but so was mine last night. and all I got was macaroni and cheese. and a cool beverage. and I ordered a rather fecal-based porno movie on the hotel VoD called _Craptain Marvel._ it was pretty hot.
Nah, its even funnier than that. If you watch closely Kevin goes in the complete opposite direction to what Trump tells him. Trump literally doesn't know the way to the lobby in his own hotel.
And they never made another Home Alone movie after this one. They left the franchise alone after this imperfect, but fine sequel, and did not try to cash in on the franchise with multiple mediocre to terrible sequels. Nope. Just Home Alone 1 and 2. That's it.
They didn't sequel where Kevin that mysteriously has a change in hair color and different siblings. Where he is caught up in a spy operation. That movie didn't get made.
They also definitely didn't make a sequel where the robbers are actually good people who are just trying to retrieve a stolen object and the house defender is a cruel torturer...
Home Alone 3 is watchable and actually more inline with the initial idea of Home Alone than Home Alone 2 does. However I definitely wouldn't bother with 4 or onwards.
he was committing credit card fraud at the time. he couldn't go to the cops or else he'd do time too (or so his child mind thought) he definitely wouldn't get to keep staying in the fancy hotel, atleast.
When I first saw this as a kid, I felt genuine concern for Harry after being bricked. He sounded so weak and helpless calling for Harry, who wasn't there. I still feel it a little bit.
It’s even better if you apply the Percy Jackson theory which posits that Kevin is a Demi-god being tested by his supernatural forbearers to earn his glory and honor in the eyes of his polytheist family.
The best part is they made those to film specifically for this movie. They filmed the scenes on set and then they use that in the movie. It’s not actually a movie, but it’s based on an old James Cagney movie.
@@MaddBadgerr The one where the Wet Bandit analogues are actually just trying to retrieve their stolen property, and the Kevin analogue is just a bastard. Not even endearing like Kevin, just full bastard.
The boys forgot, but they set up the Rockafeller ending in the beginning of the film when his mom said the clunky line, "Kevin, what is it with you and Christmas trees?"
That line never made any sense to me. What is so weird about a person, especially a young child, liking Christmas trees? The other thing that's always bothered me is the way Kevin's family speaks to him. I come from a large family (my grandparents had a blended family with 12 kids and 38 grandkids) and none of my aunts or uncles (at least until my step aunt went crazy in 2016, for reasons which I'm sure you can guess) ever spoke to me that way.
Bro for real, the fact they put in the effort to remove him from the movie retro actively is fucking pathetic. Your politics be damned, it would be equally pathetic if it was biden or any other polarizing figure.
@trequor right. Commercial reasons. Why would you need to have him cut out from a home video. Where there are NO commercials. And movies aired on TV don't have content cut out, just split for commercial breaks
@@RaifSeverence Which home video cut him? Yes they absolutely do cut content for tv. You are completely wrong on this point. TV edits will normally trim down violence and nudity, then depending on advertising needs will cut out superfluous scenes like cameos and extra walking
Marv has a Lv. 100 Pickpocketing skill, it's the only thing that can explain how _no one_ reacts to him taking things straight off their bodies like hats and earmuffs.
I'm assuming Mauler recognized the front desk clerk from the Addam's Family movies. She's the one that was in the first and falls in love with Cousin It and returns as his wife in the sequel.
I feel as if in any real world the airport cop would have reported the McCallisters to social services the moment they started laughing their asses off. I know it's the 90s but damn.
Home Alone 1 is a dark film with comedic elements. HA 2 is a comedy movie with dark elements. They're perfect flip sides of the same coin. On another note, HA 1 has better characters and more heart and maybe a better atmospheric vibe and pacing. HA 2 has better dialogue and gags. HA 2 is infinitely more quotable and takes everything good that HA 1 prototyped and builds on and re-tweaks that into better and more sophisticated gags. The expanded setting also allows for more possibilities within the storyline and better visuals. I think HA 1 really nailed it but HA 2 certainly did not fall short of expectations except in some limited instances.
I did the inflation calculation on the $967 in the end. It's just barely over $2,000! If the dad can afford that huge house, then he had no right to scream out his lungs out at Kevin
What? Dude just because you're rich doesnt mean you wouldnt be pissed if your kid racked up essentially 2k in just to pom service in like 4 days. Kids today blow 2k on fortnight tokens
Yeah... that's probably about the amount of money it takes to feed this hoard of people every single day. Remember the 5ft stack of pizzas they ordered for dinner in the first movie?
4:55 You know. Back in the day I would have said that it's "on the nose" or "too obvious" but in 2023 having proper set up and pay off is so rare that it's a complement to the movie.
Home Alone 2 is one of the most "sequelitis" movies to ever sequelitis. That said, I completely forgive it because the movie manages to make me laugh a LOT. There are so many moments in this movie that are every bit as hilarious now as they were when I was a kid. I don't care how "unrealistic" the moment with Marv getting hit with bricks is-- I laugh every single damn time I see it. It's not a great movie like the first Home Alone-- but it's a really fun movie that I wholeheartedly recommend to everyone.
1:15:35 There's a Leslie Nielsen parody movie where they do a bit parodying Home Alone, but the bad guys don't fall for any of the traps and just immediately catch the kid and beat the shit out of him. They threw the paint cans back and hit him.
