YMS Trashes Chris Pratt's Garfield

[@YMSHighlights]

Watch Lasagna Cat, it's awesome.

[@GinoZump]

Watch Night Mind's analysis of it too

[@numskul]

The pipe strip video is the greatest treasure on KZbin.

[@bigbdavis]

How's the AIDS treatments going?

[@Molotov_Milkshake]

The sex survey video is fuckin genius

[@greysnake2903]

👍

[@sara_seki]

It's like they're casting Chris Pratt in voice acting roles out of spite now.

[@cerberuskid]

I mean, look at how riled up people are. Who would have cared about yet another Garfield movie without the sensationalism behind casting a shitty actor?

[@snausages43]

*CP

[@tdata545]

I wonder if they're trying to purposefully tank his acting career.

[@Kumaclaws]

⁠@@tdata545 I doubt it. Hollywood just likes running actors into the ground until they inevitably get replaced by someone younger and more marketable.

[@griffinharp1106]

Probably

[@cynical_americano_redux]

Actual professional voice actors are so underappreciated and disrespected.

[@Pikm4n]

@redbulbuniverse there are no more actual voice actors in Hollywood. They are all laid off and replaced with celebrities.

[@cynical_americano_redux]

@redbulbuniverse IIRC there was one a couple/few years ago over the working conditions. Seems like that was more on the video game side, but I didn't follow it that closely.

[@hexcodeff6624]

@redbulbuniverseFor what? Anyone can be a voice actor. Should that be made a protected term or something? Until then, it's going to be just CP all the way to the top.

[@hexcodeff6624]

@redbulbuniverse Yeah, me too, but there isn't going to be any strike about it. It's mostly consumer's choice that makes it the way it is. Also, you can always just watch anime. There's plenty to say about it, but it's definitely not starved for great voice acting performances.

[@janberkemeier7406]

It's just absolutely revolting to me how many people genuinely enjoy watching CP

[@colt-_-jonson1743]

probably to help cover for some Hollywood shenanigan's

[@sigurd8382]

🤔

[@Bizarro69]

lmfao 💀😆

[@AuntieC4]

I was a bit terrified when I saw this comment before I watched the vid

[@The73MPL4R]

Please never use that abbreviation again

[@SpacemanNik]

The longer time passes, the more I realize why Bill Waterson vanished off the face of the earth with his intellectual property rights

[@wesjall]

Oh my god… don’t even put that out in the universe holy shit. CP is the voice of Calvin AND Hobbes! Yay!

[@Luna-Fox]

Bill Watterson is such a smart and honest guy, it's so refreshing to see that he didn't sacrifice his artistic merritt to "discredit" his most beloved comic. Having said that I still want an officially licensed Hobbes doll 😭

[@BigBossMan538]

@@Luna-Foxas a big fan of the comics, I’d love a movie of it and yet I don’t want someone who doesn’t appreciate Calvin and Hobbes to ruin it

[@emissaryofcharybdis105]

I totally get why he would do that, but at the same time, I wish he at least worked on other projects to that extent. Maybe he has and I just don't know about it, but to see a talented guy like that not pursue something else that he wants to make is a bummer. For a guy who put as much effort into Calvin and Hobbes as he did, it baffles me that he seemed to not have anything else he really wanted to make.

[@jampersand0]

@@BigBossMan538 The closest thing we're ever getting to an animated adaptation of Calvin and Hobbes is that one Italian fan animation from over a decade ago (made by Donato di Carlo).

[@Advent3546]

CP's Garfield sounds like he wakes up excited for Mondays

[@d3nza482]

CP Garfield sounds like something that will get you a private cell at a federal correctional facility.

[@ovskii96]

Chris Pratt being casted as every cartoon protagonist is getting really old

[@islesofforeignrails7917]

It's only been four characters. Have you seen Awkafina's roles.

[@qmto]

I’m proud of myself for being so out of the know, that I still don’t even really know who Awkafina is. Besides that everyone says she’s a terrible actress.

[@NerdzTM]

I mean Tom Holland was being put in a lot of movies too before Chris Pratt It just seems like its Chris Pratt's turn Except he so happens to get every iconic character while Tom didn't (except Spiderman and Drake)

[@lawnmowerdude]

But he just sooo cool!

