The first movie had the tragic backstory of Dracula to give him depth which gave it a darker tone besides the light fun. Unfortunately they chose to double down on the light fun.
The studio probably didn't like the influence of Genndy Tartakovsky's subtle dark tone he let's on the proyects he has been in (and they have let him make it freely). Examples: Samurai Jack, The Powerpuff Girls, etc.
The ending to this one where drac just goes “OH NO, MY HOTEL!” it seems he only cares about the hotel. It woulda been better if they had him being upset, not just because of the hotel, but because this hotel was what he made for his now deceased wife. But that’s too deep for Amazon.
It also would’ve been a powerful conclusion if the hotel wasn’t rebuilt and Drac finally let go of it since humans and monsters no longer view themselves as enemies like they did CENTURIES ago and they decided to move to California to live close to Johnny’s family from the second film. But nope… Dracula is like “Rebuild it the way YOU want.” So, we avoid what could’ve been a more satisfying conclusion to the franchise.
it's nice to see someone else noticed the whole...mortality issue with Mavis and Johnny. tbh I thought this movie would address that issue and end with Johnny becoming a vampire or something, but nope, guess not 🤷♂️
@@airitistic well, I just realized. Denis so far has been aging at the same rate as a human. I know he became a vampire in the 2nd movie, but what if he kept the normal human lifespan
I feel like the best thing they could have done was say Johnny was cursed with immortality one day at the hotel because he stopped age the rest of the movie series.
It feels like the writers of this movie forgot to watch the first 3 movies. Like Dennis is a vampire correct? So why does he get hypnotized? According to the lore is that vampire powers don’t work on other vampires. Also Johnny is so annoying I don’t blame Drac for not wanting to give the hotel to him
I personally think, and have seen other people also think this, that Dennis is still affected because he's half vampire half human. None of the movies explain this, but if you want an answer that might be all you get. Although that would raise the question: What would happen to Dennis if he got hit by the monster ray. Probably nothing, but would've been fun to see.
Also at the beginning it’s Dracula’s birthday, and it’s written « Happy 125th birthday » HOW IS IT EVEN POSSIBLE ??? MAVIS WAS 118 IN THE FIRST MOVIE !!!
The gag that got old in all the Hotel Transylvania movies is how the Werewolf mom is pregnant in ALL of them! Like how the hell is she still able have pups??
so they had 500 pups and in the third movie she probably had more they could have 10,000 for all we know what is they trying to repopulated werewolf society or something
At least, the movie is doing something new. Turning the monsters into humans is a good choice so they will undrstand how hard human's life is; we can get sick or easily die while monsters are stronger and faster than us; some are immortals etc. I don't find this idea stupid :) What is lame is Johnny. WHY he isn't a vampire? Why Mavis, his wife, doesn't turn him into one? Not only he would live longer BUT he could also fly and hypnotize peoples which is cool :D Yes getting out during the day will be hard but Johnny will find a solution!
He gonna watch his son and eife stay young as he gets old and die :c But i guess in this movie the message was "u don't have to be a monster to have the hotel" so he stayed human to prove that ? Idk
My only guess for him becoming a completely different creature than a vampire in this film would have to be for creative reasons. Since Jonny himself is a goofy character, the behind the scenes team probably thought to give a form more suitable towards his personality. Given how the previous films have been though, that might not mean much.
Johnny being a vampire is such a better idea it's baffling they didn't go that route. The entire family we focus on is vampires, one of them bite him or something. It would also introduce us to new vampire abilities on top of the hundreds we already have seen.
@@raphcrafter I feel like this movie is addressing the on going tension with Johnny being a human. And how Dracula views him as a child because he has not lived as long and to him has a childish personality. Leading to my point being that this movie may have been made to target the growing tension Mothers and Fathers have with their their son or daughter in laws. And how the in laws try to change to meet their spouses parents standards but to no avail leading to the in laws standing up to the unknown hatred towards them.
@@Dilapidated_Dilo and then seventh movie: "Hotel Transylvania: they say that if we don't make another they'll blast our heads with a shotgun because we need to make more even if we don't want to".
I know right. I mean in my opinion that’s not a bad thing, but the look of the second movie is the look that sticked and go more and more silly as time went on.
Yeah you're right the first movie was really realistic animation nothing will cartoony well the fourth movie is really cartoony well maybe a little bit too much they probably bit took a little too much cartoonish in there
The last movie was a horrible ending to the series, the movie itself was ok but I was hoping to end off with something better,Johnny to me as well as the other switched characters were kinda unlikeable except for Wayne. And it was also sad that Dennis and Winnie didn’t have much screen time
Imma be honest, I had high hopes that they would keep Dracula as a human and Johny as a monster since if Dracula stays human he can have the same life span as Erica (idk if thats her name). And if johny stays monster he gets to live with mavis and see his son grow up. I feel like it would have made sense but I guess showing that theres limitations in life spans is something you shouldn't put in a kids movie because it implies death and yada yada
My dad loves Hotel Transylvania. He said that it reminded him of us (my sister and I as Mavis) and how much he wanted to protect us from the world, just like how Drac wants to keep Mavis safe. Now, I wanna see his reaction to this movie. Maybe I'll watch this movie with him :)
as weird as it is without adam sandler, not being the lead for the send off of the films, brian hull did a great job, I'm glad they got basically a professional impressionist who's still a celeb of sorts rather than any other A lister because money
A better and unexpected plot would be Dracula excited to give the hotel to his daughter and son in law but is concerned with the whole mortality thing and expresses to Johnny he’d like to turn him. Johnny says maybe and drac is completely devastated and the movie is spent trying to convince Johnny. The moral would be it’s okay to let people think big life decisions over
@@Anika0308 being invisible and perhaps gave people possibilities of how he would've actually looked and most imagined him attractive (yes maybe because of his voice idk) and the guy that the real movies showed was just....How do I say this? He was just not it.
