youre right the movie was pretty bad
Shameful Sequels - Garfield 2
Written by MikeJ Friday, 17 February 2012 23:36
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02.18.2012 - 01:47 | jackofalltrades
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02.24.2012 - 19:39 | eatpork
How could you wish this asshole well when he just indirectly insulted an iconic moment from Duck Soup?
Course, I also donated. He may be a shitty critic, but he does tickle my funny bone.
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02.18.2012 - 02:41 | ManicWolf
Wait, at the end the pig is cooking a barbecue... a barbecue that has sausages on it? And the pig doesn't see anything wrong with that? Nothing rather morbid and cannibalistic about cooking a food product made from the flesh of your own species? Not to mention other food producs made from the flesh of some of the other animals species there.
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02.18.2012 - 03:00 | Lakiver
I'm planning a week in England next month--I'll try not to be so obnoxiously tourist-y.
And I shall be very careful what I refer to as a "castle."
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02.18.2012 - 03:34 | samuelentertainment
Been to England. Pubs were fun. PEOPLE PLEASE DONATE. I like Mike's reviews.
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02.18.2012 - 03:41 | Flaregun
To answer your question: no, we Americans are not so clueless as to just accept that the mansion in the film is a "castle". Everyone knows that a *real* castle is a white building that sells little square hamburgers that give you the shits.
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02.18.2012 - 04:59 | ultramanmattia
This movie gave me an headache as kid.
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02.18.2012 - 05:53 | LikaLaruku
Of course we do Mike, that was the only part of Zombieland WORTH remembering.
I hate it when CGI animals make facial expressions & move their lips; it makes them look 3 times as fake. Would it really have killed them to just get a REAL fat orange tabby?
Dammit Tim, why do you always whore yourself out to horrible movies you can't save? Only Vincent Price could get away with that & keep his dignity intact.
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02.18.2012 - 06:43 | Dacquois
Mike, you're the best! I've been watching your stuff ever since you started at TGWTG, and it's all BRILLIANT. I think you're pretty unique on this site, and whenever you release a new review it's a nice break from the more America-centric and/or animu stuff. Don't ever change.
Also looking forward to Nerd Quest!
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02.18.2012 - 07:13 | AlucardsQuest
Actually, that's not a mace. That's a flail with a morning star ball and chain... very common in Castlevania games (although usually with an very extended chain whip).
The thing about Garfield is that it worked as a comic strip and also as a cartoon series. A live action movie could have worked had someone actually given a damn to treat Jim Davis' creation with respect. Thank God that Charles Schultz made it clear that Peanuts were not to be continued after his death! Still... I'm such a sucker for Johnny Hart that I'd probably go out and see a B.C. movie.
Unfortunately... I'd have to say that most Americans don't know what a real castle is supposed to look like (including myself). We have a show on TV called American Castles for fuck's sake, so we couldn't possibly be bothered. I am however severely tired of seeing the "try to make the guard change expression" joke. It was tired when Austin Powers did it 13-15 years ago.
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02.18.2012 - 07:14 | JehuTron
I watched the first movie when it came out on video, and I don't remember anything about it nowadays. I was tempted to watch the second when I found it's DVD with my brother , but I skipped it for some reason, and now I'm glad I did. :)
Regarding Nerd Quest: Happy Harry will be in it? now, you got my attention! :D
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02.18.2012 - 07:29 | Destro9
Yep,that's a stately home/mansion estate not a castle.
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02.18.2012 - 07:46 | ladydiskette
Seriously, another movie where the rich guy leaves his money to his pets?
Honestly! Where is the legal discretion in this I ask you!?!!?
I mean, I know lawyers are not that bright in certain aspects of the law but even they have to look at the wills and think, "Should we really be doing this?"
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02.18.2012 - 17:32 | Crazy R
But who else would know about the law?
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But there IS actually a third "movie".
Yes, it was direct-to-DVD (should've been direct-to-bin), but it exists.
http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Garfield_Gets_Real
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02.18.2012 - 13:34 | Semudara
But that's not part of the same series; that's an entirely separate Garfield movie, as you can clearly tell from the Wikipedia page.
Jim Davis even wrote it, so at the very least I'm sure it was made in the right spirit...unlike THIS movie.
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02.18.2012 - 08:15 | richtv
I actually thought this was better than the first, but that isn't saying much. Both these movies were an insult to Garfield. Better off to watch the old cartoon series.
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02.18.2012 - 09:39 | TLHoboYou can have something called 'Castle' and it not be the kind of fortified building you'd generally think of as a castle.
