Her Take
By: Chastity N. Benavidez
Dialogue? What dialogue? Garfield was the dominant speaker throughout the entire movie. Though his cracks were funny and most of the time at the expense of some other character in the
His Take
By: Juan Manuel Senties
"Someone please inoculate me," took the words right out of my mouth after an hour and a half of watching the anticipated movie "Garfield." the story starts off with a computer animated corpulent, loud-
movie, they made the cat out to be overbearingly annoying and mean. The story revolved around a bunch of animals rescuing a friend in the city and how much special effect could there be packed into the movie.
the animation of Garfield was very good as his facial expressions and movement were superbly done. Though the movie is targeted at a kid audience, the plot was simple and of no substance, and again very cliché. The casting I thought was well done, Garfield’s voice was perfect: that mellow, low, carefree voice of Bill Murry. Breckin Meyers and Jennifer Love Hewitt were shoe-ins for their roles both physically and in personality as smiling, pretty, animal loving friends
mouthed, tabby cat outsmarting a neighborhood rottweiler. The viewer gets a good look at Garfield's (Bill Murry) home life with his doting, single and nerdish owner Jon (Breckin Meyer). Garfield is living the good life till one day Jon brings home a young dog named Odie who seems to be taking Jon's devotedness to Garfield away. The jealous feline ends up leaving Odie outside one night and the next morning finds that Odie has run away. Garfield soon learns that Odie has been taken by Happy Chapman, a local TV celebrity who is using Odie to better his show. Filled with guilt, Garfield sets off to the city to rescue his innocent canine friend with help on the way from rodents, felines and canines.
Though the movie's star gives the audience chuckles with his sarcastic, blunt and obnoxious one-liners, it does not save the movie from the noticeable lack in dialogue and detail.
The human interaction in the movie with the romantic sub-plot between Jon and the beautiful veterinarian, Jennifer Love Hewitt, is limited and cheesy. The movie's special effects were the animation of Garfield and his facial expressions, and the trained animals, which were excellent. The dancing scene between Garfield and Odie is a perfect example of both special effects.
The music was very good, fitting the action well. Bill Murray's comical techniques kept the movie generally interesting, but not many want to see a one-man show. Though the movies cast is adorable, I found it to obnoxious, inconsistent and shallow.
