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Hotel Transylvania Review
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As Jeremy Jahns asked:
"Was this movie worth watching just for the Twilight jab it has in it?"
Yes. Yes it was.
RATING: 7.5/10
So yeah, I had no idea I'd enjoy this movie so much. At first I was worried cause I thought it'd end up being one of those shitty kids movies (y'know, like Marmaduke >___>). But this movie actually wasn't all that bad.
PROS:
1. ANIMATION. This is one of those animated films that wasn't made by Pixar that actually looks great. Then again Genndy Tartakovsky directed it. You know, the guy who did Samurai Jack, Powerpuff Girls, and Dexter's Laboratory? Yeah, that guy. Everything looks so pretty and beautiful despite this movie not being related to Disney or DreamWorks whatsoever. And let's face it: those are the only two animation companies that matter anymore. That and the one responsible for making the Ice Age series; I forgot its name. Point is, this is a non-Pixar movie with great animation.
2. The monsters all look very cute and great (most of them anyway). It's not just the werewolves. It's not just the vampire bats (although they were the cutest). Everyone just looked so cool and you get to see so many monsters all in one movie.
"Is the werewolf sexy?"
*sighs* Sure, whatever. Go see the movie for the sole purpose of getting a boner when you see the werewolf. I'm pretty sure no kid's gonna wonder why you're touching your no-no zone when the werewolf appears. >___>
3. The movie was actually kinda funny. I laughed quite a few times. The movie's not Superbad or anything, but it's rare to find a kids movie that makes me laugh more than once or twice. Granted the movie does have some jokes that everyone laughed at except for me, but still.
4. The Twilight joke. Yes......I am counting that one joke as an entire PRO. XD
5. There wasn't all that much toilet humor. Several critics have bitched that the movie is loaded with toilet humor and it's not. THERE IS ONE PEE JOKE AND ONE FART JOKE. THAT IS ALL. Now I'm not saying that I hate toilet humor, but nowadays it's usually just thrown in for shits and giggles...... :p But there's only two toilet humor jokes that stood out, and one of them actually made me laugh. There's a butt-sniffing joke, but that was spoiled in the commercials, and the character whose butt was sniffed was wearing pants so that wasn't all that gross. And before you ask, the fart joke involves Frank, the Frankenstein. And the pee joke involves one of the werewolf's children lifting his leg and urinating on the side of a couch.
"I wasn't gonna ask--"
Yeeeeeeaaaaaahhhh, you were. You know who you are. XD
6. The romance between Jonathan and Mavis. Is it the best relationship you'd see in a kids movie? Probably not, but hey.....it's not like Twilight. XD
CONS:
1. As the movie carried on, some of the jokes became less funny. I still laughed a couple times, but I found myself keeping a straight face or merely chuckling when the rest of the audience laughed their asses off.
2. I felt like the movie reached a point where it was just showing off its animation. As I mentioned earlier, the animation's great, but there were several times where I was thinking in my mind:
"You know damn well you're just showing off your flashy effects. ...And it's working. >__>"
3. The plot's predictable. It's not really bad, but you've seen it before, probably more than once. So depending on who you are, you may just see this movie as another film based off some aesop you learned when you were ten years old. But then again, this is a family movie, so I guess you have to learn something...
4. Some of the side characters didn't get as much screentime as I had hoped. Like the Fly, for instance. He was only in three scenes and maybe got ten or fifteen lines.
5. Jonathan was annoying at first. He could not shut up to save his life. He became a bit more likeable as the movie progressed, but having to stomach through his incessant jabbering for several minutes was very hard to do. >___>
Uh...I think that's it.
So would I recommend this movie? It depends. If you have any kids, absolutely. Go take 'em to see this movie; they'll enjoy it, and you might too. Would adults enjoy this? Not all adults, no. If you don't mind watching family movies despite how old you are, then sure, see this film. If you know who Genndy Tartakovsky is and you wanna see this movie just to see the exquisite animation, then by all means go ahead. If you're going to see this film because you think it's a comedy, think about your decision very carefully before you go. This is a family movie; it has its laughs, but it's not Pineapple Express, so you might not enjoy it or even laugh. If you're one of those tight-assed critics or you just can't stand family movies, then stay away from Hotel Transylvania, or at the very least wait to rent it on DVD. But as for me, I liked it. It was a helluva lot better than I thought it'd be.
"Was this movie worth watching just for the Twilight jab it has in it?"
