I used to love 2 as a kid, but as an adult it's a lazy sequel. It takes what was originally a coming of age story and twists it into Kevin being irresponsible with his parents' credit card like a brat The traps were awesome though
@@SonofTiamat I still love Home Alone 2. You can't say that it's not a bad sequel. I praised Culkin, Pesci and Stern for their performances. And Kevin does become a responsible person by stopping Harry and Marv from Duncan's Toy store. Remember: "you can mess with a lot of things, but you can't mess with kids on Christmas." Kevin McAllister.
@@davidmckesey7119 I admit that I don't care about Home Alone 3 because I'm stubbornly devoted to Macaulay Culkin as a kid. But with this, I think maybe they should have stopped with number three.
In the original Kevin actually had a reason to hate his family. They were all mean to him and pushed him around to the point if you were in Kevin’s shoes you would probably wish them away too. In this film the kid barely has a reason to want to be Home Alone other then being an obnoxious brat. He doesn’t go through a character arc of growing up and he barely even seems to miss his family when they are gone.
I'm a youngest sibling also named Kevin. I grew up wishing my older brothers would dissappear. That's probably why I loved the first two Home Alone movies.
Add on to the fact that the MCallisters live in a huge house and you could imagine the headache of keeping that much of a check on everyone of those siblings in such a big environment
@@CursedCaptainGaming and on top of it sympathetic antagonists do not work in this franchise. The Wet Bendits worked well because they were actually bad guys you could root against.
Something I never noticed as a kid about the original home alone is when Kevin wakes up and goes around the house, the shots are specifically designed to show all the tools he uses for traps later (in addition to showing Kevin’s bewilderment). Buzz’s room shot now reveals the BB gun, the basement shows the clothes iron, etc. So much care went into the original film.
In the original Kevin has many siblings as the McCallisters are a big family, so its understandable how he could easily get lost as his parents are busy juggling so many children. Max is an only child. So for his mum to not notice his absence is just negligent of her as a parent.
And it didn’t help nobody noticed the neighbor boy coming over and was talking to the airport van drivers so when one of the older girls is asked to take a head.count she counted him as Kevin being there who was actually going through there stuff in one of the vans so it was assumed at the time everyone was there when in reality everyone wasn’t there
It also makes sense because they thought they counted him when they counted that neighbor kid who shows up and starts rummaging through their luggage. This is just a couple of parents who need child services called on them.
A reminder that this franchise became so horrible when they offered Daniel Stern to reprise his role in part 4 he read the script and said, and I quote "Its an insult. Total garbage"
I’m gonna get hated for saying this, but I kinda liked Home Alone 4. Yeah the kid actor sucked and French Stewart was NOT MARV and the kid WAS NOT KEVIN!!! Heck none of those actors were the original characters. The story was decent and I really liked the house the dad had. If they had just used a different set of characters like they did with 3 and 5 I would have liked it way more.
Im sorry I could care less what the guy who not only starred in Bushwhacked but also A Christmas Story 2.....Clearly he doesn't care what is "garbage" but wanted to sound hip to the 30-40 year olds complaining about children's movies, while they let Spongebob Squarepants lower their kids IQ
@@lutherheggs451 I'm glad you made this comment because there may or may not be people here that care about Daniel Stern's opinion on Home Alone 4 - that's obviously contested - but there's no doubt that everyone is super keen to hear what Luther Heggs thinks about Daniel Stern.
“Max himself doesn’t want to call the police because he thinks his parents will get arrested.” This movie seriously underestimates the vindictiveness of children in the 7-10 age bracket.
Rewatched the original recently and I had forgotten how far into the movie the actual break in happened, and takes up a pretty short part of the movie. Kevin went through so much character growth before that even happened, as he figured out how to take care of himself and miss his family. Some many funny moments (even as small as the shopping bags breaking), and sweet personal growth moments (the conversation with the old neighbour in the church) happen before the break in, so we already really like the kid when it happens. And best part is that it feels like genuine growth, because he comes to the realisation himself that he doesn't feel right, no one makes him become better, though the old guy helps him make sense of it. By the time the thieves break in he's gone from a kid who lashes out in frustration and can't pack his own suitcase to a kid that can take care of himself. He becomes a good kid trying to defend himself and his home. Sequels that focus on the break in and push that as slapstick comedy miss all of that character growth of the kid and the family that makes it such a great movie.
In the original two films, Kevin sounded like his dialogue was written for a kid. This new script, the new kid has dialogue that sounds like it was written for Ricky Gervais.
@@jugularmusic undoubtedly, just imagining Ricky Gervais acting like a child in home alone with that dialogue is probably funnier than the actual movie though
So you’re telling me an actual human (or humans) wrote a story where a working class couple is tortured for an hour and a half by a rich beaver clown and expected most people to like it? Stay classy Disney.
@@channelofstuff6662 nah. As annoying as neoliberal slacktivist are, most of them, regardless of whether they actually practice what they preach, tend to dislike capitalists and the upper class.
@@ayrahn7893 Clearly you haven't been paying attention to the evolution of the Democratic party in the US. The upper class neoliberal "it's just $1 more per pound for your turkey" establishment run the show. The anti-capitalist socialist Bernie Sanders wing is just along for the ride.
@@matthewdunphy8524 that’s actually my fault for even using the word “Neoliberal,” lol. But nah it’s pretty obvious who actually runs shit, which is why in hindsight those who actually backed Bernie (me included) should’ve known better than to think the Dems would’ve ever let him make it too far.
@@ut2k4wikichici film idea: Imagine if they made a film where kevin and buzz (who are still a cop and a home security guy) work together to apprehend a couple of burgalars who are responsible for a string of house robberies.
@@gloomyscribbles IDK man... I kinda liked Mac's cameo in Driv3rs. Where an unnamed character is strongly implied to be a 35 y.o. mental case Kevin who has taken to cannibalism. And the award winning reprisal of Marv by Daniel Stern as a response vid.
Interesting behind the scenes fact: Andrew Daly is not physically in the scene when they realize Max is missing is because he received a positive COVID diagnosis and has to miss shooting that sequence. That's why he's portrayed as "in the bathroom," and and his voice was added in post-production. So Max's dad was originally intended to care more!
A deleted scene from Home Alone 2 showed that Harry and Marv rationalized robbery during the holidays due to the commercialization of Christmas. It was removed because it made them too sympathetic.
That was a better decision I think. People knew right from wrong and good from bad most times back then. Now there's too many stories about bad guys and society's image of good/bad has been tainted now.
@@adamsultana8380 > People knew right from wrong and good from bad most times back then IDK if it is a matter of less people knowing right from wrong or not, I mean, on one hand social media + advancements in tech DO make instances of bad much more visible much more quickly, I really don't know ... it is possible, surely, I just don't know.
I guess the worldwide grouchiness caused by covid is the reason. Still, how can they have so much trouble making a movie where the hero is heroic, and the villains are total scumbags that deserve the pain and humiliation they get?
One simple fix to have an understandable villain without making the good guy seem like an asshole. Have the couple sell their doll to them for cheap, then learn its worth 200k, and they try and steal it back. You can understand why they want to steal it back but they're not justified in what they're doing.
Once I saw they cast Ellie Kemper as one of the "villains" I knew it was doomed. For a comedy like this, you do not cast someone as naturally bubbly and likable as her as the character you're supposed to cheer against.
I'm deeply uncomfortable with how... refreshing? it is? to see physical abuse happen to a cute lady in a movie? Let's just not do movies like this how's that..
There are a lot of different ways this movie could of went and worked. Maybe Ellie and husband break into the house of a psychotic little boy to get the doll back. Or something that flips the Home Alone story, where the little boy is the villain. Every successive Home Alone movie, I hate each new little brat more and more. Yet Mac is still likable 30 years later.
I'm writing a villain in a story, and whenever I look at this movie, it gives me the motivation to keep going, knowing I'll never suck as hard as this.
I think it's more that people assumed a straight villain that's just evil for the hell of it isn't entertaining and that one has to go 'deeper.' They forget that sometimes it's just fun to root against the bad guy because they're bad.
To me, showing kids bad movies and saying “whatever, it’s for kids” is like intentionally buying a shitty car seat and saying “whatever, it’s for kids.”
"Home Alone" was an idea that works for one movie. The second one worked because of the return of the original characters and actors. Once that was gone from the following movies, it doesn't work.
@THEmetalsonic101 The first was a classic. The second rehashed a lot of the things from the first one (showing that it was a one-idea franchise). However, having most of the original characters back from the first film, plus the hilarious efforts of Tim Curry, made the second film work, and it kept most of its charm. Any other movie, once there were no characters from the original film, didn't work and therefore sucked.
2nd is a better move than the first but most people dont agree because it was to similar to the first. 3rd was solid considering what they were up against. Rest shouldnt exist
@@SSGeorgie I love them both honestly. I do have a special place for Home Alone 2 though. Me being 13 and going to New York, I went to all the places in the movie. Even went to his hotel room. This was in like 2004.
The Original Home Alone 1 and 2 is so nostalgic simply because all character are likeable, yes.... even the burglar. Home Sweet Home Alone : "a brat torturing 2 adults for no reason" and Disney hope that people will gonna like that brat.
