People keep defending this movie by saying “oh it’s just a kids movie don’t be so critique about it” when a kids movie CAN be enjoyed by both kids and adults with good writing. Even a lot of kids aren’t that excited for this movie
A similar thing fans of video games (Sonic, FNAF, etc.) are doing that with video game flim adapations when they get avarage reviews from critics by saying "it's made for the fans"
Yeah to that I always say STFU. A good kids movie is one that can be enjoyed by adults as well and that leaves its mark on you. Anything can be critiqued, incl kids films.
I always hate this argument and it happens every time some kids movie comes out and is divisive (I haven't seen this Garfield movie as a sidenote, this is just a general statement). There are plenty of extremely well made kids movies which are better than 99% of adult movies, people who make this argument really need to come up with better reasons to defend these kinds of movies. They don't use the argument to demean genuinely fantastic kids movies which one could easily do, they just use it to defend unspectacular kids movies. Kids may not have high standards but they still won't enjoy everything made for them.
@@mariajimenafigueroa233 To be fair, they're correct in that assessment. Unlike the weirdos claiming that you shouldn't critique a kids movie because it's made for kids. I can 100% critique a kids movie especially if it's a bad one. There's no shortage of good kids media and giving kids better media will make them more aware of when bad media gets made.
Something not everyone is talking about is how the character dynamic between Garfield and Odie feels weird and off. Not much is here from other Garfield media, but Garfield and Odie are basically front and center, and their dynamic is totally different here. In most other Garfield media Odie is stupid, and Garfield treats him as such and takes advantage of that. In the movie, though, Odie is weirdly intelligent and he's almost like Garfield's servant. It's just weird how different it is, it's like whoever wrote them has never seen anything from the franchise before. It's just more generic for no reason.
Imagine someone who doesn’t like the Garfield franchise worked on the movie, I honestly wouldn’t be surprised as that has happened multiple times in other franchises where a person who hates that franchise works on a movie about it
To be fair the comic makes plenty of jokes about Odie not being as stupid as he looks, but he's definitely never as consistently smart as he is in the movie
In the gaf and the two cgi movies , Odie acts like the average dog but It’s actually not uncommon for Odie to be smart , the Garfield show and some of the comic bits proves that but at the same time he’s a dog who gives into his instincts which what makes him somewhat dumb compared to Garfield who has a more human behavior. The movie lacks that balance between smart and dumb Odie . The movie also makes the two seem like best friends with no bad blood despite Garfield and Odie have numerous moments in the comics , shows , and moives . where they don’t get along . Those moments is what makes a friendship seem real the good and the bad .
@@creampuff85 ooh, bad. That's bad. I remember reading about how _Masters of the Universe: Revelation_ failed for that EXACT reason. Kevin Smith (Silent Bob) hated the _He-Man_ franchise and also never watched it.
A movie about Garfield should be a slam dunk. He sleeps, eats lasagna, loves to humiliate Odie, and constantly ridicules Jon. Garfield's personality is defined by all of these traits. So why in the world is the plot about a neglectful father coming back to win over his son?
Yeah, it's weird: the character's most iconic elemenets are his lazyness, gluttousness and snarky sense of humour, and in most comic strips are about character interactions with his housemates and neighboors or dealing with shenanigans at home. I don't get why the movies and most of his animated media in general try to shove him into a bunch of grand adventures, Garfield's overall character goes entirely against this sort of premise, unless you manage to find a way to pull it off really well.
@@TrojanStrikeAnimations42069I mean they can find creative ways to showcase Garfield's traits and put them into a feature film. It's better than forcing a generic plot just to fill time :/
Because those traits don't correlate to taking up at least an hour and a half in a feature film. Its why every Garfield film has had to add something to give it more substance.
@@TrojanStrikeAnimations42069 Just make the actual story about Jon and use Garfield as a snarky comedic relief who comments on what happens while staying a normal lazy cat. Would fit his character so mich better than whatever this melodramatic bullshit is.
HEY the animation of this actually looked great compared to the CGI animation in The Garfield Show on cartoon network back then. That's really the only good thing it has going for it tho.
Chris Pratt is the best person ever. He has so much range such as Chris Pratt as Lego, Chris Pratt as space asshole, Chris Pratt as funny plumber and Chris Pratt as a cat who likes lasagne
It drives me crazy that the designs for the other cats make Garfield look so tiny. Garfield is supposed to be a big fat cat, why are the other cats so much larger?
The difference being that both chicken little and emperor's new groove ended up that way due to disney meddling with it (for better or worse) and i dont see any stories about that here
Can't wait for Chris Pratt to voice Chris Pratt and to watch it at the Cris Pratt movie theater alongside with my friend Chris Pratt while eating Chris Bread.
@@rohayaismail3708"He's Chris Pratt, he's Chris Pratt, you're Chris Pratt, I am Chris Pratt! Are there any more Chris Pratts I should know about?" Chris Pratt: "Meow."
I walked into the theater expecting a fun time with Garfield and his dad, instead all I got was a purple bull wanting to break into a barn to free his cow waifu
@@stitchlover4381 I can't really come up with anything that is particularly interesting or at least would tie into the source material of the comics or even the animated shows
To me Garfield movies will never truly reach their full potential until they start making Jon the most prominent character in one of these. From what I've heard about the comics, Jon is like 95% of the point in them, Garfield and Odie are just the most marketable characters.
Garfield without Garfield is the Sole Proof of It Also Consider that the Very First Garfield Comic Strip had Jon Introducing everything as well So Jon Arbuckle is highly important
Garfield 2024 feels like a movie that should have came out in the mid 2010s, like somewhere before or after the Peanuts Movie. Except Peanuts managed to get an actually good comic strip adaptation on the big screen compared to this lazy mediocrity.
