:contented sigh: Tonight, it's time for Home Alone 2: Lost in New York! :)
I'm still really impressed by how well these movies have stood up over time.
This family is just ghastly. Buzz is a nightmare, and really needs to be punished.
Uncle Frank irritates the snot out of me.
I love the Talkboy! My brother and I got one when we were kids, and had so much fun with it! Not nearly as much fun as Kevin did, as we weren't quite as mischievous or inventive, but we enjoyed ourselves.
All of this is so classic and believable. If you're like me at all, you might watch this movie and wonder what kind of mother could leave her child behind two years in a row...and yet, I can also easily look at my life and see some things that seem to keep happening, no matter how hard I feel I try to avoid them.
All this screaming is hilarious! I would have loved to see all the audition tapes for these movies.
I'd love to go visit New York, ride in a vintage taxi, and stay in that same hotel. That bath tub looks amazing! Yep, sign me up for that vacation!
Too convenient that the now "sticky bandits" have landed in the same city. Poor Kevin can't seem to catch a break. I love the lines about smelling freedom vs. smelling fish :D
The scene where he borrows his dad's swimming trunks and asks politely if anyone would mind if he worked on his cannon ball is too cute!
The casting of the three hotel staff members was absolutely brilliant. They are all perfect together: Mrs. Stone, Cedric, and Mr. Hector.
Awww, Duncan's Toy Chest! I always wanted one of those ginormous stuffed unicorns. Dunno what I would have done with it, but I definitely remember wanting one :)
Can I just say, I really enjoy the way Kevin seems to anticipate what adults will think and say in order to use their own logic against them :)
Ah, the turtle doves. I remember spending years looking for those ornaments. I don't recall if we ever found them.
They meet again...the bad guys and the young master of boobie-traps.
One of my favorite scenes is where the hotel staff and police escort are having a conversation with the movie. Sooooo funny! :)
Aw, the bird lady! Her little hovel above the orchestra is amazing! I wouldn't particularly enjoy all the birds everywhere, but it would be fun to have your own secret viewing/listening nook in a place like that.
Kevin's "blueprints" are so clever and fun to look at. Such a creative little boy ;)
Again, credit must be given to the cast of the hotel staff:
"What kind of idiots do you have working here?"
"The finest in New York!"
Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern are such fantastic physical comedians. Their voices, expressions, and general mannerisms really just make this movie phenomenal.
Hahahahahahahaha! The green slime jig by Marv is classic! Followed shortly by the amazing scene where he screams as he's electrocuted, then turns into a skeleton with a fro. There aren't many movies that can get away with that. I remember when that happened in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, and I was quite weirded out by it.
These guys are just hilarious!
Overall, HA2 is enjoyable, endearing, comical, and also heartfelt. Like HA1, there's a valuable principle to be learned, bad guys to be punished, and countless laughs in store for the audience. I like different things about each of the films. However, I think they will end up the same rating. I give this film 4.5 sugar plums out of 5. It's hilarious, enjoyable, and overall marvelous.
As I watch it, I'm surprised to realize how many lines from the movie became commonplace in my brother's and my speech growing up. Excellent movie :)
Just showed this to the kids for the first time, and they LOVED it.
ReplyDeleteAmusingly enough Princess got a recorder somewhat similar to the Talkboy for Christmas, and she's been busily recording herself.