It feels strange to revisit the 1992 film Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, which was released 34 years ago (time flies, doesn't it?).

It gives me the feeling of looking back at a world that has vanished, one that we can no longer see in 2006.

As you know, the story follows Kevin, who ends up on the wrong flight after following a man at the airport who is wearing a coat similar to his father's.

His family is headed to Florida, but he ends up alone in New York. Looking back, it doesn't make sense from the start.

Nowadays, you could just pull out your smartphone and call your family. If parents opened the airline app to call or text, the story of this movie would essentially be over in about 10 minutes.

However, in 1992, there was no smartphone boarding pass system, no Google Maps, and no airline apps. The internet wasn't even something that was commonly used in households.

It was a time when a young child could truly be alone in an unfamiliar city.

So, from the moment Kevin arrives in New York and takes a yellow taxi into Manhattan, the feeling is different from today.

Central Park, Rockefeller Center, toy stores, Christmas window displays, and even the Plaza Hotel all make New York look like one giant Christmas gift.

Especially the scene where Kevin uses his father's credit card to check into the Plaza Hotel alone is amusing to watch now.

A ten-year-old child mimics an adult as he checks into a luxury hotel. Today, there would be numerous hurdles, starting with ID verification and confirming the cardholder's identity. The cameo appearance of Donald Trump, who was the owner of the Plaza Hotel at the time, has now become a time capsule moment in film history.

The film was a huge success, made for about $28 million and grossing around $359 million worldwide.

But what's even more remarkable is that even after more than 30 years, people still watch this movie every Christmas.

I think it will be hard to make a movie like this again. It's not just because finding a child actor like Macaulay Culkin would be difficult.

The world is too connected now. In the days before cell phones, if you lost someone, you really lost them.

If a friend didn't show up at a meeting place, you just waited, and if you got lost, you asked someone for directions.

If parents and children ended up in different cities, there was no way to see each other's faces with just the push of a button. That inconvenience became an adventure in the movie.

Now, GPS tells you where a child is, smartphones tell you who to contact, and apps connect hotels, flights, and taxis all in one.

The world has become much more convenient and safe, but paradoxically, it has become difficult to create stories about someone like Kevin wandering alone in an unfamiliar city.

So, watching Home Alone 2 again feels like more than just watching an old movie.

While I miss the snowy New York and the giant tree at Rockefeller Center, perhaps what we truly long for is a world without smartphones.

A time when not being in contact and getting lost didn't mean the end of the world. A time when audiences could accept the absurd story of a young child wandering in the heart of New York without suspicion.

The reason the scene at the end, where Kevin reunites with his mom in front of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, still feels warm today might be because of this.

It wasn't GPS that brought them together, nor was it location sharing. They searched for each other in the vastness of New York and ultimately met under the same Christmas tree.

A film that captures both the New York of 1992 and the inconveniences of that era.

So, while similar movies may be made in the future, it seems unlikely that the same emotions can be recreated.