One more thing about this movie I noticed while watching this review: the traps. In the original Home Alone movies, the traps were actual _traps._ All of Harry and Marv's slapstick injuries came about due to their own carelessness and stupidity, with the most interaction from Kevin basically being "push a button." Meanwhile, a lot of Max's traps just consist of him _directly attacking_ the "villains." Not only is this lazier, but it just adds on to the cruelty of the premise.
I think some of the traps are more horror movie style. Like the woman almost gets her feet burned or the man burglar in a trailer clip nearly gets stabbed by icicles? Sure these are rejected Friday the 13th traps?
@@Thomasmemoryscentral Bruh, Blowtorch to the head, Straight up Electrocution, Burning the rope causing the sticky bandits to fall. The original Home Alones has their "Kevin is a psycho" moments too lol
as @Kaimax_61 said: you're forgetting A LOT of moments of the first two movies. I'm thinking about the compressed air rifle, or the paint cans, for example.
@@phabiorules yeah that makes sense. They need to get out of the business of running a business, and back into the business of making products sold to customers for money.
The original Home Alones (and any original version of any movie for that matter) are like spontaneous true friendship. You never saw it coming, you never planned for it, but you have that best friend for the rest of your life.
He did that part as a favor to the director that he owed him. Candy gave the director 24 hours with him. The director used alll 24 hours with candy. The rest is movie history.
Home alone, can't exist with cell phones. "He's gonna call the cops!" "From a tree house!?" That's why none of the reboots matter. Too many ways to not be alone.
@Barnaby Wentworth because it doesn't matter, tbh. You just need a plot device to take the phone out of play. If it's plausible, no one will care how it happens except for a minority of audience members that overthink it. For years lots of movies just pretended that the internet and cellphones didn't even exist (90s to 00s iirc), and even though people would joke about it, they were still able to suspend their disbelief during the movies. Realism isn't always paramount in film. I do think writers shouldn't use the same device every time but only because it becomes cliche.
For sure, we don’t need to see much of how the kid got left alone or that setup because we’ve seen it. Like six times. It would be really funny if it started like a normal movie focusing on this couple and you think that they’re gonna leave their kids home alone but the twist happens and they end up breaking into this little shits house
@Brupcat It really goes to show you how big of a difference a good director can make. Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit was phenomenal and this same kid was great, but here in this movie, I found his character unbearable. The movie as a whole isn’t as bad as people make it out to be though.
Perfect, two friends in hard times who have to pay the bills in an illegal way because legal avenues of revenue are always so shut off, taking on a narcissistic spoiled brat, that's a decent remake.
In order for this mess to get made, someone had to say: "let's make the kid a cruel selfish brat, and make the burglars totally sympathetic...then have the kid torture them anyway." Then someone else had to say "great idea, let's go with that." Just imagine.
Rich Hollywood executives greenlit a movie where a rich kid who happens to be very spoiled attempts to murder two adults with low income who've resorted to burglary to get by and that attempted murderer is presented as the good guy. I'm shocked.
What you expect from SNL writers? SNL has been a total dumpster fire the last 10 years and are not even remotely funny anymore. Like SNL they probably thought mean spirited and cruel humour was the way to go, but they are no John Hughes, so they should’ve gone a totally different route
I always thought a cool Home Alone premise would be in an area, where a massive cold frost and snow storm is hitting. To the point most the town is empty. Parents are trying to get back, but are constantly lost in the blizzard. Meanwhile there are a group of looters trying to capitalize off of the vacancy of most the town.
The enjoyability of Home Alone depended on watching _specifically_ Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern get hurt as much as it depended on Mac's charisma as a child actor, if not more.
Like yeah, I could still genuinely go for a sequel with an adult Kevin versus the finally-released-from-prison Wet Bandits, even though that'd basically just be a zanier Die Hard where the protagonist beats the crap out of a pair of elderly men.
@@TerrenceNowicki However, they have escaped from prison, attempted to rob a place, attempted to kidnap Kevin, and then tried to kill him, all this would lead to WAY MORE than 30 years, I don't even know if they'll get parole
The problem is that Disney doesn't know how to write villains, anymore. The "villains" are the good guys and the "hero" is the bad guy. This is not good writing.
I tried to get my 4 year old to watch this. He yelled a me and said “I want to watch home alone 1.” So I asked him why he didn’t like it and he said “the kid isn’t cool” and “he’s not a real 8 year old.” The people have spoken.
If I took a crack at a Home Alone in-cannon reboot, I think I'd make it so that Kevin is with his nephew and niece, indirectly, while their home is being broken into. You could set it up in a subversion where Butch is now a rich doctor with a beautiful French wife, and they have two children. Kevin is tasked with watching the kids while they are away for the holidays. Kevin could be away while the house is broken into so that he can't reenter, but video chat the kids and help them setup a defense around the house, telling them he's been in this situation before. At some point he could go radio silent, creating a couple new elements of conflict, and giving the kids a chance to stand alone as characters. Having two kids changes the Home Alone dynamic, where the stakes are reduced, but the family element can be explored like it hasn't been so far in the franchise. Coupled with their relationship with Kevin and his different relationship with Butch, you could explore similar concepts to the first movie while keeping them new, and focused around a teamwork aspect. I think you could do the same with the villains, casting an ensemble similar to Die Hard, where they are more competent and played straight, using reconnaissance and modern technology. Making them into a real threat. I think this would really create a great breakaway from the slapstick making it all the more ridiculous when it happens.
You sir, are a saint. Do you understand how many people you saved the mental anguish of having to watch twenty minutes of this movie before they turn it off? Thank you.
An element I don't get is how modern comedy writers smear nastiness, negativity, and an overwhelming sense of nihilism into their writing. Comedy used to be funny because it was either relatable or outrageous, while being intelligently constructed. Now we're supposed to find assholes who do bad things to people and laugh while they do it funny. I simply don't understand it.
Its why I hate "It's Always Sunny". Every Character is terrible without a shred of goodness in them and Im supposed to enjoy watching these terrible people do terrible things to others for entertainment.
@@an3582 At least the Sunny characters are typically punished for being horrible people. Unlike this movie, apparently. Delighting in the torturing of innocent people at the hands of a spoiled child... weird.
@@Arjay82 society today is in the shitter. if you think the old home alone is negative and nasty go watch the part with kevin and the old man. go watch the part where john candy gives the mom a ride home or the when kevin donates to a toy charity. or in home alone 2 when he befriends the bird lady. Moments like these are not in the modern movies. You're the one talking nonsense
You've managed to make me laugh 4 times quoting the original two movies. You literally made Harry & Marv's quote, "It's Santa... & his Elf." 3 times funnier. Tim Curry saying, "Pardon me Sir, but I'm afraid your mistaken" was so geniusly placed. Uncle Frank saying, "YOU LITTLE JERK!" was fun. And the cherry on top of it was Kevin mouthing, "Keep the change ya filthy Animal." Though I suggest if you ever do another Home Alone or Christmas related video add Kevin saying things like, "...I DON'T THINK SO!", "Get off the phone and make me why don't ya.", "Don't you just love it when a kid wins against (2) idiots." and Kevin laughing after Tim Curry's lines. And you definitely missed the opportunity of using. "You're what the French call Les Incompetont!"
What I would’ve done for a home alone reboot would be Kevin leaving his kid alone and having new wet bandits break in, but then it’d turn out at the end that Kevin set it all up so that his kid would be able to take care of himself
I feel as though not just the fact they thought rebooted home alone, but they made the main character a rich british kid tormenting two middle class parents just trying to provide for their kids. This feels really on the mark for current events oddly enough lol
Could be worst. They could have made the character a girl or a different race, ethnicity or even a different sexuality. And the creators can be BS-ing again about how they’re being more diverse and showing representation, you know all this woke garbage they say in movies.
@@KairuHakubi ehh sometimes kinda like when they sometimes count Jewish people as POC. They say it counts when they benefit more but are willing to pretend they don't anymore when they don't benefit from preaching about it
Home Alone 1 & 2 will forever live in the heart of anyone he grew up in the 90s. To me Home Alone has a especail place in my heart. No other sequel could surpass this movies.
No. None ever will surpass those. Every bullshit attempt at another Home Alone movie will be compared to the original 2 movies, especially the 1st movie, and rightfully frowned upon.
I wouldn't be surprised if people making this joke for years is why they made the kid a psychopath. They thought they were doing what people wanted by making 'Nu-Kevin' the bad guy.
I had very low expectations with all of the reviews I read online. My kids have seen the two originals and love them… this, I have to say for kids aged 5 and 10 did the job of keeping them entertained. The classics will always reign supreme. This was what it was. Not very good but will keep the kids attention.
Honestly I was baffled as soon as I saw Ellie Kemper was playing one of the robbers; she just seemed too likable for the role and that's probably why they gave her a sympathetic backstory.
Honestly, while I can’t judge having not seen the movie, it feels like they’re making the same mistake Furry Vengeance made-they’re taking a bubbly, likable actor (Brendan and Ellie) and then asking us to laugh at them being tortured for most of their screen time, which just ends up being more cringeworthy than funny. Like laughing at a puppy getting abused.
