Garfield Gets Real is the famous cat’s first computer-generated appearance and is out on DVD just in time for Christmas. Got a long vacation trip in mind over the holidays and just happen to have a DVD player in the family vehicle? Neighbor, you’re in luck! Garfield Gets Real is a new take on an old family favorite that will leave kids, and probably adults as well, crying in their seats as they watch Garfield in action.
I’ve had kids for the last thirty years, so I know a lot about kids’ entertainment. Garfield the comic strip has been a staple in our house for most of those years. When Garfield was a cartoon, we watched those, and lately picked them up as DVD sets.
The live-action movie starring Bill Murray as the voice of Garfield was a hit, and we even picked up the sequel, Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties.
Garfield Gets Real starts out with Garfield getting tired of being a cartoon, so he decides to visit the real world after Odie discovers a hole in the screen that leads there. The computer-generated effects are awesome and PAWS, Inc. – the people behind the visuals – really outdid themselves on this one. It just really goes to show how much can be done with computer animation these days, and they’re obviously masters of the craft.
Jim Davis provided the script and the characters are on the mark – if also somewhat quirky. I mean, I’ve known and loathed Nermal the Cat – Garfield’s nemesis – for years, but I never figured he would be a young boy in real life!
And all the Garfield jokes and sarcasm are definitely in place. “Every time I hit bottom,” Garfield says during a spectacularly bad situation, “somebody hands me a shovel.”
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