Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation [Includes Digital Copy] [DVD] [2018]

Hotel Transylvania 3 proves there's still plenty of bite left in the series, even if it feels just a touch long in the tooth. Perhaps the ratio of LOL jokes to eye-rollers aren't quite as favorable as in the previous two installments, but there's plenty of blood left to be drawn on, where you'll realize it may be a touch short of the standard it's set for itself, but still rises above 75% of the family movies produced currently. It entertained our family, with our son a bit of a HT snob- he's adored the first two films, really enjoyed this one (especially "Sprinkles," the newest member of the Dracula family, Denisovich's pet dog,) but watched all of one episode of the Netflix series cartoon and immediately pronounced it, "NOT MY Hotel Transylvania". What I respect most about the Hotel Transylvania series, above say, Cars, (which my son also adores,) is that it isn't tied intrinsically to merchandising. New characters don't feel pressed into service as a new toy for the Disney overlords. Characters are allowed to exist much more naturally in the story- while I'm lucky enough that my son doesn't often feel a need to want the newest Car character, (in fact, i'm more likely to hunt it down as a gift for him if he seems to enjoy the character in question,) it's refreshing to know that watching a family movie won't be tied to neverending commercials to sell the newest tied in toy releases that pull at a child's desires. HT is a wonderful series, and it may have lost a quarter step here in the 3rd story, it's still a fun film that will keep the kids and adults entertained. Even if a Hotel Transylvania 4 doesn't return to 5 star territory, if it manages to match the third film, it will remain a welcome, fun, and funny series for the entire family to enjoy!

Hotel Transylvania 3 summer vacation. Anybody who's watched the first two Hotel Transylvania 1 and 2 no the cast yet Adam Sandler's Dracula Selena Gomez as Mavis. Adam Sandberg as Jonathan and so on and so forth. This time instead of taking place in Hotel Transylvania they take a vacation as a giant family out on what looks like a representation of the Titanic to the Bermuda Triangle then the lost city of Atlantis. The only problem is this whole thing has been staged by Abraham Van Helsing Dracula's old nemesis, and his great-great-granddaughter Erika Van Helsing who wants a fallen in love with of course Dracula. If you have the first two this is a must-have it's very quirky but it is worth having in the collection whether you're an adult or whether your kid it's got its funny parts at Scott it's so-so Parts but overall it's a very well done movie.

I loved the first two so I knew I'd like this one too, but I was unable to see it in 3D at the theater. I was OK with that because I knew that I'd get it in 3D when it came out on blu-ray. Unfortunately, like so many other 3D theatrical releases, only 2D is available on blu-ray, at least at first. I'm guessing that they will sell what they can on 2D blu-ray, see what the demand is for 3D and decide then whether or not to sell a 3D version, so if you want that, you'll have to buy it again in 3D. That's why I deducted 1 star.

The steel book is great everything looks very nice, my son and I were very excited to watch this movie as we loved the past 2. But this was aweful. My son lost interest in it and I had as well. The movie lost its ability to stick with the excellent cast they had built to focus on Dracula finding a new love, breaking the rule of only one true zing. They forced the movie through to make him get married in a very horribly scripted boat ride. If you loved the other 2 skip this one it was not worth the purchase.

Drac and the Gang go on vacation. The idea for a vacation is brought up by Dracs daughter. She thinks the reason he seems so down is because he needs one. In reality Drac is beginning to feel the effects of single-dom. While on a vacation cruise with the gang Drac meets a human. He ZINGS (monster love)at first sight. It turns out this Human woman has a connection to his past. I thoroughly enjoy these movies except for one thing. Adam Sandlers voice over. The accent he uses is very cheesy.

This is a very cute 3rd addition to the Hotel Transylvania franchise with the whole cast and a few new monsters to love. There is a little back story in the beginning to introduce Drac's arch enemy, which also leads the plot so that the antagonist can enter, when Drac and company go on a cruise to escape the rigors of running a hotel. Isn't a cruise ship a hotel on water? But all is well, because family, friendship and love win out in the end. Very good sequel.

I really enjoy the first two films, but this one isn’t that great. It has some good laughs and the animation is fun, but the story is the weakest. The other films five the main characters strong arcs and the develop throughout. This film focuses more on a villain character who I didn’t really care for. The main characters don’t get a lot to do in my opinion. Wasn’t a fan of the whole van Helsing storyline.

We have always liked the HT series and this one is no different, it adds a few more characters including a love interest, a solid villain from the human world and a few new characters that are fun (fish and gremlins) it starts out all action, but after that the action comes in only a few instances in the rest of the film, the ending is more than a bit over the top, but good for 80's rockers