Everything Wrong With CinemaSins: Home Alone in 13 Minutes or Less 

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When I was 14, I knew kids who believed WAY crazier things than a dude getting off murder charges due to lack of evidence (something that happens irl).

Being the wet bandits is so much worse than being bandits. Imagine you’re robbed. It sucks but you can replace valuables and they likely didn’t take the inexpensive stuff that has sentimental value. Imagine you’re Robbed and the people leave water running for days. All your valuables are gone and the house can be destroyed by rot and mold.

For people who are curious, "Chekov's gun" refers to a narrative concept that if a gun is shown at one point, the reader/watcher is expecting it to be fired later on. It's basically the fancy narrative way of indicating setup and payoff. Even Old Man Marley is an example of Chekov's gun. He is introduced as a criminal in the beginning, revealed to be a good person in the second act, and returns in the third act to save Kevin from Marv and Harry. The big premise of Chekov's gun is that you shouldn't include elements of the story that serve no purpose. There's a lot of debate on whether red herrings prove or disprove that (I say they prove the point, because they are implemented with the specific intent of throwing readers off of a mystery).

Holy crap. I've been watching this movie for 30 years and I've literally never caught the "Put the dog in the kennel" line until this video lol

Surprised no one pointed out that the reason they forgot Kevin is cause after the dinner spill incident they accidentally threw away Kevin's ticket.

Also, on Heather counting the wrong amount of people, the kid is not the only problem. Heather counts people a few times, I'm pretty sure. I think she counts herself twice. As well as this, the counting isn't the only main reason Kevin is forgotten. The dad puts his passport in the bin by accident.

I love the idea of two wanted criminals calling the cops because a kid who’s house they were trying to rob shot them with a BB gun. That’s the smartest thing a known criminal could do! Jeremy is SOOOO smart for thinking that one up!

I love how you don’t hide the people’s names when they “call you out”.

It still surprises me whenever you show how incredibly angry people become when you're critical of cinemasins. Like, what is it that's gotten them so emotionally invested?

“That’s the joke” summarizes like half the sins in a CinemaSins video

You know Jeremy is bad at his job when he easily could have sinned at the massive plot hole of how Kevin cleaned up the traps.

Yeah, Kevin being outside, wearing only that much clothing just to dump water on the stairs is completely believable. People all over the world go outside in colder, wearing less, for longer all the time just so their dog doesn't soil the carpet.

It's amazing how Jeremy assumes cops can just enter someone else's home without probable cause or reason and they can't. They need things like a search warrant at best.

Love this movie Also Missed sin at the beginning “This family has overdone their Christmas lights” What the hell does Jeremy think “overdone” means? If he lived where I do, he’d have a heart attack cause one of the houses here has an insane amount of Christmas lights

You know, I've seen many of cinemasins' videos throughout my youtube life. I discovered you with the Sonic Movie sins video they made and was heartbroken when they pointed out so many stupid and inconsequential flaws. Then I saw your video and realized you actually do your research and provide proof with your counter arguments against Jeremy. Despite disagreements I may have with your views, I still respect your dedication to the art of cinema and standing against the bigger channel by being the bigger man in a sense. Thanks a lot, Birdman.

Seriously, Birdman haters have never heard the phrase "Don't talk shit if you can't take a hit".

Another point on the Battery Back up, you have to actually HAVE BATTERIES INSIDE for that to be effective and you just know they didn't put batteries in when they were plugging it in to an outlet anyway.

1:13 Holy crap, 'aloof' used correctly!? Years of hearing others use it to describe "head-in-the-clouds" type behavior has me feeling so validated in one casual use, you're awesome Birdman!

Home Alone 1 and 2 are Christmas classics

20 Sins to Jeremy for even thinking of sinning this movie.

Th3Birdman: i love cinemasins, im just poking fun at some of their mistakes *Proceeds to verbally destory Jeremy in every video*

I also love how you have to describe what happened to this man who also describes what happens in the movie, but acts so oblivious, I mean, Jeremy feigns ignorance

12:10 - Bro, I swear, I said in response "Joe Pesci" without realizing you would also say that. I'm dying 🤣

I remember this was the first CinemaSins video I ever watched. I actually thought it was a fun idea to look at which parts of movies would and would not work in real-life. (Hell, I still watch Legal Eagle's videos on the legal accuracy of court scenes in movies.) Of course, as we all know, CinemaSins makes the mistake of presenting what should be playful musings about movies' accuracy as legitimate problems, made worse by intermixing them with sarcastic "jokes" that are basically indistinguishable from their attempts at criticism. Anyway, keep up the good work, Birdman. Hearing you beat CinemaSins at their own game by having factual grounding for your sins is always delightful.

