Keep the change you filthy animal!

Firstly lets make it clear the 80s ruled for children’s films. I don't want hear none of this Shrek or Cars or Despicable me nonsense, its understandable that's what children since the new millennium are exposed to. You may have your CGI/special effects and 3D but you never beat a good fantasy driven magical roller-coaster ride.

Not to say that kids nowadays don’t appreciate the classics is that they are wowed by more the celebrity and effects hoopla.

Lets begin my filmic journey aged 8 and the Christmas classic that is 'Home Alone' and 'Home alone 2'...[cough] we can forget about the other one. A story about a kid that is left home alone when all his family members [alarmingly high amount] go on holiday together and forget about him. Now not only is the kid is left alone now he has to two burglars trying break into the house and get to him. Tell me that is not every kids dream..well half anyway.

Kevin McCallister played by a talented Macaulay Culkin who feels trampled over by his family wishes for all of them to disappear and like a Christmas miracle it comes true for Kevin. But he got more than he bargained for as thieves Harry Lyne played by Joe Pesci and Marv Merchants played by Daniel Stern scour the rich neighbourhood to do their christmas shopping. And Kevin is in luck for some adventure as the thieves choose his home, and hilarity ensues.

Every part of this film oozes large portion of many peoples childhood which spawned classic moments and lines like 'Keep the change you filthy animal!'. Combined with the talents of 11 year old Macaulay Culkin who now somehow has faded into obscurity which is too bad because its success spawned a sequel which somehow was even better. This is one if the films that define me growing up and wanting to be mischievous like little Kevin.

Now around the same time lets say around the 10 year old mark was about the time I was exposed to the film by the director of Home Alone who writes his own classic backed by none other then Steven Spielberg, 'The Goonies'.

….bask in the glory that is 'The Goonies' and adventure story with epic proportions involving cursed treasure, dead pirates, a Italian mother and two sons who are escaped convicts. It has it all a young Sean Astin, Josh Brolin and Corey Fieldman eighties child stars rolled into one movie. A hopeful tale of a boy whose town is about to be run down by an evil cooperation that will leave his family and friends homeless suddenly finds a map to the legendary One-eyed Willie's treasure. Believing they can save the town if they can get the treasure and buy the town back [wow, I wonder how much they go for nowadays].

Now that’s a journey Ladies and Gentleman...pick a film from this list and watch it tonight, it will make you a better person

...not making any promises.