Home Alone is about how the atomization of suburban life leads privileged white males into becoming violent reactionaries. The protagonist is barely connected to his family, and thus gets easily left behind when the rest of the family goes on vacation. There aren't any neighbors or friends or extended family around to check on him. This gives him free reign to arm himself, and he acts out his most sadistic violent fantasies on a couple of impoverished guys who dare commit property crimes.
Having just rewatched, the Wet Bandits are not people who deserve critical support. They deduce that a kid is home alone and decide that it is still worth it to knock the place off. Hes fucking 8. Thats sadistic as shit, I don't care about class difference. He also shoots you with a BB gun and is obviously willing to defend himself and can probably call the cops, so just cut your losses and fuck off.
And in the 2nd one they escape from prison and decided to throw it all away to literally set out to revenge kill a 9 year old.
EDIT: I should also add that both of the first 2 (any home alone movies without Macaulay Culkin are revisionism) do show the constant incompetence/uselessness of police, the pure foolishness of yuppies/petite bourgeoisie, and that working class/poor people are cool and good (John Candy and his polka band, the old man neighbor, the pigeon lady).
Even in the first movie when they’re mostly just robbing Kevin’s rich neighbors, their calling card is flooding people’s homes. That isn’t redistributive at all, they’re just doing it to hurt people because they can. The Wet Bandits are sadists.
Home Alone is about how the atomization of suburban life leads privileged white males into becoming violent reactionaries. The protagonist is barely connected to his family, and thus gets easily left behind when the rest of the family goes on vacation. There aren't any neighbors or friends or extended family around to check on him. This gives him free reign to arm himself, and he acts out his most sadistic violent fantasies on a couple of impoverished guys who dare commit property crimes.
Having just rewatched, the Wet Bandits are not people who deserve critical support. They deduce that a kid is home alone and decide that it is still worth it to knock the place off. Hes fucking 8. Thats sadistic as shit, I don't care about class difference. He also shoots you with a BB gun and is obviously willing to defend himself and can probably call the cops, so just cut your losses and fuck off.
And in the 2nd one they escape from prison and decided to throw it all away to literally set out to revenge kill a 9 year old.
EDIT: I should also add that both of the first 2 (any home alone movies without Macaulay Culkin are revisionism) do show the constant incompetence/uselessness of police, the pure foolishness of yuppies/petite bourgeoisie, and that working class/poor people are cool and good (John Candy and his polka band, the old man neighbor, the pigeon lady).
Even in the first movie when they’re mostly just robbing Kevin’s rich neighbors, their calling card is flooding people’s homes. That isn’t redistributive at all, they’re just doing it to hurt people because they can. The Wet Bandits are sadists.
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