Based on the mildly amusing comic strip of the same name in which a large dog discovers he's too big for life, the first trailer for Marmaduke is here. What I’m not so sure of is whether this trailer is supposed to make the movie look good. From the cringe-worthy music to the fairly bored and disinterested voice work from Owen Wilson, there’s just not much to hang your hat on here. I mean it’s a talking dog, just sort of sitting in a car. Sure he’s a big dog and maybe that’s exciting if you’ve never seen a Great Dane before, in some neighborhoods people only have Pit Bulls, but I passed one walking down the street last night so I feel pretty acclimated to the whole existence of pony-sized dogs thing.

Maybe Great Danes are all new to you though. If so, check out the first trailer for Marmaduke below or in HD on Yahoo.