My favourite Hollywood movie is a 1990 blockbuster. It held the #1 top movie for 12 weeks in a row starting in November. Even after it lost its #1 spot, it remained in the top 10 for 6 months until April 1991.

It held the #1 spot over the Christmas season in 1990 which is so appropriate as the movie is about a family who went to overseas to Paris on a holiday for Christmas. Because of this connection with Christmas, the movies shown during Christmas season for many years included this movie or on of its sequels.

Talking a sequels, the movie is so successful that it did not have 1 or 2 sequels but there is a total of 6 movies!

There is also 3 games that are based on the movie. 

Another feature of the movie is the location where it was filmed. Although the family was supposedly to have gone to Paris for vacation, the filming was done entirely in the state of Chicago and most of it in a particular house. The owner of the house made a fortune because that house became a tourist  attraction and it was eventually sold for $1.5 million. Lego also made a set of Lego that is based on that house.

Ha ha. I have kept you in suspense and have not disclosed the name of the movie yet. I will try to keep the suspense but some of you may already be able to guess the name of the movie.

One of the reasons I like the movie is that I can relate to the hero of the movie who is a child by the name of Kevin.

Kevin was looked down on or bullied by his siblings. Kevin  felt that he was not the favourite child and that his parents unfairly punish him.

One of the scenes in the movie reminds me of my post,"Why I like Apricot Jam" . My post was based on a time when I was punished by being made to stay alone in a room.

In the scene in the movie, Kevin was punished by being  seperated from the rest of the family and had to stay in a room by himself. I can identify with how he felt what he said about not wanting to see his family again.

What he said came true the next morning because in their rush,the other family members forgot about Kevin who was staying by himself.

As a result, Kevin was left a home alone when the rest of the family left for their family vacation.

I am an imaginative person like Kevin and can come out with crazy ideas. Kevin came out with ideas on what  to do and handle the situation he was in.

I like the witty things he said and replies he made to questions whether by those with evil intent or not. For example "being an outsider" is the reason why the person cannot be given a clear cut answer on whether Kevin was Home Alone.

I can imagine myself being Kevin.

Being able to identify with Kevin is what makes this my favourite movie. Laughter is also a spirit lifter and makes me feel better. 🦋