate blades to the face has been a reality for a few Hockey players.. scary indeed.
The old man passed away real life RIP
RIP
Roberts Blossom
(1924-2011)
22:55 I was obsessed as a kid, that scene was peak childhood.
I LOVE Home Alone! It is really unique but if you're looking to watch a similar movie (apart from the sequel) I recommend Baby's Day Out. It's about a baby from an upper class family who keeps outsmarting kidnappers who want him for ransom money. I watched it when I was a kid and I don't think it has the heartwarming quality that Home Alone has but I remember it being very funny.
You MUST do It’s Wonderful Life (1946). It’s the best Christmas movie ever made!
@oneisone7350: "It's a wonderful life" (1946) is the best Christmas movie ever made!
John Mclane: Hold my machine gun...
29:23 Scranton is like 700ish miles (by plane) from Chicago, almost 800 miles to drive there.
Fun Fact:The whole inside of the house is Red & Green
actually, yes lots and LOTS of salt is used in mummification, however big the body is, 10 times as much salt is required (62kg body with an average volume of 75,000cc = 750,000cc of salt required), and it takes 70 days of dehydration to mummify.... so yes technically you could mummify a body is a trash can, but it would have to consume no more than 9% of the total volume of the can, as the rest would be salt, ergo the can in question is too small.
mummification is mostly just dehydrating a body for preservation.
This movie is such a classic. It’s my essential December rewatch. ❤
Fred Clause is another great Christmas movie with a really good message in it.
Definitely a Christmas staple
i just watched this movie this weekend, it's a tradition every December.
45:11 How humiliated could Harry have felt, when looking at Kevin?
Scranton is in Pennsylvania, so, yes, it's far (it's east of Ohio). Milwaukee is a city in Wisconsin, which is north of Chicago, Illinois.
a holiday classic! 🎄
one of my favorite movies growing up on tv
19:05 18:59 he was putting on aftershave so ye it hurts specially for kids (specially the ones they had back then), for adult it stings like putting alcohol on a light wound
We need home alone 2
You should check out Home Alone 2! It’s my favorite of the series!
the second part is also a must watch
If this wasnt a family/kids movie those two theives would have been dead by the end of it LOL
It’s approximately an 11 hour drive from Scranton PA to Chicago Il.
have you seen these other Christmas movies?
1.Bad Santa 2.Bad Sant 2 3.The Santa Clause Trilogy 4.A Christmas Story 5.National Lampoons Christmas Vacation 6.Four Christmases 7.The Ref 8.Gremlins 9.Die Hard 10.Die Hard 2 11.8-Bit Christmas 12.Scrooged 13.Scrooge 1951 14.A Christmas Carol 1984 15.A Muppets Christmas Carol 16.An American Christmas Carol 17.A Merry Friggin Christmas 18.The Night Before 19.One Magic Christmas 20.Trapped In Paradise 21.Deck The Halls 22.Jingle All The Way 23.Ernest Saves Christmas 24.Office Christmas Party 25.Surviving Christmas 26.All I Want For Christmas 27.Black Christmas 1974 28.KRampus 29.Better Watch Out 30Violent Night 31.Love The Coopers 32.Love Actually 33.The Family Man 34.The Family Stone 35.Prancer 36.Mircale On 34th Street 37.White Christmas 38.Red Christmas 39.Secret Santa 40.Just Friends 41.Fatman 42.Silent Night Deadly Night 43.Christmas Chronicles 44.Christmas With THe Kranks 45.Fred Claus 46.ELF 47.ITs A Wonderful Life 48.Holidy Inn 49.Jack FRost 50.The Holdovers
Home Alone is low key THE MOST violent movie ever made. Imagine if they made another version of what Marv and Harry would've looked like by the end of the movie if they showed if this was real? 🤣🤣🤣
Seeing as salt preserves meat, I'm guessing it could be used to mummify.
Yep, they used natron, a type of salt in the mummification process.
"The old man got to me."
OK young lady, now watch the best Christmas movie of all time.......1946s IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE. And, yes you will cry, but they will be tears of joy. Merry Christmas!
Awesome that you will watch Home Alone 2 aswell! But please watch Home Alone 3 too🤩
Quokka merch for Christmas 🤣
We went to Rotto in Sept and my wife pretty much got every piece of Quokka merch that was there; she even got a chokka quokka from the Margaret River Chocolate Company so, sorry to say, I don't want to see another quokka toy or merch for the next 10 years 😆
just to help with the family side of things:
Kevin has four siblings and his two parents.
Then Kevin has five cousins (on one side) plus his aunt and uncle.
and on the other side Kevin has another aunt and uncle (who aren't in America) but their oldest daughter is staying with Kevin. i think that side of the family also has two or three younger siblings as well still living with the parents (also not in America).
So yeah huge family.
Yeah one problem is...getting a flight at christmas is not easy...
Kevin put on aftershave...as men can tell you...afterhave can sting.
38:56 no it wasn't the imprint on Marv's face is from how hard the iron hit him the same thing would happen if he got booted in the face
I love this movie.🍿 great reaction
I'm also Australian and never seen snow before. I used to get jealous of American families at Christmas time (before I knew better about America 😄)
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I'm guessing your opinion on Americans doesn't come from firsthand experience.
Parts of America. Many parts never get snow.
Ohhhh. So edgy.
Nope. Chicago is in Illinois, in the middle of the USA. Scranton is in Pennsylvania, on the East Coast. It's a couple hours north of Philadelphia. Scranton to Chicago is a good 10 hours or so.
There are six Home Alone movies now and honestly 1 & 2 are the best, 3 & 5 are okay, and you can skip 4 & 6. Don’t worry, you won’t be missing anything by skipping them as after the second one they are all standalone movies. Also, I believe they said that the family lives in the suburbs in Chicago.
Very good but painful Christmas classic!
Should also check out Home Alone 3, different family and situation, but still a really good movie.
This is Jigsaw as a kid lol
I love your accent and your smile
I'm meeting Macaulay Culkin on Sunday!!!
-Kevin's cousin Fuller is played by Macaulay Culkin's younger brother Kieran Culkin.
-Harry's disguise doesn't actually say "Police." Most police officer costumes can't for legal reasons.
-If you look closely, Kevin's ticket gets thrown away with all the napkins. That's why they wouldn't notice an extra ticket.
-Pre-9/11 air travel was so much less of a hassle.
-The Frenchwoman who Kate takes the phone from drops the F-bomb in French.
- _Angels With Filthy Souls_ isn't a real movie. Its name comes from the James Cagney gangster flick _Angels With Dirty Faces_ .
-The most unbelievable thing about this movie is that Kevin got all those groceries for $19.83.
-Joe Pesci kept a swear jar on set because this is a family movie.
-Harry's head being torched was done with the old Pepper's Ghost trick. There's a pane of glass in front of the camera, which reflected a mannequin getting set on fire onto Pesci.
-John Candy had no scripted lines. He and Catherine O'Hara were part of Second City back in the 80s, and their entire interaction was improv.
-Mel Torme re-recorded "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" for the movie.
19:12 He shaved his face and tried his dad’s products. after shave stings like hell because it has some rubbing alcohol as an ingredient