While I enjoyed this movie (I just got back from the theater), I can definitely say that I do prefer _The Peanuts Movie_ over this. It was definitely more faithful to its source material. Edit: Looking at a previous comment someone made, it's become clear that most of these movie adaptations often fall flat because they're based on things that don't have enough going on to make a cinematic movie. A cartoon, maybe, but not a movie (aside from Garfield, there's also Alvin and the Chipmunks, Peter Rabbit, Angry Birds, etc.). That's why they end up unfaithful, because they need to be spiced up to make a movie. Movie adaptations like _The Peanuts Movie_ and _Christopher Robin_ worked since the franchises they were based on have already proven that you _can_ make a movie with all that they have to offer because they have enough going on for them to be on the big screen.
The second I saw that awful overused trope of an established character’s parent coming back who no one ever cared or asked about along with all the heist stuff from the trailers, I knew that the movie was doomed.
I mean, should this really be a shock? Garfield never really had that much depth to begin with, especially the comic strips and cartoons. Those who knew that shouldn't really expect much from this movie, it's serviceable at best.
yeah, as someone who used to watch alot of Garfield shows/movies, most Garfield "stories"(outside of His 9 lives) aren't really Garfield centric and moreso just random adventures that have Garfield just plopped into them. "what if Garfield and his friends where superheroes?" "what if Garfield goes into the real world?" and such, which is why i wasnt to bothered by the movies weird father abandonment evil cat lady bull love story plot thing (although the bull side plot does get alot of unnecessary focus tbh).
Agreed, the bit can only be stretched for so longer before it gets old. But it’s their job as filmmakers to get creative with it. You and I could create a more compelling narrative about Garfield that makes sense in probably a day. Meanwhile this is what professionals came up with
now when LS Mark will finally rank every Garfield & Friends and The Garfield Show episode? with the amount of Garfield videos he's been making, I think he's becoming a big fan of the franchise :D
My opinion is Garfield is genuinely just not meant to be a movie. I don't know how anyone is expected to push a cat that likes lasagna and does funny comic strips into a movie and they could do a show adaptation, but that would just be them on some 30 minute wacky adventure. There is pretty much no way to make a Garfield movie without having some goofy and non-canon subplot that doesn't even relate to the comics.
’d like a Garfield movie where Liz leaves Jon because he’s a no good loser simp before blowing his brains out. And then Garfield comes in to see his owner dead and angry he has no one to feed him. But then he realizes he can eat Jon’s corpse and finds it delicious. Then, days after no one sees Jon, they come to his house to find Garfield had eaten most of him and assume he killed Jon. They then put Garfield down while Odie goes to a foster home where his vegan owners starve him with meat substitutes.
I do have a minor nitpick regarding Odie. Odie is probably the smartest character in this whole movie, which is odd considering Odie is an idiot for every other iteration of the character.
I agree there should have been balance like they did with him in the show , movie made feel like Odie didn’t have much of personality when the made him too smart .
Look, I get why the live action movies get the shit they do. But Bill Murray NAILED Garfield in them. The only thing garfield about Chris Pratt's is the design.
i hate how they need to get milk in this movie 😭 its rlly bad for adult cats to have milk since theyre lactose intolerant and milk leads to vomiting and diarrhea
@@Jetterz1999 i mean maybe he signed a contract before he even did it but i mean if he did do it for money that was probably his easiest paycheck. honestly kinda respect it
The whole “garfield reuniting with an estranged parent” thing is done so much better in one of the tv specials. I think it was garfield on the town but I don’t really care enough to look it up
The film just felt so rushed and didn’t feel like a Garfield movie its just some random adventure that happens to slap Garfield and so much annoying ads on there
God dammit, I was going to make that Chris Pratt joke in the comments, with the same punchline and everything! But you just had to beat me to it! Curse you LS The Mark!
@@ShirubaGin Sometimes when he says he’ll upload a video in a few minutes/hours/tomorrow, it usually gets delayed. but it’s never really his fault it happens.
"The world of Garfield seems limited." There is the show Garfield and Friends. If you love Garfield, or even like him just a bit, I don't think you can go wrong with this one.
Garfield comic lore is insane, they didn't even scratch the surface with the movie Heck, they didn't even bother to put Garfield's actual mom from the comics in
I remember reading an article that made this observation: This Garfield movie is probably the most faithful adaptation of the comic, in particular the comedy and structure as they compared it to the comic during the 80s and 90s (with even Jim Davies saying as such) and that is why critics and movie buffs are tearing it a new one.
Kinda spoilers, don't read further if you want to go in 100% blind I don't think that's true. Jon, even though I don't hate him in this movie or anything, is depicted as much more of a clumsy, but well-meaning everyman in this movie, rather than the lovable dork he was in the 90s comics Also, several important characters from the comics don't make a return in the plot (and Jon's mostly sidelined by the new characters), like Arlene, Nermal, and Liz (the latter two only get small cameos), not even Garfield's mom appears which is really odd considering they made an entirely new character as his dad I think Garfield & Friends does a better job, even though it does swap out Arlene for Penelope I feel like the stories are much more Garfield-y than how action-focused the movie gets near the end I don't think it's a bad movie, I liked it in the theater, but it's not very Garfield to me (Unless you meant in comparison to the other movies, in which case I agree since it's not hard when your competition is two live action/CGI hybrid movies)
Unless Bill Murray was contractually obligated to come back, there's no way he'd ever want to come back for another one. Especially how much he hates the films in many interviews. Also, it took so long for him to be in another Ghostbusters movie, so trying to get him in an animated adaptation nobody wanted would be impossible. 😅
Why Welker isn't a big enough legend for movie producers to include him is beyond me, the man's been voicing Fred since Scooby-Doo's inception Unfortunately it seems like he just barely landed to be in the SCOOB! movie, since he doesn't even voice Fred in that movie, just Scooby (and probably because they couldn't find any celebrity with the range to play Scooby like Welker can)
It shows how much the casting people has narrow setted mind on things, such as A list celebs taking something nostalgic and making their mark. I was like "Lorenzo Music helped create this character! You can't do that!" Especially when Frank Welker has voiced Garfield a handful of times and NAILED IT. I wish Hollywood would leave it alone
I think Garfield is like Tom & Jerry,both are very short things that can't really work in longer formats (movies) and also doesn't really have much depth in general so I don't think a Garfield movie is a good idea
I feel like the first Tom and Jerry Movie had some good quality elements, and many fans enjoyed the Racing Movie that came out in 2005. But then the Tom and Jerry Movies went through a weird cross-over phase and lost their charm.
