Home Alone- (Our generations Christmas story❤️). What’s your favorite booby trap or surprise Kevin had for Harry and Marv?
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Holiday_Resort2858@reddit
"Keep the change, ya filthy animal!"
waywardviking208@reddit (OP)
DebiMoonfae@reddit
Ugh i had to resist the urge to downvote because that little twerp smiling at the fact he’a going to keep on drinking and then pee all over Kevin later always bothered me
Holiday_Resort2858@reddit
Then he becomes a rich little prick in Succession. Roman Roy
IAmNotMyName@reddit
The correct answer is the Micro Minis trap
Reeferologist-@reddit
They’re all classic and funny to me, but for some reason in the first one my favorite one is when Marv starts climbing in the window and he’s got this shit eating grin on his face and starts laughing to himself like “dumb ass kid left the window open”. He doesn’t see the ornaments and just steps right down on them, screaming in pain lol
ibanezer83@reddit
THIS IS THE ONE! Watching him realize whats happened and the he needs to just walk thru it all is hilarious!
Euphoric-Proposal-42@reddit
I love that scene
waywardviking208@reddit (OP)
This scene made my dad (born 1950) cringe more than any other. I think cause it was believable and the sound of the ornament popping under his first foot that steps on one sounds perfectly horrifying
pregnantandsober@reddit
I don't know how he can still walk after all the stuff that happens to his feet.
orangepaperlantern@reddit
The way the ornaments pop as he steps on them!
LikelyLioar@reddit
All I remember is that my dad had to take my little sister to the lobby because she was bawling over how the criminals were getting hurt.
ptatersptate@reddit
Marv vs ice stairs from the original and Marv vs electrified sink in the second. I’m a sucker for the high pitched scream/skeleton.
Strawberry_Rhymeaid@reddit
That scene makes me laugh so hard every time. It's the scream and cheesey skeleton effects that are just 😂🤌🏻
sonsofthedesert@reddit
Christmas story is an 80s movie
OkBaconBurger@reddit
The nail on the steps makes my feet hurt just watching it.
SoloMotorcycleRider@reddit
True story: I've actually stepped on a nail that went through my shoe and into my foot. I don't remember it hurting on the inward. It hurt like a mofo lifting my foot off it.
MetaVulture@reddit
I will forever hate that scene. I have since I saw it, and it is the most horribly remembered one of that movie.
OkBaconBurger@reddit
You understand then. It’s horrid.
ptatersptate@reddit
by now I’ve watched this movie over a hundred times and every single time I squirm
SteakJones@reddit
9thgrave@reddit
The paint cans on ropes kill me every time. Especially in the second one, where they dodge them thinking they've outsmarted the trap only to have a second round take them out.
lilbunnygal@reddit
I do love the electrocution 🤣 but hands down the funniest thing is the bricks coming off the roof and hitting Marv 🤣🤣🤣🤣
rybfish@reddit
Nope. The only correct answer here is "Planes, Trains and Automobiles".
_MistyDawn@reddit
No, that's Thanksgiving.
westcor@reddit
Anyone rememebr the church scene, when the Wet Bandits drive by? I swear there was a line "That place gives me the creeps." It no longer exists anywhere, on any version of the movie, or in the script?!?!
_MistyDawn@reddit
I remember that line, and thinking, "Yeah, that sounds about right for them." Did someone go and ret-con it on us? I haven't watched the movie in a few years.
Sabres00@reddit
Christmas Story is ours as well, that movie didn’t do amazing in the box office and was out of theaters by January, which was only a fraction of the time Home Alone was out. Cable TV and VHS really assisted getting Christmas Story out to the masses.
JacPhlash@reddit
Hot take- National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation is better than Home Alone.
Antnee83@reddit
As slapstick? Maybe.
But Home Alone is like, a perfect film. There's not a single plothole, and not a single scene is wasted. Not a microgram of fat in that movie.
Nonsenseinabag@reddit
That and the John Williams score elevates it to holiday legend status. I'll put that on by itself over the holidays.
waywardviking208@reddit (OP)
Funnier in certain company or states of mind but not better
_R_A_@reddit
Ummm... Die Hard is my Christmas Story, thank you.
SteakJones@reddit
Man, I get the rational, but I’d argue that A Christmas Story was our generations A Christmas Story. 😆
TNT running it 24/7 on Christmas Eve was awesome.
superschaap81@reddit
Yeah, this, also given it was made (Born) during the same time as us (1983). Although, it was a Boomer nostalgia trip, for sure.
