The concierge in Home Alone 2

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Nov 29, 2022 20:10:45 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

Nov 29, 2022 19:56:10 GMT -5 Cranjis McBasketball said:

The first movie, ok Kevin thought his family had disappeared because his wish came true and he was defending his home. He’s totally justified. In 2, he lured Harry and Marv to his House of Torture. By now, he certainly knows the police aren’t after him for stealing a toothbrush and can call them. He wanted to murder them in the sequel.

Yeah, I get that they had previously threatened him with a pistol and made it clear they wanted to kill him, and also, that he wanted to prevent the charity money from being stolen. Totally makes sense why he wanted to thwart them, but he also could have just gone to any number of public places in New York and probably been safe from them grabbing him again while waiting on police to give them the camera.

There's a lot of problems with the sequel. It's still way better than it deserves to be, however just about every character is either rewritten to be more obnoxious or they're a replacement for characters that worked better in the first movie. Kevin is older, so he should be a tad wiser to reacting to some of the situations that he gets into, I mean there is a big difference between being 8 and 10. The parents have a few obnoxious moments and any kind of warmth the mother has in the first movie is fully gone. Buzz really should be above messing with his younger brother, seeing as he looks like he's in high school in this movie. The bird lady is a massive MASSIVE downgrade from Marley. Harry is okay, but Marv is obnoxiously dumb in this movie, when he didn't need to be. The Hotel staff are shown to be 'bad' but almost all their actions are justified except going into the room to sneak around. And the rest of the family was just kind of there.

Duncan's Toy Chest looks like the only toy store in the 90's that I wouldn't want to go into, I mean it looks like a toy store for Amish people or something! Where's the Barbies, GI Joe's, Lego and Nintendo? Everything in there looked like it would break within 5 seconds of purchase.

The one thing the movie got right was placing it some place other than at home. As I mentioned before, there's a big difference between being 8 years old and 10 years old, and by the time you're 10, you're independent enough to maintain some level of independence that you probably would struggle with at 8. Still, Kevin just isn't as likeable in this movie, despite the level of tacked on 'good-heartedness' with trying to save the charity money.

The movie also has one of my least favorite lines of all time.

"Would you like two scoops, or three?"

"Make it three, I'm not driving."

Not only does it make zero sense, but it's clearly a 'cute' line for adults written by adults who think they're clever.

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I want to see the Michael Jordan cardboard cut-out from part one have a battle with the inflatable clown from part two.