Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
United States
1992
120 Min
Color
1.85:1
English
Synopsis
Kevin McCallister is back. But this time he’s in New York City with enough cash and credit cards to turn the Big Apple into his very own playground. But Kevin won’t be alone for long. The notorious Wet Bandits, Harry and Marv, still smarting from their last encounter with Kevin, are bound for New York too, plotting a huge holiday heist! Kevin’s ready to welcome them with more battery of booby traps the bumbling bandits will never forget! —IMDb
Director
Chris Columbus
Christopher Joseph Columbus (born September 10, 1958) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Columbus had most success with the first two films in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, along with Home Alone, winning a British Comedy Award for Best Comedy Film. —Wikipedia
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Warren Spratley
18Dec11
I was such a fan when I was a kid, you know? And I was thinking it would be some kind of a guilty Christmas pleasure for me nowadays so I watched it and the original Home Alone with a friend over a few beers last night and God I hated them both so much. Home Alone 2 is absolutely appalling though.
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RusticMachine
26Dec11
Uninspired Kids movie? Yes, because children always have bones of contention regarding the level of inspiration of films...I certainly loved this movie when I was a kid(you apparently did as well).Why do you feel the need to speak negatively of it or even refer to them as "guilty pleasures". That's such a pompous expression.They're great kids films. I'll say it again, get over yourself.
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Warren Spratley
26Dec11
I feel the need to speak negatively about the movie because it's a bad movie. What does the fact that it is a children's movie have to do with my overall evaluation of it? There are many films for children which are fantastic; this is just not one of them. Why do you write as if all children's movies are off limits, that they should not be looked not be looked at critically but rather looked at as these precious little things which should not be gauged at all? And how is the term "guilty pleasure" a pompous expression? As Bordwell writes, it's simply a "label that was coined exactly to designate films which give us enjoyment, even if by any wide criteria they aren’t especially good.". You seem to be rejecting those criteria which allow people to evaluate movies just because this particular movie is a "kid's movie" and hence should not be subjected that kind of scrutinizing. Don't get so mad just because I think Home Alone(s) 1 and 2 are shitty movies, regardless or whether or not they're for children.
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RusticMachine
26Dec11
""""""""What does the fact that it is a children's movie have to do with my overall evaluation of it?""""""""---It's the same reason that a child calling a drama intended for adults boring doesn't hold any weight.Your age is not the intended audience.It's an excellent kids film. Memorable, entertaining and fun. """"""""Why do you write as if all children's movies are off limits""""""""---I don't. But as an adult to give,for example, Teleltubies a 1 out of 10 rating would be more than slightly insensitive to the context,content and intended audience,eh?Or do you tell toddlers that their figurines and dolls are shit as well? """""""label that was coined exactly to designate films which give us enjoyment, even if by any wide criteria they aren’t especially good."""""""---What wide criteria of goodness? Quoting somebody else does not solidify your argument if they themselves don't make any sense."Gulity Pleasure" is a term which to me means a person guiltily enjoys something because of some negative popular opinion of that 'something'. EX: "Comics are a guilty pleasure because comics are for children" I attempt not to have any guilty pleasures. """"""Don't get so mad just because I think Home Alone(s) 1 and 2 are shitty movies, regardless or whether or not they're for children."""""""---I'm not mad at you for having a opinion of something(that's to be expected), but an opinion which is based on something other than an emotional sentiment is up for debate. I felt your reasons were unjustified.
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Warren Spratley
26Dec11
See, I do not think Home Alone is memorable, entertaining, or fun compared to countless other movies whose intended audience is children. I reject this idea that because an movie's intended audience is not my age that i cannot evaluate it. That's absolute bullshit. Of course I wouldn't tell a child that their figurines or dolls are total shit nor would I tell a child that a movie they like is bad even if I do think it is bad. Concerning the quote I used by Bordwell, here is the link. Read it if you like: http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2008/05/14/in-critical-condition/ My opinion of a guilty pleasure is liking something though you know that, based upon your own particular methods of evaluation, is bad. Do you really want to get into the very definition of evaluation and how Home Alone fails to meet what I think a movie requires to be good? With regards to comic books, that is another artform, one which we are not talking about here. it is a totally different medium than cinema and I don't know much about it so I wouldn't feel right evaluating comics. You keep bringing up stuff that has nothing to do with why I think it is totally fine for an adult to think poorly of a movie made for children. THE RED BALLOON is a children's film and is a masterpiece. Or do I have no right to judge that film either?
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RusticMachine
27Dec11
"I reject this idea that because an movie's intended audience is not my age that i cannot evaluate it." I didn't say it couldn't be done, obviously it can. My point is simply that your criterion for judging it should reasonably include its intended audience. You wouldn't say a childrens film is bad because it was too childish would you? Do you not get my point? "Or do I have no right to judge that film either?"---You are stuck on the idea that you have no "right" to evaluate it. I never said you can't evaluate it, but as I said above you should reasonably judge it with different criteria. "With regards to comic books, that is another artform"---Clearly you did not understand my argument. The medium is not the relevant point at hand , it's the idea of "guillty pleasures" being relative to others opinions. "I think it is totally fine for an adult to think poorly of a movie made for children"---Yes, I agree, I think that Home Alone is better than a lot of other kids movies based on my opinions as a child and re-watching it as an adult. But I think it would be stretching it to judge Home Alone with the same criteria as a movie like Schindlers List.
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Warren Spratley
27Dec11
But you are being presumptuous about my methods of evaluation then. You say that my criterion for judging a film should reasonably include its intended audience. You don't even know my criterion though! All I've said is that I think it is a bad film! I haven't gone into it further than that. And you responded to my thinking it it's bad by simply saying that it is a children's film and that I should get over myself. And I never said it was too childish! Who said this? It certainly wasn't me.
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RusticMachine
27Dec11
"You say that my criterion for judging a film should reasonably include its intended audience. You don't even know my criterion though!! All I've said is that I think it is a bad film! I"---You're losing me here,we're going in circles . I can deduce that the intended audience is not i in your criteria simply by the discussion we've had and from certain times in which you almost explicitly said it.And you certainly said more than "i think it's a bad film".So please don't try and back track and obfuscate the original point. "And I never said it was too childish"---If you re-read my post you'd notice I used it as an example to expound upon my point about "intended audience age". I never stated that 'you said it'.You're twisting my words.
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Judicial Joe
30Dec11
And this is why I refuse to watch any Christmas movie other than IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE; too much controversy over what holds up after seeing it as a child.
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The Macho King The Illmatic One
3May12
I 2nd that Dude,that and perhaps the blu release of Jesus Christ Superstar and/or Jesus Christ Vampire hunter
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