Plot: Dracula and his friends try to bring out the monster in his half human, half vampire grandson in order to keep Mavis from leaving the hotel.
Rating: 7/10
I barely recall what happened in the first Hotel Transylvania, but I know I really loved it. I definitely remember the scream cheese, and to this day I find it ridiculously funny. Thus I was quite apprehensive to sit down for the sequel – not only do I have the honest and justified fear for sequelitis, I also really didn’t want to spoil the feelings I had to the first movie, especially considering the fact that I stand firm on the belief that I don’t like animation as a genre.
HT2 suffers just a little bit from sequelitis – it’s just not as cute or fun as the first film. I didn’t laugh as outrageously or root for the poor monsters as much, but it was still quite a lot of fun. Considering that Adam Sandler is involved in this film, it is a great. The film has a lot of notable names voicing the characters – Selena Gomez as Mavis, Andy Samberg is Jonathan, Mel Brooks as Vlad and Kevin James as Frankenstein – and that is only naming a few. It works because the voices suit the characters and aren’t as obviously placed as The Jungle Book.
HT2 never gets going really. I have to say I found it odd that they would touch child birthing in a movie– very awkward topics for parents to discuss with their children. Talk about interesting conversation topics coming up!
I liked the ending, but let’s face it – it would have had more impact if Dennis wasn’t a vampire in the end and then carried the message that it was okay to be normal and that you could be loved then as well.
Have you seen Hotel Transylvania 2? What did you think?
Life of this city girl 
I agree with you completely, I remember loving Hotel Transylvania when it came out, but the sequel really didn’t live up to it. Still, it’s fun listening out for those voice actors 🙂
– Allie
I enjoyed the sequel, I truly did, but it had to suffer from sequelitis 😦 The voice actors in here did a great job! Thanks for stopping by Allie 🙂
I wasn’t particularly blown away by the first – and most people were sure I would be. I liked it just fine, but didn’t love it or anything. For that reason I haven’t been bothered with this. Okay, I lie. It’s the animation that set me off.
Great write up bestie!