Paid Members FLips Posted December 15, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted December 15, 2023 Home Alone/Home Alone 2 For years I've stated the first Home Alone is my favourite Christmas movie but as the years go by and I watch them both back to back, I find myself enjoying 2 more and more. I've also came to the conclusion that Home Alone 2 is only so good if you have watched the first one and I'm of the belief now they're a package deal in order to maximise enjoyment. Home Alone has a lot of heart and a lot of violence but I think 2 ups the ante on all of it. Macaulay is better in it, the Wet/Sticky bandits take an absolute battering and the pigeon lady is better than Marley. Also Tim Curry puts on a performance and half. While the jokes and traps require you seeing the first one, who watches just Home Alone 2? Both great films but 2 has me belly laughing once the bandits are in the house. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB6937 Posted December 15, 2023 Share Posted December 15, 2023 I feel like I change my mind every year on that. All I know is the older I get the more emotional I find them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BomberPat Posted December 15, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted December 15, 2023 I think what makes Home Alone 2 a bit more fun is that the Wet Bandits are played as straight-up Looney Tunes characters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted December 15, 2023 Share Posted December 15, 2023 I enjoy Home Alone 2 but wouldn’t ever put it above the first. Home Alone is a very well made film on the whole, whereas 2 just doesn’t have the same amount of heart in it, just the wackiness cranked upto 11. That’s not to say that 2 is bad, it isn’t at all. Tim Curry is excellent in his role, even Rob Schneider isn’t too bad in it, but it relies too much on repeat jokes/bits for my liking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted December 15, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted December 15, 2023 Home Alone 2 feels like it goes on forever and you have to wait an ice age for the torture porn to start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted December 15, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted December 15, 2023 Only one has Tim Curry in it.  Spoiler Yeah, don’t counter that with Trump, it was of it’s time.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB6937 Posted December 15, 2023 Share Posted December 15, 2023 10 minutes ago, Hannibal Scorch said: Only one has Tim Curry in it.   Reveal hidden contents Yeah, don’t counter that with Trump, it was of it’s time.  But one has John Candy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Alan Grant Posted December 15, 2023 Share Posted December 15, 2023 Speaking of John Candy, I’ve always found Planes, Trains & Automobiles to be a perfect Christmas film, even though it’s set at Thanksgiving. I’d put the first two Harry Potter films in the same category too. Not Christmas films, but definitely a film to watch this time of year. Any others? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted December 15, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted December 15, 2023 42 minutes ago, DavidB6937 said: But one has John Candy. Both have Katherine O'Hara. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members FLips Posted December 15, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted December 15, 2023 1 hour ago, Devon Malcolm said: Home Alone 2 feels like it goes on forever and you have to wait an ice age for the torture porn to start. I somewhat agree it takes a while for the trapped house but also the part where the sticky bandits find him in the street and he screams is one of the funniest parts of the film. Plus all the stuff with the toy shop and pigeon lady is nice and Tim Curry chasing him around the hotel is before it too. It's not like nothing happens. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted December 15, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted December 15, 2023 21 minutes ago, Dr. Alan Grant said: Speaking of John Candy, I’ve always found Planes, Trains & Automobiles to be a perfect Christmas film, even though it’s set at Thanksgiving. I’d put the first two Harry Potter films in the same category too. Not Christmas films, but definitely a film to watch this time of year. Any others? Festen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members gmoney Posted December 15, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted December 15, 2023 The Sting feels right to watch on Christmas day. Or any day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Bellenda Carlisle Posted December 16, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted December 16, 2023 On 12/11/2023 at 10:56 PM, Hannibal Scorch said: Godzilla Minus 1 -Â the hype is real. Absolutely blown away by it, possibly my film of the year. I just saw this and I thought it was fucking amazing as well. Not much you can say about it cos it's such a classic Godzilla film but it is like the perfect Godzilla film. 10/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BigJag Posted December 16, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted December 16, 2023 10 hours ago, FelatioLips said: Home Alone/Home Alone 2 For years I've stated the first Home Alone is my favourite Christmas movie but as the years go by and I watch them both back to back, I find myself enjoying 2 more and more. I've also came to the conclusion that Home Alone 2 is only so good if you have watched the first one and I'm of the belief now they're a package deal in order to maximise enjoyment. Home Alone has a lot of heart and a lot of violence but I think 2 ups the ante on all of it. Macaulay is better in it, the Wet/Sticky bandits take an absolute battering and the pigeon lady is better than Marley. Also Tim Curry puts on a performance and half. While the jokes and traps require you seeing the first one, who watches just Home Alone 2? Both great films but 2 has me belly laughing once the bandits are in the house.  I watched 2 at the cinema. Before I'd seen 1. I remember asking my mate why Pesci had the door knob imprint on the palm of his hand. We'd also been to Megazone and had played Virtua Racer in a huge sit down set up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrodyGraham Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 Three Musketeers: Milady. Really good, although not quite as good as d'Artagnon. The cast is excellent, with Eva Green being predictably perfect as Milady and François Civil, who I'd never seen before, a great d'Artagnon. It takes massive walloping liberties with the source material, transparently to build a franchise, but across both parts it's probably my favourite adaptation of the story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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