*sigh* It's just like the movie Titanic. Only the last 30 minutes was entertaining. The rest of it was crap. People with short attention spans seem to leave the theater remembering how great the last 30 minutes were and base the entire movie off that.
For what it's worth, take 2 people who have never seen Home Alone (1). Have one watch until the point where the wet bandits break in, and have the other watch just the ending after they break in. One is going to say "this movie sucks and that kid is a horrible actor." The other is going to say, "hey, that was pretty funny. Just like the Three Stooges."