While I really do like this movie, I do agree that it is very similar to the original, just in New York. Something which could've been interesting is if instead of just Kevin being alone and fighting the Wet Bandi- "STICKY" bandits, maybe have Kevin and another family member join him in his adventure. Heck, a whole dynamic between him and Buzz is set up at the beginning of the movie. Could've had Buzz being the one wanting to explore and enjoy their freedom, while Kevin, scarred from the first movie, desperately tries to find a way to get them home. Maybe have them learn to actually like and respect each other, some wholesome family moments, then team up to fight Harry and Marv. Just a thought.
Its nice to see DasBoSchitt back again! I consider 2 to be "passable" as far as sequels go especially for the time. Its inoffensive and I can't complain having more of a good thing, but yeah it doesn't really do anything innovative beyond that.
Kevin and his mom saying goodnight to each other at their hotel windows always reminds me of Vader speaking to Luke from the Star Destroyer in Empire Strikes Back lol
I actually like how jaded and witty Kevin was in this film. Whine the 1st films is great, this is actually my favorite of the Home Alone films. Plus, you normally can’t go wrong with adding Tim Curry to your movie.
Wow... I just read that Macaulay Culkin got paid $4.5 million (in pre-9/11 money) for being in Home Alone 2. And now he's being so petty wanting Trump to be edited out of the movie and replaced with an older version of Culkin himself in that hotel scene. But besides it being such a petty move, wouldn't it look a bit weird to have a 40 year-old crackhead walking around such a nice upscale hotel without the obviously nosy staff calling the cops...? And wouldn't lil Kevin be scared of this junkie weirdo like he was scared of the HA1 shovel guy, HA2 taxi driver and penguin lady weirdos? Would it not cause the Home Alone multiverse to collapse in on itself if he were to meet his older creepier self?!?
We can't have handsome young Trump cause that's not a good thing. We have to have ugly, crackheads with narcissist attitudes to take that spot cause that's what matters.
I’m surprised that they’ve completely bypassed a rather funny bit of dialogue: “You better not wreck my trip, you little sourpuss. Your dad’s paying good money for it.” - Uncle Frank “I wouldn’t want to spoil your fun, Mr Cheapskate.” - Kevin (Followed by shocked faces)
Home Alone 2 is one of those sequels where you can get a nice double feature. A good sequel to a great film, like Ghostbusters II, TMNT II Secret Of The Ooze, The Lost World Jurassic Park, & many, many more.
18:06 I don't doubt that security would have let Kevin onto the observation deck of the world trade center, what I doubt is that he'd be the only one up there, that roof should have been packed with tourists.
OMG! I have been waiting for ages you bastards! About damn time you did the sequel! 😂 Also isn't it funny that the people who sit there and argue about how history was written by the victors are actively trying to remove traces of people and things from the present day and the past. It's okay when we do it! And I am pretty sure by four-flushing it means a gigantic shit that takes four flushes to get rid off maybe
Home Alone took place in 1990, yet they say that this movie took place a year later……in 1992. So, if you actually took the “year later” line literally, then Kevin aged 2 years in exactly 1 year. It’s like in Jason X where they say it’s been 455 years since Jason got frozen, despite him being frozen in 2010, and the movie taking place in 2455. Hollywood doesn’t seem to understand math.
Shoot, I was hoping J could convince them to watch the newest Home Alone. She already talked them into watching Karen and 365 Days, this seems like the easier sell.
Kevin’s confession to the Christmas Tree has always been touching to me, but this is my first time seeing it after losing my mom. _I’ll never want another wish as long as I live. I just want my mother. I know I won’t see her tonight, but promise me I can see her again. Sometime. Anytime. Even if it’s just once and only for a couple of minutes. I just need to tell her I’m sorry._ I took an impromptu trip to New York in the month after she died. I spent a lot of time walking around the city-taking in all the life that still presses on, the hustle and bustle, people making choices and working toward goals and falling short and getting up every day. I went to Central Park every day I was there: a piece of peace within all that hubbub. And, no kidding, I actually did make friends with a homeless person in the park! His wife had passed recently, and we sat at a bench talking about life and death and grief and love until the sun had long set. Jermaine Baites. Hope he’s gotten on his feet. I’m still trying to get back on mine. Christmas is the hardest time to be without the one you love. _Promise me I can see her again._
Jesus dude that hit like a ton of bricks. I’m so sorry for your loss. I felt the same way when my grandfather died. That was way back in 2020 just before the pandemic on February 24th. Died due to his Alzheimer’s disease. He forgot me a long time ago and couldn’t speak anymore so I didn’t get to truly say goodbye to him but I at least had the chance to be there for him in his final moments. He didn’t recognize me but on some level I hope he did. I sat with him and played his favorite music, kept him hydrated as best as I could and sat with him as he left. He died with the whole family around him and went peacefully. I thank God I was there to say goodbye but even four years later I still find myself crying whenever I think about him. He was more of a father to me than my own dad. I wish I could say you eventually stop feeling sad about the loss. You’re gonna always miss them no matter how many years pass. But I can promise you this. Those good memories you have will warm you deeper than ever before. That piece of them still lives inside of you forever and though you’re separated in one sense you’re always united by blood and those memories. You’ll be okay my friend. As long as you hold onto those memories, your mom will always be there with you.