Tbh I actually was entertained by the movie. It isn't what you call good, and definitely nothing to the original but it did hurt to see Ellie get tortured and hurt by the traps. I have a soft spot for that actress because I loved her so much as Erin in The Office.
@@brianlbeck You don't know how much of that is true. Also, JJ didn't create star wars. Huges is the creator of Home Alone. A better comparison would be Lucas wrote the prequels. It feels silly to say the creator doesn't understand his creation.
It's no secret that the original Home Alone has flaws, but damn it has some tight writing. Here's a list: - Why doesn't Kevin call the police? Because he is initially delighted that his family has left due to a previous argument and he doesn't later because he thinks he's a fugitive. - How is Kevin left behind without anyone noticing? Because the family slept in due to a power outage and there are way too many family members to account for. Sure, the Murphy kid was a bit of a contrivance, but it's not unplausible. It also doesn't help that Kevin's passport was thrown away the previous night by accident. That itself leads to the point about the airport as security was much lesser back in those days due to it being pre-9/11. - Why doesn't Kevin call his family in Paris? Because personal cell phones weren't a thing and he probably didn't know his uncle's number due to the distance between both houses (they are in France after all and it is 1990). He is once again still elated over not having his family. I will admit though that it is a bit of a contrivance that the family doesn't call the house themselves. - Why doesn't Kevin go to a family or friend's house? Because they're all gone for the holidays and once again, still elated about the family being gone. Harry and Marv surviving all those traps are a bit pushing it in terms of believability, but it's safe to say that suspension of disbelief can stretch a little far in that area. This is why the movie is both timeless but could only be made and take place in the year it was made as with all the technological and security advances that have been made in the 33 years since the first film, there is no way in heck a kid is getting left home alone during the holidays. Kevin also has a reason to be mad at his family. They constantly look down on him and blame him for things that go wrong even if it isn't his fault. If my big brother screwed me over like that as well as the rest of my family all in one night, I would get pissed too. Why should people like Max? Why should people see the couple as the evil bad guys? This would be like if Harry and Marv were looking out for an orphanage of kids as the sole caretakers and the only way to support them was by burglary and Kevin was just mad at his family because why not. Also, Kevin actually talks and acts like an 8-year-old kid. Max just acts like any adult comedian writing for a kid. Disney took a beloved holiday classic and turned it into another terrible Disney Channel Sitcom movie and I'm not talking about the good ones.
You forgot to mention the relatives! In the original movie, they were flat characters, but they memorable. They each had a distinct reason why they were annoying. Wetting the bed, bullying, being a Scrooge. Meanwhile in Home Sweet Home Alone, the only relatives I remember were the same. They were either loud or obnoxious, sometimes both! They didn’t feel different and felt like they were putting the same actors in different scenes!
While Home Alone 2 is indeed a do-over of the first film but in the city, I still loved it and I feel it deserves more credit as a really good follow up. Better than anything we got after it. I think the problem is that they had such a great cast with a premise that could only work in that moment in time.
Honestly calling Home Alone 2 a do-over isn't accurate either. It puts Kevin in a completely different location with almost none of the resources he had in the first film. In Home Alone he had a house, food, a warm bed, and a place to defend himself. In Home Alone 2, he had none of that, a small amount of money, and the only house he could use legally was hollowed out. It certainly felt similar, but different enough.
if they wanted to repeat the the first and second movie over and over i would watch them because the cast is so great. add a new character like they did with tim curry and they would be way better then what we got. this video also made me want to see a modern one with the original cast.
The first movie worked because of the producer/writer, director, the cast and the john williams soundtrack.. the reason HA2 works even with flaws is because it maintained all of those and the addition's to cast etc where good. From 3 it seems they thought the elements of the formula you needed was a kid left alone, stupid criminals and pratfalls... For a legacy sequel to work we would need chris columbus, the majority of the cast returning and john williams on the soundtrack.
Im pretty sure this isn't a reboot. There have been 3 other sequels that have nothing to do with Kevin. Its just another Home Alone movie, just because they make another movie in a "series" doesn't mean they're rebooting it.
Next, let's remake "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," where Ferris is a high school computer hacker who scams people, and he steals all the money for his "day off" from various friends and high school employees.
Just like the Dumb and Dumber sequel. They were supposed to be affably stupid, but the new one turned them into utterly cruel creeps. Plus the jokes were disgusting and crude.
I literally watched Jojo Rabbit for the first time yesterday, having never even heard of it before. I actually enjoyed it, despite the very bizarre premise. I mean, a movie about a child having Adolf Hitler as his imaginary friend? Strange but enjoyable.
@@davekennedy6315 It felt more like a film about a kid discovering their mom has a jew they saved during the end of the second WWII with comedy added second. It got way too serious at times despite the premise.
@@ccateni28 it kinda had to get serious otherwise it would have been in poor taste I suppose. I liked his relationship with the poor Jewish girl living in the wall. Damn, maybe I'm getting a bit too sensitive in my old age haha!
Home Alone 2 is still basically the same thing as the first one but the people making it actually tried and they still managed to maintain the spirit of the first one. Also there were still some legitimately funny moments. The same cannot be said for 3-6.
If you feel like you're missing a sequel deserving of the Home Alone legacy, just watch Last Blood, the only thing it's missing is a McCauley Culkin cameo.
honestly the fact that they make fun of reboots and talk about how bad they are without making their own movie good for me had to be the most insulting part of it all.
@@comixproviderftw_02 Well, if you ask me, I think MouseHunt felt like a Tom and Jerry scenario, and it would've been nice if Warner Bros. took inspiration from that, rather than make a Tom and Jerry movie worse the 90s one.
@@jasonvoorheescampblood I think because of how nauseatingly woke Hollywood (and the U.S.) have become, Tropic Thunder, while a mediocre shock value type of comedy at the time, now represents a bygone era where people weren't so brittle and offended all the time.
My nanny.. ( grandmother on my mom's side.) And myself watch Home Alone so many times as I was growing up.. Home Alone 1 and Home Alone 2.. it was our movie. Nanny would imitate Harry's mumbling ( which we know today Joe Pesci used.. to keep himself from swearing.) She always told me Harry and Marv were her favorite characters. Fun fact.. I watched my original copy of the Home Alone VHS so much that I had to request a new one for Christmas when I was about four or five years old. There's actually a picture of me probably smiling and holding up my copy of the Home Alone VHS. Anyway.. fast forward to December of 1997.. I I'm now 8 years old. Being the Home Alone fanatic that I was.. I begged and begged my grammy ( grandmother on my dad's side.) To take me to theaters like the day that it came out. She did try to explain to me.. it's not going to be the same.. it's not what you think.. are you sure you really want to go? Of course I told her yes. As we left the theater.. I remember asking her how can that be a sequel? It's nothing like the others and none of the original characters are the same! There's no Kevin there's not even Harry and Marv. Her response was something like well the original characters are too old now. From that moment on I promised myself I would never watch another Home Alone sequel. However.. my nanny did continue to watch them. Of course though.. she agreed that they were just not the same. When I found out Disney plus was releasing a reboot to the Home Alone series.. like you I said something like you know that could go well if they do it right. Honestly.. I didn't think it was going to get on my nerves.. because it was a supposed reboot.. so I wasn't expecting it to stand anywhere even close to the others. You just can't. There will never be anything like the original home alone and Home Alone 2. Made it about 15 minutes into the movie.. and then immediately turned it off. They just didn't even try to do something good! Not sure what they were going for with that.. but it doesn't even deserve to be called a reboot. Pretty sure if any of the original cast members watched it.. they were shaking their heads like what the hell?! Dear Universe.. please make sure that young kids today don't grow up thinking that the Disney plus reboot was what Home Alone is about and what it stood for. Make sure they know about the original McAlister's and the original Harry and Marv!
The fact that Disney made this movie is the worst part of Home Sweet Home Alone. They know how to make classics that last forever. But they really dropped the ball with this movie.
Idk if it's just me but disney hasn't made a very good movie in a while. The last good one in my opinion was Luca but even that was serious subpar for a pixar movie. Everything just feels like they're trying to make movies to milk for merchandising purposes with everything coming below that
the first home alone is perfect, absolutely timeless. the second one was almost as perfect but is sometimes forgot. the third one had a idea but fell short, and then the rest of them were like darts that missed the board. (imo i love the 2nd as much as the 1st)
I feel like they should've done what they did with the Vacation reboot: have an adult Macaulay Caulkan play adult Keven who now has his own kids and one of them gets left home.
It might have been a joke, but I read somewhere that they are going to do a slight remake of home alone with an older Macaulay, called like stoned alone. I think the movie would be like he gets way too high in paranoid and starts setting up booby traps and attacking people trying to come to his house, but they're really just like his friends or the pizza delivery guy. Maybe some actual bandits get involved,
Wait wait wait... the “crooks” in the new home alone film are the good guys trying to get their stolen property back and in the process are getting beat up by an overweight brat... epic yikes. What an absolutely awful plot
That’s what Disney does nowadays. They take beloved franchises, and “remake” them, thinking that they can do them better. Meanwhile absolutely trashing them leaving it as an empty shell of what it used to be. That’s Disney
They should just make a Home Alone short film where Kevin and Harry meeting together again in a apartment building, sitting together in a dark room and make amends. Like the cafe scene in Heat with Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro. Have it be filmed in black and white for aesthetic purposes.