The first film has aged spectacularly well except for that dance party ending which feels VERY 2012 in regards to the music used. I figured something was wrong with this installment when you notice Dracula is barely in any of the trailers and when he is he barely speaks, kinda revealing that they couldn't get Adam Sandler to reprise his role.
Don’t forget Johnny playing “Sexy and I Know It” by LMFAO during the scene where he enlivens up one of the birthday activities by riding around on his scooter and letting the other monsters have a turn riding it. That scene also didn’t age well and feels like something that came out of 2012.
Wonderful review! I honestly dislike this movie I felt it was too predictable not enough stakes just like in every other film, I enjoyed the animation and the landscapes and Brian Hull does a fantastic job voicing Drac I could hardly tell the difference between his performance and Adam Sandlers, however, it feels like Drac is keeping Mavis from away everything, mostly his plans and thoughts in general and keeping these secrets aren’t good for developing healthy relationship with his own daughter. It’s sad to see that he hasn’t exactly learned his lessons from the last three movies especially when Drac was taking care of Dennis he was putting him in a sorts of risky situations without alerting Mavis and having her approval or permission first!
@@disneyvillainsfan1666 Yeah! They could've made a scene where Dracula is all by himself at the yacht. Then he looks up at the night sky and asks Martha about his feelings and advice because he's conflicted
I personally think that this movie should have been about Dennis and Winnie's relationship, with the plot of Johnny and Mavis getting the hotel possibly being a side plot.
Having Dennis and Winnie show up for a total of like 1 and a half minutes in the entire movie was disappointing to be honest. They were the most endearing parts of the films.
I haven't actually seen the movie not did I really want to but the thing I'm wondering is if Johnny wanted to be a monster couldn't Dracula, Mavis, or Denis literally turn him into a vampire? Isn't that a thing vampires can do?
1:39 Let me just say that him being a red head or "ginger" was referenced in the first movie where Drac is chilling with the monsters and makes fun of Johnny for having red curly hair to which Griffen (the Invisible man's name) gets offended since he has red curly hair to which Drac response "Well how am I suppose to know that?"
A brief rundown on how I view the movies: 1: Wow! What an interesting movie, let's hope they do some cool stuff with a sequel! 2: Arguably better than the original! Such a good series. 3: NO NO GO BACK 4: *okay. this exists.*
So this movie is about Johnny feeling left out about the fact that Drac doesn’t except him because he’s not a monster. *Didn’t we already fix all of this in the FIRST MOVIE?!*
Yea they so dummed down Jonathan!!! I feel like the point of the movie was feeling like Dracula was to hard on Jonathan, but in the ways he was acting some times it kinda felt deserved?? Which kinda ruined the point of the movie for me To quote my dad while watching this movie: “it’s understandable, concidering his daughter likes a complete idiot”
For real, how did Johnny and Mavis’s son get controlled by Dracula’s spell in the beginning of the movie if he is a vampire. Maybe I’m thinking about this too hard.
I mean... She would look the same but with no fangs. She should be like what, 126/127 years? in human age it would be 26/27. Obviously Drac's appearance is going to be more drastic than Mavis'
Something about the HT movies felt wrong and it centered around Dracula and Johnny. It seems that Dracula is constantly learning the same lesson over and over. From the beginning, we see he doesn't approve of Johnny and it's the same in every fucking movie until the very end. Why did Dracula go through the same character arc with each film? Plus he just constantly lies and learns that he shouldn't lie and then goes back to lying in the very next movie? Like whaaaaaaaaaaaat? Dracula fucking lies, messes things up, learns that it was because he lied and admits he should've told the truth, and then he does the same exact thing in the next movie. Sure there was different stuff with the kid and moving on to a new love interest but it just didn't make sense for Dracula to continuously learn. I did enjoy the part where Johnny stood up for himself and got upset, but I wouldn't liked him to remain as a monster. I mean, I get the whole, "be yourself" message they were going for, but he genuinely looked cool. Edit: also apparently Ninja fucking Blevins in this movie? Like. . .what?
Everyone on Twitter: thinking that the invisible man was gonna be hot. No one: let’s make the lighting in the final movie worse, lets make invisible man ugly and frank hot, the sand man old, and NOT MAKE JOHNNY A VAMPIRE WHY 😡🤯🤢🤮🤮😢
Is this the first ever full on review of Hotel Transylvania 4? It's the first I've ever seen and the first time I've watched your channel. I'm glad it was recommended to me. I loved this movie, but like you said, it just doesn't compete with the first two movies.
You know what I noticed In this movie drac says “oh right can’t freeze other vampires” hinting at mavis yet in the first hotel Transylvania he freezes her during the zing song
It’s a tragic to see my childhood franchise disappear into thin air. I never knew this would happen, Y’all might have different opinions but I just feel like they should make more. Just Bc they are so well made and always super fun to watch. The mistakes don’t ruin anything about they”re movies. I just hope they make another one in 2025 or sooner or later. Just make another xd.