They could’ve had any other animal character as the main character and it would’ve been the same, Garfield is almost a complete non factor in his own movie 😭
11:12 I liked the movie but I'm glad I finally hear someone criticizing this joke, it felt like it went on for AGES when I saw the movie and I'm surprised this is the first time I hear someone bring it up
Honestly, if they ever do a sequel, they should either: A) Adapt the original 1988 script for Garfield's Judgement day (a cancelled Garfield 2D animated movie written by Jim davis himself), or B) Just take the extended cast, somber tone, more Child-like Garfield, and just more interesting edge from the Film Roman era of the character, such as the specials, and Garfield and Friends. They not only have bouncy animation, great songs, surprisingly witty dialogue and a fun cast, but they can also be very heartwarming when needed (the ending sequence from Garfield on the town, as well as the rocking chair scene from the Christmas special are still just well made tear-jerkers).
Honestly from everything I've seen so far, the plot of "meets dad after many years + heist mission" seems like something that would be in an animated *sequel*, not a first movie.
I skipped over the sponsor I didn't realize that Mark just implied he basically used and advertised a vape lite (outside of the normal "get off this bad habit!" usecase) What the fuck?
The worst part of the movie is the lactose farm characters. They just seem very out of place and annoying, I would've liked the movie if that entire side plot didn't exist.
The Garfield comics are at their best when they showcase how much John and Odie and Garf actually care about each other, and thats what grabbed my attention in the trailer is the moment when John is kind to baby Garf. I think they could have done a genuinely heartfelt story about biological family versus found family, but you know, movies have to be marketable now instead of genuine stories
The thing that doesn't work about this movie is that Jon is barely in it when hes the driving force behind almost everything in Garfield. Jon forces Garfield into the antics and most of Garfields talking moments in the strips are his smart aleck remarks to Jons craziness or life in general. Without Jon, Garfield isn't that interesting to watch. But for some reason all these adaptations shove Jon in the back and have Garfield interact with random animal characters.
Honestly if the kids who were litteraly watching the film in your theatre got confused as to what the hell was even happening then i doubt this film is even gonna have much rewatch value at all for families and younger audiences
It seems almost like setting Chris Pratt up to look bad by casting him with Samuel Jackson. Samuel Jackson is a face actor that gets frequently used in animated films for his big name, and he doesn't really have a voice other than his own, but he's very good at voice acting despite this. Meanwhile, Chris Pratt has the first two traits but not the third.
Honestly, I liked the movie, but channels and reviewers like these are why it's so hard to make movies nowdays in general. They expect the movie to fail They go into cinemas wondering how it will fail They then complain about not liking it Cynicism and bad faith criticism all around Bonus points for endlessly quoting TVtropes, pointing out "Cliches" like they're themselves not derivative of CynicalReviews, Mr.Enter, Schaffrillas, Shady, etc.
This right here! Media has always been subjective, I don't care what a RUclips critic (btw with no experience) has to say just because they have followers just enjoy what you enjoy people!
It wasn’t the best movie, but i don’t think it was that bad. Of course if it was just an animated movie without a known character it’d probably be less talked about or just fly under the radar. But as a Garfield movie with a reunite with father plot it was okay.
I went to see this movie with my boyfriend at the latest time it was showing. We came in 15 minutes late and there was one family in the theater. We went in expecting a fun time to make fun of a shitty movie but it was so unbelievably boring there was nothing to joke about. Ten minutes later, the screen went black and the lights came on and no one came to fix it.
Also it was one of the first films to have an emphasis on using stylized CGI instead of the realism Pixar look. 3 years before Into the Spider-Verse did it.
One thing I like about this movie is Garfileds character development. At the start he talks about how he had never jumped, but near the end he does insane leaps in logic for the plot to work. Trully an incredible hero's journey
I get your point regarding the end credits song and how they might as well have included it in the film, but it probably would've felt out of place within the story and dragged things out more. That, and I appreciate when behind-the-scenes material is included during movie credits. Doesn't happen often, but it's nice. Also, at my screening, when the two cows embraced offscreen at the end, a kid in the audience shouted "I THOUGHT THIS WAS A G-RATED MOVIE!!!", then tried to shout it again, cuz he thought he was that clever, before his dad quietly told him to shut up.
THANK YOU! I also made a video about how bad this movie was and it got bombed with dislikes and hate comments. Glad to see that some people haven’t gone insane.
The whole "kid saying what is that" WASN'T because he wasn't paying attention, it's because he either doesn't know what a tally mark is, or (this one is the reason *I* didn't get it) the way Snoop Dog Cat was saying it was VERY confusing (especially because he was saying "brand" instead of "tally mark").
@happinessstudios3889 you just proof his point everyone hates everything that is not their taste and wants to comment on why they hate it,you are the one stuck in a bubble buddy a toxic lonely bubble
@@dukcboy912 And you're juding my entire life base on a comment. I have a normal life and I don't care about a random stranger on the internet say about my life. I don't even care, I don't even watch Mark that often anymore. Let's just forget each other forever
I don't know why, but every time I see media where Garfield's lips are moving, it just throws me off. Obviously, Garfield can't talk; he speaks in thought bubbles. So why have him look likes he's talking when he can't? Again, I don't get why that bothers me so much.
It’s interesting that this is the most recent animated movie Mark Dindal had directed. He also directed Disney’s The Emperors New Groove, Disney’s Chicken Little and Warner Bros. Cat’s Don’t Dance, but the other projects he was involved with between this movie and Chicken Little were shelved such as a movie based on Funko Pops as he departed that project.
The creator of Calvin and Hobbes won't ever let a movie happen. He's pretty protective of the property. There's barely any merchainse outside of a few books.
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Next thing you know I’ll be voiced by Chris Pratt
Next thing you know Mr Beast will be voiced by Chris Pratt
Next thing you know shrek will be voiced by Chris Pratt
Chris Pratt will be playing Chris Pratt
@@joeyravioliThat's the worst part
*He alredy is*
What next? Pratt and Charlie Day voicing Calvin and Hobbes?!
