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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2020 4:15:20 GMT
If you liked the first one, this is more of the same with even more elaborate booby traps, it begins and ends with basically the same set up and conclusion as the first one, it's very simple good old fashioned fun. 7/10
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Feb 22, 2020 7:13:29 GMT
8/10
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Post by GiantFan1980 on Feb 22, 2020 9:35:06 GMT
Saw it with friends opening week. We thought there were quite a few moments where it felt like a retread of the first movie. Years later the traps seemed more extreme and over the top comical.
I went 6/10 stars. Home Alone was a good example of a movie franchise that should of been left alone after the sequel.
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Post by sjg on Feb 22, 2020 11:16:36 GMT
7/10
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Post by James on Feb 22, 2020 12:29:07 GMT
7/10
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Post by politicidal on Feb 22, 2020 14:59:48 GMT
9/10.
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Post by NJtoTX on Feb 22, 2020 17:24:39 GMT
Meh,5/10
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Post by chalk3 on Feb 29, 2020 4:21:50 GMT
Not as good as the first. 5/10
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Post by Vits on Dec 1, 2021 12:08:35 GMT
HOME ALONE 7/10 HOME ALONE PART 2: LOST IN NEW YORK 4/10 HOME ALONE PART 3 1/10 HOME ALONE PART 4: TAKING BACK THE HOUSE 3/10 HOME ALONE PART 5: THE HOLIDAY HEIST 3/10 Ever since HOME ALONE was released, people have made jokes about how the traps set up by Kevin McCallister made him look like a sadist. That's why HOME SWEET HOME ALONE had a lot of potential: The characters who break and enter the house aren't 2 greedy bandits; they're 2 in debt parents (Pam & Jeff McKenzie). And the little boy (Max Mercer) comes off as a little shit from the beginning. What a great idea! I mean, how often do we see a remake that makes the protagonist the antagonist and vice-versa (at least in a way that makes sense)? Unfortunately, the movie doesn't commit to the idea. You see, even though this is revealed to be a sequel (the events from the first 2 installment are acknowledged), it follows a lot of the same story beats like it was a remake (the late John Hughes even gets a "story by" credit, because so much of his script is used here). It gets to the point where Jeff behaves like an idiot during the climax (in order to emulate Marv Murchins), even though his personality was quite different in previous scenes. After he gets knocked out, Max puts V.R. headsets on him. When he wakes up, Jeff thinks that what he's seeing is real. I'm sure the image quality is very realistic, but how can't he feel that device on his head? Now, are there any changes? Actually, there are plenty... but none of them are improvements. A couple of them actually make everything worse. The McKenzies think that Max stole a valuable heirloom from them, so they're trying to get it back in order to sell it, but Max thinks that they want to kidnap him. Also, Max is a mischievous yet likable pre-teen (at least that's how the audience is supposed to see him). That's right: These 3 characters maintain the same roles as their 1990 counterparts, but the situation is a misunderstanding, so there's no villain. Are you kidding me?! The slapstick in the original made us laugh because we were seeing evil people get their comeuppance! Even though HOME ALONE PARTS 2-5 had a lot of problems, at least their makers understood this principle. It's not fun to watch the McKenzies suffer, because they don't deserve it. 1/10 ------------------------------------- You can read comments of other movies in my blog. |
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