I think you're being a little hard on the third movie and Ericka. It definitely has the most toilet/crude humor of the 4 films, but I still think it had a nice message about allowing yourself to fall in love again and moving on from a tragic loss. I also love how hard that Kraken theme goes in the climax. Also, I wouldn't consider Ericka to be a "Twist" villain, since the movie tells the audience WAY before the movie characters find out. I think her character was more about the turn from bad to good than just being bad. I think the stair dance scene was really good and gives her a legit reason to start liking Drac and rethink her stance on monsters. I guess it might just be a taste thing, because I think the second movie is the worst. I thought 2 was fine, but those last twenty-ish minutes kind of ruin it for me. The whole movie is trying to tell you it's okay that Dennis isn't a vampire and then it's like "Nah! He is a vampire! Being a vampire is the best!" and before that it introduces a group of evil vampires. So, I guess monsters CAN be evil human killers, despite everything else in the movies telling us they're just like us? But, it's okay because everyone punches the bad vampires away and we have a dance party! ...Anyways....I think the franchise is still very enjoyable. 👍
I never was for that third one due to its execution on the monster hunter part, but the fact that Drac fully accepts humans to the point he zings for one and the most infamous hunter accepting the monsters as is at least gave it a purpose and message. The only good things in 4 to me is the transformation scene, the bonding scenes with the two duos and the one where Johnny flies before that stupid liar revealed moment comes up (the issue is the execution and the lie itself compared to the first film's one), the way the pack shade Mavis in a clever way from the sun and the marshmallow metaphor. Seriously those first 35 minutes felt so awkward that I started to feel uncomfortable myself minus a few of those jokes. EDIT: yes I agree with you on Wayne. His human design is actually pretty appealing. I like it
I tried watching this one and just within the first 5 minutes I was out. Johnny really just got too fucking annoying for me. Also Dracula not giving the hotel to Johnny because he's human? Dumbest decision. If the reason was because Johnny was too irresponsible, then I would've whole heartily accepted that. Also... Johnny, if your complaint that he wouldn't accept you because you're human, WHY NOT JUST ASK YOUR FUCKING WIFE TO TURN YOU INTO A VAMPIRE!? The whole movie would've been over right then and there
Honestly i could understand why Drac didn't want to give him the hotel, first its not exactly because he's human, its because Drac is afraid Johnny would mess it up, which is totally understandable since he's a manchild.
My ranking for every Hotel Transylvania film: Hotel Transylvania 1 (7.5/10): I love this one. The animation is stellar and uses cartoony expressions very well. The story is also good. My only problems is that sometimes the animation feels a bit too over exaggerated at times but it's really only appears in some instances. Hotel Transylvania 2 (8/10): I love the movie. The world building for this film is amazing. I loved Dennis and Draculas plot of Dennis trying to be a vampire. And once again the animation is stellar with some minor improvements. Most of my problems are with the humor and the 3rd act but this is probably the best film in the franchise. Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (7.5/10): This film is funny. That is all I can say. The animation while having improvements is very over exaggerated in the film and while I appreciate cartoony expressions this one went over board. On the other hand the plot and characters remain charming as always and the third act was actually good... nah it was only a improvement over the second film. Hotel Transylvania 4: Transformania (7.25/10): This is probably the weakest film in the franchise but not by much. It's not bad per say but it could have had some improvements. For starters the plot while decent is generic. It's literally a road trip movie to get a crystal. Second the film is way to short of a finale if it's the shortest film in the franchise and is 87 minutes. Third sometimes it feels like a retread of the first movie. But besides that the animation, characters, and some of the plot are still entertaining. I think this film while the weakest is still a worthy franchise. And that's all I have to say.
I love this series so much because of the first movie that had so much depth in it, i watch all the sequels hoping they would properly tackle all the problems, like what happens to Dennis(answer in the second film), the relationship between Johnny and Mavis, and Johnny and Dracula(answered here) and the fact of Johnny's mortality. I want them to tackle these stuff with the kind of sense from the first movie but they kinda got tired of making this franchise as seen in this film so i can see why they end it.
I really liked the movie but I also thought the story was a bit shallow. Probably because they replaced the original director Genndy Tartakovsky. He was a big reason the original movies were so good.
Like 3, the animation is the big redeeming factor. Also I think Sandler didn’t return because he was being difficult during behind the scenes of the previous entries.
I once felt like I saved my family's weekly movie night because we were struggling to find a good-kid friendly,comedy movie and just last resorted to Transformania but I suggested to watch Disney's "Encanto" instead and my family actually preferred and enjoyed it more than Transformania! Because u know, family bonding is always important.
guess who's back again :D This one was honestly one of my favorite movie reviews. The fact that watching your video's makes my day at least 5x better :)
Fun fact : you know the invisible glasses dude right? He has a cult. People in the cult... SIMP FOR HIM????? And they literally became crazy after they found out how he looks.
I started watching your channel a few days ago and omg am having so much fun with your videos. I love animated movies and thanks to your reviews I'm gonna watch more of them (maybe even Illumination but I need to prepare)
Before I saw this movie I made the prediction Johnny would Maybe become a villain or At least Let being a monster get to his head and I was right(Not really)
as someone who's a huge fan of the franchise, im so disappointed in myself for saying i just didnt like hotel transylvania 4. it felt like one of these cheaper spin offs big franchises do and not an actual movie, definitely the odd one out of its peers.
you can feel the troubled production in the film from the release date situation and the story feeling really rushed and lame i really wish it was better than this and sony took their time with this one
If I were to do Hotel Transylvania 4 I’d make it be a time jump and have Dennis be older and a teenager and that he was going to be the successor to the Hotel and Dennis is a little bit insecure that he think he’ll let down his grandfather And there is a villain that is a monster that hates the idea that humans and monsters coexist and unlike Drac’s father he’s not redeemable and he plans on killing Johnny since his father is a military general and he could declare war on the monsters So basically Dennis and his Werewolf love interest have to go to where he or she’s located to stop her and protect the peace between monsters and humans This plot would be the Anti-HTTYD:THW (Where in the end unlike the dragons who go into hiding the monsters stay because the 21st century is ready for monsters and it would be a nice emotional climax/conclusion to the Hotel Transylvania franchise)
What I don’t get is why this movie seems like it’s trying to fix something that was already fixed in the very first movie. That is Drac excepting Johnny into his family and his heart which he has clearly done and it is seen throughout the movies, but then it feels like in this movie we’ve started back to square one.