Deesmateen@reddit
I know I am over here thinking we have a Christmas story, Christmas vacation AND home alone
SteakJones@reddit
And to a lesser extent, Home Alone 2. Which I’ll give a pass… but even at a young age I knew it meant the beginning of the end.
loptopandbingo@reddit
Lol I have a solid memory of writing a book report on the novelization of Home Alone 2
SteakJones@reddit
Sounds like a book fair book to me! Hahaha
loptopandbingo@reddit
It absolutely was lol
Threetimes3@reddit
I saw Home Alone 2 in theaters for a friend's birthday. I remember that I didn't really care for it, and thought it was too much like the first one. I was pretty much the only person I knew who was my age that felt that way, and even to this day I still feel that way.
I know this is a pretty hot take, but Home Alone 3 is better than 2. I think a lot of people who give 3 hate haven't seen it, and just assume it's bad because it's only a sequel in name, it has nothing to do with the other films. Unlike 4, which actually tried to be a direct sequel, and is absolutely horrible.
SteakJones@reddit
I refuse to watch Home Alone 3. My kids did and they said they loved it. I may give in this year. 😆
Threetimes3@reddit
It's a dumb family comedy, but if you divorce it from the other movies you'll find it better.
pregnantandsober@reddit
I've made sure to watch all 3 every December for the past, like, 10 years. A couple of years ago I added Elf to the line up.
Deesmateen@reddit
All three have been in rotation with my family since I’ve been a kid. Now with my family we do the same and my kids love them and also love elf and home alone 2. Those are our musts but we are heathens now and watch as many hallmarks as we can
DoctorFenix@reddit
If you haven't seen the legitimate sequel, A Christmas Story Christmas, that came out a few years ago (On Paramount+ or Max, I forget which)... it's worth watching.
They recast the mom, which was unfortunate, but all the OG kids are in it as adults.
TraditionalTackle1@reddit
I took a tour of the house last year and went to the museum, it was pretty awesome.
SteakJones@reddit
Yeah! I did a few of the Christmas Story 5k races. Ended at the house!
ouijahead@reddit
Do they still do that ?
TraditionalTackle1@reddit
Yes my wifes family hates it lol.
SteakJones@reddit
Not sure. Haven’t had cable in a decade.
lostinrecovery22@reddit
The nail
RoiVampire@reddit
The whole basement set up was top notch. All that shit just wrecked Marv
Interesting_Whole_44@reddit
7
Antnee83@reddit
As a kid, I wanted to see the traps more than anything else.
As an adult, it's my least favorite part. The whole movie is just pure Xmas vibes and I simply enjoy being in that world for a bit.
OtherlandGirl@reddit
I cringe and shiver every time he steps on that nail with his bare foot 😖
Lululemonparty_@reddit
The iron from the laundry chute
ZeldaHylia@reddit
I grew up watching a Christmas story and home alone. I was around 13 when home alone came out.
DoctorFenix@reddit
Nothing will ever get the sound of Marv stepping on the nail out of my head.
Putrid-Art-1559@reddit
The scream Marv screamed when Kevin dropped the spider on him is one of the funniest parts of the whole movie. I still laugh every time even after seeing this movie probably over 100 times.
pandafish78@reddit
Also after when he keeps asking, “Did I get him? Did I get him?” And he keeps swatting at his own face.
loptopandbingo@reddit
And then Harry starts hitting him with the crowbar
"Gimme that! Let's see how YOU like it, you dumb--"
TraditionalTackle1@reddit
Did you know that he had to pretend to scream so he didnt scare the spider and then they had to dub the real scream in?
FoxEBean21@reddit
That was the most hilarious thing I had ever seen at that point in my life. I remember missing what came right after because I was laughing so hard. It still cracks me up to this day.
