![]() My friends I was watching with thought Pete Holmes was the dadĮDIT: Just to give a positive, I really enjoyed the times when the original Home Alone's music could be heard Plus at least John Heard was memorable as Kevin's dad. The mom is the only one who tries to go back for Max which I know is the same as the original but, we don't even see the dad's reaction for his son. I think Andy Daly had two lines in the entire film. He felt pretty shallow.īut the worst part is that the robbers, Pam and Jeff, are given the majority of the story and I felt a lot of sympathy for their situation/misunderstanding but because of this, the entire third act just felt gross seeing them constantly injured.Īlso the dad was just non-existent. This kid didn't have a Buzz, or a fear to overcome like the old man from the first one. ![]() I also don't think they showed us enough neglect in the beginning to feel the sympathy we felt for Kevin in the original. I enjoyed Archie Yates in JoJo Rabbit, but he did not have the same kind of charm that Culkin had in the original two. The guy was legitimately scared of being hurt more and begged the kid not to shoot him. Hell, the pin tipped nerf darts that stick to her body. The pin that fully stabs into his finger on the alarm pad. The fire that burned and disfigured her feet. The pool balls that leave actual realistic looking damage. In the second one Marv gets electrocuted, turns into a literal skeleton and back again, and he's got frizzy hair. They walk anything off with no lasting damage. The iron leaves a red iron mark on his face. When he gets smacked in the face it's, again, a cartoon. On screen all you see is him touch his foot to the point, then the camera goes to his face and he falls down the stairs. The pratfalls in the original are cartoonish. We flipped over to the original Home Alone afterwards at my son's request which is what I'm watching right now. I literally just watching this movie (before going looking to see if it bothered other people as much as me) and in all honesty the trap scenes made me somewhat uncomfortable. ![]() But it's like the Turkey in Christmas Vacation, it looks amazing but for some reason whatever way they cooked it causes it to deflate like a grey balloon. Its like all the ingredients were exceptional. Kenan Thompson is one of the funniest people on the planet. Pete Holmes, funny, Ellie Kemper, funny, Rob Delaney, funny, Aisling Bea, funny. It confuses me because everyone involved are fucking hilarious actors. I sense executives chickened out on this project halfway through and whatever cleverness and satire was originally in there got shaved off. Like Starsky and Hutch remake, go full comedy with it, but keep it fun aswell and poke fun at the original and make it very different. I think it needed to lean more into the parody. This movie just felt dark and absurd to me. Was it some sort of horrific social commentary on how the average American person is doomed to get fucked over by petulant rich kids? Just some normal people who actually got robbed by the kid. ![]() The 'villains' on the other hand are, well, they're me and you. The kid is an utterly detestable little shit in this, and has none of the redeeming qualities of Kevin McCallister. Who were the protagonists/antagonists? I didn't know if I was meant to root for the kid or not.
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