Even tho I personally didn’t like the 3rd Hotel Transylvania movie it was literally the perfect way to end it off. But no.. They just had to keep milking it for money. Would honestly not be surprised if they made a 5th one. I genuinely would not be surprised at all.
I agree about the color scheme being good, and the animation was fine but i think it would be slightly better with less exaggerated animation, at least depending on the character, maybe dracula could have slightly more movement and seem bouncier, and Jhonny seem more stuff, the better represent the switch between both of them, also jhonney's personality completely changed and it's annoying
Im glad they made more movies of this franchise i just wished they put a bit more effort in them particularly the zing twice part i thought the beauty of a zing is finding your soulmate which only happens ONCE!
It’s for that i have so many problem about the 3th. The vampires zing only ONCE but nooo they just throw that like if we forget easily that without logic explaination
the nice thing is that they remembered the invisible man has curly red hair, as he said in the first movie. But in the 3rd movie, they forgot what Drac said about garlic. He said it causes his throat to swell up or something, pretty sure. He didn't say nothing about upset tummies. But i cant say much about the 4th movie....cuz i never watched it !!
my personal ratings: first movie : 9/10 second movie : 8/10 third movie : 7/10 fourth movie : 6/10 the last one is kinda chaotic in my view, the animation is good but the story is kinda confusing, johnny have changed so much like yo I taught johnny might act more like an adult since he have a child now, but nooo dracs step wife have more character development. I don't like johnny monster form tho.
I wish they had Johnny’s son more.He only appears when monster Johnny appears,When Mavis asks them a question and at the end.I literally forgot his name.
6:40 right here when the camera pans around to show the new hotel please someone make it to where it's actually one of the many fnaf restaurants please
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@@Spinonk whats wrong??
The first movie had the tragic backstory of Dracula to give him depth which gave it a darker tone besides the light fun. Unfortunately they chose to double down on the light fun.
I like the first more
@@SatireDepartment Yeah it's the best one in my opinion.
@@springsnapped5435 it should of ended at the first one
The studio probably didn't like the influence of Genndy Tartakovsky's subtle dark tone he let's on the proyects he has been in (and they have let him make it freely). Examples: Samurai Jack, The Powerpuff Girls, etc.
@@月-l3g It is literally what made all those shows outstanding in a narrative aspect. If they didn't like that, they are clearly fools.
"I will eat those colors" The best line I ever heard on this channel
this will always be an awesomemay classic line
@@Awesomemay im gonna make it my senior quote lol
@@1vy-h2b PLZ DO
@@Awesomemay i will >:)
You ima make that my ringtone lol
The ending to this one where drac just goes “OH NO, MY HOTEL!” it seems he only cares about the hotel. It woulda been better if they had him being upset, not just because of the hotel, but because this hotel was what he made for his now deceased wife. But that’s too deep for Amazon.
True
if it was “her hotel” 😔
It also would’ve been a powerful conclusion if the hotel wasn’t rebuilt and Drac finally let go of it since humans and monsters no longer view themselves as enemies like they did CENTURIES ago and they decided to move to California to live close to Johnny’s family from the second film.
But nope… Dracula is like “Rebuild it the way YOU want.”
So, we avoid what could’ve been a more satisfying conclusion to the franchise.
it's nice to see someone else noticed the whole...mortality issue with Mavis and Johnny. tbh I thought this movie would address that issue and end with Johnny becoming a vampire or something, but nope, guess not 🤷♂️
Man i almost sobbed whenI yesterday realized that Johnny is probably gonna die at 80 while mavis and dennis outlive him
@@airitistic well, I just realized. Denis so far has been aging at the same rate as a human. I know he became a vampire in the 2nd movie, but what if he kept the normal human lifespan
Right cause I was like is he going to be able to stay with his wife and watch his son turn 100 😭😭
Bruh, this is just fantasy, they made Mavis, a VAMPIRE have a baby with a HUMAN. They can make Johnny live forever even being just a human.
I feel like the best thing they could have done was say Johnny was cursed with immortality one day at the hotel because he stopped age the rest of the movie series.
It feels like the writers of this movie forgot to watch the first 3 movies. Like Dennis is a vampire correct? So why does he get hypnotized? According to the lore is that vampire powers don’t work on other vampires. Also Johnny is so annoying I don’t blame Drac for not wanting to give the hotel to him
I personally think, and have seen other people also think this, that Dennis is still affected because he's half vampire half human. None of the movies explain this, but if you want an answer that might be all you get. Although that would raise the question: What would happen to Dennis if he got hit by the monster ray. Probably nothing, but would've been fun to see.
THANK YOU now I know I'm not the only one who realized this and made a comment about it
@@AspexFPS no problem lol
Oh wait in the 2nd movie drac was able to stop time or some crap and it had effect on mavis but in this movie it doesn't makes no sense
Also at the beginning it’s Dracula’s birthday, and it’s written « Happy 125th birthday » HOW IS IT EVEN POSSIBLE ??? MAVIS WAS 118 IN THE FIRST MOVIE !!!
The gag that got old in all the Hotel Transylvania movies is how the Werewolf mom is pregnant in ALL of them! Like how the hell is she still able have pups??
so they had 500 pups and in the third movie she probably had more they could have 10,000 for all we know what is they trying to repopulated werewolf society or something
Cause the dad goes ham why do you think he’s drained all the time even when his kids aren’t near
What kind of father would do that
I guess werewolves in this universe are like rabbits?
Should have had her neutered by the third film.
At least, the movie is doing something new. Turning the monsters into humans is a good choice so they will undrstand how hard human's life is; we can get sick or easily die while monsters are stronger and faster than us; some are immortals etc. I don't find this idea stupid :)
What is lame is Johnny. WHY he isn't a vampire? Why Mavis, his wife, doesn't turn him into one? Not only he would live longer BUT he could also fly and hypnotize peoples which is cool :D Yes getting out during the day will be hard but Johnny will find a solution!
