After watching Home Alone 2, I realized that the point of the
film was not only to make
big bucks from a name already established by the
first movie, but to show that the characters are incapable of learning anything, thus resulting in a plot almost
identical to the
first movie.
With that in
mind, here is a list of things that people probably should have learned, based on events in the first movie, but didn't:
The McAllister's never learned that they should get a
battery for their
alarm clock so that when they lose power to it, they don't oversleep.
The other
relatives of the McAllister's never learned to bring their own clocks, so they can still wake up when Kevin's parents
oversleep.
None of the various commercial
drivers ever learn not to hit the bronze
statue on the
driveway.
The McAllisters didn't learn that they should
move the statue, so it doesn't get hit all the time.
Kevin's Dad never learned that he should never let Kevin get access to his
credit cards,
money, or any other valuable item which may be traded for goods and services.
Kevin's
parents never learned that local
law enforcement agencies are
powerless to help them get their
son back when they lose him.
The entire
family never learned that they will invariably have a
horrible time on their
Christmas vacation, and it's a
waste of time and
money to go in the first place.
The
bandits never learned that they should stay the
hell away from Kevin, even after the
ruthless beating they received the last time they messed with him.
Kevin never learned that the
enigmatic stranger will end up being his
savior.