@@mellowyellow6572 Daniel Stern (Marv) was hilarious in Otis (2008) - I know his roles since have been sporadic but Otis proves he hasn't lost that comedy timing we love him for 🙂
It's sad knowing the movie is directed by Dan Mazer, the co-screenwriter of Borat. It does explain why Home Sweet Home is so mean spirited. It worked great for Borat, but not for Home Alone.
Holy shit, then that means he's technically an Oscar nominee. Disney should have put that on the poster! The New Film from Oscar Nominated Screenwriter DAN MAZER.
It's been years since I saw Home Alone, but seeing those ads I feel like they easily could have done a Force Awakens style reboot/sequel. I see adult Kevin as being this reclusive and eccentric inventor/tech billionaire spending Christmas alone in a giant mansion rigged with booby traps, while both some bad guys (perhaps the wet bandits have franchised) and his family try to reach him. Make him basically an adult child who grows up at the end. I literally came up with that off the top of my head, you can go many ways with it.
It speaks volumes that the kid was more likeable playing a little Nazi then in this film. However obviously not his fault. Also while I'm thinking about It I just realized that he would've made a better Artemis Fowl than the kid that Disney actually casted! Especially with this characterisation.
I am just so glad you highlighted Catherine O’Hara’s great work on the original. I think she really does give it the heart that the later sequels lack.
They say art reflects the age it comes from. These two movies are perfect examples of our society then and today. The first shows family, compassion, clear cut good vs evil, and mixes in comedy to keep our attention. The latter shows how our society is entitled, self centered, greedy, and thinks being evil is funny.
Because people weren't greedy, self-centred, etc. back then? At times I wonder why our generation exists because we can't do right for doing wrong it seems and we get blamed for everything even when it cannot categorically be our fault. Perhaps we should have just been drowned and be done with it. Merry Christmas thoughts there.
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It’s quite something to create a character so unpleasant that it makes you go “this actor was so much more likable as a Hitler Youth.”
LMFAO. This comment is gold!
If you look at him as a villain in this movie, he becomes much better. It doesn't save the film, but it does show his skill as an actor.
Yeah his actor skills is great, even in this movie
Hope every one forget this “home sweet home alone” 30 years by now.
You are correct
Home Alone 1 and 2 are the only ones that exist in my opinion.
Third is okay
those are the ones I watch for the holidays
I used to love 2 as a kid, but as an adult it's a lazy sequel. It takes what was originally a coming of age story and twists it into Kevin being irresponsible with his parents' credit card like a brat
The traps were awesome though
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I still love Home Alone 2. You can't say that it's not a bad sequel. I praised Culkin, Pesci and Stern for their performances. And Kevin does become a responsible person by stopping Harry and Marv from Duncan's Toy store.
Remember: "you can mess with a lot of things, but you can't mess with kids on Christmas."
Kevin McAllister.
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I admit that I don't care about Home Alone 3 because I'm stubbornly devoted to Macaulay Culkin as a kid.
But with this, I think maybe they should have stopped with number three.
In the original Kevin actually had a reason to hate his family. They were all mean to him and pushed him around to the point if you were in Kevin’s shoes you would probably wish them away too. In this film the kid barely has a reason to want to be Home Alone other then being an obnoxious brat. He doesn’t go through a character arc of growing up and he barely even seems to miss his family when they are gone.
I'm a youngest sibling also named Kevin. I grew up wishing my older brothers would dissappear. That's probably why I loved the first two Home Alone movies.
In the original it was borderline abuse imo so no wonder he hates them, then in this one everyone is just kind of an asshole
Add on to the fact that the MCallisters live in a huge house and you could imagine the headache of keeping that much of a check on everyone of those siblings in such a big environment
@@CursedCaptainGaming and on top of it sympathetic antagonists do not work in this franchise. The Wet Bendits worked well because they were actually bad guys you could root against.
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Something I never noticed as a kid about the original home alone is when Kevin wakes up and goes around the house, the shots are specifically designed to show all the tools he uses for traps later (in addition to showing Kevin’s bewilderment). Buzz’s room shot now reveals the BB gun, the basement shows the clothes iron, etc. So much care went into the original film.
Chekov's Gun 101.
scene composition, and as previously mentioned, Chekov's gun.
In the original Kevin has many siblings as the McCallisters are a big family, so its understandable how he could easily get lost as his parents are busy juggling so many children. Max is an only child. So for his mum to not notice his absence is just negligent of her as a parent.
And it didn’t help nobody noticed the neighbor boy coming over and was talking to the airport van drivers so when one of the older girls is asked to take a head.count she counted him as Kevin being there who was actually going through there stuff in one of the vans so it was assumed at the time everyone was there when in reality everyone wasn’t there
It also makes sense because they thought they counted him when they counted that neighbor kid who shows up and starts rummaging through their luggage. This is just a couple of parents who need child services called on them.
Well... have you seen modern day parents? Kids are more accessories now. They just shove a screen in their hand and keep it pushing.
This was an elaborate scheme to abandon him
@@genericname2747 And I can't blame them.
A reminder that this franchise became so horrible when they offered Daniel Stern to reprise his role in part 4 he read the script and said, and I quote "Its an insult. Total garbage"
I’m gonna get hated for saying this, but I kinda liked Home Alone 4. Yeah the kid actor sucked and French Stewart was NOT MARV and the kid WAS NOT KEVIN!!! Heck none of those actors were the original characters.
The story was decent and I really liked the house the dad had. If they had just used a different set of characters like they did with 3 and 5 I would have liked it way more.
Im sorry I could care less what the guy who not only starred in Bushwhacked but also A Christmas Story 2.....Clearly he doesn't care what is "garbage" but wanted to sound hip to the 30-40 year olds complaining about children's movies, while they let Spongebob Squarepants lower their kids IQ
@@lutherheggs451 Bushwacked was great
@@lutherheggs451 I'm glad you made this comment because there may or may not be people here that care about Daniel Stern's opinion on Home Alone 4 - that's obviously contested - but there's no doubt that everyone is super keen to hear what Luther Heggs thinks about Daniel Stern.
@@lutherheggs451 Spongebob Squarepants is a lot funnier and more clever than you give it credit for.
“Max himself doesn’t want to call the police because he thinks his parents will get arrested.”
This movie seriously underestimates the vindictiveness of children in the 7-10 age bracket.
Rewatched the original recently and I had forgotten how far into the movie the actual break in happened, and takes up a pretty short part of the movie. Kevin went through so much character growth before that even happened, as he figured out how to take care of himself and miss his family. Some many funny moments (even as small as the shopping bags breaking), and sweet personal growth moments (the conversation with the old neighbour in the church) happen before the break in, so we already really like the kid when it happens. And best part is that it feels like genuine growth, because he comes to the realisation himself that he doesn't feel right, no one makes him become better, though the old guy helps him make sense of it. By the time the thieves break in he's gone from a kid who lashes out in frustration and can't pack his own suitcase to a kid that can take care of himself. He becomes a good kid trying to defend himself and his home.
Sequels that focus on the break in and push that as slapstick comedy miss all of that character growth of the kid and the family that makes it such a great movie.
In the original two films, Kevin sounded like his dialogue was written for a kid. This new script, the new kid has dialogue that sounds like it was written for Ricky Gervais.
I can't unhear it now
@@DonkeyBoyVids the only stuff from the movie I've seen is from this video but the clips chosen definitely sound like it, doesn't it? 🤣
@@jugularmusic undoubtedly, just imagining Ricky Gervais acting like a child in home alone with that dialogue is probably funnier than the actual movie though
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Trash ass new movie didn’t even finish watching half of it cause it was trash asap
So you’re telling me an actual human (or humans) wrote a story where a working class couple is tortured for an hour and a half by a rich beaver clown and expected most people to like it?
Stay classy Disney.
Product of the times.
SJW writers
@@channelofstuff6662 nah. As annoying as neoliberal slacktivist are, most of them, regardless of whether they actually practice what they preach, tend to dislike capitalists and the upper class.
@@ayrahn7893 Clearly you haven't been paying attention to the evolution of the Democratic party in the US. The upper class neoliberal "it's just $1 more per pound for your turkey" establishment run the show. The anti-capitalist socialist Bernie Sanders wing is just along for the ride.
@@matthewdunphy8524 that’s actually my fault for even using the word “Neoliberal,” lol. But nah it’s pretty obvious who actually runs shit, which is why in hindsight those who actually backed Bernie (me included) should’ve known better than to think the Dems would’ve ever let him make it too far.
I do think that Buzz is the only character who was done right and I love the idea of Kevin starting a business to keep houses safe
Two good references cannot save an hour and a half worth of crap
@@Thomasmemoryscentral It's a shame those references were wasted here on this film.
@@Mulluns imagine if they made a movie about kevin and buzz as adults. That would be a great movie
@@ut2k4wikichici film idea: Imagine if they made a film where kevin and buzz (who are still a cop and a home security guy) work together to apprehend a couple of burgalars who are responsible for a string of house robberies.