People keep defending this movie by saying “oh it’s just a kids movie don’t be so critique about it” when a kids movie CAN be enjoyed by both kids and adults with good writing. Even a lot of kids aren’t that excited for this movie
A similar thing fans of video games (Sonic, FNAF, etc.) are doing that with video game flim adapations when they get avarage reviews from critics by saying "it's made for the fans"
Yeah to that I always say STFU. A good kids movie is one that can be enjoyed by adults as well and that leaves its mark on you. Anything can be critiqued, incl kids films.
Honestly “it’s a kids movie” sounds more like an insult to the thing you’re trying to defend
I always hate this argument and it happens every time some kids movie comes out and is divisive (I haven't seen this Garfield movie as a sidenote, this is just a general statement). There are plenty of extremely well made kids movies which are better than 99% of adult movies, people who make this argument really need to come up with better reasons to defend these kinds of movies. They don't use the argument to demean genuinely fantastic kids movies which one could easily do, they just use it to defend unspectacular kids movies. Kids may not have high standards but they still won't enjoy everything made for them.
@@mariajimenafigueroa233
To be fair, they're correct in that assessment. Unlike the weirdos claiming that you shouldn't critique a kids movie because it's made for kids. I can 100% critique a kids movie especially if it's a bad one. There's no shortage of good kids media and giving kids better media will make them more aware of when bad media gets made.
Something not everyone is talking about is how the character dynamic between Garfield and Odie feels weird and off. Not much is here from other Garfield media, but Garfield and Odie are basically front and center, and their dynamic is totally different here. In most other Garfield media Odie is stupid, and Garfield treats him as such and takes advantage of that. In the movie, though, Odie is weirdly intelligent and he's almost like Garfield's servant. It's just weird how different it is, it's like whoever wrote them has never seen anything from the franchise before. It's just more generic for no reason.
Idk maybe garfield hypnotised odie into it through dog food
Imagine someone who doesn’t like the Garfield franchise worked on the movie, I honestly wouldn’t be surprised as that has happened multiple times in other franchises where a person who hates that franchise works on a movie about it
To be fair the comic makes plenty of jokes about Odie not being as stupid as he looks, but he's definitely never as consistently smart as he is in the movie
In the gaf and the two cgi movies , Odie acts like the average dog but It’s actually not uncommon for Odie to be smart , the Garfield show and some of the comic bits proves that but at the same time he’s a dog who gives into his instincts which what makes him somewhat dumb compared to Garfield who has a more human behavior. The movie lacks that balance between smart and dumb Odie .
The movie also makes the two seem like best friends with no bad blood despite Garfield and Odie have numerous moments in the comics , shows , and moives . where they don’t get along .
Those moments is what makes a friendship seem real the good and the bad .
@@creampuff85 ooh, bad. That's bad. I remember reading about how _Masters of the Universe: Revelation_ failed for that EXACT reason. Kevin Smith (Silent Bob) hated the _He-Man_ franchise and also never watched it.
A movie about Garfield should be a slam dunk. He sleeps, eats lasagna, loves to humiliate Odie, and constantly ridicules Jon. Garfield's personality is defined by all of these traits.
So why in the world is the plot about a neglectful father coming back to win over his son?
Yeah, it's weird: the character's most iconic elemenets are his lazyness, gluttousness and snarky sense of humour, and in most comic strips are about character interactions with his housemates and neighboors or dealing with shenanigans at home.
I don't get why the movies and most of his animated media in general try to shove him into a bunch of grand adventures, Garfield's overall character goes entirely against this sort of premise, unless you manage to find a way to pull it off really well.
...... it's a cat who eats and sleeps all day, how can you translate that routine into a feature film
@@TrojanStrikeAnimations42069I mean they can find creative ways to showcase Garfield's traits and put them into a feature film. It's better than forcing a generic plot just to fill time :/
Because those traits don't correlate to taking up at least an hour and a half in a feature film. Its why every Garfield film has had to add something to give it more substance.
@@TrojanStrikeAnimations42069 Just make the actual story about Jon and use Garfield as a snarky comedic relief who comments on what happens while staying a normal lazy cat. Would fit his character so mich better than whatever this melodramatic bullshit is.
'Quick john,bury me in celebrity voice actors and low budget animation'
HEY the animation of this actually looked great compared to the CGI animation in The Garfield Show on cartoon network back then.
That's really the only good thing it has going for it tho.
@@stitchlover4381 I forgot about that show lol,you just brought back some childhood memories
@@carraigroche9663 At least remove the first damn comment
@Broccoli263 my bad I thought the first one didn't send
@@stitchlover4381the cgi on the show was insane 😭💀
Chris Pratt is the best person ever. He has so much range such as Chris Pratt as Lego, Chris Pratt as space asshole, Chris Pratt as funny plumber and Chris Pratt as a cat who likes lasagne
Chris Pratt but dinosaur guy
Chris Pratt is not a space asshole, he’s a space A-HOLE
I hope Chris Pratt voices Glup Shitto in the next new Star Wars series
Chris Pratt is indeed.....so cool.
I wouldn't say best
It drives me crazy that the designs for the other cats make Garfield look so tiny. Garfield is supposed to be a big fat cat, why are the other cats so much larger?
And why didn't Garfield fit in the vent that his much larger father could fit into? I'm assuming it was some kind of fat joke.
@@member-berry-bonbons1124 That was actually one of the funnier jokes to me, just the absurdity of it made me laugh
@@member-berry-bonbons1124 Garfield literally yells about that it's hilarious YOU'RE BIGGER THAN ME!!!! (The vent doesn't agree!!)😂😂😂😂
What’s crazy about this movie is that, this is the same director who directed Chicken Little and The Emperor’s New Groove.
The difference being that both chicken little and emperor's new groove ended up that way due to disney meddling with it (for better or worse) and i dont see any stories about that here
How did he make The Emperor's New Groove, which is actually funny and well written, and then 2 mid movies?
@@s-viper1462Emperor’s New Groove came before those other two not after
@@audiovisualcringe I do see how the wording could be misinterpreted.
