Home Alone will be broadcast globally and seen by millions yearly during the holidays for decades to come. When all the participants of this countdown have long retired to Del Boca Vista. Kevin will still be rockin' around the Christmas tree. Classic.
Seen 26/32 Ballot 4/25
5. A Few Good Men (1992) 6. The Remains of the Day (1993) 12. Point Break (1991) 21. Home Alone (1990)
Never was a big fan of Home Alone. I was the wrong age for it when it came out and though I've seen it a few times, including recently, I still think it's very, as the kids say, "mid."
My memory is kinder to Good Will Hunting, which I recall as being perfectly fine, though like many films of this decade, I haven't seen it since the turn of the millenium. No vote from me.
I watch the three Home Alone movies, Jingle all the way & Miracle on 34th Street every year around Christmas, & I am not even Christian or celebrate that festival. But it is something that I do.
Home Alone is not a great movie. That's quite obvious. But as others have stated, it is kinda noteworthy & memorable. It also has a great re-watch value.
Lastly, John Williams' music is excellent. Especially the 'Somewhere in my Memory' track.
Home Alone was my 13th, & I am bloody pleased it has made the countdown.
Home Alone will be broadcast globally and seen by millions yearly during the holidays for decades to come. When all the participants of this countdown have long retired to Del Boca Vista. Kevin will still be rockin' around the Christmas tree. Classic.
Seen 26/32 Ballot 4/25
5. A Few Good Men (1992) 6. The Remains of the Day (1993) 12. Point Break (1991)
21. Home Alone (1990)
Well said! Making a great holiday film is a cheat code for staying in the zeitgeist.
I watch the three Home Alone movies, Jingle all the way & Miracle on 34th Street every year around Christmas, & I am not even Christian or celebrate that festival. But it is something that I do.
Home Alone is not a great movie. That's quite obvious. But as others have stated, it is kinda noteworthy & memorable. It also has a great re-watch value.
Lastly, John Williams' music is excellent. Especially the 'Somewhere in my Memory' track.
Home Alone was my 13th, & I am bloody pleased it has made the countdown.
Home Alone manages to give a nod to Christianity while not beating it over your head. As an agnostic and extremely lapsed Christian, it fits the season well for me.
I'd be lying to you if I said I didn't enjoy the PG slapstick made for children version of Straw Dogs.
While Straw Dogs 2 didn't make my list, I'll be darned if I can't appreciate the powerful message of property rights AND the right to self defense as shown in the film and as major themes! Also Kevin McCallister is a true renaissance young man if there ever was one! He appreciates old movies and old music and relies on the American spirit of rugged individualism in fighting the bad guys while also surviving on his own and being inventive and creative!
A true pioneer!
Also McCallister is a good, strong Irish name!
And me boy Kevin just will not stand for the transgressions of any occupiers onto his property, yet also has the heart and Christian kindness to help the poor and pay respects to the nativity in the season which we celebrate the birth of our Savior!
Kevin McCallister is a true hero of the people and of our inalienable rights!!! And even though Straw Dogs 2 didn't make my list, I'd be darned if I'm not happy and pleased to see it make the top 100! Kevin McCallister wouldn't like dem apples, oh no! Me boy Kevin would take dem apples and mold them into tools of self defense and harness their freedom fightin' power, aye he would!
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Home Alone will be broadcast globally and seen by millions yearly during the holidays for decades to come. When all the participants of this countdown have long retired to Del Boca Vista. Kevin will still be rockin' around the Christmas tree. Classic.
I don't think I can afford Del Boca Vista. That being said, you are probably right about the staying power of Home Alone. That doesn't change the fact that I have never seen it. I wasn't a kid when it came out and I didn't have any kids.
I saw Good Will Hunting and enjoyed it a lot. I love Robin Williams in this. It also has my man Stellan Skarsgard in it.
Today's entries filled me with apathy, which is just, hmm... Now love, love is the drug, and dislike, at least that's a feeling, but apathy is... just...
But tomorrow's duo features one of my great loves. What is it, why is it, where is it!? Care to make a guess, who do I love?
Good Will Hunting is a film that leaves me... just... meh.
It's a very formulaic and paint by numbers type of thing that goes through the motions. Of course it has great acting and a solid cast and is well made. There's nothing wrong with it. It's one of those films that your middle school or high school English teacher would love to show in class and then you'd have to write a conventional five paragraph essay over in which you regurgitated the same talking points the teacher hashed out and forced out of classroom discussions in talking about how trend-setting and profound and "brave" the message of the film is. Just like another Robin Williams' "inspirational" film Dead Poet Society.
No thanks. Not my cup of tea. While I don't entirely disagree with the message, I find it all oversimplified and mundane. It's a typical after school special type of movie, regardless of how well made it is. It's full of stock ready to order characters and situations and conflicts. It's about as white bread and vanilla and as safe of a "brave" and "profound" film as you could possibly have. I'm glad Gus Van Sant didn't stick with the Good Will Huntings and Finding Foresters stuff.
I also like to think of MoFo as a sort of LETS Community where we are able to offer our unique talents and insights to the benefit of each other. In this case, in honor of today's pick, using my stellar research expertise and tools at my disposal (a deep dive on the YouTube encyclopedia), I was able to find this nugget of knowledge to share with you all.
I know many of you might be worried or concerned about what to do or what not to do if you find yourselves precariously stuck at home and alone. Put your fears to rest as here is a quick video detailing five steps you can follow if you find yourself in that potentially dangerous situation of being home, alone:
Good Will Hunting is fine. I like it but it's not something I rank highly. I like my Gus Van Sant films starring Matt Damon and Casey Affleck to be set in a desert and nothing much happens...or doesn't it? And when are they going to release the sequel!
You're crying from Home Alone? Well it is a holiday classic and it does make me laugh..but not cry.
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I've never understood the love for Home Alone. The movie is pretty much just an average movie with a few fun scenes, but I don't think there's anything special about it.
On the other hand, Good Will Hunting is a great movie with excellent performances by Robin Williams and Matt Damon. I knew it would make my list as soon as this countdown was announced, and after rewatching it, it made it all the way up to #6 on my list.
My list so far:
4. Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
6. Good Will Hunting (1997)
15. My Cousin Vinny (1992)
16. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
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The first color on the French flag, Blue concerns emotional liberty. The craft in the Three Colors Trilogy is a marvel (a quick search spoke of "its intricate narrative structure, thematic depth, and aesthetic brilliance", all fancy ways of saying, "It's damn good!") the visual rhymes, the use of color, objects, movement, numbers, sound and music to create a vibe and often, a bridge between pictures, impresses me to no end. I like how I have to be active viewer to fully appreciate what Kieslowski is striving for, and achieves, with his trilogy - and it makes me extremely happy to see him well represent on the 100. He's our first director with 3 films on the list - will others join him, surpass him?
Apollo was a big deal for director Ron Howard creatively/critically, and the third highest-grossing film of the year it was released. It was nominated for 9 Oscars, though not one for its director (he was however, nominated for a Globe), he'd have to wait 6 years before receiving his first nom (and win) from the Academy.
From Mental Floss - To simulate the weightlessness inside the module, Howard and his crew were contemplating using wires and harnesses, friend and director Stephen Spielberg suggested that he look into the KC-135, a NASA-owned airplane that’s able to simulate zero gravity. Because the KC-135 can only achieve weightlessness for 25 seconds at a time, Howard, his cast and crew had to make roughly 600 dives, in order to capture the amount of footage needed. Thirty to 40 of them were possible per flight, and the crew took two flights a day. Totaling more than four hours
Three Colors Blue was previously #66, Apollo unranked in the last 90s poll.
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