Afternoon all,
After today there is only 3 more days until Christmas! Got some more colour changes for the month, with
Pollyannamom,
myself (clappyclaps) and the
Team all reaching
purple!
In keeping with the last film featured, I couldn't really follow it up with anything other than... Home Alone 2: Lost in New York:
For me personally, I find it's rare for a sequel to get close to the original but Home Alone 2 is one of those rarities. Again not officially made by Disney but now owned by them following the Fox acquisition, this time Kevin manages to make it to the airport at least but instead ends up alone in New York City while the rest of the McAllister family arrive in Miami. And unsurprisingly after conning the Plaza hotel staff and running into his old adversaries The Wet Bandits, hijinks ensue.
This film for me is mandatory christmas viewing every year and is probably the film that really got me interested in visiting New York as a child (I was 5 when it was released). While I've been to NYC a few times, visiting at Christmas time is still on my bucket list.
I'm sure you all know that a large portion of the film is set in the Plaza hotel, and surprisingly a lot of scenes were actually filmed here. One of the few that wasn't is the swimming pool scene with Kevin's cannonball, as the Plaza doesn't have a pool. To this day, the Plaza hotel offers a Home Alone package which includes a limo ride round the city, a cheese pizza and a massive DIY ice cream sundae, as well as a room decked out with Home Alone themed items.
Fun fact, the Talkboy recorder that Kevin uses in the film was actually made as a prop for the film and the electronics company that made it were allowed to sell a real version after the film was released. Needless to say I begged my parents for one of these, still never got one
I'll leave you with one of the best scenes in the film, featuring the legendary Tim Curry:
