Last
few film reviews - Fun Size, Hotel Transylvania, Frankenweenie.
Let's dive straight in ... Fun Size is an American teenager
orientated film (I usually avoid those like the plague ... I’m really not a fan
of teenage ‘high jinx’ ... humbug ... but I was bored and I’d seen everything
else apart for Love Bite) the premise is that a girl has to look after her
brother and take him trick or treating on Halloween, she doesn’t want to, he
goes missing, she has to find him before her mother comes home ... cue all
kinds of funny escapades. Yada, yada, yada,
yawn.
Summary, great for teenagers, there are
far better films out there to see for adults.
Hotel Transylvania I quite
enjoyed. It was a lot of fun and made me
laugh – as kids films usually do. I
think these animated films are very clever ... there’s enough funny stuff in
there for adults to enjoy too, either that or I’m still a big kid at
heart! Awwwww. So Hotel Transylvania is Dracula’s lavish
five-stake resort where monsters and their families go to holiday without being
bothered by humans. Dracula invites some
of the world’s most famous monsters to the hotel to celebrate his daughter’s
118th birthday. Trouble
ensues when an unsuspecting human finds himself at the hotel and takes a shine
to Mavis (Drac’s daughter).
It’s a lovely film and not too scary
for kids ... I can’t imagine who wouldn’t enjoy this!
Lastly, Frankenweenie (I think this may
have gone off cinemas now ... it has at my local cinema, but it’s worth a
review anyway). This, in case you’ve
been living in a hole, is another Tim Burton offering and I guess the nearest
think you can compare it to is Corpse Bride.
It had a very dark storyline and I wasn’t entirely sure if I had small
kids, whether I’d want them to watch it.
The story is that a dog dies and his
owner (a small boy) brings him back to life ... bits of him keep dropping off
though which I found quite alarming (but then again, I’m a huge dog
lover). There weren’t many people in the
theatre when I watched it, but two families with small kids did walk out ...
and actually, I can’t blame them. It’s
in black and white too and the subject matter is a bit hard going. Kids love a good story and nice bright
colours, this although I did enjoy it, I couldn’t see how it would really
appeal to kids when there are other fabulous films out there like Madagascar,
Hotel Transylvania and Paranorman.
That’s me
for another day. Enjoy your weekend and
I’ll see you soon. Be fabulous!
Lots of
love
Jx
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