If you’re looking for a family weekend movie option, Hotel
Transylvania 2 is still showing in theaters near you.
Background
The supposedly creepy and scary hotel is back. And yes, it
now accepts humans as guests. Dracula had welcomed people since his daughter
Mavis fell in love with a Jonathan, a human. The latter’s family had also been
welcomed through various occasions including the young couple’s wedding and
their son Dennis’ birthday. There’s just one thing missing, Drac, wants to see
his grandson become a monster (or in their case, vampire). Dracula’s own dad, Vlad, is also not open to
the idea of mingling with humankind as well.
But all is well in the end as Vlad eventually accepted
humans, even chose to help one and betray his own kind (err… batkind literally
but not a vampire). Denisovich, as Drac calls Dennis, eventually showed his vampire
side. He is a late bloomer like his grandfather but after seeing his friend
Winnie (most likely the youngest amongst the 300 werewolf puppies) hurt by Vlad’s
bat servant (yes, a talking human-sized bat), his fangs grew and he was able to
transform into a bat. Most of the film’s screen time was spent with Drac and
his gang’s attempt to encourage Dennis to embrace his monster side.
Official Trailer
Fun Factor Approved
by Kids
The movie is hilarious from start to finish. Even eerily
dark themes appear very humorous. Say for one, that spinoff or vampire version
of the lullaby song Twinkle Twinkle Little Star with the opening lines, “suffer
suffer scream in pain, blood is dripping from your brain...” Even my daughter laughs
at that, along with most of the kids in the movie house when we watched
earlier. I find it partly disturbing that she finds that funny though.
Speaking of kids, more than half of the audience who watched
when we did were kids, probably with their parents, older siblings, or even
nannies. So you can hear them laugh almost about everything in the movie. One of the scenes showing the Drac's gang on a scooter reminds of Dr. Nefario's own scooter in Despicable Me.
If you are quite the conservative type for a parent though,
be sure to explain every single detail about the film that you think is troubling.
Kids are very smart these days though. While we were eating dirt during our
younger years, they are already tinkering with their gadgets. I’m sure they
understand fairly well that this but a work of fiction.
But if you are not the easily amused type, you might find
the movie as corny. I say, “blah, blah, blah!”
For the rest of the story, plot, production details, cast
and more, visit the Hotel Transylvania 2 Wikipedia page.
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