#home alone 5

[hug-kiss-marry-kill]

[lucy-shining-star]

Traps made by Finn from Home Alone:The Holiday Heist are much more tame than traps made by other protagonists

Possible doylist reason: Maybe they wanted to make it more kid-friendly some parents complained? Although 6th turned up danger of traps again so dunno how possible that is

Possible watsonian reason: While other protagonists if not aiming to kill criminals (I mean Kevin in New York definitely did aim for that) didn't mind if they did die Finn actively tried to avoid them dying cause he just discovered his house he thought is haunted isn't he is not gonna make it haunted himself

[winntir]

I watched all the Home alone films, and here are my thoughts:

Home Alone is a prime example of eating your veggies so you can have dessert. It does all the plotting to fulfill its concept without having any plot holes. Every scene, every line of dialogue is to serve the narrative, which is impressive considering its reputation as a family film. You will understand every decision and believe every moment. Except the part where the Wet Bandits don’t curse like a sailor.

Home Alone 2 would’ve been better if you didn’t have the first film to compare it to. The first's traps were survivable; Marv should’ve been dead the second that brick connected to his head. It’s repeating old tricks with a much simpler progression despite the plot being more complex. I think we didn’t need the Wet Bandits to come back; we could’ve had Tim Curry be the villain and it would’ve been better. Also, everyone seems to give a damn about their performance except Macaulay Culkin, despite having more material to work with.

Home Alone 3 is a non sequitur combined with a story-type I’m not thrilled with. I know stories where the boy cries wolf because he sees one but the adults don’t because they didn’t see it is there to be analogous to situations where adult should’ve listened, like in cases of sexual abuse, but the new kid still has to deal with the international agents himself because the adults don’t believe him. If anything, this film gives the idea that kids are better off dealing with their problems themselves instead of getting an adult, which didn’t serve me well.

Home Alone 4 exists, despite your disbelief. It’s the worst one. Bringing back to Kevin didn’t work because they recast him and the rest of the returning cast. We have returning elements of the boy crying wolf because he saw one again, as well as 90’s-to-early-2000’s child-friendly materialism to pad out the runtime. It’s not horribly offensive, but it’s uninspired, often shallow, and boring. You will question if this is even in continuity with the other films.

Home Alone: The Holiday Heist is what you'd make if you made a Home Alone TV movie in 2012, which is what they did. The kids are obsess with technology, there’s some plot line that makes it more complicated than a burglary, there’s a lonely guy online that makes friends with the boy in a way that reminded me of other times that happens online… but it’s still better than 4. 4 is a low bar.

Home Sweet Home Alone made the mistake of focusing on the adult characters over the child lead and keeps making mistakes from there. They’re trying to justify why the antagonists' actions, but no one needed that before, perhaps because their actions were largely indefensible. It leans into the comedy angle, but they’re not funny, and needlessly cruel. This isn’t as bad as 4, but it’s not better than Holiday Heist, which is a shocking statement, I know.

[courseyoulovemeyoudontknowme]

Home Alone: The Holiday Heist (2012, Peter Hewitt)

12/12/2023

Home Alone: The Holiday Heist, also known as Home Alone 5, is a 2012 television film directed by Peter Hewitt, the fifth chapter of the Home Alone saga that began with Home Alone. It first aired on November 25, 2012 on ABC Family. In Italy it was broadcast on 3 December 2014 on Sky Cinema.

The Baxter family moves from California to Maine for the Christmas season. Finn Baxter and his older sister Alexis are two techophiles who isolate themselves from their parents Curtis and Catherine by spending their days playing "Robo Infantry 3" and using their cell phones respectively.

Development of the film began in March 2012 as co-production between ABC Family and Fox TV Studios. The two production companies previously co-produced Home Alone 4 in 2002. The film was shot in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

[rye-views]

Home Alone: The Holiday Heist (2012) dir. Peter Hewitt. 7.3/10

I would not recommend this movie to my friends. I would not rewatch this movie.

Mason's snow fort blocks are pretty impressive. Mason's dialogue is cute and amusing. I'm impressed by Mason's snowball machine.

Poor Simon. He was just helping.

Very Christmasy boobytraps.

[shanklin]

I just have to ask whether my guess is right: is it the OTP with tax agent?

Thank you for taking my bait asking!

You are absolutely correct! 

Stan/his IRS Agent

The most tragic or funny or tragically funny ship. My star crossed lovers!

The agent is the one person in Stan's life who never gave up on him. Who stood over Stan's grave and told him that it’s not over yet! They won't accept it.