Maaan I haven't watched any CinemaSins videos since his Black Panther one awhile back, because I just felt like he was being so contriving and negative and calling things 'plot holes' that were clearly explained. I'm glad I'm not the only one that gets annoyed, and I'm definitely gonna be trawling through your videos to watch more of your content! 10/10!

As a dominos employee currently I can't tell you how many times I've heard people ask that stupid question. Especially considering how low staffed we are and how many delivery orders we get on average every week

12:52 This is actually a legitimate point. It took the cops more than five minutes to arrive after a call about a burglary, but Kevin's house is less than a mile from the police department, which is a three-minute drive under normal circumstances (and the police have sirens and almost no traffic to contend with).

Can you do his EWW Lilo & Stitch? Mainly because I want to see you add a hundred sins for Jeremy calling Nani a "terrible human being."

I heard another fact as to why Kevin got left behind. A lot of people claim that the plot with Kevin being left behind is unrealistic, even for a large family. But there was an if-you-blink-you'll-miss-it scene (not in this exact video but find the actual scene) where after the family fight in the kitchen began. After the dad mops up the spilled drink with the wads of napkins or paper towels, he unknowingly slides the wad over Kevin's plane ticket, which he then tosses the wad into the trashcan, not realizing he threw out the ticket. I've watched the movie for years and honestly never noticed it until I watch one of those "Did You Know?" shorts/videos on RU-vid.

Sin 24: This dialogue implies that the guy reading off the list has been watching these houses for some time now, thus he knows the timing for when the lights turn on.

Here's a fun fact I've never seen anybody previously noticed: When Kevin asks if anyone orders him a cheese pizza, Buzz just goes into older-brother-asshole mode, but earlier in the movie, one of their cousins is asked if they ordered the pizza, and they respond with "Buzz did". So, Buzz didn't eat the cheese pizza, he just intentionally forgot to order it just to be an asshole to Kevin.

It isn't Christmas until I see Kevin setting up the traps

I swear people complaining about why the McCallisters had a doggie door drives me nuts. Kate literally said they had a dog in the very first scene.

Fun Fact: In a post credit scene, they would've been playing Angels With Flithy Souls on the prison TV, where Harry and Marv realized that's where the Snakes stuff came from. Unfortunately no footage of this has surfaced.

Also, you had to supply the battery for the clock radio. A *lot* of people didn’t bother, power outages are pretty uncommon and 9v batteries were not free.

I like how you used the last sin of the EWW CinemaSins: The Nightmare Before Christmas for the outro for this video. Nice!

You will _NEVER_ run out of EWWCS content!... EVER!!! It's the gift that just keeps on sinning.

How about when CinemaSins claimed we never see Kevin's room. But we do when he talks to Jeff about packing a suitcase. They're in a room with bunk beds and we see that room again briefly when Kevin looks at his "battle plans".

Cool another day Th3Birdman makes fun of Jeremy. You know it’s a joyful day when that happens. Merry Christmas Birdman!!!!

THANK YOU for addressing Deux Ex Machina! I once got into a discussion with someone who referred to the appearance of a character in the third installment of a video game a Deux Ex Machina. Except for the fact that said character has been around since literally the beginning of the first game. It's fucking exhausting.

I love the fact that Joe Pesci played a criminal in two hit films of 1999: Goodfellas and Home Alone!

Buzz was ABSOLUTELY NOT three steps too far when it comes to being an older brother bully. Hell I had sisters that made Buzz look like a damn saint. Jeremy is using modern day parenting/bullying standards on an early 1990’s film. Jeremy wouldn’t have survived if he was born 10 years earlier.

Home Alone is one of my favorite Christmas movies!

I literally laughed so hard when you said “But comic books…” “Jeremy doesn’t know shit about comics.”Cuz it’s sooo true!! 😂😂😂😂

Cinema sins, are like that person who looks at their phone the whole movie, missing most of it, and then ask what is going on. And by the end of it, complain that the movie made no sense, despite not paying attention to any of what was going on...

11:07 *Harry calls cops; *Cops ask what are you doing here? *Kevin says they are trying to break in! Why would they do that?