He gonna watch his son and eife stay young as he gets old and die :c
But i guess in this movie the message was "u don't have to be a monster to have the hotel" so he stayed human to prove that ? Idk
My only guess for him becoming a completely different creature than a vampire in this film would have to be for creative reasons. Since Jonny himself is a goofy character, the behind the scenes team probably thought to give a form more suitable towards his personality. Given how the previous films have been though, that might not mean much.
They tried
Johnny being a vampire is such a better idea it's baffling they didn't go that route. The entire family we focus on is vampires, one of them bite him or something. It would also introduce us to new vampire abilities on top of the hundreds we already have seen.
@@raphcrafter I feel like this movie is addressing the on going tension with Johnny being a human. And how Dracula views him as a child because he has not lived as long and to him has a childish personality. Leading to my point being that this movie may have been made to target the growing tension Mothers and Fathers have with their their son or daughter in laws. And how the in laws try to change to meet their spouses parents standards but to no avail leading to the in laws standing up to the unknown hatred towards them.
This franchise works this way:
Bad movie comes out, everyone hates it, Even WORST movie comes out, and everyone goes "Yeah, it wasn't so bad..."
but Hotel Transylvania 1 and 2 were actually good
@@chich-ai I mean, yeah, compared to 3 and 4
all until the 5th movie comes out "Hotel Transylvania: dead dad addition"
@@PlatonicPluto and then the sixth movie "Hotel Transylvania: we have no idea what the fuck we're doing"
@@Dilapidated_Dilo and then seventh movie: "Hotel Transylvania: they say that if we don't make another they'll blast our heads with a shotgun because we need to make more even if we don't want to".
The animation gets more cartoonish after each movie
I know right. I mean in my opinion that’s not a bad thing, but the look of the second movie is the look that sticked and go more and more silly as time went on.
Actually, you are right!
Yeah you're right the first movie was really realistic animation nothing will cartoony well the fourth movie is really cartoony well maybe a little bit too much they probably bit took a little too much cartoonish in there
With each sequal the characters' eyes are getting bigger and bigger. That's something most noticable.
Yeah its makes it cringey in my opinion
So according to this video, this guy's ranking is
1. Hotel Transylvania
2. Hotel Transylvania 2
3. Hotel Transylvania 4
4. Hotel Transylvania 3
That's also my ranking too!
I rate it that too :D
Perfect ranking!
The fourth one isn't too good and it has bad reviews
@@frankiethefranklin6098 Reviews aren't everything. You should judge a movie on your own first and not let critics decide what you think of a movie.
The last movie was a horrible ending to the series, the movie itself was ok but I was hoping to end off with something better,Johnny to me as well as the other switched characters were kinda unlikeable except for Wayne. And it was also sad that Dennis and Winnie didn’t have much screen time
Even Vlad did not have screentime and Johnny's parents should've returned
Imma be honest, I had high hopes that they would keep Dracula as a human and Johny as a monster since if Dracula stays human he can have the same life span as Erica (idk if thats her name). And if johny stays monster he gets to live with mavis and see his son grow up. I feel like it would have made sense but I guess showing that theres limitations in life spans is something you shouldn't put in a kids movie because it implies death and yada yada
This would have been poetic!
Too poetic for a film like this I suppose v-v
My dad loves Hotel Transylvania. He said that it reminded him of us (my sister and I as Mavis) and how much he wanted to protect us from the world, just like how Drac wants to keep Mavis safe.
Now, I wanna see his reaction to this movie. Maybe I'll watch this movie with him :)
I watched this movie with my parents :) It was a good movie and I loved the ending!
as weird as it is without adam sandler, not being the lead for the send off of the films, brian hull did a great job, I'm glad they got basically a professional impressionist who's still a celeb of sorts rather than any other A lister because money
A better and unexpected plot would be Dracula excited to give the hotel to his daughter and son in law but is concerned with the whole mortality thing and expresses to Johnny he’d like to turn him. Johnny says maybe and drac is completely devastated and the movie is spent trying to convince Johnny. The moral would be it’s okay to let people think big life decisions over
That would be interesting
The only thing I remember about this movie is everyone being mad that the invisible man as a human wasnt hot
I didn't even know that some people are attracted to him. He's literally a floating glasses, how?! (maybe his voice makes him attractive, idk)
@@Anika0308 being invisible and perhaps gave people possibilities of how he would've actually looked and most imagined him attractive (yes maybe because of his voice idk) and the guy that the real movies showed was just....How do I say this? He was just not it.
I had a (joke ig) convo with some ppl on Instagram on how hot he could've been and it was funny as shit lmao
Claude Rains (the actor who played him back in the universal Hollywood movie) looked pretty attractive so... idk?
The first film has aged spectacularly well except for that dance party ending which feels VERY 2012 in regards to the music used. I figured something was wrong with this installment when you notice Dracula is barely in any of the trailers and when he is he barely speaks, kinda revealing that they couldn't get Adam Sandler to reprise his role.
Don’t forget Johnny playing “Sexy and I Know It” by LMFAO during the scene where he enlivens up one of the birthday activities by riding around on his scooter and letting the other monsters have a turn riding it. That scene also didn’t age well and feels like something that came out of 2012.
First two Hotel Transylvania movies are TOP TIER movies 😌😌
I agree. The third was an ok finale, but this fourth one, I will never consider cannon.
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Definitely they should have ended second film.
Wonderful review! I honestly dislike this movie I felt it was too predictable not enough stakes just like in every other film, I enjoyed the animation and the landscapes and Brian Hull does a fantastic job voicing Drac I could hardly tell the difference between his performance and Adam Sandlers, however, it feels like Drac is keeping Mavis from away everything, mostly his plans and thoughts in general and keeping these secrets aren’t good for developing healthy relationship with his own daughter. It’s sad to see that he hasn’t exactly learned his lessons from the last three movies especially when Drac was taking care of Dennis he was putting him in a sorts of risky situations without alerting Mavis and having her approval or permission first!
