It Doesn't Matter If He's A Human, A Vampire, A Unicorn

Hotel Transylvania 2 - 2015 - Film 

I liked the first Hotel Transylvania, it was different to a lot of films aimed at the younger age bracket. The films are about Dracula who creates a 'safe haven' for monsters. A place, they can go hidden from humans, to be themselves. A mysterious human, Jonathon, stumbles across the hotel in the first film. Mavis (Dracula's daughter) and Jonathon discover that they are each others 'zing'. This leads onto the second film. 

The second film spans a wedding, a birth and five years of the child's life. It does it quickly so you don't feel like you're sat there watching a home movie. But it doesn't speed through it that they miss times for comedy. When the child, Dennis, is born Dracula hopes he is a vampire. But there is a strong possibility that he won't be due to his human father. The possibility gets farther and farther away when the child is coming close to his fifth birthday. This just spurs Dracula into involving the child in things that really are not smart of a grandfather to do. They also have the addition of Dracula's father who brings along some friends that end up causing havoc at the child's fifth birthday party. 

This one was better than the first. It was more interesting. They kept Dennis at a good age so he was still young but, he was 'useful' enough to produce his own comedic moments. At no point during the film did I feel bored, or that the film was long. They kept it fairly short at 89 minutes - which is about right for a young age film like this. 

There was A LOT of product placement in this film. Dracula using a Sony Experia phone was a novelty to say the least. However, because this was produced by Sony I think I can forgive it. Just once. Maybe. 

The story was fine, about what you would expect from a family film like this. It's not going to win any of the snooty awards but, it wins the best family film I have seen since How To Train Your Dragon 2. With this being a sequel as well it made it better. We already knew the characters. You don't necessarily have to watch the first film to enjoy this one. But I would advise it. This way you get a feel for everyone before it starts getting into all the emotional turmoil of marriage and babies. 

The voice acting was spectacular on everyone's part. There is no-one that can be faulted in this film for lack of enthusiasm. 

9/10 

Many critics may not like this film but, that's because they don't think like they are going to watch a film aimed at kids. I am. I was a kid. I was probably the only person without kids for that matter. But it doesn't matter because a film like this has those all important adult humour jokes that kids just don't understand. 

It genuinely made me laugh out loud in some areas. For it being a sequel it was far better than the first in terms of comedy. The story was extremely predictable but, what can you expect from this type of film? 

If you enjoy being a big kid go watch it!