@@estebanreveles4388 I remember the cinema jam packed back in '92 and at one point the film stopped but quickly fixed.....then I saw this and the first again roof cinema - it was cold , L.A '18
@@marymoor935 Yes he should've. He was The Mekons or The Jazz Butcher of the acting world. And if you don't know those two bands (one's a band, one is a single guy named Pat Fish) if you don't know them - well - there you go. :)
The stuff Kevin bought at Duncan's Toy Chest is apparently some kind of monster themed body soap. It says so on the can and he can be seen using it to make a slip trap later which causes Marv to crash into a shelf of paint cans.
He also forgot to mention the fact they took Donald Trump out because it made Donald Trump look like a nice guy and that doesn’t go against the Chinese narrative. you know the country that own all the American new stations including fox ABC, CNN, MSNBC Disney, ESPN and CBS
I actually used that slow "Credit Card? You got it!" line when I was paying for my lunch at the Burger King yesterday. The cashier didn't seem to get it. I had fun though.
I also thought it was a green slime of some sort.. The one that mav falls in the basement and slips and the one harry slips on trying to climb up the side of the building
@@eddy192011 it is. Its bubble bath. I always thought it was really weird of him to but that. Maybe the had a bubble bath scene later that was cut out that would have tied it in more?
The music and scene coordination in the movies were excellent. John Hughes did not originally select Williams when working on the first film, but Williams ended up taking it on when the other composer had other commitments at the time.
Couldn't agree more!!!!! That song, along with All Alone on Christmas are the main reasons I bought the soundtrack to this, and why it's a must listen Everytime that Merry season comes around.
I think I prefer this over the original. My favorite trap is when Marv falls through the hole after saying "Harry, I've reached the top!". It isn't the most elaborate gag, but I found it hysterical. "Wow! What a hole!".
In Bulgaria we have this on national TV every Christmas and there is a meme on the internet with Macaulay Culkin saying "You will watch me every year until you die!". :D
In Colombia we see both movies several times in December on FOX Channel and on one of the National TV networks, and in 2014 FOX Channel said "Christmas Isn't Christmas without Home Alone", or well, in the Latino name of the movies, My Poor Little Angel 1 and 2.
Another fun fact. Most people refer to Tim Curry's character as the concierge. Especially since that's all he calls himself in the movie. However his actual name is Mr. Hector. You can see it on his name tag in some scenes if you look closely and he'll pop up if you Google it.
@@the-queenmaleficent7727 Probably so, I've never actually visited the UK (though I'd like to), but to be fair I think our friend Minty is actually Australian (at least from his accent, seems that way to me).
Well, there was a TV show back in the '90s called "The Critic," about a movie critic. In one episode, as his show is about to go to commercial break, one of the "movies" that he says he'll be reviewing when they get back is "Home Alone...Five!" (They then switch to a clip of a passenger airplane, and a woman's voice-over declares, "Oh, no! We left Kevin home alone, and he's only 21!" It then switches to a now-adult Kevin, with a 5 o'clock shadow and a cigarette in his mouth, as he does the scream.)
I still think this movie is better than the first. The NY setting, Duncan's Toy Chest and the Plaza made this movie much more thrilling. I also really like the song from the movie by Darlene Love, All Alone On Christmas.
Home Alone 2 will always be my favorite and that stems from childhood. I still vividly remember seeing it in the theatre as a kid and literally falling out of my chair laughing!
When this came out I wanted a talkboy SO BAD. I asked for one for Christmas every year. By the time I got to 17 years old I still wanted one but I started asking instead for a digital voice recorder for taking notes in college. But really I just wanted to play around like Kevin McAllister still lol. Wasn't until around 2008 or 2009 I finally got a digital recorder that I still have today.
My uncle worked near Central Park when that was being filmed. He said it didn't snow that winter, but that corner of Central Park was covered in snow, as they brought in snow machines for the scenes. Well, presumably until that blizzard.
My favourite part was when Kevin's playing the VHS tape to mess with the staff and the Gangster says "don't give me that you've been smooching with everybody" and Tim Curry has this funny "did i?" Look on his face
And the weirdest fact: Culkin said in a french radio interview what happened to him on set. A big cheese kind of guy lured him into an empty part of the set an offered him sex and drugs. When Culkin said that he was just a kid, that guy showed him his red leather shoes. Made from human flesh. He kept looking at Culkin in a lustful way and told him about the shoes. Thats not madeup, you can look it up.
You are correct. It's the norm in Hollyweird. The Pedo ring runs deep there. Mel Gibson was blacklisted for calling them out. It's the reason Mr. Culkin weirded out and stopped doing movies. He started a band that sang about nothing but pizza. Pizza being a reference of children that the Hollywood elites would have sex with. It was their codeword. He was trying to expose it. It's a sick cult that has been going on for far too long. It's vile and disgusting.