The scene where Buzz and the other boys are looking at Marley serves a second purpose....one of the themes in this movie is fear and Kevin having to overcome his fears. One of his fears in the movie IS Mr. Marley....and Buzz is planting the fear in Kevin by telling him this story about Marley being a murderer. He CLEARLY doesn't like Kevin, and is trying to scare him in this scene. Since Kevin ran away from Marley in terror twice before talking to the man and realizing he is not a scary murderer, one can see that this scare tactic by Buzz worked. For the sin where the cop checks the house, YES...in fact the cop DID INDEED need to enter the house to fulfill his purpose, because Kate SPECIFICALLY asks them to go to the house and check on KEVIN, who is an 8 yr old child, who has accidentally been left home alone, and tell Kevin that his family is coming back to get him. A responsible thing to do would probably be to have an officer STAY with Kevin or find a friend or neighbor to watch Kevin until his mother came home to get him. The cop walked up to the front door, took a look around and then LEFT the house WITHOUT seeing Kevin. Total fail. As a result, Kevin spent two days by himself and had to fight off a couple of burglars. And since Kevin DID leave the house unlocked, it would have been all too easy for the cop to walk through the front door and have a look around for the child in question. HOW is he to determine whether or not Kevin is OK unless he ACTUALLY SEES Kevin and speaks to him? Harry makes the assumption that Kevin is home alone when they see him decorating the tree, based on them hearing Kevin's dad leave a message on the neighbor's answering machine and it just so happened that the Wet Bandits were robbing that same house and overheard the message and they determined that Kevin was home alone based on that message....they knew which house belonged to which family from Harry pretending to be a cop and when Harry heard it was the McCallister house that Kevin was home alone in, he thought it would be an easy job and he says multiple times to Marv that this house, in particular, is the one he wants to rob. That's why their next move is to rob the house, not knowing what Kevin has in store for them.

I'm glad that I'm not the only annoying viewer who is annoyed at the nitpicks(sometimes imagined or explained in the movie) that SinemaSins counts. It's great that somebody points them out. P.S. I have never before noticed the "dog in the kennel" line, so thank you for pointing this one out too!

Something I've wondered is why they assumed that just because they were leaving, that they wouldn't let someone stay there to keep an eye on it.

8:11: Let's not forget that this same cop knocked on the door twice to see if anyone was inside. When Kevin didn't answer due to him being scared, the cop just went "screw it" and left. 9:44: Also, after staking out the house all night, Harry caught Kevin sawing down a tree in his backyard by himself. If a kid were to do that, he would have someone older than him to accompany and help him. That was another reason for Harry to believe Kevin was by himself. 11:34: If Jeremy was talking about the party in the house that Kevin was walking by on his way to the church, it's possible that Kevin was walking on a separate block and the reason why no else, besides Kevin, are aware of these 2 is because Harry mention in a scene that Kevin's house, specifically, was the only reason they were robbing houses on HIS block.

I find it REALLY obnoxious how they cut out relevant footage to make it look like there's a mistake when there isn't one. It's cheating, plain and simple.

So when Jeremy is at a house party does he just stare across the street to see if someone is breaking in at the neighbors?

My mom overheard this video and said “damn here I am trying to make a living and i could just bs my way like this guy” (talking about cinema sins lol)

That last sin was perfect, HAPPY HOLIDAYS BIRDMAN!!!

2:18 as someone who packed their own bags since they were 6/7 , yes they were full of stuff i didn't need. Thats how i learned what to pick etc. That's why i dont have the Problem of taking stuff with me i dont need. And my mom used to look over if i had everything i actually needed (like underwear) but after i turned 11/12 she stopped. I f i forgot something I'd have to survive without or buy it with my little allowance of 5-10€ per month or its the one thing i get to buy on vacation. Thats how chikdren learn. And its also a giant family and the oarents dont have the time to check every kids suitcase or pack it themselves.

Glad to see you covering the Saw origins movie.

The real question we need to ask is who would win, Kevin with prep time or batman with prep time.

You know what, I'm with you on that last sin there BM. I work for a security company, basically a snitch with a costume, and anytime I have to call the cops or for paramedics, they're always an hour late, even though I know for a fact the district office is maybe a couple city blocks away. Someone could be running through my house with a machete, and the cops won't show up until everyone in my house has been slashed and the dude is gone.

"I have respect for you, but I'm still going to post this nonsensical comment where every third word is an expletive." Wow. Slow clap Mr Adams. Slow. Fuckin'. Clap.

Can we give a win to Joe Pesci who had just come off Goodfellas, so the whole time he’s yelling in gibberish that’s actually him trying not to drop F bombs

I Just love how you overpower his Voice With a cooler, deeper and more confident one XD

I'm just amazed Jeremy missed the fact Buzz was making up a story about Marley to fuck with Kevin

I never really Understood why people say Kevin is somehow malicious, sure he did celebrate that he shot someone with a (Nonlethal) pellet gun, But considering his family, They all are mean spirited people "Look what ya did you lil JERK" -Even so consider the fact that getting feathered makes Murray stop in his tracks, but getting Blowtorched bartley leaves an injury, this is a bunch of wily coyote level shenanigans. We're in a loive action cartoon, so Kevin is like bugs bunny of COURSE he's gonna giggle when it works he might as well nibble a carrot saying "Nyaaaaa, Ain't I a Stinker!"