Maybe it's because they have a job to finish OR MAYBE because they care. They care far more than they thought they would.

Just imagine Caryn crying over the son she's lost, while his twin is standing in the back seemingly emotionless. He told her that Stanley deserved to die for all the wrong he's done and it’s breaking her heart.

Her little free spirit all alone for ten long years and even in death no one but her cared enough to say goodbye.

And then the agent arrives and through her tears she thanks them for coming and asks if they were close to Stan.

After a long pause they reply.

“Yes, he was…very important to me.”

Caryn hugs them tightly.

“Thank you.” She says and sees something in the agent's expression. She takes their hands in hers and smiles through her tears.

“Thank you for loving him.”

Stan is watching the whole scene, arms crossed and frowning.

“Could you tell me about my boy? I haven’t seen him in so long.” She sobs. “And now I never will.”

The agent squeezes her hands and forces a smile.

“Of course.”

Caryn leaves to get her things and Stan confronts the agent.

“Why are you lying to my mother?”

“Who says I’m lying?” The agent replies, refusing to turn around and look at Stan.

“Because you’re just here to close your case. He was nothing but a worthless criminal undeserving of love.” Stan says coldly and gets swiftly knocked down by a punch to the face, his glasses falling off.

“You have no right! Not after you abandoned him. Yes, he was a criminal. He lied and stole and he cheated on his taxes. He was irritating, reckless and annoying, but more than any of that Stanley Pines was a good person. He deserved so much better.”

The agent moves to take another swing and Stan looks up at them.

The agent lowers their hard.

“Shit. Why do you have to look so much like him.” They walk away to find Caryn and leave Stan alone to lick his wounds, never looking back.

***

10 years later a certain IRS agent, who never got over…the one that got away, takes a look at Stanford Pines and starts crying.

The taxes are filed beautifully. Not an error in sight but something about them is highly suspicious, almost mockingly so.

The agent would recognise these tax filings anywhere.

He’s alive. Stanley Pines is alive.

Time to make an arrest.

[intriga-hounds]

i took almost no pictures but the puppies went on their first non-vet field trip today: they got to watch the end of nose work class! they got held by four new people and watched some dogs walk by. they even showed off their potty training skills and made me look really good. 😂

this was their first time riding in the car without me sitting in the back with them and they were absolutely fantastic! i took them out as a trial run to see if we could do a big drive to race practice this weekend and i think it’s safe to say we’ll be going. they were not stressed at all about anything, so i feel good about a bigger field trip.

[ghostsmp3]

i am speechless with how the chosen portrayed the garden of gethsemane. the hauntings, the subtle yet profound agony that jesus experiences, the concern the inner circle have for him, and yet their flesh is weak. the use of the lord's prayer, jonathan roumie's voice, the accessibility of it all. the editing, the lighting, the set. the way they executed how he decides that he will drink the cup anyway - the valley of bones can not live otherwise. the emphasis on how, above all, the essence of christ is selflessness. he loves the world just as much as the father does. it was stunning. breathtaking.

[daily-odile]

Odile patting Molly Epithet Erased on the head, you know why

have two bc i care them

[pixele-layton]

It’s already three in the morning and I should be asleep. I have a busy day tomorrow and I have no right to be up this late.

Instead of sleep, however, I decided to spend my time doing a little tumbling 

[lucy-shining-star]

Home alone: holiday heist sibling dynamic is hillarious cause Alexis is messing with Finn but it's not going her way not because he is not suspectible to it but on the contrary he is too suspectible to it and she doesn't get fun from like seeeing him trying to not believe her/pretending to not believe her cause he is automatically like 'Ahh! Thanks for warning! I'm going to hide behind you/run away to hide in my room/take anti ghosts precautions!' and she just. Gets annoyed.

And he doesn't even realize she is making fun of him!

[e-the-village-cryptid]

every time i speak to my parents and grandparents i learn new buckwild pieces of family lore

[thatfriendlyanon]

i think part of my problem is i lived with my best friend for two years of my life and have been searching for the same feeling of joy & acceptance & support ever since

[louferrignojrofficial]

don’t forget about me when i’m gone 🥺

[pimento-playing-hopscotch]

I love this show and it means a lot to me,

and I feel disappointed and a little bit misled tbh by the choices they have made-

These are two thoughts that can coexist btw

[weirdratgirl]

chris assuming that most of us dont know what parkour civilization is hurt me more than him implying that it's worse than skibidi toilet