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Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties

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Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties, is the live-action (plus 2 animated cats) sequel to the 2004 movie basic on the 80's comic strip cat. Like the original this one has Bill Murray (A Life Aquatic, Ghostbusters, etc.) replacing (with distinction) the late Lorenzo Music, who provided the cats voice on the animated TV series and specials. Also back are the cutie but clueless would be couple Garfield's owner Jon Arbuckle, played perfectly bland by Breckin Meyer and Liz the Vet, played by Jennifer Love Hewitt. In spite of the Dickens subtitle spoof, this one is loosely Mark Twain's Prince & the Pauper. Jon follows Liz to London, England where he plans to propose to her. The fat cat stows-away uninvited and in the perfunctory identity swap Garfield finds himself mistaken for his UK double Prince (voiced by the great Tim Curry) and lording over posh castle of four-legged subjects in his stead. The evil Lord Dargis, played by Scottish actor/comedian Bill Connolly, is next in line to inherit the estate, have evil designs to get his evil hands on the royal fortune.

This one is worth seeing if only for more Murray as Garfield. Although it is surprising that the sequel was a theatrical release when the original opened for made most of its revenue from DVD sales. The studio is counting on the summer family pickings being slim until Superman Returns, but Garfield: ATOTK is still rated PG for some tame bathroom jokes. The studio also feels that when John Cleese is unavailable Tim Curry (Rocky Horror & the voice of Lemony Snicket's audio books) is the go-to-weird English guy, for the other pampered cat-currently-called Prince. I have no problem with that Curry is a delicious pansy-cat and Billy Connolly (Lemony Snicket's movie, Head of the Class) is always fun. I also have no problem with the use of recycling of (classic) plots, knowing where the stories going from the get-go makes any departure or twist that much more fun.

This one, like the original is goofy, but entertaining.

While on vacation, my husband and I decided to take our 5 children to a movie - and the newest Garfield movie was their pick. Each of our children, ages 2 - 8, enjoyed the movie thoroughly! Of course, any movie that includes talking animals is a big hit in our family - and there were plenty of them!

The scenes toward the end of the film when the two kitties are working in cahoots are the best. And you've gotta love the happy and romantic ending - just the thing to lift your spirits!

Our whole family gives this film a big "thumbs up", and we can't wait for the DVD release!

INTRO:Garfield the fat cat eating lasagna is the funny creation of Jim Davis and is known around the world.Garfield started as a comic book in the late seventies and got into t.v show,animated movies and now real movies.Its not the first time a comic book is being made into a movie(superheros especially)and it aint the last time either.This being a sequel is i good?Has Garfield stopped eating lasagna?read on to find out.

STORYLINE:The movie starts with Garfield`s owner Jon Arbuckle going to London to ask Liz for wedding.Garfield and the dog Odie
hide in Jon`s suitcase just like in the comic book.Jon finds them and they have to stay at the hotel room and they someway get out of it.Garfield and Prince(another cat who has got a rich heritage)look exactly like each other exept their lives are different.Prince lives in royalty and Garfield in medium class.They both get lost and when they are found they are mistaken for each other,Jon takes Prince for Garfield...until Odie founds a newspaper and on it there is a picture of what appears to be Garfield living in royalty.Jon then realize that the cat he has aint Garfield and goes to get him back.Meanwhile
Lord Dargis tries to kill Garfield to get his heritage(if he woundnt have been there Dargis would own everithing).

REWIEW:I like Garfield and has always been a fan of him(i received a toy of him when i was a baby)i have books,seen t.v show,animated movie and the real movie.This second Garfield movie is funny at many ocassions and will be a hit this summer.It is a movie that families can go see and about everybody will like it.If youre looking for a fun summer comedy movie i think you got one right here with this one.

Bill Murray once again voices Garfield for this movie and does a good job.Beckin mayer is again Jon and Jenifer love-hewitt is once again Liz they do a good job and support actors as well.

There a definetly a few references that were took for this movie for exemple the animals/things/persons being mistaken for each other isnt new but they took that idea and refreshed it with something cooler.

MONEY,MONEY:The first Garfield movie was released at the same time as other`BIG TIME`movies like Shrek and didnt hit real big exept when it was released on dvd.The second one appears just before some other big time movies like `click`,`superman` and might not be that much competition for other movies.While it may not get that much money at the box-office it is still an enjoyable movie and its dvd release should be getting some attention.

OVERRAL:A fun movie of Garfield a good sequel and a very good movie if you like Garfield comic books,t.v shows or even the first movie you will like this one too the story is good and its funny.

This movie could have been better. Even the story could have been better. Here is the scoop, I have adored Garfield since he was a little kitten in the comic strips when Jim Davis first started him. I read him all the time. I have some comics from Garfield saved. I went and saw this movie. I liked the original Garfield better, however the actor Bill Murray, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and Brecken Meyer come back from the original movie (Murray is the voice of Garfield, not the twin in Europe that looks like him; Hewitt plays the veternarian and Meyer plays John Arbuckle, Garfield and Odie's owner). Now, one more actor should be noted for his voice in this movie and that is Mr. Tim Currey, who voiced Prince, the European rich fat cat that looks just like Garfield. Tim Currey played in such movies as "Clue," "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York," and in the cartoon series "Captain Planet and the Planeteers" as Mal.

