{"id":128433,"date":"2024-06-03T18:17:53","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T17:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/?p=2040283"},"modified":"2024-06-03T18:17:53","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T17:17:53","slug":"garfield-movie-forgets-what-makes-the-feline-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/03\/garfield-movie-forgets-what-makes-the-feline-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Garfield Movie\u2019 Forgets What Makes the Feline Fun"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mark Dindal\u2019s \u201cThe Garfield Movie\u201d finds the title character on a journey of self-realization that includes meeting his deadbeat father and improving his friendships with lifelong pal, Odie and Jon.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes, someone thought it was a good idea to take one of the most endearingly self-absorbed figures from the Sunday Morning Funnies and stacks of published books and give him a cute saga about becoming a better cat.<\/p>\n

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In this entirely CGI animated comedy, Garfield (Chris Pratt) and Odie are forced by a feline super villain named Jinx (Hannah Waddingham) to perform a dangerous heist. The overly complicated plot has Garfield collaborating on the robbery with a lovesick bull named Otto (Ving Rhames, the best thing about the movie).<\/p>\n

Garfield also reteams with his father Vic (Samuel L. Jackson) and struggles to reconnect with him after years of neglect.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Garfield Movie\u201d is slightly better and more ambitious than expected, but the determination to take Garfield out of his environment presents mixed results.<\/p>\n

It begins with Garfield texting, ordering junk online and staring endlessly at his phone. Why not try to engage with the irritating portion of the movie theater audience instead of stooping to their level?<\/p>\n

The idea that Garfield has become mindlessly obsessed with his phone has satirical promise but here, it’s celebratory and introduces an avalanche of unwelcome product placement (Garfield watches \u201cCatflix.\u201d Har har) and misguided pop culture references.<\/p>\n

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A prequel that humanizes the sarcastic tabby is a trendy but tone-deaf choice, as Jim Davis\u2019 character (who has been with us since 1978) has managed to remain reliably hilarious for decades because, well, he\u2019s a cat. Garfield is spoiled, greedy, selfish and out only for himself.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the appeal, and he already has Odie to humanize him.<\/p>\n

Pratt\u2019s unmemorable take on the character has nothing on the distinct and funny vocal turn from Bill Murray in the otherwise unexceptional \u201cGarfield\u201d (2004). Despite how out of place he is, Jackson can be counted on to give a reliably professional vocal turn.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not sure what Nicolas Hoult was aiming for in his vocal performance as Jon Arbuckle (the character now sounds downright psychotic).<\/p>\n

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