Uncle Frank from Home Alone is cinema's worst villain

[CrazySting]

Is it just me or does this guy get more odious every time you watch it? Harry and Marv are crooks and supposedly our antagonists, sure, but even they can't touch this guy when it comes to sheer awfulness.

He's also further proof of how terrible the McCallister's are as parents: Yeah, your brother talks to one of your children like that, THEY'RE the ones getting left behind. And not accidentally.

Uncle Frank >>>>>>>> Darth Vader.

[SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts]

I'm sorry to spoil your fun, Mister Cheapskate.

[King Ghidorah]

Look at what you did, ya little jerk!

[Glitch]

In both movies while we're at it. And it seemed like he wasn't pitching a dime to the trip to France.

At least there was something likable about the wet/sticky bandits. We liked seeing them take those pranks by Kevin, but I think if we ever saw them actually die, we would be saddened.

On the other hand, I would have no problem if somebody pumped Uncle Frank's guts full of lead.

[Brood Lone Wolf Funker]

Not only that he implied he had a big wiener in front of Kevin

[Mozenrath]

Dec 24, 2013 21:27:22 GMT -5 Glitch said:

In both movies while we're at it. And it seemed like he wasn't pitching a dime to the trip to France.

At least there was something likable about the wet/sticky bandits. We liked seeing them take those pranks by Kevin, but I think if we ever saw them actually die, we would be saddened.

On the other hand, I would have no problem if somebody pumped Uncle Frank's guts full of lead.

To be fair, in the second film, they had every intention of murdering Kevin, but the pistol was covered.

They probably would have killed him in the first film, too, if shovel guy didn't save Kevin.

[CrazySting]

In fairness to Harry and Marv, in the first film, it was made clear early on they didn't want to murder anyone. They were robbers, pure and simple.

They only decided to kill Kevin after he had tortured and tried to kill them several times first.

[SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts]

Dec 24, 2013 21:35:54 GMT -5 CrazySting said:

In fairness to Harry and Marv, in the first film, it was made clear early on they didn't want to murder anyone. They were robbers, pure and simple.

They only decided to kill Kevin after he had tortured and tried to kill them several times first.

lol. Kevin didn't lock the door and say "your mine, bitches". He only wanted to scare them so they'd leave. He did it first by trying to trick them into believing his family was there and when they found out it was just a kid, they decided to rob him. At no point were they obliged to stay and rob the house.

[Beets by Schrute]

GET OUT OF HERE YOU NOSY LITTLE PERVERT OR I'M GONNA SLAP YOU SILLY!!!!

[CrazySting]

Dec 24, 2013 21:46:07 GMT -5 SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts said:

Dec 24, 2013 21:35:54 GMT -5 CrazySting said:

In fairness to Harry and Marv, in the first film, it was made clear early on they didn't want to murder anyone. They were robbers, pure and simple.

They only decided to kill Kevin after he had tortured and tried to kill them several times first.

lol. Kevin didn't lock the door and say "your mine, bitches".

This would have made Home Alone the greatest film ever. Kevin goes full-on Jigsaw.

[EvenBaldobombHasAJob]

Uncle Frank's a dillhole. I think we all have a relative or boss like him.

[Deleted]

Marv and Harry are totally jerks, but they're jerks solely around robbing houses. They seem like reasonably nice guys the rest of the time. Like, they almost hit Kevin with the van and give him a lecture about how dangerous it is not to pay attention to vehicles on the road.

[EyeofTyr]

Dec 25, 2013 3:06:49 GMT -5 @rrnew said:

Marv and Harry are totally jerks, but they're jerks solely around robbing houses. They seem like reasonably nice guys the rest of the time. Like, they almost hit Kevin with the van and give him a lecture about how dangerous it is not to pay attention to vehicles on the road.

That's probably the most amusing thing about the first one. Marv is shown to be relatively shrewd and of questionable moral fiber, sure, but he still does have some moral compass clearly going on. Enough that he doesn't want to hit a kid with his van. Harry is something of an idiot man child that follows Marv, but he's not outright evil either.

It isn't until the second one, which I tend to ignore, that the two dive more into the depths of pure villain.

[PKO]

He's amazingly horrid. He doesn't have one nice moment in either film. Even at the end of the second one when Buzz gives his nice speech he waves it off so he can open his presents.

[MolotovMocktail]

If it makes you feel any better, I forgot my reading glasses.

[MolotovMocktail]

Dec 25, 2013 3:11:49 GMT -5 EyeofTyr said:

Dec 25, 2013 3:06:49 GMT -5 @rrnew said:

Marv and Harry are totally jerks, but they're jerks solely around robbing houses. They seem like reasonably nice guys the rest of the time. Like, they almost hit Kevin with the van and give him a lecture about how dangerous it is not to pay attention to vehicles on the road.

That's probably the most amusing thing about the first one. Marv is shown to be relatively shrewd and of questionable moral fiber, sure, but he still does have some moral compass clearly going on. Enough that he doesn't want to hit a kid with his van. Harry is something of an idiot man child that follows Marv, but he's not outright evil either.

It isn't until the second one, which I tend to ignore, that the two dive more into the depths of pure villain.

Actually, it's reversed. Harry is the brains (as much as bumbling kids movie villains go), and Marv is the idiot man child.

[Kash Flagg]

Dec 25, 2013 3:11:49 GMT -5 EyeofTyr said:

Dec 25, 2013 3:06:49 GMT -5 @rrnew said:

Marv and Harry are totally jerks, but they're jerks solely around robbing houses. They seem like reasonably nice guys the rest of the time. Like, they almost hit Kevin with the van and give him a lecture about how dangerous it is not to pay attention to vehicles on the road.

That's probably the most amusing thing about the first one. Marv is shown to be relatively shrewd and of questionable moral fiber, sure, but he still does have some moral compass clearly going on. Enough that he doesn't want to hit a kid with his van. Harry is something of an idiot man child that follows Marv, but he's not outright evil either.

It isn't until the second one, which I tend to ignore, that the two dive more into the depths of pure villain.

When someone is throwing bricks at you from several stories up, I'd wanna take out the asshole who is trying to kill me too.

[Deleted]

Dec 25, 2013 18:52:07 GMT -5 Kash Flagg said:

Dec 25, 2013 3:11:49 GMT -5 EyeofTyr said:

That's probably the most amusing thing about the first one. Marv is shown to be relatively shrewd and of questionable moral fiber, sure, but he still does have some moral compass clearly going on. Enough that he doesn't want to hit a kid with his van. Harry is something of an idiot man child that follows Marv, but he's not outright evil either.

It isn't until the second one, which I tend to ignore, that the two dive more into the depths of pure villain.

When someone is throwing bricks at you from several stories up, I'd wanna take out the asshole who is trying to kill me too.

True. My and my fiancée watched it today and was saying that Kevin could have just hidden in his uncles house and they'd have just ran by it. Yeah he wanted to catch them but he had the photos and they were already wanted men before that....He wanted to draw them into the house so that he could punish them because he's a sick child with violent tendencies

Love the first two films but I love reading way too much into them also ha

[Deleted]

Uncle Frank, is this a joke?

[Rumble McSkirmish]

Hey cut Frank some slack, if you had to raise a child with a very weak bladder you'd be a bit of a curmudgeon too.