Blog Response #6 - Home Alone

Every Christmas my family and I watch the Home Alone movies. It’s hard for me to pick a favorite from the two since I find both so funny. Watching the criminals get outsmarted by the little boy never fails to make me laugh. It’s so convenient to watch them during Christmas time because the stations are always running them. I’m always surprised when I see the third one on TV because it’s such a disappointment compared to the other two. I realize that Macaulay Culkin got older and wouldn’t fit the role anymore but, the new child they brought in was disappointing. The original Christmas movies just can’t be rivaled. The relationship between Harry and Marv is so funny to me as well. They are both so dumb but yet somehow Marv was dumber than Harry. This is a great example of superiority theory because the viewers are laughing at their pain. The pain the two go through is so painful and in real life no one could possibly survive it. The viewer probably feels like they are smarter than Harry or Marv since they fall for the most basic of traps. I like the scene where the two criminals are walking up the stairs and Kevin throws a paint canister down and they know to miss it. Harry thinks he is so clever because when the second one comes down he knows to avoid it. Both continue to run up the stairs then to their surprise get hit by the third. Their reactions to the traps are priceless. The video that analyzed the crimes was so funny. I never thought about how he learned how to make a flamethrower or all the other complicated traps. Watching the movie I never really thought about how all the traps he pulled were crimes. I just thought he was a little mastermind who was determined to do whatever he can to protect his house.

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  1. Shane Herron24 October 2018 at 09:49

    I remember seeing a video breaking down what the actual effect of these traps would be on the human body. Suffice it to say, the paint cans alone would have killed them. Definitely this is a perfect example of superiority theory.

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  2. sonalipatel24 October 2018 at 12:33

    Kevin definitely was very smart and used his knowledge to outsmart his intruders. I believe one could argue that superiority theory was a main component used throughout the movie by Kevin.

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  3. Unknown25 October 2018 at 08:02

    I don't think that I ever stopped to consider things like how Kevin learned to make a flamethrower either. It is also kind of funny to think that this was the first role I ever watched Joe Pesci in. It's interesting to see him as such a terrible criminal and then, as I got older, go back and watch his previous movies like Casino where he played a savvy gangster

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