I was enjoying this movie up until the bad kid says a curse word. What was the deal with that? The movie wasn't adult enough already with the violence? They had to throw in some language?
There's something to be said for restraint.
Another case where bad language ruins an otherwise halfway decent movie.
Yeah, I'm fine with disturbing violence and psychological abuse, but I will not abide potty language. Twat.
shareCrimekitt is an idiot. The f bomb is something a little kid would emphysis. Writers shouldnt tip toe around people like you.
shareAre you serious? The kid drowning his little brother didn't bother you...but his swearing did?
It's different though. The movie was about the kid being a psychopath so the violence was justified by that. There wasn't anything that explained the bad language though, they just threw that in there to appeal to college crowd because they were worried the movie couldn't carry itself on its own merits.
Maybe if the kid had been adopted from a ghetto area in the beginning then it would make sense because he would have grown up only hearing people talk bad language and uses curse words.
But he obviously came from a nice area so there's no way he would have picked up any bad language growing up.
Are you effing kidding!?
Do you not remember what it's like to be 12!?!?!
You can pick up bad language anywhere, and who says that he didn't overhear his parents cursing (just because they're upperclass they don't swear), or learned it from kids at school or heard it on tv....kids pick up swear words all the time. I grew up in a pretty conservative household and was a pretty well behaved kid and in my preteen years i dropped more than a few f-bombs.
You must have had some neglectful parents.
They never told you to watch the language?
I would venture to say that most kids 12 or under have never thrown around any bad language.
The few that do most likely come from bad households.
Were your parents "atheists" or something? Ha.
I went to a rich Catholic school and almost everyone was swearing by the time we were 12. It was specifically because our parents told us to "watch the language". It was a preteen/childish form of rebellion. It has nothing to do with bad or good households.
Also, my parents were non-practicing Catholics (borderline atheists), and my sister and I swore less than the kids whose parents were devout and brought them to church every Sunday.
I would venture to say that most kids 12 or under have never thrown around any bad language.
The few that do most likely come from bad households.
It's different though. The movie was about the kid being a psychopath so the violence was justified by that. There wasn't anything that explained the bad language though, they just threw that in there to appeal to college crowd because they were worried the movie couldn't carry itself on its own merits.
Maybe if the kid had been adopted from a ghetto area in the beginning then it would make sense because he would have grown up only hearing people talk bad language and uses curse words.
But he obviously came from a nice area so there's no way he would have picked up any bad language growing up.
What you just said is a bunch of bullcrap. I grew up in a conservative Christian family and my parents did have me wash my mouth out with soap if I said a bad word when I was little. But when I was 9 years old I lived in a nice neighborhood and so did all my friends. But they were cussing everyday on the playground. And some of them like me went to a Christian church on Sunday and had good parents. So, yeah. Kids do cuss even when their parents are good people.
Have some perspective. The movie was used as a vehicle for Macaulay Culkin to shake his Home Alone image. Every little gesture like the smoking and the cussing was to arouse snickers from the audience, and that it did in the theater September 1993.
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-Amanda
"She will remember your heart when men are fairy tales in storybooks written by rabbits"
I thought it was kind of stupid, to be honest. This kid is so over-the-top, I can't take him seriously.
shareWhy on Earth some people in this day and age so sensitive about Macaulay saying "don't *beep* with me?".
Please you can't be serious, Macaulay is a budding serial killer and he doesn't care about his conscience and his mind is ruthless and scary, he goes into a frenzy of outburst over a rubber duck, and you want him to watch his mouth..
..are you kidding me? He discovered himself and the Euphoria enjoyment when he killed his toddler Brother at aged Ten. And at twelve, he wants his Cousin Mark to join in but discovered he is a normal kid, and tauts him. But Mark said something that is flaring Henry "she is my mother now" and Henry is warning him with the fvck.
And It's appropriate for a person like Henry in that frame of mind to say a swear word.
Yes I believe he killed his brother for a purpose(does not want baby bro around to take away any attention given to him though clearly mom loved all the same he was just a bad seed) however I believed he felt joy doing so. He would grow up to kill for purposeful reasons however I think he would be a thrill killer too. Normal people would take a weekend to the woods for adventure thrill but Henry would get his thrill from finding someone to kill and torture in those woods.
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