Story: There is a secret place were all monsters go to stay away from
humans and just be normal called Hotel Transylvania. Operated as a
regular hotel exclusively for monsters by Dracula and also a safe haven for
his fellow monsters especially his daughter, Mavis.
Review:
The animated fantasy gathers all the monsters from classic horror films
as major characters as well as the mythological monsters. Dracula takes
his vampire appearance from the classic Dracula movies starring Bela
Lugosi. Adam Sandler did justice to make a comic out of Dracula and he
was so in character mimicking Bela Lugosi that he even made punch lines
out of it. I think Adam Sandler made the best spoof of Dracula since
"Dracula: Dead and Loving It", a spoof of Bram Stoker's Dracula starring
Leslie Nielsen playing the title role.
For
the other classic monsters, the major ones include the Frankenstein
monster, the Wolfman, the Mummy and the Invisible Man. Steve Buscemi
played the Wolfman, Kevin James played the Frankenstein monster, David
Spade played the Invisible Man. Kevin James did well to play the part of
Frankenstein because his voice sounded strong and there is also his
style of comedy.
Steve
Buscemi and David Spade's voices can easily be identified from their
characters, the Wolfman and Invisible Man respectively. Nevertheless,
the comedy they did was essential for their characters. Sharing the part
of that comedy is Fran Dresher, who played the bride of Frankenstein,
which is in case of this movie, his wife. Hearing Ms. Dresher's
trademark voice already made me laugh because she fits the character.
Selena
Gomez plays the part of Mavis, the daughter of Dracula. Ms. Gomez is no
stranger to comedy so she is not out of place in this ensemble of
veteran comedians. Andy Sandberg did well playing the part of Jonathan.
He really sound like an average backpacker. The story itself is
wholesome. It is the type of film that can be watched for the whole
family. This is the second wholesome movie of Adam Sandler since Bedtime
Stories and also his second animated flick. Besides of being wholesome,
there are lessons that can draw insights from this movie like parenting
and family.
As for the animation, it suits well with the story thanks to Genndy Tartakovsky. Tartakovsky is known for his creations, Dexter's Laboratory, Powerpuff Girls and Samurai Jack. He is also behind the animation of Star Wars:Clone Wars series. Hotel Transylvania is a Columbia Pictures presentation.
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