@@canderoussnurd4265 thank you very much, I am moved. You sound just like Rooter from The Land Before Time. It’s very kind of you to put your hand on my shoulder, as it were, let me grasp your hand, for you’ve got more of a friend in me than you realize. My grandfather, who was also the central male role model in my life, also died of Alzheimer’s. December 20th, 2013, when I was 18. By the end he had also forgotten who I was, his favorite grandson, in whom he once saw himself so clearly. He never got to see me become the man he in no small part taught me to be... I regret that most of all. It is a deeply tragic type of loss, to watch one slip away and lose sight of you before your eyes. My goodbye was at a car door, me kneeling in to hug him and cry into his arms; I can still feel his corduroy jacket on my face. He patted my head and said “Good Boy.” Hey, I’ll take it! But let me relay one experience that I keep in my heart, which I suspect you will find relatable. The year before he died, I sat on a couch with him in his house, holding his hand and listening, as you did, to his favorite music (George Winston’s Autumn, a gorgeously melodic piano album that I later wrote my thesis to). He used to conduct it with his fingers, flicking for the flutters, but he was passed even that amusing habit. We just sat together, as I wondered what he was thinking, if at all, knowing he did not know me. Suddenly Pere squeezed my hand so I squeezed back to let him know I was there, and he spoke to me, without really looking up-spoke to me _as if I was a Chinese boy he had known in his early youth,_ as a 5 year-old living on a naval ship with his captain father in the Pacific, a lonely child whose only available friend was this boy who did not speak a lick of English. But they got on famously, and I heard many stories of his playful times with this Chinese boy. Now, to Pere, I was him. He was sitting hand-in-hand with his little foreign friend, running along the deck of the ship together, perhaps getting into trouble in the kitchen. The point is this. He knew exactly who I was: I was his friend, and I always had been, from the day I was born, to the Tuesdays when he would pick me up from preschool, to my 14th birthday when he gave me his watch, which I wear to this day, inscribed in my favorite font (Lucida Blackletter): *To Jasper,* *With Laughter and Love* *-Pere* Your grandfather may not have recognized your face, but if you loved him, then he knew you. It is as you say: we know each other, beyond even the grave, by the warmth in our hearts. We remember our loved ones, for they are alive in us. The Lion King taught me that. _He leefs, in youuu._
We're honestly being spoilt and you lads are working at insane levels of quality and quantity which is unheard of from mortal beings. You gods take some time off sometime!
38:34 Rags, you don't sign a check with a PENCIL! Anyone could erase whatever you put down for the amount and fill it in with whatever amount they wanted. You might as well hand them a blank check! (Which is ironically the name of a movie that borrowed ideas heavily from Home Alone)
I don't remember if I've ever seen Home Alone 2 the whole way through. I adore Home Alone, but it's one of those movies where I'm like "That was perfection. I love it. Never do another one."
Yeah, up to 13 minutes and I don't remember this. So far, this movie sucks. Like, holy shit, it sucks. The first movie was funny, but also pretty clever and had reasonable cause and effect. For instance, the power to the whole street cut out. In this one, the dad just unplugs his own alarm. Are you telling me that _no one_ else in the house of over a dozen people that had to get up early for a flight had an alarm set? A bit further in... man, this sucks. I was right. Never make another one. I know the ones after this are expected to suck, but this one sucks ass, too.
I got on the wrong flight recently, the plane was going to the same destination just at an earlier time. When I realized and told the flight attendant they made me stand in the back until boarding was done and then walked me off the plane and found my ticket. Nothing major happened and no one was really concerned, i thought it was going to be a bigger deal but I was wrong😂
24:17 to answer your question MauLer, her name is Dana Ivey. She was Miss Millie from The Color Purple, Margaret Alford in the 90’s Adam’s Family films, Claire from Sleepless In Seattle, Ms. Shore from Law & Order, Ms Langer from Frasier, Trudy Stork from Sex In The City, and many more. She was also in numerous broadways plays. Coincidentally, she did play a witch in the 1982 TV film Macbeth.
Fringy lives where there are REAL gangs of winged assassins flying about, Sulphur Crested Cockatoos lol. One pet cockatoo is a handful, I can't imagine large wild flocks of them, with no escape, working together to take whatever they want from you lol.
I actually know the man who is conducting the orchestra. He was the conductor of the Harper Symphony Orchestra my mom has been in for nearly my whole life. He's also a phenomenal jazz piano player 😊
They woman at the desk you thought looked like Professor McGonagall but isn't is Dana Ivey. You might recognize her from The Addams Family and Addams Family Values as the lady that falls for Cousin Itt. She's been in other stuff, but I'd say that role is where I most recognize her from.
Home Alone 2 was always a staple in my home. I didn't even know until later that 2 wasn't well received. It's just Home Alone again....but with Tim Curry! What's not to love?
Red Letter Media featured one of the other sequels (Home Alone 4) on Best of the Worst with special guest Macaulay Culkin. (episode titled Plinketto #7)
Kevin's room service bill was higher than The Marvels world wide box-office.
Oh snap 😂😂😂
but so was mine last night. and all I got was macaroni and cheese. and a cool beverage.
and I ordered a rather fecal-based porno movie on the hotel VoD called _Craptain Marvel._ it was pretty hot.
Damn 😂🤣💀
It was certainly bigger than Kevin Spacey and Amber Heard’s last box office returns.
