Garfield the Movie: A Failure in Adapted Characters
An analysis on how the Garfield movie fails to represent the characters it is adapting, especially the women, by removing their best characteristics.

In the borderlands of a wartorn country, a highly lucrative emerald mine becomes the object of unending dispute. Two Ninjas, Byron and Michael were the best of friends while they fought side by side in the Green Berets. However, in the years that have separated them, they have both become the leaders of rival gangs. Now the two face each other in a final battle of brilliant Ninja combat for control of the mine.
An analysis on how the Garfield movie fails to represent the characters it is adapting, especially the women, by removing their best characteristics.
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