Hotel
Transylvania 3 is going to hit the Philippines sometime in August this year so
I might as well do a quick review of the first two movies that came before it
starting with the first Hotel Transylvania movie that came out back in 2012. I'm
not a big fan of Adam Sandler since his style of comedy kind of gets old real
fast. Maybe it's this reason why Hotel Transylvania went under the radar for me
back then.
Aside
from Hotel Transylvania movies like the Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises,
Amazing Spiderman also came out earlier that year so I imagined Hotel
Transylvania went under the radar for a lot of people as well.
The
plot of Hotel Transylvania is simple yet enjoyable. The idea of a hotel as a
haven for monsters is as good as it gets thanks to excellent voice acting and
really excellent animation. Adam Sandler brand of comedy might be lacking in
his movies but his voice acting as Dracula is excellent. The has the right
mixture of comedy and heart that I didn't expect this movie to have.
Cinematography
wise movie is both new and nostalgia at the same time with certain scenes
clearly taken and inspired from existing movies like that giant spider scene
that is clearly taken from a Transformers movie. The movie does a great job of
doing these while at the same time having its monster twist to it. I guess that's
part of the charm of this movie.
This
movie does a great job of playing of each monsters traits in their jokes like
how dracula can stare at people and make them forget but he finds out it
doesn't work on humans with contact lenses. The writers did a good job at
playing along with these kind of humor in this film that I won't go into detail
since that will spoil the film too much.
The
voice acting in this movie is one of its high points each of the character has
their own distinct charming tone. They capture each of the monsters personality
in their voices. Everyone voice acting was perfect specially Adam Sandler as dracula's.
The way he plays off each of the character and the banter between him and the
rest of the characters is the best parts of the movie.
A
lot of Hotel Transylvania comedy does hinders on mature jokes though so I'm not
entirely sure this movie is really focused on little kids. Sure the kids might
not get these jokes now but it's still there. This movie is rated PG for a
reason and a lot of the comedy hinders from slapstick humor that can be over
the top for little kids. The does movie takes advantage that most of the main characters
are immortal monsters and probably can't die.
This
movie was Genndy Tartakovsky which is a surprise. For those unfamiliar
with Tartakovsky he is the one responsible for the creation of animated series Dexter's
Laboratory, He also worked on the Powerpuff Girls, the Starwars Clone Wars and even created
the storyboard for Iron Man 2. You can clearly see how much love he gave into directing this film.
There's
was a small plot hole at the end though that could have been fixed with maybe
at least five more minutes of movie run time. Namely how a whole bunch of
villagers know that monsters exist by the end of the film yet they acted like
nothing happened.
Sure
dracula might have hypnotically stare them all into forgetting or maybe struck
some sort of deal with these humans to keep their monster existence a secret
but would it kill this movie to give an extra five minutes to explain that.
Overall
Hotel Transylvania was an enjoyable movie despite the premise looking somewhat cliche thanks to well executed dialogue and decent animation. It's a movie with the
right mix of comedy and heartfelt moments that will be enjoyed by nearly everyone.
A few minor plot issues but not enough to ruin said movie. If you're a fan of
monsters and comedy than you will definitely enjoy this film a lot since a lot
of the jokes hinders on the basic knowledge of these said monsters.
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