That's a low bar, but it's also hilarious.
“Which way to the lobby?” | THIS SCENE HAS BEEN REDACTED | *Kevin teleports immediately to the front desk
Stalin approves XD
HAS IT REALLY????
Nah, its even funnier than that. If you watch closely Kevin goes in the complete opposite direction to what Trump tells him. Trump literally doesn't know the way to the lobby in his own hotel.
They shoulda replaced Trump with Rich Evans.
Why remove him in the first place? I seriously don't understand the hate people have for him, it's bizarre.
And they never made another Home Alone movie after this one. They left the franchise alone after this imperfect, but fine sequel, and did not try to cash in on the franchise with multiple mediocre to terrible sequels. Nope. Just Home Alone 1 and 2. That's it.
They didn't sequel where Kevin that mysteriously has a change in hair color and different siblings.
Where he is caught up in a spy operation. That movie didn't get made.
Nope, they never made 4 more movies, just these 2.
They also definitely didn't make a sequel where the robbers are actually good people who are just trying to retrieve a stolen object and the house defender is a cruel torturer...
Scarlett Johansson was in Home Alone 3.
Home Alone 3 is watchable and actually more inline with the initial idea of Home Alone than Home Alone 2 does. However I definitely wouldn't bother with 4 or onwards.
I love how the first "trap" in this movie is just him throwing bricks in someone's face.
There's a difference between a trap and simple assault, you can try and explain that to Kevin McCallister if you survive the encounter with him.
@@Jasper_Silva Kevin has never assaulted anyone. Assault is distasteful..... to him.
It's the Killer Kroc school of trap making. If it works on Batman, it can work on home invaders.
A space/time breaking brick that can put a mark on a man's head before it even hits him.
If they ever do a remake, the first trap in one of the movies should just be "Behold, Castle Doctrine".
That edit of Marv shouting 'SUCK BRICK' before throwing the brick down and hitting himself in the face was brilliant.
Can't wait for the dove lady spinoff "Homeless alone"
They should have made a Saw prequel where they cast Macaulay Culkin as Jigsaw, just to feed into the theory that Kevin is a young Jigsaw.
Omg I fucking love that idea
Macaulay should play Jigsaw in the eventual reboot.
Make a Home Alone sequel that takes place 60 years later and cast Tobin Bell to play Kevin.
@@zogwort1522 like democracy
Would watch
Fringy defending pidgeons and his affinity to make crow noises in lotr vid proves he is in fact a birb
You know, Fringy really, really likes animals for someone from Australia…
@mrdropkicker1 Fringy is a Emu sleeper agent
Kevin clearly didn't call the cops cause he wanted to beat the shit out of the bandits.
* statement about the state of law enforcement in NY *
he was committing credit card fraud at the time. he couldn't go to the cops or else he'd do time too (or so his child mind thought)
he definitely wouldn't get to keep staying in the fancy hotel, atleast.
He's a bit malicious in this one
"I'm going to put all the money meant for the children into that window."
That's called a "Completionist."
This joke is so good.
FATALITY
"That said, Duncan's Toy Chest charity event gets my Completionist rating of "EMBEZZLE IT!""
Fringy - "Why do you assume he can speak French"
Have you not meet a Frenchman? That's kind of what they're know for....
Amazing that they gave us the Christmas special 364 days early!
When I first saw this as a kid, I felt genuine concern for Harry after being bricked. He sounded so weak and helpless calling for Harry, who wasn't there.
I still feel it a little bit.
You mean Marv?
@@illuminossentertainment3253 yes. What the hell was I thinking?
Oh, right, I was multitasking.
@waffles2waffles And yet you didn't edit your comment. The RUclips Gods are very displeased.
@@Schlorb-Lord-of-Schlirb but then the comment wouldn't make sense. I can't do that to him.
I would've loved a reveal that Harry and Marv are Immortal beings. Its literally the only explaination that works on how they survive the night.
Some people are hardy as fuck.
It’s even better if you apply the Percy Jackson theory which posits that Kevin is a Demi-god being tested by his supernatural forbearers to earn his glory and honor in the eyes of his polytheist family.
I want to believe they were cursed to be indestructible but still forced to feel all the pain of their injuries.
They are basically Daffy Duck so in a way yes they are.
some Isaac and miria type of shit where they've been around for decades and they never realize they never aged
Always found the 'Angels with Even Filthier Souls' joke hilarious.
The best part is they made those to film specifically for this movie. They filmed the scenes on set and then they use that in the movie. It’s not actually a movie, but it’s based on an old James Cagney movie.
Rags, I get none of us are adults in the 90s but why tf would you sign a check with a PENCIL?!
Rag'''''''''''s is from the South. They're always doing things weird down there.
@@mgeiger2341dude, I’m from further south than him, we don’t fuckin do that shit. Arkansans are fucking weird, that’s the issue
From my count, Marv died 9 times and Harry died 5 times
Kevin not wanting to sleep in the same bed as his cousin is a reference to the first movie when it is said the cousin wets the bed.
Bringing the Home Alone lore? Nice 👍
After this, Marv developed a crippling phobia of electricity, falling, burning, and pigeons.
I mean, I too am afraid of burning
Also bricks.
Children.
Don't forget paint cans.
Don’t forget bricks
Such a drastic difference in quality between this Home Alone and the LAST one JLongbone watched. You know the one
I don't think I do know the one, actually?
