Garfield movie: Bad call, Ripley.

May 19, 2004 by  

Just a quick note following the viewing of the latest commercial for what looks to be a hideously bad movie….

If there was only ONE thing I was allowed to point out that looked like an idiotic idea on some studio exec’s part it’s this:

Odie is not CGI.

Odie and Garfield are Yin and Yang in the comic strip. Two sides of the same coin. They should be portrayed on the screen equivalent to each other. It is completely jarring to see the CGI Garfield in a scene with the dog. I say “the dog” because that is not Odie.

Odie is a very unique looking dog in cartoon land and I’m quite sure he is not a Jack Russell Terrier. Either CGI Garfield + CGI Odie or “Morris the cat” + “actor dog”. Mix and match doesn’t work here.

Just plain stupid.

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  1. Brian    8 years ago

    I agree, the CGI and real-life animal mixture doesn’t really work. What scares me more than that is the fact that we don’t really know what the story is. The trailers and commercials seem to be screaming, “Look at the awesome CGI! Isn’t it great how the CGI interacts with the real-life animals?” The story will probably turn out to be only a sidenote to the filmmakers’ love of CGI, and hopefully the box office will reflect that. It doesn’t seem like it will do terribly well, but it’s always hard to say with kids’ movies. Besides, Scooby Doo made $150 million, so what do I know?

  2. Vic    8 years ago

    Great point about the lack of attention to story in the commercials/trailers. I agree that it will probably just be a vehicle for the gimmick.

    I have to admit my daughter laughed quite a bit at the commercial….

    It still looks awful.

    Vic

  3. Brian    8 years ago

    I’m sure your daughter is among the film’s target audience. However, what the filmmakers apparently forgot is that the parents who take them have to sit through it, too.

    Brian

  4. jamus    6 years ago

    The movie sucked!