Also cats don't dance
Can't wait for Chris Pratt to voice Chris Pratt and to watch it at the Cris Pratt movie theater alongside with my friend Chris Pratt while eating Chris Bread.
Chris Pratt-nera bread
Next thing we know thats everyone on is will be Chriss Pratt
@@rohayaismail3708"He's Chris Pratt, he's Chris Pratt, you're Chris Pratt, I am Chris Pratt!
Are there any more Chris Pratts I should know about?"
Chris Pratt: "Meow."
@BoosieFade21 "I'm outta here." *Leaves Chris Pratt movie theatre*
@@itspienoon7883 :(
I walked into the theater expecting a fun time with Garfield and his dad, instead all I got was a purple bull wanting to break into a barn to free his cow waifu
LMAO REAL😂
Don’t ever say “cow waifu” ever again
You’re looking to much into it! Just enjoy the damn movie! I had an amazing time with my family and we all loved it!
I personally want to see more of Otto and Ethel outside the films honestly.
@@TSFearless1389Godzilla better
worst thing about the garfield movie is the fact that it isn't a garfield movie
You can honestly say that for every Garfield movie
@@AdrianAnimations360how do you even make a lazy orange cat who eats a lot into a movie interesting anyway?
@@stitchlover4381 I can't really come up with anything that is particularly interesting or at least would tie into the source material of the comics or even the animated shows
@@SlushysSecret it was a rhetorical question.
@@SlushysSecret That's why they should stay as sitcoms. Garfield movies don't make sense.
I swear sometimes they got Chris Pratt for the cast just for the memes and getting trashed
And to market the movie as much as possible with his star power. That's celebrity casting for ya.
@@chrisbrasel8060 sellebrity
To me Garfield movies will never truly reach their full potential until they start making Jon the most prominent character in one of these. From what I've heard about the comics, Jon is like 95% of the point in them, Garfield and Odie are just the most marketable characters.
Garfield without Garfield is the Sole Proof of It
Also Consider that the Very First Garfield Comic Strip had Jon Introducing everything as well
So Jon Arbuckle is highly important
Garfield 2024 feels like a movie that should have came out in the mid 2010s, like somewhere before or after the Peanuts Movie.
Except Peanuts managed to get an actually good comic strip adaptation on the big screen compared to this lazy mediocrity.
Yeah the peanuts have a great comic vibe to
@@mayelimalave8989
Thank God Blue Sky actually respected the source material of Peanuts while making it engaging for the audience. RIP
The Peanuts movie was actually a great adaptation of the comic strip.
This makes me wonder if a Garfield actually would work if Source Material Accurate as Unlike how some People say
While I enjoyed this movie (I just got back from the theater), I can definitely say that I do prefer _The Peanuts Movie_ over this. It was definitely more faithful to its source material.
Edit: Looking at a previous comment someone made, it's become clear that most of these movie adaptations often fall flat because they're based on things that don't have enough going on to make a cinematic movie. A cartoon, maybe, but not a movie (aside from Garfield, there's also Alvin and the Chipmunks, Peter Rabbit, Angry Birds, etc.). That's why they end up unfaithful, because they need to be spiced up to make a movie. Movie adaptations like _The Peanuts Movie_ and _Christopher Robin_ worked since the franchises they were based on have already proven that you _can_ make a movie with all that they have to offer because they have enough going on for them to be on the big screen.
garfield's backstory of being left behind didn't just come out of nowhere that actually is his backstory even in the comics themselves
I was going to say that this film is more comic accurate to the original Garfield comics than the animated films on Cartoon Network.
There was also a TV special about it in the 1980s
The second I saw that awful overused trope of an established character’s parent coming back who no one ever cared or asked about along with all the heist stuff from the trailers, I knew that the movie was doomed.
Yeah and then Vic and Garfield spend the first 1/3 of the movie bickering.
@@PikaLink91 Such a great trope that isn’t old and tired at all, parents and their children disagreeing on everything 😒
Wait, I thought people loved that
@@HolidaySpirit04 at least garfield didn't kiss any humans
Garfield transition to 3D was ro-@@Gorilla-r4g
“Jon… I’m dying I need food other than lasagn-“
“OH GARFIELD DINNER TIMEBXBSNABABWNBNNWNANM”
💀😭
Never got this joke bc it's literally always him DEMANDING Lasagna and he's never asked for normal cat food
*Garfield show saxophone plays*
I mean, should this really be a shock? Garfield never really had that much depth to begin with, especially the comic strips and cartoons. Those who knew that shouldn't really expect much from this movie, it's serviceable at best.
yeah, as someone who used to watch alot of Garfield shows/movies, most Garfield "stories"(outside of His 9 lives) aren't really Garfield centric and moreso just random adventures that have Garfield just plopped into them. "what if Garfield and his friends where superheroes?" "what if Garfield goes into the real world?" and such, which is why i wasnt to bothered by the movies weird father abandonment evil cat lady bull love story plot thing (although the bull side plot does get alot of unnecessary focus tbh).
Agreed, the bit can only be stretched for so longer before it gets old. But it’s their job as filmmakers to get creative with it. You and I could create a more compelling narrative about Garfield that makes sense in probably a day. Meanwhile this is what professionals came up with
Maybe the Film could work at Shortest Runtime Possible?
Eh, the live- action Garfield movies could be made
now when LS Mark will finally rank every Garfield & Friends and The Garfield Show episode? with the amount of Garfield videos he's been making, I think he's becoming a big fan of the franchise :D
UP
Garfield and friends is just another show but with Garfield in it to
Of course davidholanda1
God I hope he does The Garfield Show, it's so insane and wild that it deserves an hour or two of rambling about it
@@NotArmani31yes as a kid I loved that show
My opinion is Garfield is genuinely just not meant to be a movie. I don't know how anyone is expected to push a cat that likes lasagna and does funny comic strips into a movie and they could do a show adaptation, but that would just be them on some 30 minute wacky adventure. There is pretty much no way to make a Garfield movie without having some goofy and non-canon subplot that doesn't even relate to the comics.