@@MaddBadgerr The one where the Wet Bandit analogues are actually just trying to retrieve their stolen property, and the Kevin analogue is just a bastard. Not even endearing like Kevin, just full bastard.
I’m pretty sure it’s the 5th or 6th Home Alone, and it’s called Home Sweet Home Alone or something.
*shudder*
@@tylercoon1791That's the 6th one.
Stealing is the only thing that gives Marv joy in life.
The boys forgot, but they set up the Rockafeller ending in the beginning of the film when his mom said the clunky line, "Kevin, what is it with you and Christmas trees?"
Such a peculiarity for someone to like Christmas trees!
That line never made any sense to me. What is so weird about a person, especially a young child, liking Christmas trees?
The other thing that's always bothered me is the way Kevin's family speaks to him. I come from a large family (my grandparents had a blended family with 12 kids and 38 grandkids) and none of my aunts or uncles (at least until my step aunt went crazy in 2016, for reasons which I'm sure you can guess) ever spoke to me that way.
Donald: Gives boy directions to lobby
Internet: REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
You know who else Trump gave directions too? Over a million americans to their graves with his covid response.
Bro for real, the fact they put in the effort to remove him from the movie retro actively is fucking pathetic. Your politics be damned, it would be equally pathetic if it was biden or any other polarizing figure.
Mauler: I wish there was a rated R version...
Violent Night: Hello there!
SAW Films: Hello There
@@metal13panda76Corridor Crew’s R-Rated Home Alone: Hello there!
Violent Night EFAP: Hello there!
Ben Stiller didn't feel the need to erase Trump from Zoolander. Just saying.
He was cut for purely commercial reasons. They need tv movies to fit into neat segments between commercials, so trimming is almost always required.
@trequor right. Commercial reasons. Why would you need to have him cut out from a home video. Where there are NO commercials.
And movies aired on TV don't have content cut out, just split for commercial breaks
@@RaifSeverence Which home video cut him?
Yes they absolutely do cut content for tv. You are completely wrong on this point. TV edits will normally trim down violence and nudity, then depending on advertising needs will cut out superfluous scenes like cameos and extra walking
But on streaming services?
@@trequor Yeah, that’s the reason. 🙄🙄🙄
Finally, the Saw arc is complete
LMAO
Marv has a Lv. 100 Pickpocketing skill, it's the only thing that can explain how _no one_ reacts to him taking things straight off their bodies like hats and earmuffs.
When they watched the first Home Alone two years ago, I prayed for them to watch the second one too. It took two years, but they FINALLY did it!!! 🤩
You'll see home alone 3 in 3 years
Just like it took to film the second movie
They finally did it... AGAIN!!! 😱
They played with your heart... 💔
Got lost in the game... 🎮
Oh 👶👶... OOPS!
I'm assuming Mauler recognized the front desk clerk from the Addam's Family movies. She's the one that was in the first and falls in love with Cousin It and returns as his wife in the sequel.
Am I the only one who thinks the line "Get down on your knees and tell me you love me." is dripping with innuendo?
They really nailed the two-timing writing style of those classic 1940s movies.
@@samwallaceart288- Those two movies were actually based on old James Cagney movies.
Well he did unload all over her after she did…….😏
Jlong and Moriarty, my two favourite laughs. Such joy.
The only joy you have in life?
Every time she laughs I involuntarily start laughing to 😂 it’s so infectious
@@systmerr9445Don't be a grinch, my dude.
@@tobeornottobe5611no no, I think he’s referencing the Boogie documentary efap.
@@eggpling Oh, I haven't seen their coverage yet.
That sad and pathetic "harry....no....." during the brick scene is GENIUS
I feel as if in any real world the airport cop would have reported the McCallisters to social services the moment they started laughing their asses off. I know it's the 90s but damn.
Home Alone 2 with Hollywood actor Donald Trump
At this point Harry and Marv should believe Kevin is clearly some ancient primordial spirit of vengeance.
Considering how much they survive, maybe _they_ are the spirits
@@mivapusa ohhhhhh plot twist!
They’re there to take away a naughty ungrateful child but are unprepared for the fight he puts up.
Like the furies of old.
On the other hand Harry and Marv are immortal sysiphean figures bound to be tortured forever by this god of vengeance
Home Alone 1 is a dark film with comedic elements. HA 2 is a comedy movie with dark elements. They're perfect flip sides of the same coin.
On another note, HA 1 has better characters and more heart and maybe a better atmospheric vibe and pacing. HA 2 has better dialogue and gags. HA 2 is infinitely more quotable and takes everything good that HA 1 prototyped and builds on and re-tweaks that into better and more sophisticated gags.
The expanded setting also allows for more possibilities within the storyline and better visuals. I think HA 1 really nailed it but HA 2 certainly did not fall short of expectations except in some limited instances.
Joe Pesci hitting the pigeons with the newspaper screaming is one of the funniest things ever! “GET OUTTA HERE!”
They did set up going to the Rockefeller center, Kevin said he liked Christmas trees, not Christmas palm trees. Flawless
The imagery of a pigeon like swarm of homeless people eating the pieces of cookie Kevin threw in the air had me on the floor for about 10 minutes 🤣
"THANKYOUFORTHISSACRIFICE" 👹💀
I find it hilarious that the family didn't notice that Kevin left the hotel and went to Central Park alone
The family arrives after the hotel staff tried to capture Kevin, and Kevin ran away. Hence why Kevin's mom was so pissed.