The summer vacation movie was one of my least favorite movies.. that's why I was so concerned for the new one :/
literally anything could top that one
@@Awesomemay agreed agreed
I probably wouldn't mind the idea of Dracula getting a new love interest if the 3rd movie At Least Addressed Martha.
@@Awesomemay agreed
@@disneyvillainsfan1666 Yeah! They could've made a scene where Dracula is all by himself at the yacht. Then he looks up at the night sky and asks Martha about his feelings and advice because he's conflicted
I personally think that this movie should have been about Dennis and Winnie's relationship, with the plot of Johnny and Mavis getting the hotel possibly being a side plot.
Yas
Having Dennis and Winnie show up for a total of like 1 and a half minutes in the entire movie was disappointing to be honest. They were the most endearing parts of the films.
I haven't actually seen the movie not did I really want to but the thing I'm wondering is if Johnny wanted to be a monster couldn't Dracula, Mavis, or Denis literally turn him into a vampire? Isn't that a thing vampires can do?
1:39 Let me just say that him being a red head or "ginger" was referenced in the first movie where Drac is chilling with the monsters and makes fun of Johnny for having red curly hair to which Griffen (the Invisible man's name) gets offended since he has red curly hair to which Drac response "Well how am I suppose to know that?"
how the heck does Griffen know either though
hes the visible man in his eyes
A brief rundown on how I view the movies:
1: Wow! What an interesting movie, let's hope they do some cool stuff with a sequel!
2: Arguably better than the original! Such a good series.
3: NO NO GO BACK
4: *okay. this exists.*
So this movie is about Johnny feeling left out about the fact that Drac doesn’t except him because he’s not a monster.
*Didn’t we already fix all of this in the FIRST MOVIE?!*
HE TURNED HIMSELF INTO A DRAGON! FUNNIEST SHIT IVE EVER SEEN
Yea they so dummed down Jonathan!!!
I feel like the point of the movie was feeling like Dracula was to hard on Jonathan, but in the ways he was acting some times it kinda felt deserved?? Which kinda ruined the point of the movie for me
To quote my dad while watching this movie: “it’s understandable, concidering his daughter likes a complete idiot”
One thing I find funny is that the film has the cliched Liar revealed trope yet it was already done in the previous films.
For real, how did Johnny and Mavis’s son get controlled by Dracula’s spell in the beginning of the movie if he is a vampire. Maybe I’m thinking about this too hard.
johnny is NOT a vampire
@@HereMays their child
@@monkeagents2237 i got confused also dennis (their child) is half human
Kinda a missed opportunity to not make Mavis a human since this movie is about monsters turning into humans or so
I mean... She would look the same but with no fangs. She should be like what, 126/127 years? in human age it would be 26/27. Obviously Drac's appearance is going to be more drastic than Mavis'
I love how everyone expected griffin to be hot then they just made him look like that one villain from the Powerpuff girls
Something about the HT movies felt wrong and it centered around Dracula and Johnny. It seems that Dracula is constantly learning the same lesson over and over. From the beginning, we see he doesn't approve of Johnny and it's the same in every fucking movie until the very end. Why did Dracula go through the same character arc with each film? Plus he just constantly lies and learns that he shouldn't lie and then goes back to lying in the very next movie? Like whaaaaaaaaaaaat? Dracula fucking lies, messes things up, learns that it was because he lied and admits he should've told the truth, and then he does the same exact thing in the next movie. Sure there was different stuff with the kid and moving on to a new love interest but it just didn't make sense for Dracula to continuously learn. I did enjoy the part where Johnny stood up for himself and got upset, but I wouldn't liked him to remain as a monster. I mean, I get the whole, "be yourself" message they were going for, but he genuinely looked cool.
Edit: also apparently Ninja fucking Blevins in this movie? Like. . .what?
Everyone on Twitter: thinking that the invisible man was gonna be hot.
No one: let’s make the lighting in the final movie worse, lets make invisible man ugly and frank hot, the sand man old, and NOT MAKE JOHNNY A VAMPIRE WHY 😡🤯🤢🤮🤮😢
Is this the first ever full on review of Hotel Transylvania 4? It's the first I've ever seen and the first time I've watched your channel. I'm glad it was recommended to me. I loved this movie, but like you said, it just doesn't compete with the first two movies.
when the wolf did TikTok dance that’s when I felt too much pain
I can't believe the people who made this movie did this
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You know what I noticed
In this movie drac says “oh right can’t freeze other vampires” hinting at mavis yet in the first hotel Transylvania he freezes her during the zing song
It’s a tragic to see my childhood franchise disappear into thin air. I never knew this would happen,
Y’all might have different opinions but I just feel like they should make more.
Just Bc they are so well made and always super fun to watch. The mistakes don’t ruin anything about they”re movies.
I just hope they make another one in 2025 or sooner or later. Just make another xd.
I think you're being a little hard on the third movie and Ericka. It definitely has the most toilet/crude humor of the 4 films, but I still think it had a nice message about allowing yourself to fall in love again and moving on from a tragic loss. I also love how hard that Kraken theme goes in the climax. Also, I wouldn't consider Ericka to be a "Twist" villain, since the movie tells the audience WAY before the movie characters find out. I think her character was more about the turn from bad to good than just being bad. I think the stair dance scene was really good and gives her a legit reason to start liking Drac and rethink her stance on monsters.