[@navi2257]

Really soon

[@cloudshines812]

Remember like a decade ago when Chris was casted to play in Lego Movie, Guardians, and Jurassic World which all came out the same year? I think the only reason why those roles worked was because, all of Chris’ characters weren’t identifiable until he did the roles. The problem with Mario and Garfield is that, again… these characters have a defining voice and appearance that just hiring a hollywood actor that can’t even do the performance right just feels a bit offensive. Its like, why do we hate actors playing the live action remake counterparts of characters from classic Disney movies? Its because its soulless shlock that isn’t enjoyable and makes acting almost insulting to newcomers. *Welcome to modern Hollywood ladies and gents*

[@Lucios1995]

As Schaffrillas put it "It's the best movie with Chris Pratt and No Sleep 'till Brooklyn this year"

[@LSMunn_1]

At 3:26 The reason the pizza’s cheese stretch looks like that is because instead of putting in extra amounts of work on the pizza slice model, the cheese stretch is a completely separate model in order to save on rigging (the skeleton and muscles of the 3D model) time, basically cheapening the animation. You saw this before with the hippo rising from the river in The Lion King (2019) film.

[@KarlieStarrSings]

Let's face it. Pizza animation peaked with "A Goofy Movie"

[@vincenttapia2037]

Honestly, CP should have been Jon. Get Frank Welker as Garfield again. Get two A-list celebrities, Samuel L. Jackson and CP as supporting character.

[@ezgames6925]

Pratt as Jon sounds perfect. It would perfectly match the type of character Jon is supposed to be.

[@vincenttapia2037]

@@ezgames6925 Exactly. Chris Pratt is a good comedic presence. Cast him as the cuck. It would be funny. Plus, Jon is the every man.

[@beepbeeplettuce5890]

Maurice lamarche wouldve been great as garfield too

[@Kittysuit]

should HAVE been. SHOULD - HAVE - BEEN. should OF doesnt MEAN ANYTHING. why do you americants always get the easiest sheet about your language WRONG. it makes me so furious!!!!!!!!!!!! it is could HAVE, should HAVE , would HAVE, or if you are lazy you can abbreviate it could've, should've, would've. not COULD OF. what does that even mean???????? do your eyes SEE what you are typing???????

[@chrise8275]

@@KittysuitBruv, u need too brush up one you’re grammer.

[@michaelstrong5383]

I don't hate Chris Pratt as much as the rest of the Internet does, but even I think he's the wrong choice to voice Garfield. I would have picked Nick Offerman or even H. Jon Benjamin instead.

[@Accountnamehere1968]

Yeah exactly. I was already skeptical of the voice casting when I heard it because he would have to care about the voice performance for it to be good (and because of his recent movies, that was very unlikely). I could see him as Jon though.

[@cerberuskid]

You should dig deep inside yourself and find a little extra hate. He can have a little extra hate, as a treat!

[@michaelstrong5383]

@@cerberuskid I can understand hating him because he's everywhere now, even doing voices as characters you'd least expect him to play, but there are people online who thinks he poisoned their water supply, burned their crops, and delivered a plague onto their houses.

[@cerberuskid]

@@michaelstrong5383 true. I suppose indifference is fine. I dont really advocate anyone to bother hating a celebrity. Ignoring them is more effective anyways.

[@LukeLikesToDraw]

@@michaelstrong5383HE DID?!

[@sjoerddondersteen1337]

Sounds like a broken record, but the erosion of maintaining distinct personalities in voice acting just won't cease, gosh darn it.

[@greysnake2903]

​@donaldothomoson And it's a dying trend.

[@valenluca3253]

"But, but... Getting actors to rake cash and tickets is more important than the quality or setting up the standards of films". 🤓

[@jamstonjulian6947]

​@@donaldothomoson But they also cost more money. It's a trade-off I guess

[@lizardart99]

Parroting the sentiment of everyone else: this movie's Garfield just doesn't feel like Garfield. He's too energetic but I'm sure he's gonna be illumination Grinch levels of "relatability "

[@paracuna]

I didn't see YMS mention this, but the human characters have hyper realistic nails for whatever reason and it's disturbing lmfao.

[@Randomlad.0737]

I'll never get sick of Chris Pratt using his regular voice for every character he voices, he doesn't even try to give his characters certain inflections (what a legend). Also nice to hear bite.MP3 in a official movie trailer.