@@zachrohler1047 No I mean at the end of the movie when he went to see the pigeon lady
@@KelShu ooooooh yeah yeah yeah you right!
That boogie2988 cameo at 1:21:48 made me laugh harder than it should have...
"It's a warning shot."
@@Atheismo9760 gotta warn those "penguins" to stay away
It’s the only thing that brings me joy.
@@canderoussnurd4265 same brother same
I did the inflation calculation on the $967 in the end. It's just barely over $2,000! If the dad can afford that huge house, then he had no right to scream out his lungs out at Kevin
that was just the room service
That was just for room service though
He was paying for the Florida trip too. The guy is loaded!
What? Dude just because you're rich doesnt mean you wouldnt be pissed if your kid racked up essentially 2k in just to pom service in like 4 days. Kids today blow 2k on fortnight tokens
Yeah... that's probably about the amount of money it takes to feed this hoard of people every single day. Remember the 5ft stack of pizzas they ordered for dinner in the first movie?
4:55 You know. Back in the day I would have said that it's "on the nose" or "too obvious" but in 2023 having proper set up and pay off is so rare that it's a complement to the movie.
You should've edited Mortal Kombat x-ray shots like you did in the first one. Truly a missed opportunity.
13:00 i remember pre-9/11travelling as an UM and getting to meet the pilots in the cockpit mid-flight. rosier times.
Home Alone 2 is one of the most "sequelitis" movies to ever sequelitis. That said, I completely forgive it because the movie manages to make me laugh a LOT. There are so many moments in this movie that are every bit as hilarious now as they were when I was a kid. I don't care how "unrealistic" the moment with Marv getting hit with bricks is-- I laugh every single damn time I see it.
It's not a great movie like the first Home Alone-- but it's a really fun movie that I wholeheartedly recommend to everyone.
1:15:35 There's a Leslie Nielsen parody movie where they do a bit parodying Home Alone, but the bad guys don't fall for any of the traps and just immediately catch the kid and beat the shit out of him. They threw the paint cans back and hit him.
"And this is one is for my My Girl 2!"
"But I wasn't in My Girl 2."
"We don't care!"
Also the movie is Spy Hard I believe.
There’s also a Robot Chicken parody of Home Alone where Michael Myers was there in place of the bandits.
@@lordkrauser Was it Spy Hard or Wrongfully Accused? Those movies blur in my mind.
"I'm gonna slice you up into Swiss cheese!"
"That's not Gouda!"
While I really do like this movie, I do agree that it is very similar to the original, just in New York. Something which could've been interesting is if instead of just Kevin being alone and fighting the Wet Bandi- "STICKY" bandits, maybe have Kevin and another family member join him in his adventure. Heck, a whole dynamic between him and Buzz is set up at the beginning of the movie. Could've had Buzz being the one wanting to explore and enjoy their freedom, while Kevin, scarred from the first movie, desperately tries to find a way to get them home. Maybe have them learn to actually like and respect each other, some wholesome family moments, then team up to fight Harry and Marv. Just a thought.
I love the part when Kevin meets Freddy Fazbear in the hotel lobby. So iconic
Even as a kid i wondered how marv survived the brickening.
"I don't think she's McGonagall, no"
DUDE HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW WHEN SOMEONE IS OR ISN'T MAGGIE SMITH?
It's not contrived at all that that's where they'd end up. As far as Hollywood screen writers are aware there are three cities in America.
I used to use my talk boy to answer myself in the slow recording setting to make believe I had friends.
have you switched to AI now?
@defeqel6537 luckily I learned how to be social by hanging out with drug dealers in college. I just mimic'd their confidence subtracted the ebonics.
That's so smart! I was dumb and poor, so I was stuck just imagining conversations
Its nice to see DasBoSchitt back again!
I consider 2 to be "passable" as far as sequels go especially for the time. Its inoffensive and I can't complain having more of a good thing, but yeah it doesn't really do anything innovative beyond that.
I can't believe no one got the irony that Tim Curry was scared away by a clown. 🎈🤡
Kevin and his mom saying goodnight to each other at their hotel windows always reminds me of Vader speaking to Luke from the Star Destroyer in Empire Strikes Back lol
I thought you were gonna say Anakin and Padme at the windows in RotS
Daniel Stern's screams are the best
While not a witch the desk clerk lady did marry into the Addams Family, so close enough.
I actually like how jaded and witty Kevin was in this film. Whine the 1st films is great, this is actually my favorite of the Home Alone films. Plus, you normally can’t go wrong with adding Tim Curry to your movie.
Kevin trying to off the Bandits will never not be hilarious.
Wow... I just read that Macaulay Culkin got paid $4.5 million (in pre-9/11 money) for being in Home Alone 2. And now he's being so petty wanting Trump to be edited out of the movie and replaced with an older version of Culkin himself in that hotel scene. But besides it being such a petty move, wouldn't it look a bit weird to have a 40 year-old crackhead walking around such a nice upscale hotel without the obviously nosy staff calling the cops...? And wouldn't lil Kevin be scared of this junkie weirdo like he was scared of the HA1 shovel guy, HA2 taxi driver and penguin lady weirdos? Would it not cause the Home Alone multiverse to collapse in on itself if he were to meet his older creepier self?!?
