365 Days- Day 24

movie: Hotel Transylvania
starring: Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg
genre: Family, Comedy
year: 2012
format: DVD

plot: After his wife is killed, Count Dracula builds a new castle in the middle of nowhere in order to keep his daughter Mavis safe. It quickly becomes a spot for monsters to vacation.  On the eve of her 118th birthday, Dracula throws a major party, only some how Johnathan, a human stumbles in to the castle. And when he meets Mavis, it's love at first sight.  Now Dracula is trying to keep Johnathan a secret from the rest of the monsters, but only manages to break his daughter's heart by keeping the two teens apart.

This just came out on DVD this week.  I'm happy.  I got to see this in the cinema last fall and loved it!

There are very few vampire movies that I would ever let kids watch, and this is one of them. It is a cartoon, it`s geared for kids over the age of five, and it`s just too cute for words.

This is also a story about how some parents can be over protective at times, letting their pasts mistakes or heartbreak control how they raise their kids.  This is also about being open minded to other cultures.  Dracula in this is so fearful of humans that he`s convinced everyone he knows that trusting humans will lead to certain death for monsters.  This film also brings up the topic of being a control freak and knowing when to relax.

This movie brings too mind the Addams Family and the Munsters, in the effect that the characters function normally and have no clue that they are really different from the rest of us.

what do i think i learned from this film?
At some point, everyone has to be allowed to make their own choices, no matter how hard it is for the people in our lives.  There is a line in the film where Johnathan and Mavis are talking about all the places Johnathan has traveled to, and when Mavis asks him about it he responds by saying what`s the other option just staying at home and never trying anything?