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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 434352" data-attributes="member: 23"><p>Apparently not. In late December all good judgement goes out of the window.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">Home Alone 3</span></strong> (1997)</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.impawards.com%2F1997%2Fposters%2Fhome_alone_three_ver2.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=3b23c4cebcf89ef5abc1c76d4e21260308290922a8a5b432abfd5fd303045990" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>In fairness, I knew I wasn't going to be watching art and I strongly suspected the standard would be significantly lower than the first two. On both counts I was right.</p><p></p><p>Firstly, the elephant in the room is the absence of the McCallister family in general and Mackaulay Culkin's Kevin in particular. The continuity is certainly missed ,and the story sticking with a very similar Chicago suburb is more a hindrance than a help since one keeps expecting to see a familiar family member or neighbour, or even to hear a reference to a character from the first two, and it's a disappointment when it doesn't come. The Pruitt Family is acceptable enough but, despite the taunting older siblings (one of whom is the future Black Widow), lacks the edge of the McCallisters. The parents and the film's protagonist are all quite nicey-nice which borders on saccharine at times. Alex - AKA Kevin '97 - is endearing enough, but feels like a generic American sitcom kid down to the requisite glossy pudding bowl haircut. The antagonists are even more generic than the family, with them lacking any real character and blurring into one.</p><p></p><p>The film's biggest problem is the kind of overkill favoured by so many Hollywood sequels. Instead of two rinky dink burglars, the kid is now dealing with a gang of four hardened international terrorists who have a wealth of spy technology at their disposal (before it gets to the Chicaco-based hijinks, the opening act is almost Bondian). Sadly, raising the stakes so high significantly loses the earlier films' intimate charm and all credibility is gone, even within this zany world. </p><p></p><p>The traps are much more elaborate and after some genuine fun in the middle act with the crims trying to catch a toy car with a camera attached, the slapstick of the third act descends into noisy, OTT tedium and I found my goodwill diminishing rapidly.</p><p></p><p>Had I watched this film with some distance between it and the first two, I might have enjoyed it more. Taken on its own merits it has its charms. There's no mistaking it's an inferior product, though, and it exemplifies why less is really more, even when it comes to cartoony antics.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 434352, member: 23"] Apparently not. In late December all good judgement goes out of the window. [CENTER] [B][SIZE=6]Home Alone 3[/SIZE][/B] (1997) [IMG]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.impawards.com%2F1997%2Fposters%2Fhome_alone_three_ver2.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=3b23c4cebcf89ef5abc1c76d4e21260308290922a8a5b432abfd5fd303045990[/IMG][/CENTER] In fairness, I knew I wasn't going to be watching art and I strongly suspected the standard would be significantly lower than the first two. On both counts I was right. Firstly, the elephant in the room is the absence of the McCallister family in general and Mackaulay Culkin's Kevin in particular. The continuity is certainly missed ,and the story sticking with a very similar Chicago suburb is more a hindrance than a help since one keeps expecting to see a familiar family member or neighbour, or even to hear a reference to a character from the first two, and it's a disappointment when it doesn't come. The Pruitt Family is acceptable enough but, despite the taunting older siblings (one of whom is the future Black Widow), lacks the edge of the McCallisters. The parents and the film's protagonist are all quite nicey-nice which borders on saccharine at times. Alex - AKA Kevin '97 - is endearing enough, but feels like a generic American sitcom kid down to the requisite glossy pudding bowl haircut. The antagonists are even more generic than the family, with them lacking any real character and blurring into one. The film's biggest problem is the kind of overkill favoured by so many Hollywood sequels. Instead of two rinky dink burglars, the kid is now dealing with a gang of four hardened international terrorists who have a wealth of spy technology at their disposal (before it gets to the Chicaco-based hijinks, the opening act is almost Bondian). Sadly, raising the stakes so high significantly loses the earlier films' intimate charm and all credibility is gone, even within this zany world. The traps are much more elaborate and after some genuine fun in the middle act with the crims trying to catch a toy car with a camera attached, the slapstick of the third act descends into noisy, OTT tedium and I found my goodwill diminishing rapidly. Had I watched this film with some distance between it and the first two, I might have enjoyed it more. Taken on its own merits it has its charms. There's no mistaking it's an inferior product, though, and it exemplifies why less is really more, even when it comes to cartoony antics. [/QUOTE]
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