I guess it might just be a taste thing, because I think the second movie is the worst. I thought 2 was fine, but those last twenty-ish minutes kind of ruin it for me. The whole movie is trying to tell you it's okay that Dennis isn't a vampire and then it's like "Nah! He is a vampire! Being a vampire is the best!" and before that it introduces a group of evil vampires. So, I guess monsters CAN be evil human killers, despite everything else in the movies telling us they're just like us? But, it's okay because everyone punches the bad vampires away and we have a dance party!
...Anyways....I think the franchise is still very enjoyable. 👍
I just realized that if Johnny became a vampire at the end of the story it could have been less depressing
Yes, Johnny is gonna *Die* before Mavis and Danis by centuries!
Hotel 4 is looking at Spider-Verse 2 crying in the corner
I can’t wait for spider verse
I was really confused when literally not a single human reacted to a FREAKING DRAGON when they arrived at the airport and took the bus
Good to see a review that doesn’t completely overreact when things could’ve been better like other RUclipsrs.
Right.
"johnny's too talkative in this one"
clearly he feels more comfortable as a monster and just changed back to satisfy everyone else's needs,
I never was for that third one due to its execution on the monster hunter part, but the fact that Drac fully accepts humans to the point he zings for one and the most infamous hunter accepting the monsters as is at least gave it a purpose and message.
The only good things in 4 to me is the transformation scene, the bonding scenes with the two duos and the one where Johnny flies before that stupid liar revealed moment comes up (the issue is the execution and the lie itself compared to the first film's one), the way the pack shade Mavis in a clever way from the sun and the marshmallow metaphor.
Seriously those first 35 minutes felt so awkward that I started to feel uncomfortable myself minus a few of those jokes.
EDIT: yes I agree with you on Wayne. His human design is actually pretty appealing. I like it
I have a feeling the 3rd movie would've been better off as a story of how Drac and Martha met and how they shared their lives together
I genuinely believe the 3rd movie was okay for a finale for this series
I tried watching this one and just within the first 5 minutes I was out. Johnny really just got too fucking annoying for me. Also Dracula not giving the hotel to Johnny because he's human? Dumbest decision. If the reason was because Johnny was too irresponsible, then I would've whole heartily accepted that.
Also... Johnny, if your complaint that he wouldn't accept you because you're human, WHY NOT JUST ASK YOUR FUCKING WIFE TO TURN YOU INTO A VAMPIRE!? The whole movie would've been over right then and there
Honestly i could understand why Drac didn't want to give him the hotel, first its not exactly because he's human, its because Drac is afraid Johnny would mess it up, which is totally understandable since he's a manchild.
3:19 The joke is the invisible guy let himself go because he is invisible.
Makes sense especially when you take account that he's like 1000 years old.
@@SilverSnook7966 so what makes him immortal exactly? He’s just a human but invisible.
@@beeaggressive160 I dunno I guess all monsters in that universe are immortals.
My ranking for every Hotel Transylvania film:
Hotel Transylvania 1 (7.5/10): I love this one. The animation is stellar and uses cartoony expressions very well. The story is also good. My only problems is that sometimes the animation feels a bit too over exaggerated at times but it's really only appears in some instances.
Hotel Transylvania 2 (8/10): I love the movie. The world building for this film is amazing. I loved Dennis and Draculas plot of Dennis trying to be a vampire. And once again the animation is stellar with some minor improvements. Most of my problems are with the humor and the 3rd act but this is probably the best film in the franchise.
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (7.5/10): This film is funny. That is all I can say. The animation while having improvements is very over exaggerated in the film and while I appreciate cartoony expressions this one went over board. On the other hand the plot and characters remain charming as always and the third act was actually good... nah it was only a improvement over the second film.
Hotel Transylvania 4: Transformania (7.25/10): This is probably the weakest film in the franchise but not by much. It's not bad per say but it could have had some improvements. For starters the plot while decent is generic. It's literally a road trip movie to get a crystal. Second the film is way to short of a finale if it's the shortest film in the franchise and is 87 minutes. Third sometimes it feels like a retread of the first movie. But besides that the animation, characters, and some of the plot are still entertaining. I think this film while the weakest is still a worthy franchise.
And that's all I have to say.
1:14 I have heard this audio clip so many times in memes it just made me laugh so hard.
I love this series so much because of the first movie that had so much depth in it, i watch all the sequels hoping they would properly tackle all the problems, like what happens to Dennis(answer in the second film), the relationship between Johnny and Mavis, and Johnny and Dracula(answered here) and the fact of Johnny's mortality. I want them to tackle these stuff with the kind of sense from the first movie but they kinda got tired of making this franchise as seen in this film so i can see why they end it.
"I will eat those colors" -Awsomemay.
*Quoted*
I dunno if this makes any sense, but I hate the character's movements. You know, just how they move in general. Especially with Johnny
I really liked the movie but I also thought the story was a bit shallow. Probably because they replaced the original director Genndy Tartakovsky. He was a big reason the original movies were so good.
I'm just glad that this is the last movie so that they wouldn't milk This Franchise dry.
yes i am relieved
Like 3, the animation is the big redeeming factor. Also I think Sandler didn’t return because he was being difficult during behind the scenes of the previous entries.
Really? That doesn't sound like Adam Sandler. I mean sure he doesn't make the best movies, but I always thought he was a pretty chill guy.
@@jasonhahn8797 He Is If Anything Sony Pissed Him Off Not The Other Way Around
I once felt like I saved my family's weekly movie night because we were struggling to find a good-kid friendly,comedy movie and just last resorted to Transformania but I suggested to watch Disney's "Encanto" instead and my family actually preferred and enjoyed it more than Transformania!
Because u know, family bonding is always important.
guess who's back again :D This one was honestly one of my favorite movie reviews. The fact that watching your video's makes my day at least 5x better :)
I'm so glad Brian Hull is in movies now I used to love watching his videos
Fun fact : you know the invisible glasses dude right? He has a cult. People in the cult... SIMP FOR HIM????? And they literally became crazy after they found out how he looks.
