And in Frankenweenie, a boy named Victor loses his dog, Sparky, and uses science to ressurect him.
Hotel Transylvania
A monster holiday
A 21st century Adam Sandler that's sometimes *gasp* funny? Yes its true, believe it or not.
Not a scene from the film, but a picture of those who went to the cinema to see Jack and Jill |
Despite stumbling on the comedy a few times and being very predictable, Hotel Transylvania is a nice surprise that shows Adam Sandler can be good when not going too over the top. Sadly, with Grown Ups 2 on the horizon, it looks like he won't learn this lesson anytime soon.
Frankenweenie
A dog's
Tim Burton was once one of Hollywood's best and brightest, giving us Beetlejuice, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood and the first proper Batman film. Yet for quite some time, he's been reduced to remakes and re-adaptations, with mostly mixed results, and now has joined the small group of directors, including Alfred Hitchcock and Michael Haneke, who have gone as far as remaking their own film.
What, no glasses for Sparky? |
Sadly, the films comedic attempts never manage to actually be funny and the mayor's scenes feel like unnecessary filler, but the main issue I had with the film was it's ending. Had it ended about a minute earlier, then I would've loved it even more and a harsh lesson would've been learnt, but Tim Burton opted out of this to deliver an ending which was sappy, tacked on and avoiding of an important message which could've been quite poignant.
Despite a tacked on ending, a lack of laughs and the Mayors unneeded scenes, Frankenweenie is much better than I expected from Tim Burton, considering his later works, and his best film in years.
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