Dracula (Adam Sandler) has created a hotel that no human can find so that
the monsters have a safe space to stay. He’s preparing for his daughter’s
birthday and everything is going according to plan until a human shows up and
falls in love with his daughter.
Apparently you only get one ‘zing’ moment in your life. ‘Zing’
is referring to the moment when you know you’re meant to be with this person.
They are ‘the one’, essentially. I thought this idea of ‘the one’ was dying out
now but it’s still alive and kicking in films. I’m not sure why that is.
Perhaps it’s just easier to make a love story sound epic if it’s the big one,
rather than knowing that you’ll meet lots of people who could potentially be
the one. I’m not sure if I believe that Johnny (Andy Samberg) is Mavis’ (Selena Gomez) ‘one’. She has been
cooped up in the hotel for 118 years and the only interaction she’s had is with
monsters who are much older than her and they all have dull (according to her)
tastes. Along comes this young guy who tells interesting stories and she thinks
he’s the one. But if someone else had wandered into the hotel and done the same
thing, would she have thought they were the one? Or was it something particular
to Johnny? I think she just wanted to escape and he represented the place she
wanted to escape to. I could be wrong, who knows.
This was actually kind of enjoyable. I mean, it’s not
exactly memorable or gripping but it’s an easy film to watch. It’s the classic
story about an over protective father who has to come to terms with the fact
that his daughter is growing up and will be living her own life. But with a
monster twist.
6/10