[@BigBossMan538]

Would Chris have been better cast as Jon Arbuckle? I could maybe see him play someone who’s a well meaning loser like Jon.

[@luiginastro8831]

He's played a well meaning loser for seven years of life, so yeah

[@KaijuKillerdude]

I’m sad Norm MacDonald isn’t here, he would have made a better Garfield. Chris just sounds too happy like Andy from Parks and Rec after season 1 when he should be more like Andy form season 1

[@Joe90h]

Garfield: "We should find Hitler and kill him!"

[@ps2puppy]

i didn't mind the animation style but this definitely feels like high end direct to dvd

[@JrIcify]

The cheese looks weird because it's a poorly done physics simulation. Using a physics engine for animation is an art form in itself and it's really hard to get right. The cheese is somebody deciding to let the physics engine do all the work without knowing how to use it.

[@cadekachelmeier7251]

I desperately hope that the 2nd half of this movie turns into cosmic horror without mentioning it in the promos. I know it won't, but that would be amazing.

[@cerberuskid]

Holy shit, Adam was so prepared to defend CP's choice to be called CP. Immediately pulls the page up. Edit: not accusing Adam of anything but being prepared. I just thought it was funny.

[@snoop4472]

Theres nothing i love more than CP

[@Marshmallow_Trees]

Naw, I think he was just defending that he was telling the truth about this stupidity. Pretty sure Adum is being facetious here.

[@Marshmallow_Trees]

@@snoop4472are you Scoot?

[@JrIcify]

The window only has one tab. He had it set aside all along.

[@cerberuskid]

@@Marshmallow_Trees I get that, I'm just marveling at his readiness.

[@Luna-Fox]

It's such a shame because I genuinely like the artstyle of this movie. Chris will singlehandedly ruin the movie when they should've just cast Frank Welker (long time voice of Garfield since Lorenso Music's passing). Yeah it wouldn't be high art or anything, but it could be at least slightly enjoyable.

[@BigBossMan538]

I just want a Garfield that’s fun, clever, with a pinch of wholesomeness. But Garfield is so tame now that it’s lost its edge and charm

[@TheRealNormanBates]

@@BigBossMan538 Garfield had edge?! Well.. I guess maybe that "one" set of episodes where Garfield came to the empty house (yeesh!)... but there's always Gorefield or Garfief.

[@yerbuddyboston]

I believe you mean *CP* will single-handedly ruin this movie.

[@kingsleycy3450]

The fact that it’s so devoid of passion and effort makes it the most appropriate Garfield movie tbh

[@POTUSOfficial]

​@@mallios13A little bit of passion and effort can go a long way for CP

[@George_vv]

I just realized the whole trailer looks like a mobile game ad.

[@YemmyTheFerret]

It's movies like this that make me happy Calvin & Hobbes never sold it's soul

[@Accountnamehere1968]

Nah Adum, you're allowed to criticize animation without studying the 12 Principles as much as you can. It just can't be about the Mario movie.

[@kevinandorsusie]

I think it's fine to criticize the final product without knowing the 12 principles, because almost everyone has an intuitive understanding of what movement is _supposed_ to look like. But if you're critiquing the process of making it, that requires knowledge. It's the difference between having your cooking critiqued my a chef vs. A food critic. Both have valuable insight and can tell you if something's wrong, but one of them is much more capable of telling you how to fix it. People do get too uppity about it tho. The movie isn't going to be shown exclusively to animators, it's going to be shown to average people. Which means it matters how it looks to the average person and what they think about it.

[@FindTheFun]

It would have made more sense if Jon was eating a lasagna and that's why Garfield came to him, right? Why is he just eating a pizza? He's even at an Italian restaurant.

[@dschwamm]

I can't believe that Super Mario is voicing Garfield.

[@sammahoney9343]

It’s so funny that right after he mentioned the meatball being eaten whole because it’s easier to animate, jon doesn’t take a bite of the pizza

[@jamesonflori1834]

Pratt didn't even try to alter his voice to match a classic Garfield. And this man does VA work????

[@thomasgiles2876]

Disney already perfected the cartoon charachter based movie title: "A Goofy Movie". Its just one, there are other movies with Goofy, this is just one of them.

