Huh, somehow it seems like they cannot come up with a good story anymore. There are many scenes and elements that I love but overall the concept feels lacking. My main issue is that some things feel just "stupidly silly". I'm not quite sure how to describe it but it kinda makes me feel stupid when watching it. It also feels a bit too all over the place...

Anyway, there's one very good thing and that are the animations. It feels like the previous movies had better ones but overall they're sill great. Of course they're "silly" to but the good kind of silly. They're really funny and also feel creative(/intelligent) - but there are exceptions of course. I love those animators for making such things happen.

IIRC the first two movies are the best. The third movie introduced Erica and her father and I dislike both, unfortunately. At least Erica became acceptable in this movie.

Tbh at this point I might just be watching Hotel Transylvania movies because of the animations and Selena Gomez (I miss having her as an actress in movies [0] so it's nice to at least have her voice acting - there are of course other good voices and voice performances as well).

Edit: Oh, LOL, Ninja was a voice actor for this?!? Interesting choice, I guess :) I'm not gaming anymore and it's too long ago that I watched a few of his videos so I didn't recognized his voice but I imagine it would've been quite funny if I did :D (E.g. I find John Oliver very funny as a voice actor for similar reasons.)

[0]: Edit2: If I think about it they probably weren't as good as I remember them. There was always something annoying but IIRC I usually liked Selena's performance (in the few select movies that I watched).

_Hotel Transylvania: Transformania_ had a lot of obstacles relating to its release and after viewing the film you can understand why. It’s a lukewarm sendoff that mostly feels like a lethargic attempt to recapture its former glory. It’s built around an entertaining concept that it doesn’t fully capitalize on. It ultimately obliterates character traits for trite gags and cliché punch lines.

**Full review:** https://hubpages.com/entertainment/Hotel-Transylvania-Transformania-2022-Review-A-Monstrous-Monstrosity