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Not aged well, overrated

posted a year ago by e3e34ifj (1912)
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I used to watch this one on VHS all the time as a kid and loved it. I've tried giving it new chances once a year around Christmastime and it has never impressed me as an adult. the premise is just too ridiculous for me to buy, at least in the way the movie portrays it. These parents are insanely stupid. The crooks are equally as stupid. The 2nd act of the movie is very slow and you can tell they're just buying time so they can get to the big ending scene. I also don't think Culkin is all that good even as far as child actors go.

It is well made and John Williams's music is excellent but I don't see much else to praise it about.

[–] LetoAtreides (559) a year ago

It became a Christmas classic.

The only part that hasn't aged well in my opinion is Kevin sliding down the stairs and on the ice rink while going "woooooooaaaaaaaah".

[–] Stratego (30490) a year ago

Weird how generations still watch it today if it hasn't "aged well". Seems rather like you just don't like the movie anymore. More a case of YOU having aged, instead of the movie.

[–] Keelai (34853) a year ago

You just outgrew it. There are plenty of movies and TV shows that I enjoyed years ago that I can no longer watch. But, I still like Home Alone. It's supposed to be a little campy and silly. The music is great.

[–] GreenGoblinsOck8 (7699) a year ago

To each their own. I hate popular films like The Godfather, A Clockwork Orange, Raging Bull, Scarface, Casino, and Lost in Translation. And before accusing me of hating dramas, I like One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Driving Miss Daisy, Shawshank Redemption, and Forrest Gump.

[–] ak47wong (563) 5 days ago

Those are *all* popular films.

[–] BrandNewPoster (10996) a year ago

I think it has aged well. It is still fun and entertaining.

[–] mariomonsieur (281) a year ago

Nonstop, jam-packed, fun-to-fun. The crooks were mad more than stupid, they acted easy

[–] blue1981 (7735) a month ago

As a kid you enjoy things like the slapstick humor. As an adult you appreciate it's a well made movie exploring the dark themes of loneliness at Christmas, the John Williams score, and scenes like the church scene.

[–] KiwiJim (1176) a month ago

I don’t quite understand this post.

So this film brought you joy as a kid (the primary target audience) and now you’ve decided to trash it, calling it “overrated”, presumably in an attempt to warn others away from it? Is there a particular reason you don’t want other people to share that good feeling it used to give you?

We all grow up and our tastes mature, there’s certainly nothing wrong with that, but to discredit the film now seems quite a miserly and cynical move.

For what it’s worth I watched it again on TV last Christmas after not seeing it for many years and I thought it held up pretty well. I even got a pang of nostalgia about watching it when I was younger, which was heartwarming. It’s a shame it raises negative feelings in you now.