[@noahbarnhartandit2365]

It really is perfect, you can add whatever adjective or descriptor you'd like. "An Inconceivably Goofy Movie"

[@thomasgiles2876]

@@noahbarnhartandit2365 A Disturbingly Goofy Movie 😏Maaax 😏

[@JoeChillton]

Ok, Pratt is a good comic actor and he's got charisma for days but is not Garfield, that's anti-casting.

[@ULTRAOutdoorsman]

He's so cool!

[@thesnowmiser6728]

​@@ULTRAOutdoorsmanyes, that's what the exec board thought when casting him

[@JoeChillton]

ok but does that translate to good casting or stunt castling?@@ULTRAOutdoorsman

[@obsessivegel3979]

I dont think CP is cool​@@ULTRAOutdoorsman

[@DeepEye1994]

I think if he attempted to act with a low and deeper voice Sea Pee could sound like a decent Garfield Like at 14:02 "I've never jumped..." is solid, if I were blindfolded I would assume it could be Garfield due to the line delivery. But for the rest he's just reading his lines normally because the director sucks and he just wants a paycheck

[@KironX1]

Pratt, Awkwafina, Seth Rogan…the 3 horsemen of voice acting.

[@BigSisterNeko]

Omg 😱 Thank you for this comment ❤ I’ll be using it myself in my next conversations with friends! You are so 👏🏾damn 👏🏾 right👏🏾

[@rooksclown316]

Who's the 4th horseman?

[@makaylawhittingham4009]

James Corden lol

[@marcen12]

@@makaylawhittingham4009 I'd say leave Pratt out of Corden. At least Pratt can act.

[@ZippyMcBeans]

​@@rooksclown316 the rock

[@KingustheDingus]

I studied the 12 principles of animation and I can indeed confirm that Adum is indeed based

[@nousukas]

Picturing a classic South Park episode, where the kids talk about "That new Garfield movie that has CP in it". The adults would be like "Wait, what?". Maybe Butters would be the first to see it in a theater.

[@TrippyTigre]

It cutting to Garfield sounding exactly like Chris Pratt is like a youtube sketch

[@res1dentgearsol1d]

I’m starting to think Adum didn’t study the 12 Principles of Animation

[@sergioribeiro7725]

Like YMS I am also against CP

[@sticklyboi]

​@@IDHLEB "i did not say that" ~ shiggy miyamiggy

[@kevinandorsusie]

This is one of the few instances where I feel like the casting is so bad that the voice feels completely disconnected from the character. It sounds like CP dubbed over the movie as a joke, not like he's recorded these lines in a professional booth. At least in the mario movie, for as bad as his performance was, after awhile his voice started to blend in. But this feels like watching a video where the audio is just slightly out of sync, and I think it's actually messing with my sensory issues. So I don't think I'll even be able to watch it.

[@BigPhatMan]

Garfield sounds like he's from a fraternity.

[@greenhowie]

Baby Garfield plushies, videogames and cartoons incoming. Brace for impact.

[@henryglennon3864]

Chris Pratt doing the voice would work if instead of just Garfield, he did ALL the voices. Then you'd get a Garfield Minus Garfield and/or Anomalisa thing going.

[@thelegendarybulldozer7256]

My conspiracy theory is that they're only casting Chris Pratt just because he's a meme and it'll get people talking about the movie. Whenever these companies try to get in on a meme they ALWAYS fall flat on their face and look stupid. Like when Paramount tried releasing the Paw Patrol movie on the same day as Saw X to clearly try and get another Barbenheimer-type meme for extra profit, but those sorts of memes really only work once and it's not funny at ALL

[@XplosiveAction]

Chris Pratt is not a voice ACTOR. He’s just a voice.

[@EpicWinNoob]

Garfield's character traits are: He's a companion to the rizzless John, he's laid back to the point of almost nihilistic apathy, he gets up to pranking odie, and he's fuel for niche foot fetish and gender-bending artists

[@louisbowels6858]

I'm so happy that kids who don't know what a fucking newspaper is will now see the amazing origin story of funny lasagna cat

[@TheCapedWanderer]

#CulturalHeritage

[@Ivebeenbleak]

I'm convinced they casted this freak in another voice acting role because they KNOW it's a meme at this point and that people are confused and pissed off - because that means people will talk about it. Free publicity. Doesn't matter if it's good or bad. They just need word of mouth and they're exploiting Chris Pratt's reputation as a nonsensical casting choice, I swear

[@midirion]

every cartoon that has a person with an animal partner has the exact same origin story...

