Home Alone

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First time viewed: No
Current Release: No
Watched With: Jordan, Amberly, David, Breeahn

Christmas in July party. Not complete without a christmas movie and this is what ended up play. Why not. Kinda fitting after just watching Harry Potter. Chris Columbus had a cray mega hit with this one too although this one was a little more surprising. Although I was only in pre-primary when this was released. Still many childhood memories.

A lot of that has to do with the John Williams score, every note is ingrained in my memory. John Hughes apparently bashed this out over a weekend for a laugh. I would love to get my hands on all those other scripts he wanted made but they didn't pick up. No doubt they are still floating around Hollywood offices somewhere, so even though he is sadly no longer with us there is still a chance we could see something new from him.

The bluray has a commentary with Columbus and Macaulay Culkin! Awesome stuff. And some nice extras. A lot of trivia was spouted during the viewing. I especially like the theory that Elvis is alive and appears as an extra in this film.

Also we all seemed to notice Kevin's passport being thrown into the garbage the night before the flight, a somewhat important plot point and something none of us had picked up on before. Thanks Bluray. Thuray.

Catherine O'Hara is just the best. Her and the crazy awesome stunt guys that do some of the best prat falls in modern movie history. Change the sound effects and music in this film and it becomes a horrific nightmare. Crazy violent! But funny.

A lot of logic holes were pointed out watching the film, nothing I ever really though about watching it before, it's just such a cool kid wish fulfilment scenario, being home by yourself doing whatever you want and of course the downside to that, being afraid and alone. Simple. Fun to watch through again. And we did notice a few Radcliffs in the credits...