Hotel Transylvania Movie Review

Hotel Transylvania (2012)

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Written by: Peter Baynham and Robert Smigel (screenplay), Todd Durham (story) and Dan Hageman & Kevin Hageman (story)
Directed by:Genndy Tartakovsky
Starring: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Andy Samberg
Rated: PG
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Plot
Overprotective parent Count Dracula shields his teenage daughter from the world at his hotel. His plan goes awry when his daughter falls in love with a human.

Verdict
It's a fun juxtaposition of a vampire and an overprotective father. Dracula realizes he can't treat his daughter like a child any longer, and that humans aren't as bad as he feared. It could be funnier, but the end manages to be very engaging.
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Review
This is a twist on the overprotective parent. Dracula runs a successful monster hotel that also shields his daughter from any human contact at the Hotel Transylvania. With a stern no human rule, Dracula can keep all monsters safe.

While he lied in convincing his daughter about the dangers of humans, his only concern is her safety. When a human stumbles upon the hotel, Dracula attempts to hide the human to maintain his hotel's reputation. Despite his attempts, he can't stop the attraction between his daughter and the human. When his daughter falls in love with the human, he has to change his mind on the dangers of humans. Some may not be so bad.

Hotel Transylvania - A solid mash up of monsters and drama.

It has all of the typical monsters, though much less menacing than you might expect. Monsters are afraid of humans, happy to have a human free hotel.
Dracula realizes that he can't keep his daughter trapped in the hotel even if it is for her own protection. He endeavors to find the human Jonathon and bring him back. It doesn't take much convincing to gain his friends' aid, as falling in love only happens once. It's a little hokey, but it works.
Dracula and his crew venture in the world and encounter a monster festival. With help from the humans, Dracula brings Jonathon back, risking his own safety for his daughter's happiness.

Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015) tried for more jokes over substance and suffered for it. It's much less serious and in the end less engaging. Though the original contains many suggestive jokes, at least for a kid's movie. It's never funny, though there are a few cute moments.

The animation in the original has more than a few impressive moments, something I never saw in the sequel. The sand and water in particular stood out.