So, do I recommend this film? I am buying it, but I love Garfield. So, what I recommend is that you see it before you buy it. Just don't have your expectations to high for this movie. Hope this review helped.

While on vacation last June, my husband and I decided to take our 5 children to a movie - and the newest Garfield movie was their pick. Each of our children, ages 2 - 8, enjoyed the movie thoroughly! Of course, any movie that includes talking animals is a big hit in our family - and there were plenty of them!

The scenes toward the end of the film when the two kitties are working in cahoots are the best. And you've gotta love the happy and romantic ending - just the thing to lift your spirits!

Our whole family gives this film a big "thumbs up", and we are looking forward to the DVD release this Fall!

First, I am owned myself by a cat, so I naturally enjoy anything having to do with Cats.

Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties is a happy, funny, silly movie. It is much funnier than the first Garfield movie. I think this is mainly because of Billy Connolly, who is hysterical as the "bad" guy in the movie.

Garfield ends up in London, and gets switched with a cat who looks just like him, and who is a Prince and has a vast estate. Billy Connolly's character wants the estate, and wants to get rid of the cat. Silly fluffy comedy then follows.

I really enjoyed it. It is light, fun and happy. Yes, it is made for children. But I think any animal lover would also enjoy this movie. Just go to see it knowing it is pure fluff, and you will have a good time.

Garfield returns in his usual fat cat, lasagna eating style. This film is filled with a great deal of fun and action but has several problems. (1)The doppleganger story has been done too many times and sorry to say this film would have been better with a fresh idea. (2)The use of animated animals can tend to get too silly and this happens toward the end of the film.

However, the scenes with the animals are surprisingly (at the beginning and middle of the film) mature and not too silly like the Doctor Dolittle films. Also, the villain is intersting and well acted. Bill Murry returns as the loveable cat as do Brecklin Meyer (John) and Jennifer Love Hewitt (Liz).

I do recommend you see this film/buy the DVD, because it is good. But what was so great about Garfield: The Movie was it played closer to Garfield's traits/cannon, meaning it featured familiar characters. If I were not a Garfield fan I would probably rate the film a 2.5 or a 3 on the Amazon.com scale.

Go see the film but don't expect it to be as great as the first.

My husband, my three year old, and I LOVED the first Garfield. I expected that this one might be as good because it had the same actors as in the first, but it was kind of dry and boring. We barely watched it once and never watched it again. I gave it two stars because I love Bill Murry.

Better than the original. I'm not a Garfield fan. I brought home the DVD for my wife. However, I must say that this episode was better than the first. The action and plot were both mildly entertaining. The characters were easy to sympathize with. The light hearted mischievous humor was a great diversion after a tiring day at work. I imagine this was designed as a movie for children. It certainly would be a good children's film. But a with my wife on one side and a big bowl of popcorn on the other I didn't need children to enjoy it. Neither will you.

In spite of its underwhelming results on the US box-office, the second live-action `Garfield' is better than the first one made only two year before. CGI of the titular cat has become more refined, and the voice acting of Bill Murray is spot-on as ever. Plus, this time you got an impressive list of voice actors from the UK - Jane Horrocks, Rhys Ifans, Bob Hoskins, Richard E. Grant, and Vinnie Jones.

The film's story, which is directly from Mark Twain, is nothing great, but still serviceable as a new setting about TWO "Garfield"s. Yes, this time we have two big, fat, laziest cats in the world, Garfield and Prince (voices from Bill Murray and Tim Curry), the latter being the heir to the vast estate, AND moreover, these cats are two exact look-alikes. When villainous Lord Dargis attempts to kill Prince, these two cats switch their places without knowing anything about each other until they join forces (with the animals on the estate) to stop Dargis' plans.

Some die-hard Garfield fans (and I am not among them) might hate this film for it is made for kids, always going for safe options. At least it looks like that when we see slapstick jokes and sight gags which are funny, but have nothing to do with the personality of Garfield. Sure, you can hear Garfield say he hates Mondays, and like eating lasagna, and so on, but he is never a cynic that you might see in comic strips. Still that is not all bad, and the gags themselves, which are borrowed from somewhere else, are pretty funny (especially the one about the `imaginary mirror' sketch, seen in one Marx Brothers classic).

Breckin Meyer and Jennifer Love Hewitt come back as Jon and Liz, the same characters they played in the first film. I know they are good actors, but I must report that they are not required to do much here. Among the humans who appear on the screen, Billy Connolly is very good as a baddie with the mannerism of comic relief, both pompous and silly at the same time, making us chuckle several times.

But the real star of the film is none other than Garfield himself as you see, and the seamless mixture of CGI-created cat and the live-action background is simply amazing. `Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties' may not be the greatest family picture or film based on the comic strip, but it is still fairly engrossing and amusing.