Gregory Wakeman started his review out by saying, “Gloriously
wacky and always with a laugh around the corner, Hotel Transylvania 2 is fun,
fast and a joy for both kids and adults alike, even if other critics don’t want
to admit it.”
You’re going to hear some bad reviews about the
movie. That’s because it’s animated, but not done by Pixar. Also, it’s a
sequel, which has Adam Sandler reprising his role of Dracula, and he is joined
by all the returning goofy characters for the sequel as well.
When you look at it, everything should add up to say
that “Hotel Transylvania 2” is both aggravatingly not funny and a boring movie experience.
Wakeman admitted, “But, I’m here to insist that it’s not. In fact, Hotel Transylvania
2 actually excels for the very reasons why you’d assumed it would fail. The
animation is gloriously cartoonish, allowing its spooky and peculiar world to
come to life in an outlandish and engrossing fashion.” On top of that, Sandler’s
Dracula voice works, even though his comedic friends each join in with jokes
and one-liners, most of which work, as well.
At the same time, “Hotel Transylvania 2” perfectly
works for both children and adults together. If you’re an adult who is a kid at
heart (honestly, what adult isn’t), then you’ll really enjoy laughing at parts
you know you probably shouldn’t, despite that you feel the need to let out the
laughter.
Taking place 7 years after the first movie, “Hotel
Transylvania 2” begins with the wedding of Dracula’s (Adam Sandler) daughter
Mavis’ (Selena Gomez) to Johnny (Andy Samberg), who, if you remember, is a
human. Sometime after the wedding, Mavis says that she is pregnant, and in time
gives birth to a son, Dennis, voiced by Asher Blinkoff.
However, as Dennis’s fifth birthday is arriving,
Dracula begins to think if his grandson has any vampire genes in him. The
reason why is because if Dennis doesn’t grown any fangs when he turns five, then he
is completely human. On top of that, Mavis is split about raising her son in
Transylvania, so she decides to visit Johnny’s home in California to see if
that would be better to raise their son.
Mavis and Johnny leave Dennis with Dracula, and the
moment they leave, he starts to train Dennis in how to become a vampire, and is
joined by Frank (Kevin James), Wayne the Werewolf (Steve Buscemi), Griffin The
Invisible Man (David Spade), Murray the Mummy (comedian Keegan-Michael Key of
Key and Peele) and Blobby the Blob (Johnny Salmon).
Wakeman said, “While Hotel Transylvania 2 is
admittedly weirdly-plotted and careens through years in mere minutes, this
actually suits the zippy pace of the film.” Along with this, the cast of
characters are really lovable, you really enjoy seeing them on screen and
seeing this from beginning to end. Plus, with Chris Parnell, Jon Lovitz, Rob
Riggle (from “The Daily Show”), Dana Carvey, Megan Mullally, Nick Offerman,
Molly Shannon, Fran Drescher (you might remember her from “The Nanny”) and Mel
Brooks each joining the already incredible voice actors at different parts, the
film never lacks any parts of laughs.
Actually, there are plenty of them spread out throughout
the film thanks to the script that was written by Sandler and Robert Smigel.
Wakeman said, “The jokes arrive at a frequency and in a style that is
reminiscent of Disney’s underrated classic Emperor’s New Groove. Plus it has a
unique look thanks to it constantly being set at night so that it’s lead
characters can, you know … live!”
I admit that the story isn’t great. Wakeman noted, “It
is, at times, remarkably corny, and if you pay to watch it in 3D, then you’re
basically throwing your money away.” However, “Hotel Transylvania 2” is mostly
a lot of natural fun and carefully entertaining. For those who didn’t like Adam
Sandler’s work for quite some time now, this film will be a help for you.
In the end, if you liked the first one, then don’t
miss this one. It’s actually a whole lot of fun, and I found this to be funnier
than the first one, if you can believe that. I loved this one, and I think that
if you have children, they should love this one as well.
Well, I would like to thank everyone for joining in
on this year’s “Halloween Month.” I know that I mostly did reviews on bad
movies, but I hope that you liked every one of them. Happy Halloween online
readers! Go out tonight, dress up in your favorite costumes, get a lot of candy
or give away candy, and make sure to watch some good scary movies.
Now I believe is a good time for me to take a few
days off before I start back up with my usual Friday reviews next month. See
all of you then.
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