Review of Hotel Transylvania (2012) by Kirollos-Noah — 29 Nov 2018

Hotel Transylvania is directed by Genndy Tartakovsky, the director of some of my favorite TV-animation-series, written by Peter Baynham and Robert Smigel and voices by Adam Sandler, Selena Gomez and Andy Samberg.

The story is presented by Todd Durham, Dan Hageman & Kevin Hageman and it's about Hotel Transylvania, Dracula's (Adam Sandler) lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up, free to be the monsters they are without humans to bother them. On one special weekend, Dracula has invited some of the world's most famous monsters--Frankenstein and his bride, the Mummy, the Invisible Man, a family of werewolves, and more--to celebrate his daughter Mavis's 118th birthday. For Drac, catering to all of these legendary monsters is no problem--but his world could come crashing down when one ordinary guy stumbles on the hotel and takes a shine to Mavis.

Alright, alright, the first time I watched this movie, it was the night premiere of this movie, and I was 10 years old and I remember that this movie blew me away, it very impressed of how funny and colorful it was, and how value it was.. and now, as I'm 17, I decided to go and to see this movie again, just to know how I'll react while watching it as a movie reviewer, and if it will fit me as an american teenager or not, and it surprised me more than I expected it might be!

Let's start with the story, and here's the question I ask anyone is reading this review: Does every single movie have to be deep or with a very powerful story that it could be hard for kids to digest? I'll answer this question with a "NO!". It's a movie for kids, the story is very simple, and yeah, it was predictable for adults and teenagers, but still really funny. HT's story might be childish, but still has a hidden value for the older audiences.

Let's move to the voices, which I loved every-single-one of them, and I think that no one was going to be more fitting than them. Adam Sandler as Dracula was totally fun to hear, just like Selena Gomez as Mavis which is my favorite voice-performance in the whole movie, it was really ear-comforting to me, and with Andy Samberg as Jonathan as well, with lots of other amazing voice-roles, like Kevin James as Frankenstein and Steve Buscemi as Wayne.

And now let's talk about the animation, which I found some problems with: it was somehow dark, and not really that eye-comfort. And this is my first issue with this movie, the second one is something I noticed, when Drac and Johnny were organizing the table, I noticed two little drops. First, when Drac was calling the tables, he said one number and before he even moves to the second or the third, I saw three tables flying behind him, it was like that they know that he will call them. Secondly, when Drac fell of his table, he screamed like he can't fly.

And now the scrip (or the sense of humor).. I left the best to the end! the whole movie was well-written and hilarious. There wasn't that much of rude humor, but still it was really funny, I enjoyed it very very much!

Last thing last, is the last issue I found, and it was the scene when monsters went to the city, not the whole scene, it's just how a human said "Yeah, and we love you" when Frankenstein said that they're the real monsters. I didn't find this one necessary.

Okay, Hotel Transylvania's story is for kids, but you will find a hidden gem as an adult (and it is racism). The sense of humor is very funny and effective with such an amazing voices! So, I'm gonna give it an A.

Okay, guys, thank you as always for reading my review, let me know if you like my reviews or not, and I welcome all the comments.