The film to be recommended for you this week is "Elf Hostel". "Elven Hostel" tells the story of an "Elf Hostel" in transylvania's unusually remote land, which was specially built by the vampire Dracula at great expense, providing a place for monsters and their families around the world to indulge in joy and temporarily escape the limitations of human society, "Frankenstein" Franken Stein and his bride, the mummy and the Invisible Man, as well as the werewolf family, where they all sought safe shelter and peace.
Dracula is not only the well-known "Prince of Darkness", he is also a father. Dracula protects his daughter Mervies in every way, lest she be hurt in the slightest. He even made up many stories, most of which were meant to describe how terrible and dangerous the outside world was, in order to dispel his daughter's occasional adventurous spirit.
But when an ordinary human accidentally breaks into the inn and falls in love with Mervies, Dracula realizes that the problem that bothered him the most was finally inevitable.
"Elf Hostel" reverses the image of most of the films where monsters are evil, cruel, and invasive of humans, and has become the object of human persecution, and the monsters live in seclusion in order to escape the persecution of humans, and whenever humans are mentioned, they talk about tiger discoloration and are frightened.
Although this reversal turns the unique horror creatures into cute little pitiful people who sell cute treasures, the joyful atmosphere of the film has been revealed. Especially the innocent eyes of the vampire father and daughter when they transform into bats, and the furry petite body must surely touch the hearts of many female audiences.
Although the theme of the film is not love, the love of Jonathan and Mephis is the core help that drives the film forward, triggers many conflicts and highlights the theme of fatherly love. Love in this film is like the cone of a cones, although it is not the most important, but it can not be lacking.
The vampire culture in the film is an enduring theme in various film and television works, and every once in a while, a vampire-themed movie is highly sought after. The "Twilight" series in previous years rendered the love between humans and vampires to a certain height, and also greatly consumed this subject, if this film focuses on this element, presumably the audience in the aesthetic fatigue period has lost interest. When Dracula saw "Twilight" on the TV in the plane, the audience couldn't help but wonder.
The story of "Elf Hostel" tells us two truths, one is that love does not distinguish between rich and poor, rich and poor, or even race, and the other is the true meaning of parents' love for their children. The two themes seem to be ordinary, but in fact, they have a lot to taste, especially in the film, Count Dracula and his daughter's discussion of the relationship between pampering and letting go, and the multi-dimensional relationship between the future son-in-law, so that the film has an extra layer of things that move the audience in addition to the humor.
The whole film of "Elf Hostel" does not have any particularly big conflicts, showing a joyful, humorous, and funny atmosphere, which is very helpful for attracting low-age moviegoers. The biggest contradiction in the whole film is actually just another manifestation of father's love, when the vampire daughter falls in love with humans, the fear of the death of her wife and the commitment to protect her daughter become the biggest obstacle to her love.
But obviously, this obstacle is easy to remove and easy to resolve, and the existence of the conflict actually makes the various ethnic groups in the film reach reconciliation, the father and the daughter reach a reconciliation, and more importantly, the father has a more open and inclusive concept of how to love and care for his daughter.
In addition, Count Dracula and his future human son-in-law have reconciled and learned the importance of sharing love. And humans have also reached a reconciliation with the monsters, no longer the hatred that you scare me and I kill you, but the harmony that holds up a piece of heaven for the vampires.
Therefore, the whole film of "Elf Hostel" seems ordinary, but it implies a surging emotional impact and joyful experience, and the director uses style to make up for the lack of plot, so "Elf Hostel" looks good, but it is also moving.