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Hotel Transylvania, a review by Danae Cassandra

Hotel Transylvania
Year of Release:  2012
Starring:  Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kevin James
Directed By:  Genndy Tartakovsky
Genre:  Comedy, Horror

Overview:
Welcome to Hotel Transylvania, Dracula's lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up and no humans are allowed. One special weekend, Dracula (Adam Sandler) has invited all his best friends - Frankenstein and his wife, the Mummy, the Invisible Man, the Werewolf family, and more - to celebrate his beloved daughter Mavis's (Selena Gomez) 118th birthday. For Dracula catering to all of these legendary monsters is no problem but the party really starts when one ordinary guy stumbles into the hotel and changes everything!

My Thoughts:
Another really fun film.  I'm standing by my statement in my review of Paranorman that one of the things Hollywood is doing right these days is animated movies.  The animation is good, the jokes were funny (and only one was a fart joke too!), there was something for kids and adults, and there were several good messages as well (those we fear also fear us, you have to let your children grow up, and you have to have fun to really live).  Sure, there was a lot that was predictable, and it did fall into a trope that I see a lot these days and really don't like (shlub dude gets hot chick*), but overall the faults are unimportant - I laughed a lot and had a good time, and that's what's important in films like this.  Glad to have it in the collection, and I'd recommend it for everyone.

Bechdel Test:  Fail

Overall:  3.5/5

*the reason this annoys me is that I never see the reverse

(From Hotel Transylvania on June 18th, 2013)

The Quiet Earth, a review by Jimmy

               

Title: The Quiet Earth (1985)

Genre: Last man on earth movie
Director: Geoff Murphy (Freejack)         
Rating: R
Length: 1h31
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: Close Caption

Stars:
Bruno Lawrence (Smash Palace)
Alison Routledge (Rain)
Pete Smith (Once Were Warriors)
Anzac Wallace (UTU)
Norman Fletcher (Goodbye Pork Pie)
Tom Hyde     

Plot:
At exactly 6:12 am, government research scientist Zac Hobson (a powerhouse performance by Bruno Lawrence of SMASH PALACE and UTU) awakens to discover that he may be the last man on earth: homes, highways and entire cities are deserted. Empty planes have fallen from the sky. Every living thing has disappeared. But for Hobson, the ultimate shock is still to come months later when he finds that he is not alone. With the addition of a beautiful young woman (Alison Routledge) and a Maori trucker (Pete Smith), the apocalypse suddenly becomes very personal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdVYfCKXaCM

(From The little known movie review depot on April 7th, 2008)

The Good Old Days TV Thread, a review by addicted2dvd

My Thoughts:
While this is an alright episode... it really wasn't anything too special to me. I imagine that is because of all the classical music playing in this one. It is an obvious homage (Read: Rip-off) of Phantom of the Opera. But all said and done it is a decent episode... but not one that I would consider a favorite.

My Rating:

(From The Good Old Days TV Thread on February 17th, 2010)