HortonHearsTheWho@reddit
We just watched it with my kids, I’ll have to ask them their thoughts on this. Movie was a BIG hit though Old Man Marley scared the littlest pretty good!
in_Need_of_peace@reddit
spider on the face is fucking brillant
the_well_read_neck_@reddit
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Home Alone 2 is better than the first. The first one wrote the formula, the second one perfected it. With the being said, I'll go with the bricks being thrown, the paint cans knocking over, and the electrocution scene.
waywardviking208@reddit (OP)
Home alone 2 Harry and Marv are out of line hiding in a dollhouse of a kiddie toy store like predators and they kidnap Kevin who has to resort to credit card theft and stupid turtle doves to survive. The flamboyant concierge timed the hotel scenes with over the top responses to Kevin. Only good part was old man dunkin
dudemanspecial@reddit
r/unpopularopinion
jtho78@reddit
For some of us Christmas Story was our generation’s Christmas Story. I was 7 when it came out and related to it a lot more.
waywardviking208@reddit (OP)
Not my proudest fap
cheeker_sutherland@reddit
I think for most of us that is the case.
Fallenangel152@reddit
Not Brits, it never got here. I'd never heard of A Christmas Story until a few years ago.
Home Alone i saw at the theatre Christmas Eve 1990 with my dad.
NachoNachoDan@reddit
For me it’s the can of paint on the rope that he swings down the stairs. When that connects with his chin the resulting fall down the stairs is perfection
waywardviking208@reddit (OP)
Even a can of krylon spray paint would build up lots of velocity with that swing. A full gallon of heavy paint in a 1990 metal can would hurt.
Solid-Hedgehog9623@reddit
I saw it as a kid and never bothered with it again. My kids started watching it a few years ago. About two seasons ago, my daughters put it on in the living room. I tried to veto, but was overridden. Fine. We’ll watch Home Alone. I snuck a piece of an edible and we started the movie. I hated Kevin’s jerkoff relatives all over again, even though he was being a little shit. I’ll admit, I was enjoying the movie. I felt the gummy start to kick in right around the time Kevin was preparing for the final showdown. They show up just as he sits down to his Mac and cheese. Kevin goes to the back door with his b-b gun and slowly pushes it thru the doggy door. You could cut the tension with a knife. When he pulls the trigger and Joe Pesci doubles over I laughed so hard, I couldn’t catch my breath. The next 10ish minutes we’re better than any ab workout I ever tried and I was sore for days! So needless to say, it’s now a welcome addition to our family viewing schedule at the holidays. I think my favorite booby trap might’ve been the iced sidewalk and steps directly into the hot door knob. Like I said, that 10 minutes of the movie is relentless!
waywardviking208@reddit (OP)
100mg live rosin lemon gummy and a couple pipe (can no longer take bong rips) hits and I’m watching it now on Disney
gorilla-ointment@reddit
ouijahead@reddit
With the help of edibles
waywardviking208@reddit (OP)
Let’s be honest on edibles even Kevin sliding between the roller skaters legs while running from the cop is Oscar worthy drama while high.
wheezy_runner@reddit
I like this therapist's reaction to Kevin's family.
ptatersptate@reddit
You know what? One of my favourite memories of my mom is still how hard she was laughing at the theatre during the Home Alone 2 battle. Which in turn made me laugh even harder.
I hope that’s a core memory for your kids.
I say pop another gummy and go for round two.
dz1n3@reddit
I mean, A Christmas Story and Home Alone were only released 7 years apart. They're both our generations
Turbulent-Pea-8826@reddit
Yep. I watch them both every Christmas Eve.
NachoNachoDan@reddit
One of the things my wife and I forgot about the movie when we went to rewatch it with our kids for the first time a few years ago was how horrible all of the adults are towards the kids in that movie. Like the first 10 or 15 minutes of the movie when the whole family is Trying to get ready to leave, there’s just so many of Kevin‘s adult relatives being total jackasses and saying shit to kids that we would never think of saying these days
impactblue5@reddit
lol that free loading uncle is the worse. Also Kevin’s pops should of checked his own brother for talking to his son like that. “Look what you did you little jerk…!”
chop1125@reddit
Yep. If my BIL or SIL talked to my kids like he does, I would kick them out of my house.
Jaereth@reddit
When he grabs the heated doorknow I just cringe the fuck out. Can't handle that sizzle sound...
shibby3388@reddit
Our generation’s A Christmas Story is still A Christmas Story. Home Alone was a Christmas movie juggernaut that was a huge hit at the box office. It was not a quiet little movie that gained a cult following being aired on cable TV.
chop1125@reddit
Home Alone was Die Hard for those of us who wanted unrelenting violence, but were limited when our grandparents were visiting.
doktorhladnjak@reddit
A Christmas Story came out in 1983. Definitely also our generation.
kylem8019@reddit
I dont have a favorite trap, but the scene during all the chaos ;
"MARV! WHY THE HELL DID YOU TAKE YOUR SHOES OFF!"