@@jandvadams Yep. 100% true! I just wanted to keep it short. You are well-informed. 👍 Heather O'Rourke, Corey Haim, Corey Feldman. Just a few more victims of this sick industry. And Mel Gibson is one of my personal heroes for having the guts to tell how it is. Kudos, Mr. Gibson, you are very brave!
@Necramonium The movie is pretty bad but the book is fantastic. The movie not only changed a lot but also combined elements of two of the books so the story is a mess. Combined with all the acting being terrible and it's just a disaster of a film.
@@gator9339 As a fan of the books i can enjoy it. As a fan of good cinema I recognize how flawed it is. RIP Aliya indeed. She was the standout of the film and I would love to have seen more from her.
Technically i grew up with both movies but i loved this one way more than the first. Not a lot of people agree either. But this one was always my go to xmas movie as a kid every year!
@@gator9339 the 3rd is definitely underrated. The thing I like about the 3rd was that the traps were spread all throughout the movie. Where as in the first 2, they were all at the end. I also thought it was cool how the 3rd one introduces you to the villains at the very start of the film and you meet the protagonist later. I didn’t even think the 5th one was that bad. It was a more realistic approach. Home Alone 4 on the other hand, probably deserves every bit of hate it’s gotten.
I agree. I always liked this one better because Kevin isn't just sitting in the house for most of the movie, he's actually out it the real world where anything can happen.
8:38 The novelization also makes it clear (unlike the movie) that Kevin's family DID find out about the Wet Bandits. Uncle Frank sees the newspaper and says: "Hey, remember those robbers Kevin caught last Christmas? They just escaped from prison!"
I remember Siskel & Ebert re- reviewing the first movie, which they had previously mercilessly panned. They both said that, after seeing it again, finally understood its huge popularity (& plus were knocked over by how much money it had made), and that it WAS after all a good family holiday film. (S & E had select shows where they would reevaluate all the movies they panned then changed their minds about. I always thought this was big of them, because most critics wouldn't be caught doing such a thing).
4:26 That product was called Monster Sap, which was apparently a body soap for kids. From my research, it was created just for the movie. A short while after the movie came out, they actually sold Monster Sap through a Home Alone 2 catalog, but in very limited quantities. Also, the bottles of Monster Sap they sold had the Home Alone 2 logo printed on them. There are bottles of Monster Sap from that catalog that are sold on eBay from time to time, some of which are still in their shrink wrap. However, even though Monster Sap seems like one of those products along with Nickelodeon Slime that kids would have begged their parents to get in the early 1990s, it was never manufactured in mass quantities or sold in stores.
Thanks you Minty for educating us for what the French guy was saying in French. I am 23 years old and I seen “Home Alone 2” hundreds of times since I was a little boy. For years I have been curious to what he was saying. Thanks you so much
Both great movies. The first one had more heart whereas there second had more slapstick comedy. The second one the theater was packed and my family and I, along with the rest of the crowd, laughed so loud we often missed lines. When Daniel Sterns character got electrocuted and turned into a skeleton we lost it, it was halarious!
I can't believe that back then, I never looked at Catherine o'hara as being attractive. But now when I look at old films of her, I ask myself, "what was I thinking sheesh 🙄?".
The item Kevin buys at the toy store is a green "goop" spray can (sort of like silly string). The same goop he uses to cover the floor and latter with when setting the house traps later on.
It does say “Monster Soap” on the can. I assume it was bathtub soap marketed to kids. But you’re right, it was the stuff that made Marv slip in the basement and Harry off the ladder later in the movie.
The thing Kevin buys is a bottle of Monster Soap, which he later uses for the traps. It's the stuff Marv slips on that causes him to slide into the paint can shelves, as well as cause Harry to slip off the fire escape ladder in the alley.
7:26: Director Chris Columbus steps out from behind the camera to do a cameo as the guy with the little girl, or doing an Alfred Hitchcock, as I like to call it.
"Merry Christmas, ya filthy animal!!!! 💥💥💥💥 and a happy New year 💥" thanks for uploading this Minty personally I love this film have a merry Christmas 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
The bottle called "Monster Soap" that Kevin buys at Duncan's Toy Chest is the green substance used for the ladder, off of which which Harry slips, as well as on what Marv slips in the basement.
"...Feed The Birds Tuppence A Bag..." - Mary Poppins Practically Perfect In Every Way. In Other words I Dug It! My favorite Characters were Mister Duncan, The Pigeon Lady, and Ticket Agent New York (Because ALLY SHEEDY, Bro!).
Yeah, you can see "Monster Soap" on the label when you freeze the scene used in this video, and the design of the container is one I've seen used for bubble bath soap.
I love them both, but Home Alone 2 is more interesting, more colorful and parts being filmed in NYC instead of someone's house can't be beat. Also showing some of the city's iconic places. Has a real Christmas feel. Duncan's was toy heaven. And that little boy waving from a window in the children's hospital was a bit of a tear jerker. Trivia--in the toy store there is a take of Chris Columbus holding his daughter. It appears on the right hand side of the screen, with Columbus pointing out some toys that had caught his daughter's attention.