We can't have handsome young Trump cause that's not a good thing. We have to have ugly, crackheads with narcissist attitudes to take that spot cause that's what matters.
I’m surprised that they’ve completely bypassed a rather funny bit of dialogue:
“You better not wreck my trip, you little sourpuss. Your dad’s paying good money for it.” - Uncle Frank
“I wouldn’t want to spoil your fun, Mr Cheapskate.” - Kevin
(Followed by shocked faces)
Home Alone 2 is one of those sequels where you can get a nice double feature. A good sequel to a great film, like Ghostbusters II, TMNT II Secret Of The Ooze, The Lost World Jurassic Park, & many, many more.
Ghostbusters 2 sucked, and Lost World is awful. What
18:06 I don't doubt that security would have let Kevin onto the observation deck of the world trade center, what I doubt is that he'd be the only one up there, that roof should have been packed with tourists.
OMG! I have been waiting for ages you bastards! About damn time you did the sequel! 😂
Also isn't it funny that the people who sit there and argue about how history was written by the victors are actively trying to remove traces of people and things from the present day and the past. It's okay when we do it!
And I am pretty sure by four-flushing it means a gigantic shit that takes four flushes to get rid off maybe
Home Alone took place in 1990, yet they say that this movie took place a year later……in 1992. So, if you actually took the “year later” line literally, then Kevin aged 2 years in exactly 1 year. It’s like in Jason X where they say it’s been 455 years since Jason got frozen, despite him being frozen in 2010, and the movie taking place in 2455.
Hollywood doesn’t seem to understand math.
Visited John Heard’s (Kevin’s dad) grave today, thought about leaving an Xmas gift for him, considered giving an alarm clock
Thank you for your service, Das.
i like how they just ignored the fact that the property was not abandoned, they were in Paris as renovations were being done to their home.
Shoot, I was hoping J could convince them to watch the newest Home Alone. She already talked them into watching Karen and 365 Days, this seems like the easier sell.
Love Mauler having to get into the mood.
1:32:49 Thank you, Das. You do too much for us, sir.
Kevin’s confession to the Christmas Tree has always been touching to me, but this is my first time seeing it after losing my mom. _I’ll never want another wish as long as I live. I just want my mother. I know I won’t see her tonight, but promise me I can see her again. Sometime. Anytime. Even if it’s just once and only for a couple of minutes. I just need to tell her I’m sorry._
I took an impromptu trip to New York in the month after she died. I spent a lot of time walking around the city-taking in all the life that still presses on, the hustle and bustle, people making choices and working toward goals and falling short and getting up every day. I went to Central Park every day I was there: a piece of peace within all that hubbub. And, no kidding, I actually did make friends with a homeless person in the park! His wife had passed recently, and we sat at a bench talking about life and death and grief and love until the sun had long set. Jermaine Baites. Hope he’s gotten on his feet. I’m still trying to get back on mine. Christmas is the hardest time to be without the one you love. _Promise me I can see her again._
Jesus dude that hit like a ton of bricks. I’m so sorry for your loss. I felt the same way when my grandfather died. That was way back in 2020 just before the pandemic on February 24th. Died due to his Alzheimer’s disease. He forgot me a long time ago and couldn’t speak anymore so I didn’t get to truly say goodbye to him but I at least had the chance to be there for him in his final moments. He didn’t recognize me but on some level I hope he did. I sat with him and played his favorite music, kept him hydrated as best as I could and sat with him as he left. He died with the whole family around him and went peacefully. I thank God I was there to say goodbye but even four years later I still find myself crying whenever I think about him. He was more of a father to me than my own dad.
I wish I could say you eventually stop feeling sad about the loss. You’re gonna always miss them no matter how many years pass. But I can promise you this. Those good memories you have will warm you deeper than ever before. That piece of them still lives inside of you forever and though you’re separated in one sense you’re always united by blood and those memories. You’ll be okay my friend. As long as you hold onto those memories, your mom will always be there with you.
@@canderoussnurd4265 thank you very much, I am moved. You sound just like Rooter from The Land Before Time. It’s very kind of you to put your hand on my shoulder, as it were, let me grasp your hand, for you’ve got more of a friend in me than you realize. My grandfather, who was also the central male role model in my life, also died of Alzheimer’s. December 20th, 2013, when I was 18. By the end he had also forgotten who I was, his favorite grandson, in whom he once saw himself so clearly. He never got to see me become the man he in no small part taught me to be... I regret that most of all. It is a deeply tragic type of loss, to watch one slip away and lose sight of you before your eyes. My goodbye was at a car door, me kneeling in to hug him and cry into his arms; I can still feel his corduroy jacket on my face. He patted my head and said “Good Boy.” Hey, I’ll take it!
