Garfield's voice is being done by someone new for the film. It's being done by Bill Murray. I was mad about that. Garfield's had an official voice for years now and I didn't know why they'd change it. Turns out, his voice, Lordenzo Music died in 2001. Oh....well...that's different then. But I didn't know about this. He'd been Garfield since I was a kid. It's sad to think that he's dead and Garfield has joined the ranks of cartoon characters with replacement voices that are never quite the same.
The other thing I didn't like was that they made Odie be a real dog, while they CG'd Garfield. The Odie dog looks so odd paired up on screen with Garfield and it makes it feel so much more...fake. If they did one CG, they should have done both. I don't know. I worry about the interaction there and how it will feel when you're watching it. I'm also just not happy with what Garfield the CG character looks like from the small trailer they have released. He doesn't really look like Garfield. What about the rest of the cast? His girlfriend, Arlene's supposed to be in it and so are a rat and another cat, Nermal. And will he have his mandatory teddy bear, Pookie? Who's going to be CG and who's not? It's just weird.
I loved Garfield as a kid - my room was Garfield with the complete comforter & sheet set, plushes, books, etc. - and so I guess I'm just worried about what it will be like as a live-action movie.
(yeah I'm posting a lot. guess I'm nervous about going in tomorrow so I keep finding things to distract myself and blather about)
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