I started watching your channel a few days ago and omg am having so much fun with your videos. I love animated movies and thanks to your reviews I'm gonna watch more of them (maybe even Illumination but I need to prepare)
Before I saw this movie I made the prediction Johnny would Maybe become a villain or At least Let being a monster get to his head and I was right(Not really)
I haven’t seen it yet but I will say I love the animation style from the trailers and clips I’ve seen! Looks really cartoony and goofy which I dig 👌
as someone who's a huge fan of the franchise, im so disappointed in myself for saying i just didnt like hotel transylvania 4. it felt like one of these cheaper spin offs big franchises do and not an actual movie, definitely the odd one out of its peers.
you can feel the troubled production in the film from the release date situation and the story feeling really rushed and lame i really wish it was better than this and sony took their time with this one
Finally! Someone who thought the 2nd one was good! Also, I think Mavis' superhearing is just something involved with her bat half.
I love your reviews so much! You should do Encanto next! (if you want)
it’s pretty obvious that Sony diverted all the animation department revenue to Spider verse 2.
‘I will eat those colors’
Best out of context line I’ve ever heard on this channel.
If I were to do Hotel Transylvania 4 I’d make it be a time jump and have Dennis be older and a teenager and that he was going to be the successor to the Hotel and Dennis is a little bit insecure that he think he’ll let down his grandfather
And there is a villain that is a monster that hates the idea that humans and monsters coexist and unlike Drac’s father he’s not redeemable and he plans on killing Johnny since his father is a military general and he could declare war on the monsters
So basically Dennis and his Werewolf love interest have to go to where he or she’s located to stop her and protect the peace between monsters and humans
This plot would be the Anti-HTTYD:THW
(Where in the end unlike the dragons who go into hiding the monsters stay because the 21st century is ready for monsters and it would be a nice emotional climax/conclusion to the Hotel Transylvania franchise)
Boring as fuck
Yeah the “ending” did not feel like a ending they will most likely have a 5th movie..
“HE’S GINGER EW-“
All of us red heads: *I feel very offended right now.*
5:23 if Johnny would eventually get to a high age Mavis could bite him so he would become immortal, right?
3:36 Walter...... white.
I love your editing and humor
Also, unrelated but you kinda sound like Matpat
3:02 you made me cackle in this scene
Why would they end this series? It's so cool and doesn't deserve a write off yet. Still has yet to be released on dvd or blu ray either
What I don’t get is why this movie seems like it’s trying to fix something that was already fixed in the very first movie. That is Drac excepting Johnny into his family and his heart which he has clearly done and it is seen throughout the movies, but then it feels like in this movie we’ve started back to square one.
*(1st Movie)* Me: “That was amazing!”
*(2nd Movie)* Me: “That was pretty cool.”
*(3rd Movie)* Me: “Uhhh ok?”
*(4th Movie)* Me: “Please just stop.”
*(5th Movie)* Me: “I quit.”
0:09
"I like when Dracula says this:"
*"Haha Jonathan you are ban-"*
Even tho I personally didn’t like the 3rd Hotel Transylvania movie it was literally the perfect way to end it off. But no.. They just had to keep milking it for money. Would honestly not be surprised if they made a 5th one. I genuinely would not be surprised at all.
I agree about the color scheme being good, and the animation was fine but i think it would be slightly better with less exaggerated animation, at least depending on the character, maybe dracula could have slightly more movement and seem bouncier, and Jhonny seem more stuff, the better represent the switch between both of them, also jhonney's personality completely changed and it's annoying
1st Movie: Mavis and Johnny fall in love
2nd Movie: Drac learns how to be a grandpa
3rd Movie: Drac finds love
4th Movie: *Everyone has a fever dream*
The first movie was great, the second movie was okay. But the other two...they ruined everything
I honestly agree with you because by the time his time comes Mavis would be a widow
Im glad they made more movies of this franchise i just wished they put a bit more effort in them particularly the zing twice part i thought the beauty of a zing is finding your soulmate which only happens ONCE!
It’s for that i have so many problem about the 3th. The vampires zing only ONCE but nooo they just throw that like if we forget easily that without logic explaination
I've only seen the first 2 movies, so thank you for catching me up to date on the Hotel Transylvania lore.
I dont think it was that bad, actually. the worst part about it was that Dennis and winnie got like 2 minutes of screentime.
the nice thing is that they remembered the invisible man has curly red hair, as he said in the first movie.
But in the 3rd movie, they forgot what Drac said about garlic. He said it causes his throat to swell up or something, pretty sure. He didn't say nothing about upset tummies.
But i cant say much about the 4th movie....cuz i never watched it !!
4:50 “and then Dracula falls to his de-“lol that got me laughing
In hotel Transylvania 1 , Jonny asked how it would be like to fly, in the 4th, he gets to fly
How wholesome
This is the first video if watched from you and it's great so I subbed
Awesome! Thank you! :D
I love your narration!
my personal ratings:
first movie : 9/10
second movie : 8/10
third movie : 7/10
fourth movie : 6/10
the last one is kinda chaotic in my view, the animation is good but the story is kinda confusing, johnny have changed so much like yo I taught johnny might act more like an adult since he have a child now, but nooo dracs step wife have more character development.
I don't like johnny monster form tho.
I wish they had Johnny’s son more.He only appears when monster Johnny appears,When Mavis asks them a question and at the end.I literally forgot his name.
6:40 right here when the camera pans around to show the new hotel please someone make it to where it's actually one of the many fnaf restaurants please
My childhood hotel Transylvania movie has come to an end....GLAD I HAVENT SEEN THE 4TH ONE
finally i have been waiting so long for this
3 days
@@justalonelyshape3126 yes
1:14 I'm surprised no one is talking about how funny that part is 😂