@@gloomyscribbles IDK man...
I kinda liked Mac's cameo in Driv3rs. Where an unnamed character is strongly implied to be a 35 y.o. mental case Kevin who has taken to cannibalism. And the award winning reprisal of Marv by Daniel Stern as a response vid.
Interesting behind the scenes fact: Andrew Daly is not physically in the scene when they realize Max is missing is because he received a positive COVID diagnosis and has to miss shooting that sequence. That's why he's portrayed as "in the bathroom," and and his voice was added in post-production. So Max's dad was originally intended to care more!
They should just make “Angels with Filthy Souls” into a real movie at this point.
They need to leave it on my doorstep and then get the hell out of there.
@@thedrewdog don’t forget to give them till the count of 10.
@@patrickrobinsob1464 And they'll be keeping the change too.
Don’t give them ideas 😂😂😂
Don't gimme that! You've been smoochin' with everybody! Snuffy, Al, Leo, Little Moe with the gimpy leg, Cheeks, Boney Bob, Cliff…
A deleted scene from Home Alone 2 showed that Harry and Marv rationalized robbery during the holidays due to the commercialization of Christmas. It was removed because it made them too sympathetic.
That was a better decision I think. People knew right from wrong and good from bad most times back then. Now there's too many stories about bad guys and society's image of good/bad has been tainted now.
@@adamsultana8380 > People knew right from wrong and good from bad most times back then
IDK if it is a matter of less people knowing right from wrong or not, I mean, on one hand social media + advancements in tech DO make instances of bad much more visible much more quickly, I really don't know ... it is possible, surely, I just don't know.
@@adamsultana8380 Makes sense why so many retards worship the Joker 2019 movie like a bunch of losers.
@@scarface6062 it was a good movie, but ya it's true.
@@scarface6062 Makes sense why so many retards worship the Cruella 2021 movie like a bunch of losers
“Lazy and mean-spirited “ seems to be the trend of this current era of entertainment.
just like your common twitter user.
I guess the worldwide grouchiness caused by covid is the reason. Still, how can they have so much trouble making a movie where the hero is heroic, and the villains are total scumbags that deserve the pain and humiliation they get?
@@MegamanXfan21xx Assholes were assholes long before Covid. Covid just made them show their true colors.
One simple fix to have an understandable villain without making the good guy seem like an asshole. Have the couple sell their doll to them for cheap, then learn its worth 200k, and they try and steal it back.
You can understand why they want to steal it back but they're not justified in what they're doing.
Once I saw they cast Ellie Kemper as one of the "villains" I knew it was doomed. For a comedy like this, you do not cast someone as naturally bubbly and likable as her as the character you're supposed to cheer against.
I'm deeply uncomfortable with how... refreshing? it is? to see physical abuse happen to a cute lady in a movie? Let's just not do movies like this how's that..
Same with Rob Delaney.
There are a lot of different ways this movie could of went and worked. Maybe Ellie and husband break into the house of a psychotic little boy to get the doll back. Or something that flips the Home Alone story, where the little boy is the villain. Every successive Home Alone movie, I hate each new little brat more and more. Yet Mac is still likable 30 years later.
Being the worst of all the Home Alone movies is a hell of an achievement.
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I want to die
I just hope, people will forget this “new movie” coming up in 2021.
Every movie after the second one is a pissing contest for who can suck the most
I still think I enjoyed it more than the 4th one but it's been several years since I've seen it.
I still perfer Home Alone 4 & 5 (never knew it exist) are the worst.
I’m almost convinced that everyone is too afraid to make actually threatening villains now.
Because they are the villains now
I'm writing a villain in a story, and whenever I look at this movie, it gives me the motivation to keep going, knowing I'll never suck as hard as this.
We need a VILLAN renaissance!
I think it's more that people assumed a straight villain that's just evil for the hell of it isn't entertaining and that one has to go 'deeper.' They forget that sometimes it's just fun to root against the bad guy because they're bad.
I really hate this modern sentiment that bad guys need to be sympathetic or have a backstory that explains why they the way they are.
Disney is absolutely destroying everything it touches. And honestly the death of home alone came with the 3rd one
I hate the “it’s just a kids movie” excuse. Kids deserve good media too!
I absolutely agree. I despise how Kids get dumbed down, mean spirited garbage, nowadays.
In fact children's media should be held to the highest standard possible. We need CS Lewis back.
@@bigduke5902 Damn straight.
They get dumb stuff to soften their minds and brainwash them.
To me, showing kids bad movies and saying “whatever, it’s for kids” is like intentionally buying a shitty car seat and saying “whatever, it’s for kids.”
"Home Alone" was an idea that works for one movie.
The second one worked because of the return of the original characters and actors. Once that was gone from the following movies, it doesn't work.
Exactly right. The door sealed shut after part 2.
@THEmetalsonic101 yeah no surprise there. Same with first 2 Terminators, star wars original trilogy, first 3 Indiana Jones, etc. You get the idea.
@THEmetalsonic101 The first was a classic.
The second rehashed a lot of the things from the first one (showing that it was a one-idea franchise).
However, having most of the original characters back from the first film, plus the hilarious efforts of Tim Curry, made the second film work, and it kept most of its charm.
Any other movie, once there were no characters from the original film, didn't work and therefore sucked.
2nd is a better move than the first but most people dont agree because it was to similar to the first. 3rd was solid considering what they were up against. Rest shouldnt exist
@@SSGeorgie I love them both honestly. I do have a special place for Home Alone 2 though. Me being 13 and going to New York, I went to all the places in the movie. Even went to his hotel room. This was in like 2004.
The Original Home Alone 1 and 2 is so nostalgic simply because all character are likeable, yes.... even the burglar.
Home Sweet Home Alone : "a brat torturing 2 adults for no reason" and Disney hope that people will gonna like that brat.
One more thing about this movie I noticed while watching this review: the traps. In the original Home Alone movies, the traps were actual _traps._ All of Harry and Marv's slapstick injuries came about due to their own carelessness and stupidity, with the most interaction from Kevin basically being "push a button."
Meanwhile, a lot of Max's traps just consist of him _directly attacking_ the "villains." Not only is this lazier, but it just adds on to the cruelty of the premise.
I think some of the traps are more horror movie style. Like the woman almost gets her feet burned or the man burglar in a trailer clip nearly gets stabbed by icicles? Sure these are rejected Friday the 13th traps?
I think you're forgetting a lot of the first 2 movies. Remember when Kevin nailed Marv in the forehead with a brick thrown from the roof in HA2?
@@corriblehunt4554 That was my favorite part.
@@Thomasmemoryscentral Bruh, Blowtorch to the head, Straight up Electrocution, Burning the rope causing the sticky bandits to fall. The original Home Alones has their "Kevin is a psycho" moments too lol
as @Kaimax_61 said: you're forgetting A LOT of moments of the first two movies. I'm thinking about the compressed air rifle, or the paint cans, for example.
I’m really starting to think Hollywood just doesn’t care anymore, I mean, Disney has no competition and they own every popular franchise
They only care if it makes them $$$.
@@chumbucketjones9761 there's no possible way this is making money vs making something good
We need another Don Bluth
@@KairuHakubi you also have to think, this is free on disney plus. It was made to pqd their catalogue, not to make money at the box office.
@@phabiorules yeah that makes sense. They need to get out of the business of running a business, and back into the business of making products sold to customers for money.
They made the main character unlikeable and made the "bad guys" not the bad guys but sympathetic.
In the words of AVGN, "WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?!?"
The original Home Alones (and any original version of any movie for that matter) are like spontaneous true friendship. You never saw it coming, you never planned for it, but you have that best friend for the rest of your life.
God I miss John Candy, such a small part in the original film but he just knocks it out of the park.
Like, he represented the actual heart of Christmas which seems to be missing from the sequels.
@@candydemure iunno the second one always felt way Christmassier to me.
He knocked everything out of the park.
Candy was absolutely on fire during that time frame(Trains, Buck, Home Alone).
He did that part as a favor to the director that he owed him. Candy gave the director 24 hours with him. The director used alll 24 hours with candy. The rest is movie history.
Home alone, can't exist with cell phones.
"He's gonna call the cops!"
"From a tree house!?"
That's why none of the reboots matter. Too many ways to not be alone.
@Barnaby Wentworth or the cops simply get killed. Easy
@@yerocnevets0m3ga or the police are all ghosts and it's not earth. Easy.
No service ;)
@Barnaby Wentworth because it doesn't matter, tbh. You just need a plot device to take the phone out of play. If it's plausible, no one will care how it happens except for a minority of audience members that overthink it. For years lots of movies just pretended that the internet and cellphones didn't even exist (90s to 00s iirc), and even though people would joke about it, they were still able to suspend their disbelief during the movies. Realism isn't always paramount in film. I do think writers shouldn't use the same device every time but only because it becomes cliche.
They could make it a quarantined town or smth
Back when producers, writes, directors a n d developers actually took their time to make things meaningful. Gosh, I missed those times
Just when James Corden cant get any worse he plays the kid in this film.
Why didn't they just make the robbers the protagonists?
