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Post by Hit Girl on Dec 6, 2016 15:01:01 GMT -5
I like how in both movies, Kevin befriends a local eccentric that he's initially terrified of, before realising they are genuinely nice people who save him from the bandits.
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Post by Rumble McSkirmish on Dec 6, 2016 16:49:58 GMT -5
Is it ever explicitly mentioned how Peter McAllister got so rich in the first place? Given this was a John Hughes film, I'd guess some kind of high ranking executive working for a large Chicago based company.
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Post by BarmPot on Dec 6, 2016 18:00:18 GMT -5
I was about 30 before I realized Kevin's later line about "never feeling like a real man" after seeing his uncle in the shower was a cock joke. Watched Home Alone 2 this past weekend with my girlfriend, and it's the first time I realised that too. "You've been smooching with everybody! Snuffy, Al, Leo, Little Moe with the gimpy leg, Cheeks, Boney Bob, Cliff!"
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Dec 6, 2016 18:29:40 GMT -5
Finally, an excuse to post this video - a blow by blow account of how many times over Harry and Marv would've died from their injuries in the first two movies: They may be stupid and incompetent, but never let it be said Harry and Marv aren't tough as old boot leather.
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Post by PKO on Dec 6, 2016 21:36:11 GMT -5
It's not Christmas till I've watched Home Alone
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Post by Mozenrath on Dec 6, 2016 21:47:48 GMT -5
Finally, an excuse to post this video - a blow by blow account of how many times over Harry and Marv would've died from their injuries in the first two movies: They may be stupid and incompetent, but never let it be said Harry and Marv aren't tough as old boot leather. I remember in Foley is Good, when Foley took a similar look at the films, and concluded that Harry and Marv should have become wrestlers, with the amount of abuse they can seemingly endure.
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Post by GreyScaleLJH on Dec 6, 2016 22:11:36 GMT -5
Is it ever explicitly mentioned how Peter McAllister got so rich in the first place? I want to know why the McAllisters have mannequins.
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Post by mizerable on Dec 7, 2016 1:38:41 GMT -5
You know what "joke" I really hate from the second movie?
There's a room service guy who is scooping ice cream for Kevin and asks him if two scoops is enough.
Kevin replies "Two? Make it three. I'm not driving."
Now, I didn't get this joke until I was way older, and even then it isn't funny or even that clever. Of all the insane things these movies did, I could never believe a 10 year old kid would ever say that. On top of that, it wasn't delivered that well. It just screams of writer who thinks he has a cute line for the movie. I think I muted the scene when I saw it on TV last.
I mean, I really hate that line.
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Post by Mozenrath on Dec 7, 2016 2:17:24 GMT -5
You know what "joke" I really hate from the second movie? There's a room service guy who is scooping ice cream for Kevin and asks him if two scoops is enough. Kevin replies "Two? Make it three. I'm not driving." Now, I didn't get this joke until I was way older, and even then it isn't funny or even that clever. Of all the insane things these movies did, I could never believe a 10 year old kid would ever say that. On top of that, it wasn't delivered that well. It just screams of writer who thinks he has a cute line for the movie. I think I muted the scene when I saw it on TV last. I mean, I really hate that line. Normally, I would, but this is a weird precocious kid who loves to watch gangster films if given the opportunity. He probably heard someone say it in a film once and it stuck with him. Like, my brother when he was four once got asked something by my stepmom and replied with "I'M THE ONE ASKING THE QUESTIONS HERE!" without any context. I have no idea to this day where he picked that up.
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Post by ayumidah on Dec 7, 2016 2:21:11 GMT -5
Finally, an excuse to post this video - a blow by blow account of how many times over Harry and Marv would've died from their injuries in the first two movies: Poor Marv, killed four times in a minute.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Dec 7, 2016 3:43:56 GMT -5
Is it ever explicitly mentioned how Peter McAllister got so rich in the first place? I want to know why the McAllisters have mannequins. It's pretty obvious, Peter was a mafia boss. He lives in Chicago, he's got a big extended family, the family loving the gangster movie, he first thought he left the garage open and wasn't concerned about it (who would steal from a mafia boss), he wasn't too concerned about Kevin (he thought nobody would screw with his house, and he had somebody watching), the pizza guy didn't call the cops about the shooting (you ain't calling the cops on a mob boss), and his son sets up traps that would kill people. The mannequins were decoys to lure people into traps. That nice old man who was a neighbor of the McAllisters was a hitman that worked for Peter, which is why he's so protective of Kevin.
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Post by arrogantmodel on Dec 7, 2016 6:48:04 GMT -5
I had a TalkBoy F/X ink pen. Yep, big as hell with only three buttons on it to erase, record, and play. Then it had sound effects.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2016 7:31:43 GMT -5
Is it ever explicitly mentioned how Peter McAllister got so rich in the first place? I want to know why the McAllisters have mannequins. I think the mother was a clothing designer
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Post by Annette on Dec 7, 2016 7:53:22 GMT -5
I was about 30 before I realized Kevin's later line about "never feeling like a real man" after seeing his uncle in the shower was a cock joke. Watched Home Alone 2 this past weekend with my girlfriend, and it's the first time I realised that too. "You've been smooching with everybody! Snuffy, Al, Leo, Little Moe with the gimpy leg, Cheeks, Boney Bob, Cliff!" "It's a lie!"
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Post by Annette on Dec 7, 2016 7:55:34 GMT -5
Just watched HA2 last night. You need SO much suspension of disbelief in this movie, Harry & Marv should have died at least 5x each in this film.
Btw, Uncle Frank is the biggest a-hole ever and would have been punched in his ugly face for treating my kids so badly.
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Post by GreyScaleLJH on Dec 7, 2016 7:59:30 GMT -5
Another thing I am wondering is how Buzz went from being like 14 years old one year and then 18 the next.
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Post by Annette on Dec 7, 2016 8:03:47 GMT -5
Another thing I am wondering is how Buzz went from being like 14 years old one year and then 18 the next. Any why was he in the Christmas concert with all the younger kids? Maybe he was too dumb to graduate elementary school.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Dec 7, 2016 8:08:32 GMT -5
Another thing I am wondering is how Buzz went from being like 14 years old one year and then 18 the next. Any why was he in the Christmas concert with all the younger kids? Maybe he was too dumb to graduate elementary school. Mostly because he had a bit to do.
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Post by Hit Girl on Dec 7, 2016 12:51:56 GMT -5
Is it ever explicitly mentioned how Peter McAllister got so rich in the first place? Given this was a John Hughes film, I'd guess some kind of high ranking executive working for a large Chicago based company. Is it ever explicitly mentioned how Peter McAllister got so rich in the first place? I want to know why the McAllisters have mannequins. He ran a successful clothing company headquartered in Illinois.
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