Boring, over-political, tech fuzed mess

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Marmaduke (Owen Wilson) is a giant Great Dane family dog of the Winslows (Lee Pace, Judy Greer) and their 3 kids. The family with Marmaduke and cat Carlos (George Lopez) moves from Kansas to California for Phil's new big marketing job at an organic dog food company. Phil's boss, Don Twombly (William H. Macy) wants Bark Organic into every Petco store and brings his purebred Jezebel (Fergie) to the dog park. The park is very high school ruled by bully Bosco (Kiefer Sutherland). The mutts led by Mazie (Emma Stone) befriends Marmaduke.This has a charming fun start with the Marmaduke narration and the misunderstandings between him and the family. There seems to be a nice little kids' movie with the family in Kansas. The family goes to SoCal and the movie turns into a teen romp with dogs. The hijinx wears thin after a bit. It's comparable to the first 'Beverly Hills Chihuahua' and isn't much better or worst.

When I first heard that Marmaduke got his own movie, I was satisfied. When I watch it, I was like "Dude, this is supposed to be a cartoon movie not a dopey version of High School Musical!". If I were making this movie, I'd make a few changes. 1) Kill the High School theme. It's better if the high school style involved only humans. 2) Next time, get Jim Carrey or Tom Hanks to play Marmaduke. 3) Tone down the innuendo in the movie. 4) How about you let Robin Williams play the cat? 5) Kill the party scene and the beach surfing scene. 6) Make it a cartoon because live-action is less appealing. 7) Fire the director, the computer animators, and the producer. 8) Tone down the language a wee bit. And 9) Make Marmaduke younger. Sadly, the film-makers have neither sense nor a brain to figure out what the heck was wrong with the movie. Don't believe me? Buy it on DVD and find out.

Maybe it's because I grew up with, and still have, a Great Dane. I don't know. But I really enjoyed this movie! I therefor really don't understand all this negativity. Did people really expected it to be an award winning movie like the Godfather or Titanic?? I sure hope not. It's about a talking Great Dane for crying out loud! And it's just as good as any other "animal talking and dancing" movie, like Garfield, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Hotel for Dogs etc etc.The movie is funny and cute. And I will definitely get it on Blu-ray soon.So if you're a kid and/or a Dane or dog lover, this movie is just plain fun to watch.

I just saw this movie for the first time. I came to it with an open mind willing to be entertained. I have to admit that it was a good family movie that it is paced well and tells a simple story. Not full of of slapstick joke, but it has a very refreshing predictable and simple plot and easy to follow. A great movie for discussing family values and what loyalty, love and friendship is all about and the dynamics of it.Good family movie . . . don't listen to the basher and purist that movies have to be a perfect reflection of reality. This is a great movie in a traditional sense.Sit and back and enjoy it . . .