The Garfield Movie

I didn't think this would be important to me, but it is. Garfield is more known to have a raspy, "lazy" type of voice. I'm not hating on the actor, but I feel the Garfield in this movie doesn't have that kind of effect.

However, Chris Patt did wonderful with his voice acting. So did everyone else!

The thing is that Jon didn't have a major role, there was more pizza than lasagna, and no Liz.

I would like to say, the movie by itself is good. If you are okay with everything listed, I'd say to watch it. It can be a little fast paced by the start, but it'll slow down later on. In conclusion, the movies good.

This is probably going to end up being a guilty pleasure for me. Now, this isn't the best movie, nowhere close to my top 10 of the year. However, I thought it was a sweet movie. It gave me a smile. Yes, some of the humor is unfunny, a lot of times it can fall flat on its face, but I still had a good time. Again, I thought it was a sweet film! I love a good father-son story. Now they do have some things to fix, but if they could learn from their mistakes, I'd be down to see a sequel. What probably made me the happiest is that it reminded me of the Garfield cartoon I would watch when I was younger. So, it definitely had nostalgia in there for me.

I have been waiting from this film since it was announced during the pandemic back in 2021 but it suddenly got delayed multiple times and at some point many stuff was leaked before release teasing that something was going wrong during production, after the film finally released I realize I was right. The film feels like a less special Garfield version of The Peanuts Movie which instead commits the same mistakes as Toy Story 4 by getting less focus of the iconic characters like Jon Arbuckle and Nermal over new ones like Garfield's father Vic in a mostly boring robbery storyline that you can feel was chopped during production as many scenes feel disconnected and with weird pacing and tonal issues.

"The Garfield Movie" is a pleasant film without further ado, the script is simple and fun, in addition to containing a well-made family message, however it fails to capture the essence of the animated series "Garfield and Friends" or the sarcasm of the strip comedy by Jim Davis. The actors who lend their voices to give life to the characters do a good job. The computer animation has quality but it would have been better if it had been done with old school style animation. The soundtrack, sound design, and editing all achieve their goal without being of superb quality. "The Garfield Movie" is a decent movie, it has fun scenes but it is not wonderful.

It's a good movie (certainly Garfield's best) that shouldn't be taken seriously. You just have to have a good time with your family and enjoy it. There are some jokes that are more childish, but what can you do to it like that is the original children's series. There are also the odd jokes that the older ones can enjoy. The film leaves you with a beautiful message that many of us should take into account. It's not a great adaptation, because it takes several elements that aren't the same as the original series but that's okay, because you replace them with other elements that make the movie feel refreshing and different. Like any movie, not everything is good and this is no exception since there are some characters that I didn't like so much, such as the villain, which in my opinion is the weakest part of the film. It's a good movie to have a good time with the family.