Writer/director Genndy Tartakovsky’s hyper intense style worked for me in his Samurai Jack as a more stylized short form medium. In his monster themed full length features I find it grating at best and overwhelming most of the time. This paired with Sandler’s also overly intense affect, makes these films too much too much for my tastes.
The third time isnt a charm in this case. If anything the monsters are people too shtick has long over stayed it’s welcome. The story feels recycled from the earlier films and the characters are repetitive in their cliches.
But it’s just how intense and over the top each gesture is, how each line is said as if read to be intense all the way back to the cheap seats. It’s how every moment is mimed to the rafters. At times I just wanted a hint of subtlety, a brief respite from 110 percent. Could at least one character not shout every line?
The Hotel Transylvania series has its fans but I am not amongst them.
Hotel Transylvania 3
Starring: Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kevin James, David Spade, Steve Buscemi, Keegan Michael Key, Molly Shannon, Fran Drescher, Mel Brooks
Director: Genndy Tartakovsky
Writer: Michael McCullers, Genndy Tartakovsky
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