’d like a Garfield movie where Liz leaves Jon because he’s a no good loser simp before blowing his brains out. And then Garfield comes in to see his owner dead and angry he has no one to feed him. But then he realizes he can eat Jon’s corpse and finds it delicious. Then, days after no one sees Jon, they come to his house to find Garfield had eaten most of him and assume he killed Jon. They then put Garfield down while Odie goes to a foster home where his vegan owners starve him with meat substitutes.
@@dylanbuchanan6511 that sounds like some goofy ass 2016 Garfield animation plot
@@dylanbuchanan6511 What the fuck...?
@@caldercockatoo2234 the proper response
The Garfield's 9 Lives special was technically feature length
0:59 she gets super powers but that’s the first thing that grows…..
Bro
My thoughts exactly
That fact they seemingly fetishized a normal cat not even a humanoid cat but just a cat makes it even weirder.
Ls mark almost say boing too lol
yep
I do have a minor nitpick regarding Odie. Odie is probably the smartest character in this whole movie, which is odd considering Odie is an idiot for every other iteration of the character.
I'd probably prefer an inbetween of his characterization in this movie and the actual comics
I agree there should have been balance like they did with him in the show , movie made feel like Odie didn’t have much of personality when the made him too smart .
I honestly liked that he wasn’t much of a punching bag here like he usually is tbh
Look, I get why the live action movies get the shit they do. But Bill Murray NAILED Garfield in them. The only thing garfield about Chris Pratt's is the design.
i hate how they need to get milk in this movie 😭 its rlly bad for adult cats to have milk since theyre lactose intolerant and milk leads to vomiting and diarrhea
I know, I was thinking about this when I was watching it, like does no one making this movie knew that? Granted, it is a kids movie but still 🤷♂️
garfield eats lasagna and drinks milk hes a menace to society
Garfield eats lasagna and pizza on the daily
I don't think they really care about the dietary constrictions of cats
@@tacoscatsandmangos512 oops forgot that but still
skibidisollux
If Garfield said that the reason he hates Mondays was because his dad abandoned him on a Monday, I would've forgiven every fault this movie had.
I love how Garfield matches what Mark is saying at 3:13
i guess garfield isn’t a garfield fan
What if instead of LS Mark he was called LS Freak and got freaky while reviewing movies and shows
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What.....
I can't watch the first and second garfeild movies anymore, you can just hear the depression in his voice actor
The Danish dub was good. They gave him a voice that felt like he had fun with the role.
Well Bill Murray didn't want to do it at all. He thought it was a different movie
@@eleven-hopperhe thought it was written by Joel Coen which is hilarious
@@eleven-hopperWell in the end, he did _want_ to do it, but purely for the money
@@Jetterz1999 i mean maybe he signed a contract before he even did it but i mean if he did do it for money that was probably his easiest paycheck. honestly kinda respect it
The whole “garfield reuniting with an estranged parent” thing is done so much better in one of the tv specials. I think it was garfield on the town but I don’t really care enough to look it up
The film just felt so rushed and didn’t feel like a Garfield movie its just some random adventure that happens to slap Garfield and so much annoying ads on there
God dammit, I was going to make that Chris Pratt joke in the comments, with the same punchline and everything! But you just had to beat me to it! Curse you LS The Mark!
Me personally, I was gonna call him Chris *Catt* (please kill me).
Whoa, he actually kept his promise!
broken clock is right twice a day
What promise?
@@LSMarkyou were early 🤬
@@LSMark - Ls mark, 2024
@@ShirubaGin Sometimes when he says he’ll upload a video in a few minutes/hours/tomorrow, it usually gets delayed. but it’s never really his fault it happens.
1:00
ARE WE JUST GONNA GLOSS OVER THIS WHAT THE H-
wdym? cats do that.
Holy gazingas~
“I’m gonna do it Batman..”
Why is sonic guy advertising vapes
"The world of Garfield seems limited."
There is the show Garfield and Friends. If you love Garfield, or even like him just a bit, I don't think you can go wrong with this one.
Garfield comic lore is insane, they didn't even scratch the surface with the movie
Heck, they didn't even bother to put Garfield's actual mom from the comics in
The worst thing about the Garfield movie, is Snoop Dogg’s in this movie… but he doesn’t play a Dog!
That’s the joke. It’s supposed to be ironic.
@@MegaSoulHeroDidn’t he already do Snoop Lion when he was trying out Reggae?
I remember reading an article that made this observation: This Garfield movie is probably the most faithful adaptation of the comic, in particular the comedy and structure as they compared it to the comic during the 80s and 90s (with even Jim Davies saying as such) and that is why critics and movie buffs are tearing it a new one.
Is there such thing as "too faithful"?
Kinda spoilers, don't read further if you want to go in 100% blind
I don't think that's true. Jon, even though I don't hate him in this movie or anything, is depicted as much more of a clumsy, but well-meaning everyman in this movie, rather than the lovable dork he was in the 90s comics
Also, several important characters from the comics don't make a return in the plot (and Jon's mostly sidelined by the new characters), like Arlene, Nermal, and Liz (the latter two only get small cameos), not even Garfield's mom appears which is really odd considering they made an entirely new character as his dad
I think Garfield & Friends does a better job, even though it does swap out Arlene for Penelope I feel like the stories are much more Garfield-y than how action-focused the movie gets near the end
I don't think it's a bad movie, I liked it in the theater, but it's not very Garfield to me
(Unless you meant in comparison to the other movies, in which case I agree since it's not hard when your competition is two live action/CGI hybrid movies)
Imagine if they had Frank Welker back as Garfield, and who to voice Garfield’s dad? Bill Murray
missed opportunity 😭
Unless Bill Murray was contractually obligated to come back, there's no way he'd ever want to come back for another one. Especially how much he hates the films in many interviews. Also, it took so long for him to be in another Ghostbusters movie, so trying to get him in an animated adaptation nobody wanted would be impossible. 😅
You should see the Latin American Spanish dub
Why Welker isn't a big enough legend for movie producers to include him is beyond me, the man's been voicing Fred since Scooby-Doo's inception
Unfortunately it seems like he just barely landed to be in the SCOOB! movie, since he doesn't even voice Fred in that movie, just Scooby (and probably because they couldn't find any celebrity with the range to play Scooby like Welker can)
It shows how much the casting people has narrow setted mind on things, such as A list celebs taking something nostalgic and making their mark. I was like "Lorenzo Music helped create this character! You can't do that!" Especially when Frank Welker has voiced Garfield a handful of times and NAILED IT. I wish Hollywood would leave it alone
Fun fact: The Garfield Movie is the first film in years to get a Swiss German dub since Stuart Little 2 from 2002.