But let me relay one experience that I keep in my heart, which I suspect you will find relatable. The year before he died, I sat on a couch with him in his house, holding his hand and listening, as you did, to his favorite music (George Winston’s Autumn, a gorgeously melodic piano album that I later wrote my thesis to). He used to conduct it with his fingers, flicking for the flutters, but he was passed even that amusing habit. We just sat together, as I wondered what he was thinking, if at all, knowing he did not know me. Suddenly Pere squeezed my hand so I squeezed back to let him know I was there, and he spoke to me, without really looking up-spoke to me _as if I was a Chinese boy he had known in his early youth,_ as a 5 year-old living on a naval ship with his captain father in the Pacific, a lonely child whose only available friend was this boy who did not speak a lick of English. But they got on famously, and I heard many stories of his playful times with this Chinese boy. Now, to Pere, I was him. He was sitting hand-in-hand with his little foreign friend, running along the deck of the ship together, perhaps getting into trouble in the kitchen. The point is this. He knew exactly who I was: I was his friend, and I always had been, from the day I was born, to the Tuesdays when he would pick me up from preschool, to my 14th birthday when he gave me his watch, which I wear to this day, inscribed in my favorite font (Lucida Blackletter):
*To Jasper,*
*With Laughter and Love*
*-Pere*
Your grandfather may not have recognized your face, but if you loved him, then he knew you. It is as you say: we know each other, beyond even the grave, by the warmth in our hearts. We remember our loved ones, for they are alive in us. The Lion King taught me that. _He leefs, in youuu._
I can really feel the spirit of Christmas with this one. 🐸
Now watch Home Alone 3: The Good Son. Where Kevin reaches peaks sociopath.
Oh you didn't know? They renamed that movie and called it "Saw"
I heard that Zack Snyder said that Home Alone takes place in the same universe as Army of the Dead and Rebel Moon.
We're honestly being spoilt and you lads are working at insane levels of quality and quantity which is unheard of from mortal beings. You gods take some time off sometime!
I still love the tool chest doing a shimmy down the stairs, I still can't watch it without laughing.
38:34 Rags, you don't sign a check with a PENCIL! Anyone could erase whatever you put down for the amount and fill it in with whatever amount they wanted. You might as well hand them a blank check! (Which is ironically the name of a movie that borrowed ideas heavily from Home Alone)
38:26 Rags thinks you sign checks with pencils?
Somehow... The wet bandits returned
By the way good ears on the Doggo, when reacting to home alone 1, he said the score reminds him of Star Wars.
That’s because John Williams scored it
Fringy is a land pidgeon.
I don't remember if I've ever seen Home Alone 2 the whole way through. I adore Home Alone, but it's one of those movies where I'm like "That was perfection. I love it. Never do another one."
Yeah, up to 13 minutes and I don't remember this. So far, this movie sucks. Like, holy shit, it sucks. The first movie was funny, but also pretty clever and had reasonable cause and effect. For instance, the power to the whole street cut out. In this one, the dad just unplugs his own alarm. Are you telling me that _no one_ else in the house of over a dozen people that had to get up early for a flight had an alarm set?
A bit further in... man, this sucks. I was right. Never make another one. I know the ones after this are expected to suck, but this one sucks ass, too.
I got on the wrong flight recently, the plane was going to the same destination just at an earlier time. When I realized and told the flight attendant they made me stand in the back until boarding was done and then walked me off the plane and found my ticket. Nothing major happened and no one was really concerned, i thought it was going to be a bigger deal but I was wrong😂
omg they endorse Trumpo in THAT scene
But do they endorse Trungos?
Trump knew all along that scene would make him president. You gotta respect that!
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@@kingvinoda3896 playing 8D chess, while everyone else was playing Super Mario Bros.
Good. 🐸
24:17 to answer your question MauLer, her name is Dana Ivey. She was Miss Millie from The Color Purple, Margaret Alford in the 90’s Adam’s Family films, Claire from Sleepless In Seattle, Ms. Shore from Law & Order, Ms Langer from Frasier, Trudy Stork from Sex In The City, and many more. She was also in numerous broadways plays. Coincidentally, she did play a witch in the 1982 TV film Macbeth.
Fringy lives where there are REAL gangs of winged assassins flying about, Sulphur Crested Cockatoos lol. One pet cockatoo is a handful, I can't imagine large wild flocks of them, with no escape, working together to take whatever they want from you lol.
"Not only did we forget our toothbrushes, but we left Kevin home alone too, lost in New York?"
Hope you, MauLer, and EFAP had a wonderful Christmas!🎄
I actually know the man who is conducting the orchestra. He was the conductor of the Harper Symphony Orchestra my mom has been in for nearly my whole life. He's also a phenomenal jazz piano player 😊
first time ive heard about the pier morgan pigeon lady theory. i always thought the pigeon lady and top gear's james may were the same person lol
They woman at the desk you thought looked like Professor McGonagall but isn't is Dana Ivey. You might recognize her from The Addams Family and Addams Family Values as the lady that falls for Cousin Itt. She's been in other stuff, but I'd say that role is where I most recognize her from.
Home Alone 2 was always a staple in my home. I didn't even know until later that 2 wasn't well received. It's just Home Alone again....but with Tim Curry! What's not to love?
Karma paid John Heard back super harshly for abandoning Kevin twice, this must be acknowledged.
Thank you for this Christmas gift ; first Zack's Snyder "Dead clown" and now "Home alone 2: Home Aloner"!😉
Lmao these avatars give us a timeframe for when this was recorded.
Rob Schneider is... SANTA ?! Coming next Christmas.
1:28:20 $967 in 1990 would be over $2,270 today. That is pretty nuts!
Red Letter Media featured one of the other sequels (Home Alone 4) on Best of the Worst with special guest Macaulay Culkin. (episode titled Plinketto #7)