AngryFIlmFan Reviews Hotel Transylvania

Rating: 4/10 (3 April 2013)

So I guess I need to explain something before I start this review. First, I actually plan to skip this movie in general. First, because Sony Pictures Animation is not a studio that makes quality animated films. Second Adalm Sandler's career is dead to me, especially after watching Jack and Jill, and Grown Ups, both being awful comedy films. So when the movie came out, it surprise me that it did get good reviews from IMDb, Jeremyjahns, Spill.com, Chrisstuckmann, and a few others. Then I learned the director was Glenndy Tartakovsky, who made shows such as Dexter's Lab, and Samurai Jack, both among my favorite films in general. So instead coming in with a negative mindset, I actually started to get very hyped for it. I mean people seem to like it, even with mixed reviews from critics. So this sentence, coming from a Glenndy fan, breaks my heart. Hotel Transylvania was a colossal disappointment! When the movie was over, I actually said this, "Glenndy! What happened?" The first two acts I joke you not, were Garbage! Why? Well, first off, the story was so generic, and easy to predict, I predicted most of the films story elements, with only my fingers, and I got all of them right! I can't believe that I actually did that with this film, and that was on my first guess. Now other comedies such as Ted, has stories we seen before, such as the Bromance vs Romance plot. But those films at least had overall likable characters. Most of the characthers either served no purpose to the plot, and those who, are even worse. Adalm Sandler's career is still dead to me, as his performance as Dracula is so over the top, and his vampire accent, is either distracting or annoying. Plus, he actually kind of a jerk in the first act, as I said, "No good father would do that to their daughter!" He gets a little better in the third act, but little does not mean much in this case. His daughter Marvis is not as bad as Dracula, but she comes off as forgettable, and clichéd as the movie progress. In fact, as the movie progress, she adds little to the plot, and her romance with Johnny is one I don't care about. Speaking of Johnny, I loathed him. I despise his voice, his personality, his actions, and his characther in gernral. To me, he was the Jar Jar Binks of any film I seen back in 2012. It just a achievement how much I dislike this characther. The side characthers overall are more likable, especially Frankstein, Wayne the Werewolf, Griffen the invisible Man, and Murray the Mommy. Sadly, however, they do little to add to the plot, and are just there to make jokes, even though some are funny. But some do not mean most. Most of the jokes for me were painful, and dumb, and not in the funny way either. The animation shows that Sony Animation Studios need to get some help. First off, the characther animation and design is just way too over the top, it like the Filmmakers, even Glenndy, just wanted to make to make the characthers look and act over the top as much as possible. I find the film has no purpose to be in computer animation, and would look better in Glenndy's 2-D style, which you can see at the end credits. The animation in the end is just too cartoony for me. So form what I said earlier, you may think that I thought Hotel Transylvania was a complete epic fail. Well, no. Like i said most of the side characthers, if pointless are decent and likable. The background animation and special effects look great. The movie has some funny moments. The 3rd act saves the movie from being a total fail. It's got the best jokes, it's a little creative, and has some heart to it. But, the 3rd act ends with a annoying ending song, so that kinda ruined it for me. So, it's time for my final verdict. Had it not been for the 3rd act, I would have given Hotel Transylvania a 2/10. However, the movie's 3rd act, and a couple of other reasons makes the final rating a 4/10. Now other Glenndy fans will rage at me for for my negative review of the film. However, I can see why the sites or the reviewers I mention like the movie more than I did. Humor is subjective, as I know people who did enjoy Jack and Jill. Hotel Transylvania as whole, seems better as a TV series, so story ideas and its premise could more expanded on and be made more enjoyable. As of now though, it's just a meh movie. Glenndy, I love you man, but stick to TV for now. Your movie making skills needs work in my opinion. I see you guys, on the next's review.