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Garfield -- why?

eddie thirteen

20:42 / 11.06.04

Can someone explain this shit to me? I hate to sound confrontational and shit, but what the FUCK, man? I mean, seriously. Is American culture really so pathetic that we *need* a 90-minute film about an oratory cat who eats a lot, and...like...he eats a lot...isn't that funny? Oh, and wait -- he also HATES DOGS! Oh my GOD! I am weeping with laughter over here. Does anyone even *like* Garfield? Why the hell can I not turn on my television without being confronted by this reminder of the vapid, shallow emptiness of modern America, and quite possibly the absence of God himself? What...what the FUCK, man!

....Thank you.

Grey Area

20:58 / 11.06.04

"Is American culture really so pathetic that we *need* a 90-minute film about an oratory cat who eats a lot, and...like...he eats a lot...isn't that funny?"

Short answer: Yes.

Seriously though, I wonder who decided that the cartoon/live action crossover genre was the next thing that needed reviving from Hollywood's bone closet. We've had Scooby-Doo 1 & 2, Loony Tunes and if memory serves there's one other diabolical offering in the works apart from Garfield. Which one exactly escapes me for the moment, but I'm sure it's something similarly suitable for adaptation to the big screen...like Ziggy.

Having seen the previews for this...thing...I feel violated in strange, etheral ways. There is no way there is a decent movie lurking in this franchise exploitation.

adamswish

18:14 / 12.06.04

Actually had a look through the site for this last night and got more of a "Cats & Dogs" vibe from it then anything else.

The rest of the cast are real cats, dogs and humans (and I'm including Jennfier Love Hewitt in that statement) while Garfield himslef is all CGI and voiced by Bill Murray (which is about the only stand-out point of this movie).

Foust is SO authentic

19:20 / 12.06.04

What, was Murrary paid in semi-nude photos of Scarlette Johanson for LiT? Did he need the money so badly that he agreed to do this movie?

wicker woman

03:16 / 13.06.04

Come now, it couldn't have been any less attractive to him than the script for Ghostbusters II.

Lord Morgue

13:40 / 13.06.04

Well, since he got booted out of the Charlie's Angels franchise after Lucy Liu slapped him...
Man, I bet it was a real Ling slap, like POWWWWW! I see him in slow motion, with shockwaves rippling back and forth through his jowls, eyes watering little zero-gee tear-globules, like Tobey Maguire in Spider-Man when the pumpkin bomb goes off in his face, or Fight Club when Ed Norton shoots himself through the cheek. I bet it left a big red mark, too. Am I the only one getting turned on by this? A lot of men would pay good money to have Lucy Liu slap them around.
AS for the fat fuck cat- couldn't be any worse than the Tom and Jerry movie. They had straw hats and sang! I can't believe the choreographer was Nada from Get Crazy. Sob.

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