The comic book line had me dead☠️☠️☠️☠️😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

This CLASSIC was sinned?! I swear Jeremy! 🤦🏾‍♀️ Thanks for the Christmas gift, Birdman! 🎄❄️☃️

Yes thank you! I always hated Jeremy’s Home Alone video. Idk if it’s his worst but it shares the same problems all the CinemaSins videos share. Plus him going after one of my favorite movies (Christmas themed or otherwise) doesn’t help. Maybe he could deal with the traps alongside the Wet Bandits.

11:14. I had to turn my brain off to ready that grammatically challenged comment. Does my guy know what punctuation is?

dude, where are you ? you being missed

Thanks for the video, Th3Birdman. Also, your song at the end cracked me up.

Thank you sooooo much for the Chekhov's gun rant.

3:50 while your buzz moron point is correct you’d be terrified at just how much 14 year olds know about the law

Was hoping you'd cover his "Home Alone" video! Excellent job! Think you'll do his sins video for the 2nd one?

Extra respect to you for making such a great lil song at the end, happy holidays man

Bruv! Love the “Whats This?” at the end!

Loved the little song at the end you made for us

Thank you for making this video! So entertaining! Keep up the good work!

I live in Michigan where it get very cold in Winter. Kevin was only out long enough to pour the bucket of water after setting all of the other traps. One thing you realize is that work tends to give you an adrenaline rush and it warms your body so much that a heavy coat isn't necessary even in the coldest winters.

I'm glad you covered this one I love home alone and I thought that most of the sins in this movie were completely bogus, thank you Th3Birdman for the vido and if you read this I hope it brings a little joy. Also merry Christmas since it's in a couple days.

And Jeremy yelling at the screen cliche "never" gets old. 😂

What you’re forgetting about the pizza thing is the fact they ordered so many. No way they made THAT many pizzas and delivered them in 20 minutes

This is a cool concept! I also like CinemaSins, but they do often make mistakes. It's nice to see them get called out on for them.

6:04 - In addition to this: the battery backup is optional and requires an actual battery to be installed. And that battery backup is only as good as the owner putting a new one into it every once in a while. Considering how busy things were at the start of the film, there's a good chance that both Kate and Peter forgot about replacing it.

Calling the cop joke, well the reasoning for cop's response time is hilarious Birdman. Though here they are in Chicago suburbs (I think), so response time should be pretty decent yet it's Christmas and might be far away from a police station.

The one issue I have with the officer checking on Kevin is that he seemed to give up too easily. Trying a little harder wouldn't have even been intrusive since he had the family's permission to be there and they specifically asked him to check the house. The thing is that nobody answers the door so he immediately assumes nobody is there and leaves. It doesn't occur to him that this is a child he has been asked to look for, and a lot of children are taught never to answer the door when their parents aren't there. The guy doesn't even announce that he's the police, he just knocks. Kevins reaction is actually pretty normal for a kid his age. On top of that, he doesn't consider the very real possibility that the kid he's been sent to check on is inside the house but can't get to the door because he's injured or unconscious. Then again, it was established in an earlier scene that the cops in this movie are indifferent and aren't very bright, so that at least explains it.

"Every time I've had to call 'em-... ohhhhhh" Aight, that was clever. Here's a liek. And a nice call back to EWW CinemaSins: The Nightmare Before Christmas.

i love both of these channels

You’re SO close to 200K Subs!!!

I recently discovered your channel because i was putting Jeremy’s videos on as background noise while I sleep and holy shit you are fucking HILARIOUS. That nerd voice you do with the discord/Reddit neckbeard meme with the “aScHaUlly” and that laugh has me fucking DEAD. You’re SEVERELY underrated and you deserve more subs man. I don’t know why this channel is being slept on, most hilarious shit I’ve seen in awhile. That’s what I’m talking about shadows, YOU KNOW I LOVE THAT SHIT!

Merry Christmas PB/FB and The BirdMan

Great job on this! I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

That final screen of Marc screaming with the tarantula on his face is scary as hell if you’re not expecting it (and still a little creepy if you are).

Merry Christmas to me I guess! Two of my favorite channels posted a video today! Much love birdman

11:10 "Officer, it all started when they didn't have cocaine we pre-ordered." -Trevor Philips

this is the first movie I watch when the holiday season gets here. love the first and second one

Okay, I have to admit, that last joke absolutely murdered me. Thanks for the vid, here's a very belated hope that you've had a very nice holiday!

Something I'll always respect is Birdman's ability to sit through hours upon hours of RU-vid Nomedy just to give us these masterpieces. Godspeed you magnificent bastard.

11:14 Birdman speaking TRUTH

CinemaSins is like the only reason I know the words "Dues Ex Machina." No joke.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays Mr. Birdman, Sir!