That'd be a fun little subversion of the Home Alone formula, and we wouldn't have to like Max
For sure, we don’t need to see much of how the kid got left alone or that setup because we’ve seen it. Like six times. It would be really funny if it started like a normal movie focusing on this couple and you think that they’re gonna leave their kids home alone but the twist happens and they end up breaking into this little shits house
They pretty much are. Max has way less screen time, probably because the child actor was so bad, and Ellie Kemper is much more fun to watch!
@Brupcat
It really goes to show you how big of a difference a good director can make. Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit was phenomenal and this same kid was great, but here in this movie, I found his character unbearable. The movie as a whole isn’t as bad as people make it out to be though.
Perfect, two friends in hard times who have to pay the bills in an illegal way because legal avenues of revenue are always so shut off, taking on a narcissistic spoiled brat, that's a decent remake.
I swear I read, when this was first announced, that this was what they were going to do?
In order for this mess to get made, someone had to say: "let's make the kid a cruel selfish brat, and make the burglars totally sympathetic...then have the kid torture them anyway." Then someone else had to say "great idea, let's go with that."
Just imagine.
I watched Ryan George's Pitch Meeting for this movie. To think that this scenario is probably not very far away from reality is mind boggling.
@@leung9401 Jesus Christ...
@@Trigger200284 I know... one of hist best Pitch Meeting episodes.
Rich Hollywood executives greenlit a movie where a rich kid who happens to be very spoiled attempts to murder two adults with low income who've resorted to burglary to get by and that attempted murderer is presented as the good guy.
I'm shocked.
What you expect from SNL writers? SNL has been a total dumpster fire the last 10 years and are not even remotely funny anymore. Like SNL they probably thought mean spirited and cruel humour was the way to go, but they are no John Hughes, so they should’ve gone a totally different route
I always thought a cool Home Alone premise would be in an area, where a massive cold frost and snow storm is hitting. To the point most the town is empty. Parents are trying to get back, but are constantly lost in the blizzard. Meanwhile there are a group of looters trying to capitalize off of the vacancy of most the town.
The enjoyability of Home Alone depended on watching _specifically_ Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern get hurt as much as it depended on Mac's charisma as a child actor, if not more.
Like yeah, I could still genuinely go for a sequel with an adult Kevin versus the finally-released-from-prison Wet Bandits, even though that'd basically just be a zanier Die Hard where the protagonist beats the crap out of a pair of elderly men.
@@TerrenceNowicki funny thing is that the wet bandits will never be released from prison
@@challengethesad They might be able to get parole after 30 years.
@@TerrenceNowicki that would've been the case
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However, they have escaped from prison, attempted to rob a place, attempted to kidnap Kevin, and then tried to kill him, all this would lead to WAY MORE than 30 years, I don't even know if they'll get parole
The problem is that Disney doesn't know how to write villains, anymore. The "villains" are the good guys and the "hero" is the bad guy. This is not good writing.
It’s left wing propaganda to brainwash youth into thinking the wrong thing is good. It’s all planned
@@GeorgeZimmermen hmmmm
@@GeorgeZimmermen I'm glad I'm not the only one noticing this.
@@GeorgeZimmermen I genuinely can’t tell if comments like this are satire anymore.
@@GeorgeZimmermen dude im a fucking kid i know how to differentiate something good from bad
I tried to get my 4 year old to watch this. He yelled a me and said “I want to watch home alone 1.” So I asked him why he didn’t like it and he said “the kid isn’t cool” and “he’s not a real 8 year old.” The people have spoken.
lol I love your son😂
Smart kiddo
Bless your kid. He will grow up to be a fine disconcerner of good and bad movies.
This is the only "my 4 year old" story I think I've ever actually believed on the internet.
@@kaijudirector5336 thanks. I love watching movies with him for that reason.
If I took a crack at a Home Alone in-cannon reboot, I think I'd make it so that Kevin is with his nephew and niece, indirectly, while their home is being broken into. You could set it up in a subversion where Butch is now a rich doctor with a beautiful French wife, and they have two children. Kevin is tasked with watching the kids while they are away for the holidays. Kevin could be away while the house is broken into so that he can't reenter, but video chat the kids and help them setup a defense around the house, telling them he's been in this situation before. At some point he could go radio silent, creating a couple new elements of conflict, and giving the kids a chance to stand alone as characters. Having two kids changes the Home Alone dynamic, where the stakes are reduced, but the family element can be explored like it hasn't been so far in the franchise. Coupled with their relationship with Kevin and his different relationship with Butch, you could explore similar concepts to the first movie while keeping them new, and focused around a teamwork aspect. I think you could do the same with the villains, casting an ensemble similar to Die Hard, where they are more competent and played straight, using reconnaissance and modern technology. Making them into a real threat. I think this would really create a great breakaway from the slapstick making it all the more ridiculous when it happens.
2:50 I find the reboot joke more hypocritical than funny.
You sir, are a saint. Do you understand how many people you saved the mental anguish of having to watch twenty minutes of this movie before they turn it off? Thank you.
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I liked it. I know, I'm strange. I rank it 4th. It isn't a yearly holiday watch for me like 1, 2, and 3...but I laughed.
@@thomaslance5428 I liked it too, but only if you watch you it that's it so bad its good.
An element I don't get is how modern comedy writers smear nastiness, negativity, and an overwhelming sense of nihilism into their writing. Comedy used to be funny because it was either relatable or outrageous, while being intelligently constructed. Now we're supposed to find assholes who do bad things to people and laugh while they do it funny. I simply don't understand it.
Cynicism can be funny, but not in Home Alone.
Its why I hate "It's Always Sunny". Every Character is terrible without a shred of goodness in them and Im supposed to enjoy watching these terrible people do terrible things to others for entertainment.
You don't understand it because you have a conscience and the writers don't.
@@an3582 At least the Sunny characters are typically punished for being horrible people. Unlike this movie, apparently. Delighting in the torturing of innocent people at the hands of a spoiled child... weird.
@@Arjay82 society today is in the shitter. if you think the old home alone is negative and nasty go watch the part with kevin and the old man. go watch the part where john candy gives the mom a ride home or the when kevin donates to a toy charity. or in home alone 2 when he befriends the bird lady. Moments like these are not in the modern movies. You're the one talking nonsense
You've managed to make me laugh 4 times quoting the original two movies.
You literally made Harry & Marv's quote, "It's Santa... & his Elf." 3 times funnier. Tim Curry saying, "Pardon me Sir, but I'm afraid your mistaken" was so geniusly placed. Uncle Frank saying, "YOU LITTLE JERK!" was fun. And the cherry on top of it was Kevin mouthing, "Keep the change ya filthy Animal." Though I suggest if you ever do another Home Alone or Christmas related video add Kevin saying things like, "...I DON'T THINK SO!", "Get off the phone and make me why don't ya.", "Don't you just love it when a kid wins against (2) idiots." and Kevin laughing after Tim Curry's lines. And you definitely missed the opportunity of using. "You're what the French call Les Incompetont!"
What I would’ve done for a home alone reboot would be Kevin leaving his kid alone and having new wet bandits break in, but then it’d turn out at the end that Kevin set it all up so that his kid would be able to take care of himself
I feel as though not just the fact they thought rebooted home alone, but they made the main character a rich british kid tormenting two middle class parents just trying to provide for their kids. This feels really on the mark for current events oddly enough lol
yeah it's really weird when a movie can be warped morally and tonally both by sensible standards AND modern standards.
Could be worst. They could have made the character a girl or a different race, ethnicity or even a different sexuality. And the creators can be BS-ing again about how they’re being more diverse and showing representation, you know all this woke garbage they say in movies.
@@osmanyousif7849 does fat count as one of their categories?
@@KairuHakubi ehh sometimes kinda like when they sometimes count Jewish people as POC. They say it counts when they benefit more but are willing to pretend they don't anymore when they don't benefit from preaching about it
Home Alone 1 & 2 will forever live in the heart of anyone he grew up in the 90s. To me Home Alone has a especail place in my heart. No other sequel could surpass this movies.
I grew up in the 2000's to early 2010's and they got special places in my heart
No. None ever will surpass those. Every bullshit attempt at another Home Alone movie will be compared to the original 2 movies, especially the 1st movie, and rightfully frowned upon.
The first two will always be the best ones.
Yeah, the guy who produced the original two movies actually said something on Twitter about how he’s entirely against this monstrosity
I always gave Home Alone 3 a pass, any other Home Alone after 3, No
"what a McShame" okay, that one got me lmao
So basically Max is a human version of Eric Cartman
Disney always finds a way to make things worse.
Why can't they just give us what we all really want; a new Saw film with Kevin becoming the new Jigsaw.
I wouldn't be surprised if people making this joke for years is why they made the kid a psychopath. They thought they were doing what people wanted by making 'Nu-Kevin' the bad guy.
If you watched this movie you'd know Kevin runs his own home security firm, and this whole movie was kinda his fault
@@christpuncher121 The little jerk!
That’s basically just The Collector.
No thanks.
Just the description of this is painful. Forget *Home Alone,* this isn’t even good enough to be a *Problem Child* sequel.
But even the problem child was justified in why he acted that way.
YES! It finally clicked. These Home Alone sequels remind me of Problem Child 1/2. But even worse.