[@lowfiend]

This looks like if HotDiggityDemon did a weird mainstream Garfield movie. Totally his art style for some reason.

[@thestrangelet]

At first I thought you were joking about the CP thing and it was funny. It's even funnier to find out he actually likes that.

[@lemikster3699]

I hate how the realistic fur on Garfield clashes with his cartoony whiskers. They put the fur ON the whiskers, too. It looks kinda uncanny.

[@Funinightmare]

Chris Pratt wishing to be referred to as CP reminds me of Prince John in Robin Hood when Lil John called him 'PJ' and he really liked it. I can just see Chris being like that because someone was trying to be cool around him.

[@drachenzahne9262]

Robin Hood is such a good movie

[@Veeekna]

this has to be a money laundering thing or something LMAO it reminds me so much of that other shitty animated movie food fight or whatever it was called

[@Iggy_Dogg]

Adum pulling the article about CP from off screen is magical

[@Kumaclaws]

Always a good sign when an illumination movie looks generic even for illumination standards

[@uncorpsceleste]

not illumination lol

[@cherriegetison6093]

Reminder that Jon Arbuckle murdered Lyman in cold blood as a means to obtain Odie for his own cruel purposes

[@ramest123]

I know it's not new, it's something that's been done before. But for me it is still strange that Garfield articulates the words when he speaks, when in the comics and in the 90's series we only heard his thoughts, but he did not interact in dialogues with other characters

[@ambernodderdorket2934]

God, his design is sickeningly cute. I hate it.

[@Spanishdog17]

It’s sad when the text to speech Garfield memes have a better voice for the character than Chris Pratt.

[@MosesSuppose]

If they announce Chris Pratt as the voice of Link I will be SO UPSET

[@DangStank]

Chris Pratt seems like a chill guy. But I wonder if he thinks he’s doing his job really well. Or if he understands exactly what’s happening.

[@danjo2080]

Idk if he's chill, he's into prosperity gospel evangelism.

[@Ivebeenbleak]

On some level, he has to know. You can't fight off Imposter Syndrome indefinitely lmao

[@Gordonfreeman551]

Chris Pratt already was SO UNCONVINCING AS MARIO, and now he is doing this? I don’t care that voiced emmet in the movie he was NOT a good choice for Mario.

[@katiemartin6991]

If *Quinton Reviews* is barely hyped for this movie, I'm not sure anyone is.

[@aWildJellieAppeared]

I love lasagna cat. What I find interesting about Garfield is not the franchise or the comic itself, but the fandom and the insane fan created stuff.

[@overlookers]

God forbid, just have J.K. Simmons do a Lorenzo Music impression with his yellow M&M voice.

[@broisyougobbling]

This is bound to make money seeing the mainstream appeal CP has

[@gabrielsyme4550]

If Epstein was still with us, I bet he would like CP in this movie

[@BigBossMan538]

Will we see Lyman’s skeleton in Jon’s closet?

[@INTERNALSERVERERROR500]

The only Garfield I like, aside from lasagna cat of course, is the one from "Garfield and firends" 90's cartoon, it was fairly simple and entrataining enough. But am sure nostalgia has sprinkled that to be more that it was, I was like 8 when I watched it after all.

[@TheRealNormanBates]

Lasagna Cat... now that is a name I haven't heard in a long time... a long time.

[@caucasoidape8838]

You should revisit it. Lorenzo Music still holds up.

[@TheCapedWanderer]

That show is fucking incredible. You can be 8, 18, or 80; Garfield and Friends rips

[@mathieuleader8601]

The late Norm Macdonald would have done a superb job voicing Garfield

[@SylvanasWindrunnerResurrected]

Hollywood need to stop shoving CP in our faces

[@user-x7dc2pq7n]

Chris Pratt is great in goofy, energetic roles but that’s why he doesn’t fit as the grumpy, cold Garfield

[@bulbakingdoot3514]

There’s Garfield, Garfield: A Tale of 2 Kitties, Garfield’s Fun Fest and Garfield’s Pet Force

[@Thundawich]

Garfield feels too energetic to be garfield.

