Not to mention by 1990 just over 50% of American used 911, so the number might not have been easy or accessable for him. The Pizza number was easy, they just had some, but police might not have been.
He didn't make that connection in the beginning of the movie, though. It wasn't until Marv and Harry almost ran him over (when he was on his way home from getting a new toothbrush) that he recognized Harry as the cop who came to his house at the start of the movie.
I suspect that those scenes in Tom-and-Jerry where Tom pushes a shotgun into one hole and it comes out of another hole are also not based on how things would happened in real life.
His character was born in 82. He was raised to be a Gen Xer. He was raised to figure it out on his own. He also knew his family would come back because they went on vacation. They didn’t die. So he took care of business the way every Gen Xer was raised to do.
The family slept in because the powerline AND phone line was hit at 4am. The mum gets told the phone will be out for a few days as they get into the van to leave for the airport. We watched it last night with the kids.
Plus, he recognizes the bad guy was in a police outfit so he doesn't trust the police for a bit either.
I think he was worried he'd get in trouble for making his family disappear. Remember, he seriously thought that his wish came true. This is on the cops, not him. They should have put in a little more effort than just knocking on the door a few times and then saying "Tell them to count their kids again" when nobody answered.
Remember the beginning of the movie, he saw the cops were the criminals, he didn't trust the police.
Came to say this lol
Great minds
And the phone lines were down. A tree fell on the lines the night before, taking out the power, that's why they were late for their flight.
Only long distance phone lines were down local lines worked it's how he could order the pizza
Not to mention by 1990 just over 50% of American used 911, so the number might not have been easy or accessable for him. The Pizza number was easy, they just had some, but police might not have been.
He uses 911 later on for the finale when the lines are fixed, but I did forget that he orders pizza well before they break in.
He didn't make that connection in the beginning of the movie, though. It wasn't until Marv and Harry almost ran him over (when he was on his way home from getting a new toothbrush) that he recognized Harry as the cop who came to his house at the start of the movie.
But he didn't think they would be robbing him until later when the other house was robbed.
I think his initial concern was more "stranger danger" than robbery.
To be fair this was the same kid who thought he wished his whole family away
Right, and he had wished for his family to disappear, so he was just enjoying himself until shit got real.
His parents called the cops and they didn't care at all lol
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The movie is called "home alone" and not "Oh my god, we forgot Kevin. Let me go back looking for him."
He didn’t get to enjoying death (yet) but certainly enjoyed watching people getting hurt
I think we all enjoyed it.
Are you ok, Trevor?
Snitches end up in ditches with well deserved stitches.
Kevin was a good boy, he wouldn't snitch on his parents ;)
Look at that angel face!
Not even the biggest psycho of that household
I suspect that those scenes in Tom-and-Jerry where Tom pushes a shotgun into one hole and it comes out of another hole are also not based on how things would happened in real life.
I guess you could say that.
That's why "The Good Son" was made after this
The phone lines were down the repair guy told them this as they were getting into the van.
Only long distance phone lines were down local lines worked it's how he could order the pizza
It's also how his father was able to call all the neighbors and leave messages on their answering machines.
What if there was no local police stations? What if Kevin believed (and why wouldn't he?) that one of the burglars was a cop?
That actually isn't true. The phones were down in the movie
Only long distance phone lines were down local lines worked it's how he could order the pizza
You couldn’t have been more wrong if you tried.
His character was born in 82. He was raised to be a Gen Xer. He was raised to figure it out on his own. He also knew his family would come back because they went on vacation. They didn’t die. So he took care of business the way every Gen Xer was raised to do.
his parents could have called also...... the parents were in on it, they knew about his proclivity towards violence
The family slept in because the powerline AND phone line was hit at 4am. The mum gets told the phone will be out for a few days as they get into the van to leave for the airport. We watched it last night with the kids. Plus, he recognizes the bad guy was in a police outfit so he doesn't trust the police for a bit either.
Reminds me of https://youtu.be/rf1LSNNgSWA?si=3p0vAU6ozbHp5VEk
remember the 1993 movie The Good Son where Culkin plays a psychopathic murderous kid?
wonder where they got the idea for that one...
Oddly enough I've met 3 Trevor Moore's in my life, and all 3 were very autistic.
At least he gavem to the count of 10
I quite enjoyed it myself.
Call the cops (that were already called and made minimal effort to help you): ❌
Fortify your home with traps that would make the Vietcong take notes: ✅
I think he was worried he'd get in trouble for making his family disappear. Remember, he seriously thought that his wish came true. This is on the cops, not him. They should have put in a little more effort than just knocking on the door a few times and then saying "Tell them to count their kids again" when nobody answered.
Ay! Ancient regurgitated trash.
No one mentions Kevin's favorite uncle, Steve.
Steve was MACVSOG in Vietnam.
Steve and Kevin spent lots of quality time together.
Home alone recut as a horror movie
Or, it was all about protecting his home and he knew the police were unlikely to take a young boy seriously so took it upon himself to do the job.
He had a very special skill set.....
If I remember corectly He did and they ignored it. Also his parents did and police didnt give a shit about it.
There's a fan theory out there somewhere that Kevin is adopted and he's the kid from The Good Son that had somehow survived the cliff drop