Yes. Yes it was.
RATING: 7.5/10
So yeah, I had no idea I'd enjoy this movie so much. At first I was worried cause I thought it'd end up being one of those shitty kids movies (y'know, like Marmaduke >___>). But this movie actually wasn't all that bad.
PROS:
1. ANIMATION. This is one of those animated films that wasn't made by Pixar that actually looks great. Then again Genndy Tartakovsky directed it. You know, the guy who did Samurai Jack, Powerpuff Girls, and Dexter's Laboratory? Yeah, that guy. Everything looks so pretty and beautiful despite this movie not being related to Disney or DreamWorks whatsoever. And let's face it: those are the only two animation companies that matter anymore. That and the one responsible for making the Ice Age series; I forgot its name. Point is, this is a non-Pixar movie with great animation.
2. The monsters all look very cute and great (most of them anyway). It's not just the werewolves. It's not just the vampire bats (although they were the cutest). Everyone just looked so cool and you get to see so many monsters all in one movie.
"Is the werewolf sexy?"
*sighs* Sure, whatever. Go see the movie for the sole purpose of getting a boner when you see the werewolf. I'm pretty sure no kid's gonna wonder why you're touching your no-no zone when the werewolf appears. >___>
3. The movie was actually kinda funny. I laughed quite a few times. The movie's not Superbad or anything, but it's rare to find a kids movie that makes me laugh more than once or twice. Granted the movie does have some jokes that everyone laughed at except for me, but still.
4. The Twilight joke. Yes......I am counting that one joke as an entire PRO. XD
5. There wasn't all that much toilet humor. Several critics have bitched that the movie is loaded with toilet humor and it's not. THERE IS ONE PEE JOKE AND ONE FART JOKE. THAT IS ALL. Now I'm not saying that I hate toilet humor, but nowadays it's usually just thrown in for shits and giggles...... :p But there's only two toilet humor jokes that stood out, and one of them actually made me laugh. There's a butt-sniffing joke, but that was spoiled in the commercials, and the character whose butt was sniffed was wearing pants so that wasn't all that gross. And before you ask, the fart joke involves Frank, the Frankenstein. And the pee joke involves one of the werewolf's children lifting his leg and urinating on the side of a couch.
"I wasn't gonna ask--"
Yeeeeeeaaaaaahhhh, you were. You know who you are. XD
6. The romance between Jonathan and Mavis. Is it the best relationship you'd see in a kids movie? Probably not, but hey.....it's not like Twilight. XD
CONS:
1. As the movie carried on, some of the jokes became less funny. I still laughed a couple times, but I found myself keeping a straight face or merely chuckling when the rest of the audience laughed their asses off.
2. I felt like the movie reached a point where it was just showing off its animation. As I mentioned earlier, the animation's great, but there were several times where I was thinking in my mind:
"You know damn well you're just showing off your flashy effects. ...And it's working. >__>"
3. The plot's predictable. It's not really bad, but you've seen it before, probably more than once. So depending on who you are, you may just see this movie as another film based off some aesop you learned when you were ten years old. But then again, this is a family movie, so I guess you have to learn something...
4. Some of the side characters didn't get as much screentime as I had hoped. Like the Fly, for instance. He was only in three scenes and maybe got ten or fifteen lines.
5. Jonathan was annoying at first. He could not shut up to save his life. He became a bit more likeable as the movie progressed, but having to stomach through his incessant jabbering for several minutes was very hard to do. >___>
Uh...I think that's it.
So would I recommend this movie? It depends. If you have any kids, absolutely. Go take 'em to see this movie; they'll enjoy it, and you might too. Would adults enjoy this? Not all adults, no. If you don't mind watching family movies despite how old you are, then sure, see this film. If you know who Genndy Tartakovsky is and you wanna see this movie just to see the exquisite animation, then by all means go ahead. If you're going to see this film because you think it's a comedy, think about your decision very carefully before you go. This is a family movie; it has its laughs, but it's not Pineapple Express, so you might not enjoy it or even laugh. If you're one of those tight-assed critics or you just can't stand family movies, then stay away from Hotel Transylvania, or at the very least wait to rent it on DVD. But as for me, I liked it. It was a helluva lot better than I thought it'd be.
I'll probably get over the hatred for the film this caused just like I did for The Avengers and actually go see it.
I have seen it twice.
but the Twilight joke...it made the movie awesome ^^