[@toonbunny3]

i swear to god chris pratt is on a mission to voice every iconic cartoon character to make it sound like him just talking

[@2doot]

The use of Silk Sonic from the promo makes me want to run into a brick wall at max speed, as someone who enjoys Silk Sonic.

[@Epicman1252]

We would have been better off with a Heathcliff movie

[@deathsheadcashew]

Pipe strip talk always fills me with joy. I introduced my partner to it years ago and he works on a campus and will put it on his computer when he's bored in the office sometimes and has infected so many people with it now.

[@topthog]

Garfield has had one of the most iconic cartoon voices, it literally feels dubbed watching that voice come out of his mouth

[@KonamiCoda]

getting a whole pizza alone at a restaurant is peak Arbuckle

[@screwintuna]

Garfield is a depressed cat who likes food and I love him. I've been a big fan of Garfield since I was a kid.

[@nomukun1138]

When you were partying and having premarital sex, I was studying the twelve principles of animation

[@getmario64]

6:33 ooh the director who behind “Garfield Movie” was Mark Dinhal. The guy who brought to you by “Cat’s Don’t Dance,” “The Emperor’s New Groove,” and …ewww “Chicken Little.” Now’s he making a Garfield movie so that he can dance, act like snarky cat (like Prince Kuzco does), and being abandoned his father like Chicken Little’s father did.

[@EmpressOfCatsup]

A crisp rat shouldn't play Garfield. Garfield is a cat.

[@Nictheidoit]

Chris catt.

[@therobotchickenMLP]

Whatever AI animated the cheese probably cast Chris Pratt too.

[@yunehversomi1458]

I hope the movie explains why Garfield hates Mondays.

[@pouty8238]

so glad to hear more people talk about lasagna cat! such a amazing web show

[@AlexandriaHelena]

The hour long one-take video analysis of the pipe strip comic is the very definition of art. I am so happy to see how loved it is.

[@getmario64]

3:18 damn Adam, you literally find an AI pizza that could’ve been a good and well designed delicious pizza. 🍕 I can see the same Bowser weird movement since the Mario Bros. movie.

[@dexstewart862]

I love how Adum got so bored he just went and watched something else for a while

[@thecat-alyst2716]

YMS, I hereby challenge you to review Jetsons the Movie! I pick this movie in particular because it seams to be the kick-off of a major problem that is present in this movie, and that is replacing a character's well-established voice with a celebrity for marketing reasons. I wonder what YMS thinks of Jetsons the Movie.

[@adenbrent3878]

when he was talking about the animation in the very beginning, the only thing I could focus on was the puddle of water that went completely undisturbed by Garfield or the car going over it

[@trouty606]

Like does anyone in Hollywood accounting do any sort of actual cost-benefit analysis on this? Chris Pratt is assuredly the highest paid actor in this movie, probably right behind the animation budget itself for most expensive thing about it. In what universe does anyone think the primarily young child audience for this movie wouldn't see it if CP wasn't there? Do you really think the parents who get dragged to see this with their kids give a shit? Who is CP for?!

[@h0wnr681]

Jon's one defining trait has always been that he's a weirdo, it looks like they just made him nothing in this.

[@bulbakingdoot3514]

Not really, early on he was the strip’s straight man, with most of the eccentric/ weird jokes that would later go to Jon instead going to his roommate Lyman. It was only after Lyman left the strip that Jon became the pathetic Uber-dork that we know today.

[@camerondodge2070]

@@bulbakingdoot3514 Shh, we don't talk about Lyman.

[@DigontoZahid-lc7kt]

This is the first time i ve heard of this Garfield movie lol

[@kiptelgat]

the last non documentary movie I remember doing this was gem and the holograms, and that paints my expectations for this movie. unless it's secretly an intricate reference to lasagna cat and the whole movie is just garfield watching submissions.

[@briankaslewicz6130]

It's very telling how little Sony understands Garfield by having their examples of the cat submission contest be incredibly hyper or like playing the piano. Like these are the cats Garfield would bully because they make the humans too happy.

[@jonahromero7476]

Without Chris Pratt, we might've had Glenn Howerton (Dennis from Always Sunny in Philly) as Star Lord. God, I wish

[@CosmicVRS]

That cheese pull was a low quality simulation with a texture projected onto it from above, probs wouldn't have noticed it if it were all one color but instead it has bits of liquid pepperoni 🍕