Home Alone, Goonies: Film Analysis

Chris Columbus may have directed Home Alone, Goonies and the first two Harry Potter films, but the sci-fi action-comedy, Pixels, was a huge let down. Starring Adam Sandler, the plot is based on aliens disguising as classic arcade game characters to attack Earth due to a misinterpreted message sent into space. Video gamers must now save Earth, by out beating the aliens in three games in order to stop an alien invasion. The film had won me over with the amazing CGI, the Donkey Kong and PAC-man action scene, however, it stopped there. This film lacked plot, humour and was reliant on quick cameos to engage adults from the 80’s who had fond memories back in their day. Not only that, but it disappointed me with sexist scenes and the objectification of women.

The worst scene has Josh Gad yelling misogynistic lines at soldiers, in order to prepare them for alien attacks. Improvised insults came out of his mouth such as “you maggots, you little girl maggots, whatever the female form of maggots is” and “cries himself to sleep woman, baby man people”. Although everyone in the cinema was laughing because he was yelling to cover his intimidation, I found this very offensive that all of his insults included women, as if they are the weakest thing he could imagine. It’s sad to know society views women as weak and incompetent. This trope is thrown around in many films and television shows, stereotyping the entire female gender as weak, which influences men and women that it is