Wow, I think I found my favorite film review channel. The guy isn't a total shit-on-everything and appreciates people without being a total piece of shit.
Home Alone 2 is derivative garbage compared to Home Alone 1. Home Alone 2 is a nice adventure, on it's own it's a pleasant little Christmas caper movie, but everything is a callback to Home Alone 1. Even being an 8 year old seeing Home Alone 2 in the theater, I thought, "Oh... so the pigeon lady is old man..."
But both films benefit from nostalgia. Lol.The fact that almost a quarter of people have voted Home Alone 2 just goes to show how held hostage some people are by nostalgia.
There is no comparison. Home Alone is a fun and clever film with awesome characters, a solid moral, great music and wonderful production design. HA2 on the other hand is a rushed out the door, soulless, empty rehash. Even Tim Curry couldn't save that shit.
Overall probably the first one but a small part of me loves just how dark/evil Kevin's traps got in the second.
Home Alone is the anti-Persona of movies; it stopped after 2 (and even 2 is tainted by the presence of that orange bigot).
Even as child the second one shocked me at how derivative it was. One of my first bitter experience at the theater.
So definitily the first one.
As far as "person turning into a skeleton" gags go, this one is only matched by the one in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
You have to look at it from another point of view: he had to put restrictions to the location in order to get into the movie, else not even Hollywood would have wanted him.Home Alone is the anti-Persona of movies; it stopped after 2 (and even 2 is tainted by the presence of that orange bigot).
Home Alone 2 is way more quotable.
"HARRY, I'VE REACHED THE TOP!"
"Wow... What a hole!"
and my favorite:
"That was the sound of a tool chest... falling down the stairs"
I like how in 2 his dad is still super pissed about the room service bill (despite being super rich anyway) even though at that point his kid had had to endure 2 separate times where he was left alone and had adults try to murder him
I get that it's supposed to be funny, but Kevin's parents are useless assholes
1st is better than the 2nd, neither hold up very well
3rd is my nostalgic fav because it's the one I had on VHS, and it's funny to think back on now because of the plot being about missle launch codes hidden in an RC car, scarlet Johansson being the older sister, and the extremely 90s no-hit-wonder alt rock of Cartoon Boyfriend
I forgot about that. Monster Sap, apparently they made a soap based on itwhat was that weird goo
you know, that monster goo kevin buys from the toy store
he uses it to slime the fire exit and a floor
it seems like its singular purpose is to make surfaces slippery
how is that a toy
its got a monster head on the can, tho
so thats cool
Kevin saved their house from being flooded by the wet bandits the year before so I think he earned some goddamn cake and ice cream. His parents are still way ahead.I mean Kevin picked the most expensive hotel in NYC. Sure he went through a lot and his dad has money but goddamn look at all the shit that kid ordered.
fuck, id buy that soap in a secondI forgot about that. Monster Sap, apparently they made a soap based on it
http://articles.latimes.com/1992-11-12/business/fi-433_1_merchandising-empire
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/monster-sap-foam-soap-movie-home-1797571996
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