Just wait for the inevitable box set...

ggoblin31 wrote: A movie that has aged horribly. I watched this over the holidays w/ the lady friend and I found my self in a state of being completely unable to laugh at anything. It's a film frozen in time and hype.
How do you mean exactly?

And yeah, as soon as it was mentioned, I remembered that part from "The Critic". It's been playing on Teletoon up here and while I haven't been keeping up with it (not for lack of trying), they run ads, and one of them is that. I had completely forgotten.

ggoblin31 wrote: A movie that has aged horribly. I watched this over the holidays w/ the lady friend and I found my self in a state of being completely unable to laugh at anything. It's a film frozen in time and hype. I felt the opposite. That's how I felt about The Mighty Ducks, a movie that totally didn't live up to a single one of my memories, but Home Alone was an awesome nostalgia trip, up there with when I finally re-watched Ghostbusters after about 10 years.

I still can't believe he's hittin' Mila Kunis. Looks like a good version though.

One of my Top chrismtas Movies ever This Home alone 2 and Elf are my all time favs

On the commentary, which is one of the best I've ever heard, Columbus and Culkin talk about pitching the studio their idea for Home Alone 4 (apparently they were/are unaware of the TV sequel) in which, as many have suggested, Kevin has grown up a delinquent and ends up robbing a bunch of houses, which turn out to include the houses of ex-Wet Bandits Harry and Marv. To Kyle Mertes: This commentary alone is reason enough to upgrade your DVD, especially since the SD version of the SE is generally only ten bucks.

I too would like to see a special edition of the sequel, if only it means commentary by Columbus and Culkin. I don't agree that it's better -- it's the exact same damn movie, only twice as violent. People always talk about how a) a kid couldn't set up the kinds of traps devised or b) how a human being can't survive the abuse taken during the movies, but I still feel Home Alone is fairly plausible on both levels, although there is definitely a level in the first film on which both of these counts are physically possible but highly unlikely. The second one blows past both counts without a care in the world -- nearly every trap is invariably fatal, starting with bricks being thrown off a roof into someone's skull (!) and various Rube Goldberg style inventions that are not only questionable for someone like Kevin to devise, but are foiled in believability not by his resources or ingenuity but merely by his height.

I'm writing the 5th one just now but I'm unable to progress any further due to a dilema.  Either..

A)  Macaulay Culkin returns as a washed up & divorced junkie who allows his house to get robbed.....

or

B)  Two dim-witted but ultra violent thieves attempt to rob a house, attended solely by a 5 year old.  They succeed, & batter the c**p child actor for 90 minutes.

Love this flick, but own the standard editions of 1 and 2 on DVD and see no need to upgrade.

The art for the standard edition is WAY better than this tripe of a cover for that "Family Fun Edition" tag.

taciturnwes wrote:

Oddly enough, way back in 1994 the TV series The Critic did a spoof for "Home Alone 5" featuring a 23-year-old Kevin with a five o'clock shadow and a cigarette screaming with his hands over his face, that show was definately ahead of its time.

I remember that show!  My brother bought the entire season set on DVD and we watched all the episodes about 3 years ago.  

We're still waiting patiently for a special edition of Home Alone 2, Fox.

Bouncy X wrote: Cheddar J. Cheese wrote: Home Alone and it's two sequels* are required viewing during "the season". And yeah, I've always fancied 2 more than 1, although both are fantastic.

So is Jingle All the Way (another "Family Fun" title). Say what you will, but nothing says Christmas like Arnie running around trying to find a doll on Christmas Eve.


*Yeah, Home Alone 3 doesn't even compare to the first two, nor is it worthy of the title "Home Alone". It is however, a decent film on its own, and it's just fun. Besides, did we really want an 18 year old Macaulay Culkin being left home, or separated from his family? Somehow I think he'd manage and there'd be less shenanigans and hijinx. Hmmm, I'm surprised that hasn't been a joke on Family Guy yet actually...

dont forget the made-for-tv Home Alone 4  
I've been trying to actually...

Cheddar J. Cheese wrote: Home Alone and it's two sequels* are required viewing during "the season". And yeah, I've always fancied 2 more than 1, although both are fantastic.

So is Jingle All the Way (another "Family Fun" title). Say what you will, but nothing says Christmas like Arnie running around trying to find a doll on Christmas Eve.


*Yeah, Home Alone 3 doesn't even compare to the first two, nor is it worthy of the title "Home Alone". It is however, a decent film on its own, and it's just fun. Besides, did we really want an 18 year old Macaulay Culkin being left home, or separated from his family? Somehow I think he'd manage and there'd be less shenanigans and hijinx. Hmmm, I'm surprised that hasn't been a joke on Family Guy yet actually...

dont forget the made-for-tv Home Alone 4  

now 2 please. 2 is still the better one.

yeah I'd say this is a classic, seriously though I have no idea why they ported over the ridiculously pegged "family fun edition" though.  

Classic movie!