Film

My best friend took us to go see Hotel Transylvania the other day, and I must admit that overall it was a really funny movie. You might expect it to be filled with Adam Sandler poop jokes and annoying voices, but it was honestly funny and well done. I was pretty comfortable with the subject matter altogether, and I wouldn’t mind watching a series or another movie in sequel form.

All of that said, as a female I can’t help but notice how my gender was largely ignored—as usual. The main mother in the movie was dead—and not dead as in a monster but present, I mean not even in the film. Two other adult women were in the movie; one had two lines and was perpetually pregnant and happy with dozens of children, the other was pegged as a nag. One of the stars of the film, a teen girl, only really spoke to men, and she falls in love with a human before she’s even had a chance to see the world or really do anything on her own.