Hotel Transylvania (2012)

[a childish & bland movie]

Hotel Transylvania (2012)
IMDB- 7.1
Rottentomatoes- 43%
RJG Rating- 30

Count Dracula ,builds a lavish hotel to house the monsters from their

Starring- Adam Sandler,Andy Samberg,Selena Gomez
Director- Genndy Tartakovsky

Animation is quirky and colorful.The characters are nicely created ,but arent so great.Its the usual bland set of characters.It doesnt try to be innovative in any way and just settles for what is easily available.

The story is very poor.The concept was good but it was poorly built upon.It is too childish and doesnt take upon any twists.It actually is a poor mash up of various movies.From start to finish its predictable and there is absolutely nothing new.

Direction by Genndy Tartakovsky is poor.He takes the easy way out by catering this movie only for kids. And being a comedy-horror movie ,its neither.There is hardly anything funny throughout the duration of the movie.The pacing of the movie is fast though, it makes full utilization of its 90min.

Overall ,Hotel Transylvania is a poor movie but will be fun for the kids.

Animation- 3/5
Story- 1/5
Direction- 1/5
Action- 3/5
Comedy- 1/5

Zero Dark Thirty makes a big surprise

Zero Dark Thirty makes a big surprise 

[Jan11-13]

1-Even though Zero Dark Thirty has been playing in limited cinemas for a couple weeks since Christmas ,it opened nationwide on the weekend.And the movie has made $24million ,which is well above all expectations.After this weeks Oscar nominations ,ZDT managed to pick 5 nominations ,and this is one of the reasons for the movies great opening.The movie has been critically praised ,and Jessica Chastain has already won a Golden Globe for Best Actress for ZDT.The movie has a rating of 93%.

2-A Haunted House made a good opening too.With $18.8 million,Haunted House came 2nd.The movie has already been given the title of the Worst movie of 2013.With a rating of just 09% ,its been universally panned.But with a budget of $2.5million ,the movie is already reaping profits.

3-Gangster Squad opened below expectations with $16.7 million.Though stylish and action packed ,the movie was said to be suffering from a weak script and poor direction.With a rating of just 34% ,the movie will drop steeply in the coming days.

4-Django Unchained managed to make just $11million on its 3rd week.With this the movie has made $125million domestically ,making it Quentin's highest grossing movie in the US.

5-Les Miserables made $10million to bring its worldwide gross to $238million.The movie might have a good hold for the next couple weeks after Huge Jackman & Anne Hathaway's win at the Golden Globes.

Hobbit 1 has now made a worldwide total of $886million ,and has overtaken Fellowship of the Ring($869million). Next in line is Two Towers with $923million.

This week we have 4 different movies.My Pick Of the Week will be---

1-Silver Linings Playbook:This movie has been running in limited cinemas for a couple of weeks and it has racked up excellent reviews.Also this is the first movie in almost 30 years to get nominated in all 4 acting categories for the Oscars.Directed by David Russell (the Fighter) ,this is a comedy/romance/drama movie and has a rating of 91%.This is RJG's PICK OF THE WEEK

2-Mama is a horror movie produced by Guillermo del Toro.The story is about 2 girls who are found in the forest after their mother was murdered.No reviews are out for this movie but after seeing the short movie on which this movie was based on ,Mama might turn out to be good.

3-Broken City features A-List Actor ,Mark Wahlberg & Russel Crowe.Directed by Allen Hughes (Book of Eli) ,this is crime thriller.This looks like a movie with nothing great to offer ,its not being promoted very well either.No reviews out yet.

4-Finally we have The Last Stand ,which is action superstar Arnold Schwarzenegger's first lead movie after 2003's Terminator 3.This action movie is looking to make a big debut ,but it also looks like nothing new or innovative.No reviews out yet.

2013 Golden Globes Winner

The 2013 Golden Globes kept all happy ,awarding all the major movies.Argo & Les Miserables were the highlights though.

Ben Affleck was snubbed earlier this week by the Oscars ,but he was selected as the Best Director for his movie Argo.The movie later went on to nab The Best Film Drama as well.
Les Miserables was another big winner winning Best Film- Musical/Comedy.Huge Jackman (Best Actor Musical) & Anne Hathaway (Best Supporting actress) won too.
Django Unchained grabbed 2 deserving awards for Best Supporting Actor (Christoph Waltz) & Best Screenplay (Quentin).
Lincoln ,Zero Dark Thirty & Silver Linings won awards for Best Actor Drama, Actress Drama & Actress Comedy respectiveley.
Life of Pi got the Best Score while Skyfall's theme song won Best Song.Brave suprisingly won the Best Animated movie.

In the TV section, Homeland ,Game Change & Girls were the big winners.

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