"Harry? Why the hell you dressed like a chicken?"
Kills me EVERY time.
JaxxisR@reddit
I thought A Christmas Story was our generation's Christmas story...
roccosaint@reddit
The paint cans have my crying laughing from the sound effect alone.
they didn't stop michael Myers, though.
HappyGoonerAgain@reddit
The iced stairways for both of them just hits differently, being older and imagining it happening to me.
Also the flamethrower to head, no way he's going back in after that - that's straight to the ER.
bitwarrior80@reddit
Last night, my daughter, who is six, asked if we could watch this movie. I'm sure we've watched it together, but she probably doesn't remember. My only copy of Home Alone is on VHS tape. Whatever shall I do?
Just kidding, I have VCR and a tube TV still hooked up in the basement and a huge stack of tapes.
Autumn_Forest_Mist@reddit
The hot doorknob was very clever
NoContextCarl@reddit
I think the hot iron to the face wins for me.
Apparently there's Home Alone coffee creamer this year as my wife has one stashed in the fridge.
The_Abjectator@reddit
I have to throw out there that no matter what you choose, the real winner here is the sound editing/audio engineering. As a kid, there were certain qualities about the movie that stuck with me for years and as an adult I recognized it as excellent audio engineering.
From the crackling/sizzling of Harry's just-extinguished burning scalp to the sound that nail makes as it drives straight into the arch of Marv's foot, you hear everything perfectly. Watch it again with your eyes closed and the sounds are so visceral - even when they're dangling from that rope, you hear the creaking from the tension and then as Kevin uses the shears, you hear every fiber of the rope snap. Add to that the fantastic performances by Pesci and Stern, they have to make so many grunts and shouts that it should start to repeat but every one is different and believable, if a bit cartoon-y but it works!
That's good film making. As for me, the glass ornaments were always top-tier, the sound they make as they explode under Marv's feet and his squeals. And then after that when you hear Marv stepping on the hardwood floor you hear the little "tinks" of the glass embedded in his feet - just vicious. Its that very over-the-top quality that sells the comedy, for me.
Pragmatic_Centrist_@reddit
Excuse me? Christmas story was our generation’s Christmas story. You’re thinking 90’s kids with Home Alone
nola_mike@reddit
Umm, A Christmas Story is our generation's Christmas Story. It was Millenials that made that movie as popular as it is now. It wasn't terribly popular until TNT started showing it for 24hrs on Christmas Eve back in 1997 that it became the cult classic that it is now.
Intstnlfortitude@reddit
The paint can on the rope. Classic
fourofkeys@reddit
the tool chest down the stairs in part 1.
the bricks from the roof in part 2, which honestly would have killed them lol.
DifferenceLost5738@reddit
The paint cans and the iron face imprint!
QuixoticCacophony@reddit
I've seen A Christmas Story probably a hundred times. I've never watched Home Alone all the way through. It came out when I was 12 and I wasn't interested. My kid liked it when he was younger, though.
Kent-1980@reddit
For me it’s the strategically placed micro machines…
illinoishokie@reddit
My favorite is when Kevin grows up to be the Jigsaw Killer
GeetarEnthusiast85@reddit
The nail on the step. Makes me flinch. Every. Single. Time.
Even though it was simple, I also loved the Christmas ornaments in the floor by the window. Serves as both a deterrent AND an alarm.
You would have thought Harry and Marv would have decided the house was not worth all of that trouble.
I've loved these films since I was a kid. Watching this and Lost In New York yearly watches for me every December.
ronniesfedora@reddit
Living his best life after a coming of age and trauma bonding with his family in his big ass house.
XxDoXeDxX@reddit
Christmas Story > Home Alone. No contest.
Drum_Eatenton@reddit
It’s like picking a favorite child
NachoNachoDan@reddit
I support you among the avalanche of down votes you’re receiving. Christmas story is a better movie
jtho78@reddit
I agree
fenwoods@reddit
Christmas Story is a decent movie but an amazing sleep aid.
Bakingsquared80@reddit
So wrong
Serene_Hermit@reddit
Probably the tar with the nail. That shit was brutal, like something out of SAW.
DreadPirateR2891@reddit
Micro machines!
J_Robert_Matthewson@reddit
Kevin's antics creases being cute when he grew up to be the Jigsaw Killer.