Odd but interesting
we got lsmark hating the garfield movie before gta 6
September 7th, 2027 8:15 am
Not really that crazy he hates everything
@@unknownwill4th549 damn that's earlier than expected
I think Garfield is like Tom & Jerry,both are very short things that can't really work in longer formats (movies) and also doesn't really have much depth in general so I don't think a Garfield movie is a good idea
Yeah but Tom and Jerry is good.
I feel like the first Tom and Jerry Movie had some good quality elements, and many fans enjoyed the Racing Movie that came out in 2005. But then the Tom and Jerry Movies went through a weird cross-over phase and lost their charm.
@@Otis_.Garfield and Friends is peak
I don't think it CAN'T work. I think it's just a skill issue from the producers/writers.
Except Tom and Jerry will always have relevance, Garfield will not.
all this marketing for nothing 😭
Doing a Fum ad on a video reviewing a kids movie is a crazy move, Mark
Can't wait for Mark to change title from calling the movie bad to calling the movie "painfully mediocre"
Mark Hates Mondays
He missed the chance to post this on a Monday.
Mark Hates Everything
They could’ve had any other animal character as the main character and it would’ve been the same, Garfield is almost a complete non factor in his own movie 😭
Definition for this film:
*Plastic...lazy,corporate,pathetic orange plastic.*
Cap it's peak
Plastic?
@@Nightmarelover911 Peak if you're like 3
I'm 11 and it's peak
@@PatriceBlaisdell-g4m 11 is still an infant
So basically, if you want to watch an actually good movie starring an orange cat and a dog sidekick, just watch Puss In Boots: The Last Wish
When you think about it, Garfield's story is pretty much a watered down version of Peter Quill's story in GOTG2.
LS mark is just human Garfield
Haha very clever LSmark. Bravo. You posted the video on a Monday.
Are you high
@@pizzaroll5022 yes
@@pizzaroll5022You not?
Time zones 🎉🎉🎉
Today’s a Saturday
11:12 I liked the movie but I'm glad I finally hear someone criticizing this joke, it felt like it went on for AGES when I saw the movie and I'm surprised this is the first time I hear someone bring it up
Exactly this I loved the movie but that joke bro 😭
Honestly, if they ever do a sequel, they should either: A) Adapt the original 1988 script for Garfield's Judgement day (a cancelled Garfield 2D animated movie written by Jim davis himself), or B) Just take the extended cast, somber tone, more Child-like Garfield, and just more interesting edge from the Film Roman era of the character, such as the specials, and Garfield and Friends. They not only have bouncy animation, great songs, surprisingly witty dialogue and a fun cast, but they can also be very heartwarming when needed (the ending sequence from Garfield on the town, as well as the rocking chair scene from the Christmas special are still just well made tear-jerkers).
Honestly from everything I've seen so far, the plot of "meets dad after many years + heist mission" seems like something that would be in an animated *sequel*, not a first movie.
Guys, please, nothing but oxygen is supposed to get into your lungs DO NOT SMOKE ANYTHING
Ls mark is so desperate that he takes a smoking ad on a grafield video. Its sad.
@@user-x7dc2pq7n This is not helping at all as you are still inhaling the shit on the flavour packets
NOTHING BUT AIR SHOULD GET INTO TEH LUNGS
I skipped over the sponsor I didn't realize that Mark just implied he basically used and advertised a vape lite (outside of the normal "get off this bad habit!" usecase)
What the fuck?
@@ToaderTheToadhe sounds so damn lifeless talking about too wtf
The worst part of the movie is the lactose farm characters. They just seem very out of place and annoying, I would've liked the movie if that entire side plot didn't exist.
You have insulted my entire bloodline. My lawyer will be in contact soon
The Garfield comics are at their best when they showcase how much John and Odie and Garf actually care about each other, and thats what grabbed my attention in the trailer is the moment when John is kind to baby Garf. I think they could have done a genuinely heartfelt story about biological family versus found family, but you know, movies have to be marketable now instead of genuine stories
The thing that doesn't work about this movie is that Jon is barely in it when hes the driving force behind almost everything in Garfield. Jon forces Garfield into the antics and most of Garfields talking moments in the strips are his smart aleck remarks to Jons craziness or life in general. Without Jon, Garfield isn't that interesting to watch. But for some reason all these adaptations shove Jon in the back and have Garfield interact with random animal characters.
The issue with Chris Pratt is that he just doesn't fit the character. Garfield needs that sarcastic expressionless voice.
1:01 DID SHE JUST GROW TIDDIES
*Y E S*
OH MY
that part caught me so off guard 😭
1:00
Chris Pratt Road...
2023:Mario.
2024:Garfield.
2025:Pacman.(probably)
Chris Pratt sucks.
2026:Mega Man
2027: *Cumming Kim*
2027:Tetris straight piece
2027: Banjo-Kazooie
7:07 dang, they're even copying the Madagascar movies
OMG I WATCHED THE MOVIE AND THAT WAS THE FIRST THNG I SAID WHEN I SAW HER LOL
The Garfield lore is so deep and they didn’t use ANY of it
fr, they completely ignored his origin story of being a house kitty because of his mom 🥲
Honestly if the kids who were litteraly watching the film in your theatre got confused as to what the hell was even happening then i doubt this film is even gonna have much rewatch value at all for families and younger audiences
It seems almost like setting Chris Pratt up to look bad by casting him with Samuel Jackson. Samuel Jackson is a face actor that gets frequently used in animated films for his big name, and he doesn't really have a voice other than his own, but he's very good at voice acting despite this. Meanwhile, Chris Pratt has the first two traits but not the third.
i miss when talking animals just talked and people understood them and it was never addressed
Why do these movies Scoob included have such great animation but just make the most mid script and plot in the world
Honestly, I liked the movie, but channels and reviewers like these are why it's so hard to make movies nowdays in general.