@@RichV20 someone hasn't seen problem child 3
good transition of that edit you did at 0:42 because it goes to show you how home alone started a the top and worked it's was down
I had very low expectations with all of the reviews I read online. My kids have seen the two originals and love them… this, I have to say for kids aged 5 and 10 did the job of keeping them entertained. The classics will always reign supreme. This was what it was. Not very good but will keep the kids attention.
Honestly I was baffled as soon as I saw Ellie Kemper was playing one of the robbers; she just seemed too likable for the role and that's probably why they gave her a sympathetic backstory.
@Just Dancing Machine Yeah I thought the same thing, that she was playing The Mom.
Honestly, while I can’t judge having not seen the movie, it feels like they’re making the same mistake Furry Vengeance made-they’re taking a bubbly, likable actor (Brendan and Ellie) and then asking us to laugh at them being tortured for most of their screen time, which just ends up being more cringeworthy than funny. Like laughing at a puppy getting abused.
Ellie would've been great as a new Catherine O'Hara mom. Ellie probably would've worked too as a charming villain.
Tbh I actually was entertained by the movie. It isn't what you call good, and definitely nothing to the original but it did hurt to see Ellie get tortured and hurt by the traps. I have a soft spot for that actress because I loved her so much as Erin in The Office.
She’s really deserves more better roles. I personality think she’s the best female actress from The Office.
Once again Disney fails to understand the core essence of a franchise it's gobbled up.
They don't even understand their own franchises! Their live action remakes are beyond egregious. Especially the lion king one...
@@steamedhamlet we don’t talk about the Lion King remake.
John Hughes is one of the writers on this movie.
@@icecreamhero2375 yeah and JJ wrote Star Wars so what's your point? Writers almost never have creative control over a movie.
@@brianlbeck You don't know how much of that is true. Also, JJ didn't create star wars. Huges is the creator of Home Alone. A better comparison would be Lucas wrote the prequels. It feels silly to say the creator doesn't understand his creation.
It's no secret that the original Home Alone has flaws, but damn it has some tight writing. Here's a list:
- Why doesn't Kevin call the police? Because he is initially delighted that his family has left due to a previous argument and he doesn't later because he thinks he's a fugitive.
- How is Kevin left behind without anyone noticing? Because the family slept in due to a power outage and there are way too many family members to account for. Sure, the Murphy kid was a bit of a contrivance, but it's not unplausible. It also doesn't help that Kevin's passport was thrown away the previous night by accident. That itself leads to the point about the airport as security was much lesser back in those days due to it being pre-9/11.
- Why doesn't Kevin call his family in Paris? Because personal cell phones weren't a thing and he probably didn't know his uncle's number due to the distance between both houses (they are in France after all and it is 1990). He is once again still elated over not having his family. I will admit though that it is a bit of a contrivance that the family doesn't call the house themselves.
- Why doesn't Kevin go to a family or friend's house? Because they're all gone for the holidays and once again, still elated about the family being gone.
Harry and Marv surviving all those traps are a bit pushing it in terms of believability, but it's safe to say that suspension of disbelief can stretch a little far in that area. This is why the movie is both timeless but could only be made and take place in the year it was made as with all the technological and security advances that have been made in the 33 years since the first film, there is no way in heck a kid is getting left home alone during the holidays. Kevin also has a reason to be mad at his family. They constantly look down on him and blame him for things that go wrong even if it isn't his fault. If my big brother screwed me over like that as well as the rest of my family all in one night, I would get pissed too. Why should people like Max? Why should people see the couple as the evil bad guys? This would be like if Harry and Marv were looking out for an orphanage of kids as the sole caretakers and the only way to support them was by burglary and Kevin was just mad at his family because why not. Also, Kevin actually talks and acts like an 8-year-old kid. Max just acts like any adult comedian writing for a kid. Disney took a beloved holiday classic and turned it into another terrible Disney Channel Sitcom movie and I'm not talking about the good ones.
You forgot to mention the relatives! In the original movie, they were flat characters, but they memorable. They each had a distinct reason why they were annoying. Wetting the bed, bullying, being a Scrooge. Meanwhile in Home Sweet Home Alone, the only relatives I remember were the same. They were either loud or obnoxious, sometimes both! They didn’t feel different and felt like they were putting the same actors in different scenes!
I wouldn't necceraly call this "death", more like gruesome zombiefication. This Franchize died long long time ago.
More Like necrophilia dindy needs to stop fugging these dead franchises corps
It's been... simpsonized
It should have never been a Franchise
Then why you dumbells keep watching it
While Home Alone 2 is indeed a do-over of the first film but in the city, I still loved it and I feel it deserves more credit as a really good follow up. Better than anything we got after it. I think the problem is that they had such a great cast with a premise that could only work in that moment in time.
I love the time of movies when "going to New York" was enough of a reason to make a sequel
Honestly calling Home Alone 2 a do-over isn't accurate either. It puts Kevin in a completely different location with almost none of the resources he had in the first film. In Home Alone he had a house, food, a warm bed, and a place to defend himself. In Home Alone 2, he had none of that, a small amount of money, and the only house he could use legally was hollowed out.
It certainly felt similar, but different enough.
if they wanted to repeat the the first and second movie over and over i would watch them because the cast is so great. add a new character like they did with tim curry and they would be way better then what we got. this video also made me want to see a modern one with the original cast.
The first movie worked because of the producer/writer, director, the cast and the john williams soundtrack.. the reason HA2 works even with flaws is because it maintained all of those and the addition's to cast etc where good. From 3 it seems they thought the elements of the formula you needed was a kid left alone, stupid criminals and pratfalls... For a legacy sequel to work we would need chris columbus, the majority of the cast returning and john williams on the soundtrack.
I always considered HA2 like the Aliens to HA1's Alien where it does expand the formula and makes it feels like a natural evolution for a sequel.
Your editing on this is pure genius! 🤣🤣🤣🤣👍🏼
Your editing on this video is so good and funny 😆
Sounds just like another John Hughes reboot, “Vacation”, where it was just mean spirited knock off of the original idea.
Im pretty sure this isn't a reboot. There have been 3 other sequels that have nothing to do with Kevin. Its just another Home Alone movie, just because they make another movie in a "series" doesn't mean they're rebooting it.
OH NO DON’T REMIND ME!!!
@@lutherheggs451 I mean since Buzz is in it, it's a sequel. A terrible, terrible sequel, but technically the first proper sequel since 2
Next, let's remake "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," where Ferris is a high school computer hacker who scams people, and he steals all the money for his "day off" from various friends and high school employees.
Just like the Dumb and Dumber sequel. They were supposed to be affably stupid, but the new one turned them into utterly cruel creeps. Plus the jokes were disgusting and crude.
The kid was all right in Jojo Rabbit but here, good lord.
A bad script is a bad script, it isn’t the kid’s fault
I literally watched Jojo Rabbit for the first time yesterday, having never even heard of it before. I actually enjoyed it, despite the very bizarre premise. I mean, a movie about a child having Adolf Hitler as his imaginary friend? Strange but enjoyable.
@@davekennedy6315 It felt more like a film about a kid discovering their mom has a jew they saved during the end of the second WWII with comedy added second.
It got way too serious at times despite the premise.
@@ccateni28 it kinda had to get serious otherwise it would have been in poor taste I suppose. I liked his relationship with the poor Jewish girl living in the wall. Damn, maybe I'm getting a bit too sensitive in my old age haha!
These clips make it look like they wanted a mini James Corden. Poor kid.
Excellent review.
Home Alone 2 is still basically the same thing as the first one but the people making it actually tried and they still managed to maintain the spirit of the first one. Also there were still some legitimately funny moments. The same cannot be said for 3-6.
Hes not pulling punches folks, the editing in this ones hilarious
That Marv falling with the sequels sequence is priceless 🤣
That was a great intro. I got a soft spot for 3 knowing its bad.
Dude that's MARV.
That's marv
Wow, whatta hold
Excellent video!!
If you feel like you're missing a sequel deserving of the Home Alone legacy, just watch Last Blood, the only thing it's missing is a McCauley Culkin cameo.
honestly the fact that they make fun of reboots and talk about how bad they are without making their own movie good for me had to be the most insulting part of it all.
To me, Home Alone is basically Tom & Jerry. A cat and mouse chase where the mouse fights back. It looks like this remake missed that.
And much like Tom and Jerry, it’s a formula that can never be replicated.
@@comixproviderftw_02 Well, if you ask me, I think MouseHunt felt like a Tom and Jerry scenario, and it would've been nice if Warner Bros. took inspiration from that, rather than make a Tom and Jerry movie worse the 90s one.
@@robbiewalker2831 MouseHunt had some tonal issues in retrospect, but I enjoyed it a lot nonetheless.
If the original is Tom & Jerry then this reboot is Itchy & Scratchy
@@tristanhartup4936 itchy & scratchy but from season 15 onwards
The first and second home alone movies will forever be the best for me
Great review
I guess Disney's excuse for making these bad reboots is, "Drugs cost money."
They should just do Home Stallone, with Sly as Kevin McCallister. He's played by an adult but he's still supposed to be a kid.
