Friday, April 27, 2012

Home Alone 2 Dir. Chris Columbus

Home Alone 2 Dir. Chris Columbus

Anna Urick
            I’ve seen the original first Home Alone whenKevin McCallister is left home during Christmas and must protect a chip in a toy car from criminals, but I had never seen the second one at Christmas time.
            In this second movie Kevin winds ups alone in New York City. By using his dad’s credit card he checks himself into a room at the Plaza Hotel. He also explores the city and buys many different gifts. Meanwhile the familyrealized he’s missing after landing in Florida and are trying to figure eout how to get him. Kevi makes a few friends in New York City but once again finds himself being chased by the two criminals from the first movie.
            Just as the first movie there are chase scenes and little traps set up and Kevin outsmarts the older criminals once again. One part I liked is in the beginning he’s very creeped out by the pigeon lady but learns she is a good person and she helps him escape the criminals.
            In this movie, there is not much character growth or deep meaning behind it. It’s a cute, family comedy that is probably the type of movie that plays on ABC Family during 25 days of Christmas. But it was good, I liked the movie. Macauly Calkin plays the role well, he’s an interesting little kid to watch on screen because he has so much energy, passion and excitement.
            I liked the use of New York famous and well known spots in the movie, such as Rockefeller. Centeral Park, and the Plaza. I also liked the pans and city scapes of New York in the film. But overall I liked this movie, it was a light comedy compared to some of the other films I've watched from this project and it was nice to have one that was less intense. But if it were on TV next Christmas I could see myself watching it again.

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