But what I really wanted to come in here and say was the mid-roll advert joke was fantastic. I haven't see it used in quite that way before.
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"You can have something called 'Castle' and it not be the kind of fortified building you'd generally think of as a castle."
Well, no. That's what a castle is; a medieval fortification that was usually also the residence of some member of the nobility. You can call something a castle that's not really a castle, but even buildings that try to pass themselves off as pseudo-castles have decorative architectural trimmings that try to pass themselves off as a medieval fortress's ramparts & rounded towers. To call the estate in this movie a castle is very much like calling a cruise liner a battleship.
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02.18.2012 - 10:50 | Shinigami
First Garfield movie was already bad and not worthy to be called that.
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02.18.2012 - 10:51 | CartoonFireworks
I remember reading that Bill Murray confused the director of Garfield with another that had a very similar name and a much better resume, which is why he accepted the job. I can't find said piece of information again, sadly. It does explain a lot, though.
I've always hated the way these things looked. It's like a horrific collision of animation and live-action. Sort of like if Roger Rabbit was CG. And terrible. And was inspired by a bad drug trip. And was terrible.
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Bill accepted the role after hearing that the script was written by Joel Cohen (who also wrote Cheaper By The Dozen, Daddy Day Camp and Evan Almighty. That should tell you all you need to know)
But...
Murray thought it was the Joel Coen of Coen Brothers fame! Can you imagine the Coens doing a Garfield movie? (as cool as that sounds)
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02.18.2012 - 11:43 | Sovvolf
26 miles to Carlisle? from London?... The fuck? Carlisle is in Cumbria, in the North West, closer to Scotland or Belfast than it is London. To those that don't know British geography Carlisle is about a 5 hour drive away from London at the very least... So... Why'o why would they be staying in London? Any of them? It's at the other side of the map!!!
The place has its own Airport for crying out loud.
This would be like getting invited to Ohio but staying in New York...
Also, I'm pretty sure there's a part in this movie where it implies that we don't have lasagne (or however you spell it) in England...
Though to be fair Carlisle Castle does exist... it looks like this: http://www.marie- stuart.co.uk/images/ England/Carlisle.jpg
Ga'h... that is headache inducing. Yeah I didn't like the film. Even for a kids movie none of it made sense.
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02.18.2012 - 13:45 | ThisIsScorpio
I love your show, guy! You know what i also love? GARFIELD!
You know what i hate? TALKING CGI ANIMALS >_>
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02.18.2012 - 13:52 | Inkpress00
You know what I hate? The fact that I'VE SEEN THIS EFFING MOVIE. IT EATS.
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02.18.2012 - 20:11 | ladydisketteYeah I admit it I saw it too, but it was while I was channel surfing one day. Still, MikeJ has a point, why is it they can CGI Garfield as he was in the comics and Cartoon show, but they can't make Odie look like...well.....Odie the dog from both the comics and Cartoon show?
Having Odie as a normal dog in the first movie kinda turned me off to it from the start.
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02.18.2012 - 13:58 | SpeedyEric
I haven't seen this film from start to finish, but I HAVE seen the first film which was okay for me.
Mike, and the rest of England, I as an American am very sorry this film was made and released.
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02.18.2012 - 14:01 | Behellmorph
Oh dear god this film has the greatest sin of all movie sins....boring and pointless.
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02.18.2012 - 14:40 | Eruvadhril
AHHHHH IT'S THE TEST-CARD GIRL RUN AWAY
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02.18.2012 - 15:10 | Desolationangel
I definitely agree with an above commenter -- I love how you are not part of the American culture-centric group on TGWTG. You are unique, and I love your reviews.
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02.18.2012 - 16:54 | LevelUpLeo
Mike, I have a question for the NerdQuest Indiegogo Perks:
There is a strong possibility that I might be moving sometime between now and the time the movie will actually come out. Is there a way to change my address on the site so insure that I do get the perk?
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02.18.2012 - 17:46 | EpicFish
"So he said no to Ghostbusters 3 yet he said yes to this". Good point Mike! Someone needs to bug Bill Murray about this.
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02.18.2012 - 19:17 | tchan5158Hell Yeah.....I was totally staring at her chest when Liz came bouncing in. lol
I learned from this video never to insult a Brit's coffee, or else they will punch you to commercial o.o;
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02.18.2012 - 22:41 | RJ Dalton
Garfield sucks as a comic, too.
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02.19.2012 - 00:30 | BooRat
i loved the Garfield cartoon as a kid but i refuse to see these movies! I actually like the cgi cartoon that's on tv now!
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