They expect the movie to fail
They go into cinemas wondering how it will fail
They then complain about not liking it
Cynicism and bad faith criticism all around
Bonus points for endlessly quoting TVtropes, pointing out "Cliches" like they're themselves not derivative of CynicalReviews, Mr.Enter, Schaffrillas, Shady, etc.
This right here!
Media has always been subjective, I don't care what a RUclips critic (btw with no experience) has to say just because they have followers just enjoy what you enjoy people!
It wasn’t the best movie, but i don’t think it was that bad. Of course if it was just an animated movie without a known character it’d probably be less talked about or just fly under the radar. But as a Garfield movie with a reunite with father plot it was okay.
All these movies and John still hasn't been forgiven.
12:02 my dad doesn’t even like garfield that much and we saw it together and he actually enjoyed it surprisingly 😭 (he doesn’t like animated stuff)
what the fuck is with the vape ad?
finally someone mentions that
its not a vape lmao it replaces nicotine and vapor with flavored air.
@@astronova3508 brother it is vapor
Major unexpected :(
Now where could my vape be? GARFIELD!
I went to see this movie with my boyfriend at the latest time it was showing. We came in 15 minutes late and there was one family in the theater. We went in expecting a fun time to make fun of a shitty movie but it was so unbelievably boring there was nothing to joke about. Ten minutes later, the screen went black and the lights came on and no one came to fix it.
Did you guys get a refund? Cuz you still paid for it...
Never thought I’ll see the day, you sponsor vapes, I know it’s not that, but still, you’re the first I’ve heard of such commercial
It was alright for a kids film, but it didn’t accomplish what it wanted to
And so, The Peanuts Movie retains its title as the best animated film based on a comic strip.
Also it was one of the first films to have an emphasis on using stylized CGI instead of the realism Pixar look. 3 years before Into the Spider-Verse did it.
@@thedrewster0408 Charlie Brown ran so Spider-Verse could walk and Sony could get back up after The Emoji Movie’s disaster.
Better not let Quinton hear you say that.
1:00 I had to rewind that I couldn't believe my eyes!
I think it’d be interesting if they explored why Garfield can survive eating lasagna.
1:00 that is the most cursed frame I've seen today
Something about LS Mark being excited for the Garfield Movie is strangely funny.
One thing I like about this movie is Garfileds character development. At the start he talks about how he had never jumped, but near the end he does insane leaps in logic for the plot to work.
Trully an incredible hero's journey
I get your point regarding the end credits song and how they might as well have included it in the film, but it probably would've felt out of place within the story and dragged things out more. That, and I appreciate when behind-the-scenes material is included during movie credits. Doesn't happen often, but it's nice.
Also, at my screening, when the two cows embraced offscreen at the end, a kid in the audience shouted "I THOUGHT THIS WAS A G-RATED MOVIE!!!", then tried to shout it again, cuz he thought he was that clever, before his dad quietly told him to shut up.
Nah that vape ad is wild
“I know where you live 😈” - Garfield (2009)
THANK YOU! I also made a video about how bad this movie was and it got bombed with dislikes and hate comments. Glad to see that some people haven’t gone insane.
5:17 so like scenes from Sonic Mania and Sonic Mania Adventures? when Kunckles is thinking, the flashbacks and imagination designs look like doodles
The whole "kid saying what is that" WASN'T because he wasn't paying attention, it's because he either doesn't know what a tally mark is, or (this one is the reason *I* didn't get it) the way Snoop Dog Cat was saying it was VERY confusing (especially because he was saying "brand" instead of "tally mark").
1:56 “Why did he include a picture of Andrew Garfie- oh”
Does everything suck at this point?
If you're close-minded bitter person who only watch the same type of things and doesn't trying something new...than yeah, I feel pity for all of you
@@happinessstudios3889 I don't understand where some of this hate is coming from, maybe it's bias?
@happinessstudios3889 you just proof his point everyone hates everything that is not their taste and wants to comment on why they hate it,you are the one stuck in a bubble buddy a toxic lonely bubble
@@dukcboy912 And you're juding my entire life base on a comment. I have a normal life and I don't care about a random stranger on the internet say about my life. I don't even care, I don't even watch Mark that often anymore. Let's just forget each other forever
@@happinessstudios3889 exactly just like you did what's your point now that is about you you feel offended poor baby lmao
I don't know why, but every time I see media where Garfield's lips are moving, it just throws me off. Obviously, Garfield can't talk; he speaks in thought bubbles. So why have him look likes he's talking when he can't? Again, I don't get why that bothers me so much.
That definitely confused me too when it comes to stuff like The Garfield Show.
It’s interesting that this is the most recent animated movie Mark Dindal had directed. He also directed Disney’s The Emperors New Groove, Disney’s Chicken Little and Warner Bros. Cat’s Don’t Dance, but the other projects he was involved with between this movie and Chicken Little were shelved such as a movie based on Funko Pops as he departed that project.
When Garfield said “war never changes” it moved me in way I never thought could be moved
that one garfield chair they made is better than the actual movie
Am I the only one who actually enjoyed the movie?
No, I enjoyed it as well!
Yes
@@bugonboris6681 nice!
I enjoyed It too
Hope the sequel if It happens is a bit more relaxed
Also give Bernal more screentime
I enjoyed it in theaters, even if it wasn't all I wanted out of a Garfield adaptation
Garfield is for kids born in the 70's. Hollywood should make a Calvin and Hobbes film.
Nah a Calvin and Hobbes TV show would actually be so good
That would be peak
The creator of Calvin and Hobbes won't ever let a movie happen. He's pretty protective of the property. There's barely any merchainse outside of a few books.
@@kungfufilm6367 Yeah this is the sad truth
0:59 That’s crazy. That’s legit nuts