I always thought a good third movie would have had Kevin lost in a foreign city. (Perhaps France so the airplane scene ends up as foreshadowing.) However, to change thing up a bit, have Buzz somehow lost with Kevin so you have a conflict between them over the fact that Buzz is older, but Kevin has more experience being on his own.
I remember getting a Talk Boy! Sadly, even with two older brothers, I never did annoy anyone seriously. Besides that, my kids love both films, but do prefer the second because of the cartoonish violence.
Thank you for the fun video! In regards to the toy Kevin purchased at Duncan's Toy Chest, it is a can of slime. You will notice in the scene where Kevin is applying slime to the floor and ladder in the home being renovated, he is using that can!
In Planes, Trains and Automobiles the Neal and Del characters become skeletons when they drive in between the 2 trucks, In HA2 the Marv character becomes a skeleton when he gets electrocuted, the common connection... John Hughes was involved in both movies. Hughes was director for PT&A and he was the writer of HA2.
I actually remember seeing home alone 2 before the original as a kid. I can't pick which one I like more. Every time I watch the first one I have to watch the second also.
I remember the very first time I watched this movie that I cried when Kevin is reunited with his mom in front of the Rockefeller Square Christmas tree. So much better than their reunion in the first movie.
4:27 it says on it ‘Monster Soap’… and Kevin uses it as one of his traps. Marv slips on it while in the basement and goes into the shelves full of paint.
In 2005 I met John Heard who played Peter McCallister. I worked security for the tv show Prison Break in Chicago. The show was filmed at Joliet Prison. I was at the entrance of where the prisoners entrance was in back of the Prison. The prison was shut down in 2002. One day John Heard was in a golf cart being driven through. I seen John. My draw dropped because I didn’t know he was in the first season. He said hi and I did get to talk to him. Very kind guy. R.I.P. to John
An excellent retrospect on a holiday classic, especially when considering there really is no edition of Home Alone 2 (DVD or Blu-ray) that has any real behind the scenes or making of documentary or for that matter any special features at all, something that always puzzled me.
I am guessing it was due to the fact that the movie made less money at the Box Office is why 20th Century Fox never bothered to make a special edition on DVD or Blu Ray. Hopefully that might change in the near future, for years Ghostbusters II lacked a proper special edition release on both DVD and Blu Ray until it finally got one in 2014 when the Ghostbusters franchise celebrated its 30th anniversary. Since Fox is owned by Walt Disney now, maybe we will finally get a proper special edition at last.
Dang, did not know you'd done this. Actually watched it last night with my kids. I liked it, and always considered it equal to the first. Which is rare. My kids (4&6) loved the slapstick. So it hit the correct notes for all of us. I always cry at the 'Christmas Star' song. It's gotten me through some dark Christmases before. It's beautiful. 🌟❄️🎄🗽🌃😂👍
I still have my Talkboy. My favorite thing to do with it asva kid was recording my favorite video game soundtracks. This was before game soundtrack CDs actually existed.
@Necramonium I've always liked Rob, every since SNL. He had a recent Netflix special. He was good, but brought his daughter out to close the show. She didn't do much for me, but he's still funny.
@@theOGofREDS because it’s like; look what Adam Sandler did for him, not look what he did. He’s successful, but star power, hardly, C level. I’m not even trying to hate, just facts, I love some of his stuff!
Fun Fact: The part where Daniel Stern opens the chest and sees it loaded with money followed by saying ‘Happy Hanukkah Marv’ is actually funny because Daniel Stern is Jewish in real life.
Never liked that scene because I felt they should have used the alliteration - "Happy Hannukah, Harry", and "Merry Christmas, Marv" - rather than the reverse.
It is nice to hear someone finally point that out; I think a lot of films go underappreciated in their time, but become fond favorites through the years. Well said. ('Pixels' anyone...?)
I don't know if you knew this Minty, but after 9/11, the scene where Kevin visits the WTC was cut from the tv versions of the film, out of respect for the victims. Apparently as of 2018, the scene was restored. This is definitely my favorite out of the Home Alone films.
I remember getting a Tiger talkboy when I was 5 in 1996. Still one of my top 5 childhood movies of all time. This was a golden era to be a kid. This movie played a major part in why I wanted to live in NY as a child. “Nobody wanna be all alone on Christmas”.
I love that Andre thinks Kevin (a 9 year old) can speak some French when he himself can't speak a lick of English lol Great video Minty. Happy holidays all!
Another one you may have missed: Michael Jackson visited Macauley on set The pair had met some years earlier when Culkin starred in The Nutcracker on Broadway. He also popped up in the video for Jackson’s 1991 hit ‘Black Or White’.