Hollywood hire this man!!
Home Stallone was basically the last act of the fifth Rambo movie.
Theres a deep fake of that I'm pretty sure
Him outfitting the house with traps would be a great training montage with some Eye of the Tiger or Hearts on Fire!
This is brilliant
I watched this the other day and I enjoyed it
I held off for a year to watch this cause 😢 I couldn't bear to find out how Disney has destroyed yet another beloved IP
Somehow, “Tropic Thunder” is aging better than it had any right to, the more I think about the past decade of reboots and remakes.
What you "than it had any right to" ?
@@jasonvoorheescampblood I think because of how nauseatingly woke Hollywood (and the U.S.) have become, Tropic Thunder, while a mediocre shock value type of comedy at the time, now represents a bygone era where people weren't so brittle and offended all the time.
@@Doomzdayxx Hollywood and US are still great though
@@jasonvoorheescampblood still the best place to live, for sure. Just stay away from democrat run garbage heaps.
@@Doomzdayxx I wouldnt say the Best place to live
It should've ended with 2. Part 2 was the perfect sequel tbh. Once Culkin grew up the role was dead. That was his role.
Agree.
My nanny.. ( grandmother on my mom's side.) And myself watch Home Alone so many times as I was growing up.. Home Alone 1 and Home Alone 2.. it was our movie. Nanny would imitate Harry's mumbling ( which we know today Joe Pesci used.. to keep himself from swearing.) She always told me Harry and Marv were her favorite characters.
Fun fact.. I watched my original copy of the Home Alone VHS so much that I had to request a new one for Christmas when I was about four or five years old. There's actually a picture of me probably smiling and holding up my copy of the Home Alone VHS.
Anyway.. fast forward to December of 1997.. I I'm now 8 years old. Being the Home Alone fanatic that I was.. I begged and begged my grammy ( grandmother on my dad's side.) To take me to theaters like the day that it came out. She did try to explain to me.. it's not going to be the same.. it's not what you think.. are you sure you really want to go? Of course I told her yes.
As we left the theater.. I remember asking her how can that be a sequel? It's nothing like the others and none of the original characters are the same! There's no Kevin there's not even Harry and Marv. Her response was something like well the original characters are too old now. From that moment on I promised myself I would never watch another Home Alone sequel. However.. my nanny did continue to watch them. Of course though.. she agreed that they were just not the same.
When I found out Disney plus was releasing a reboot to the Home Alone series.. like you I said something like you know that could go well if they do it right. Honestly.. I didn't think it was going to get on my nerves.. because it was a supposed reboot.. so I wasn't expecting it to stand anywhere even close to the others. You just can't. There will never be anything like the original home alone and Home Alone 2.
Made it about 15 minutes into the movie.. and then immediately turned it off. They just didn't even try to do something good! Not sure what they were going for with that.. but it doesn't even deserve to be called a reboot. Pretty sure if any of the original cast members watched it.. they were shaking their heads like what the hell?!
Dear Universe.. please make sure that young kids today don't grow up thinking that the Disney plus reboot was what Home Alone is about and what it stood for. Make sure they know about the original McAlister's and the original Harry and Marv!
LOVE the use of 'wow, what a hole' Good job!
The fact that Disney made this movie is the worst part of Home Sweet Home Alone. They know how to make classics that last forever. But they really dropped the ball with this movie.
Idk if it's just me but disney hasn't made a very good movie in a while. The last good one in my opinion was Luca but even that was serious subpar for a pixar movie. Everything just feels like they're trying to make movies to milk for merchandising purposes with everything coming below that
Disney is a soulless corporation that only knows how to make money through brand recognition. They don’t know shit about making good movies
In 20 years, Disney will own everything. Every movie they make will be a remake of a reboot of another reboot that was a reboot of a remake.
Disney forgot how to make a good movie a long time ago.
@@buffoonustroglodytus4688 besides animated movies, i agree
They made a Home Alone reboot
"Look what you did, you little jerks!"
the first home alone is perfect, absolutely timeless.
the second one was almost as perfect but is sometimes forgot.
the third one had a idea but fell short,
and then the rest of them were like darts that missed the board.
(imo i love the 2nd as much as the 1st)
After Home Alone 3, I didn't know, there was something else after that.
I feel like they should've done what they did with the Vacation reboot: have an adult Macaulay Caulkan play adult Keven who now has his own kids and one of them gets left home.
It might have been a joke, but I read somewhere that they are going to do a slight remake of home alone with an older Macaulay, called like stoned alone. I think the movie would be like he gets way too high in paranoid and starts setting up booby traps and attacking people trying to come to his house, but they're really just like his friends or the pizza delivery guy. Maybe some actual bandits get involved,
@@eddiedingle767 yeah with Ryan Reynolds I think.
i like another person's idea that posted here: Make the robbers the protagonists and the kid a bratty little annoying antagonist.
They should just remake the original home alone and not change anything except having adult Macaulay Caulkan play kevin
@@Doomzdayxx wasn't that was this shitty reboot did, lol?
Wait wait wait... the “crooks” in the new home alone film are the good guys trying to get their stolen property back and in the process are getting beat up by an overweight brat... epic yikes. What an absolutely awful plot
@Patrick Whelpley Must have a terrible agent who has a vendetta against her :/
why add the overweight part?
@@hotgarbagejohn7113 you ok buttercups?
I’m so happy that I grew up with original, fun, and wholesome entertainment.
That’s what Disney does nowadays.
They take beloved franchises, and “remake” them, thinking that they can do them better. Meanwhile absolutely trashing them leaving it as an empty shell of what it used to be.
That’s Disney
They should just make a Home Alone short film where Kevin and Harry meeting together again in a apartment building, sitting together in a dark room and make amends. Like the cafe scene in Heat with Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro. Have it be filmed in black and white for aesthetic purposes.
Why can’t Marv be there?
@@mellowyellow6572 Is he acting anymore?
@@comixproviderftw_02 Does it matter? This is your fantasy. The man hasn’t been in anything worthwhile since C.H.U.D I think he can spare the time.
@@mellowyellow6572 Daniel Stern (Marv) was hilarious in Otis (2008) - I know his roles since have been sporadic but Otis proves he hasn't lost that comedy timing we love him for 🙂
@@namethestars I know, I know. The joke was supposed to be that C.H.U.D is arguably his worst role.
It's sad knowing the movie is directed by Dan Mazer, the co-screenwriter of Borat. It does explain why Home Sweet Home is so mean spirited. It worked great for Borat, but not for Home Alone.
Holy shit, then that means he's technically an Oscar nominee. Disney should have put that on the poster! The New Film from Oscar Nominated Screenwriter DAN MAZER.
@@BaranoffIsaac But still, it was from him in some capacity. It's not lying if it's technically true, lol.
Well he also directed Dirty Grandpa which... Ugh! So not that surprising.
@@BaranoffIsaac Good for you (!)
Dan Mazer is decent though, but the executive producers for this bland soft reboot are gross after all.
It's been years since I saw Home Alone, but seeing those ads I feel like they easily could have done a Force Awakens style reboot/sequel. I see adult Kevin as being this reclusive and eccentric inventor/tech billionaire spending Christmas alone in a giant mansion rigged with booby traps, while both some bad guys (perhaps the wet bandits have franchised) and his family try to reach him. Make him basically an adult child who grows up at the end. I literally came up with that off the top of my head, you can go many ways with it.
I love the two original home alone movies ❤️ they will always hold a special place in my heart
It speaks volumes that the kid was more likeable playing a little Nazi then in this film.
However obviously not his fault.
Also while I'm thinking about It I just realized that he would've made a better Artemis Fowl than the kid that Disney actually casted!
Especially with this characterisation.
he is a fantastic performer. if he was deliberately meant to be the villain here, well done
He looks like he'd play a good "young Nick Frost" in something
Ｇｒｉｌｌａ Ｄｏｇ who would play young Simon Pegg?
Grow up. Watch Europa The Last Battle and learn something
There's a time and place for a rich asshole boy genius.... And this movie was not this
I am just so glad you highlighted Catherine O’Hara’s great work on the original. I think she really does give it the heart that the later sequels lack.
She was heck of a lot better than the mom in this one.
She's always been very underrated.
“wha- mum! you can’t promise a kid mucdonalds and not delivaa!”
“what a mcshame.”
Very well said, sir.
The very Irish Aisling Bea doing a Brit accent is hilarious.
Love Aisling Bea so hearing that accent was like watching a cat bark.
The best joke in the whole movie is the "McCallister Home Security" sign in front of Max's house.
The 'hashtag ill-judged' cuts in this video crack me up
They say art reflects the age it comes from. These two movies are perfect examples of our society then and today. The first shows family, compassion, clear cut good vs evil, and mixes in comedy to keep our attention. The latter shows how our society is entitled, self centered, greedy, and thinks being evil is funny.
And how the future generation is fully engrossed in it
Because people weren't greedy, self-centred, etc. back then?
At times I wonder why our generation exists because we can't do right for doing wrong it seems and we get blamed for everything even when it cannot categorically be our fault. Perhaps we should have just been drowned and be done with it.
Merry Christmas thoughts there.
@@1Thunderfire I never said generation. I said society.