Everyone was disappointed when the live-action Garfield movies came out. Well, 90% of people are disappointed whenever any live-action adaptation comes out. Anyway, it seems like it would be much more suitable to make actual cartoon movies with Garfield. We got our wish with this film and a couple others. A pity some people view this as even worse. Looking back, I used to love "Garfield" when I was a kid. It's weird, because now I just don't associate with it at all anymore. I guess you could say I just outgrew it, but it's more than that. I can look back at stuff like "Peanuts" or "Sesame Street" and be impressed at how it holds up as an adult.
Garfield just comes off as boring to me nowadays. So the fact that this film was lacking in laughs in every way imaginable made it seem like a pretty faithful adaptation. Most of this story is dumb. There's a couple good moments, but it's mostly spoiled by terrible CGI. These characters are just plain ugly to look at. The biggest saving grace is Frank Welker as superhero Garfield. He reuses the Nibbler voice from "Futurama". It is so much fun to listen to him! This film just isn't funny and it makes little sense within the world it creates. If you're still into Garfield, good for you, but I just want to avoid it. *1/2
Garfield just comes off as boring to me nowadays. So the fact that this film was lacking in laughs in every way imaginable made it seem like a pretty faithful adaptation. Most of this story is dumb. There's a couple good moments, but it's mostly spoiled by terrible CGI. These characters are just plain ugly to look at. The biggest saving grace is Frank Welker as superhero Garfield. He reuses the Nibbler voice from "Futurama". It is so much fun to listen to him! This film just isn't funny and it makes little sense within the world it creates. If you're still into Garfield, good for you, but I just want to avoid it. *1/2