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Summary: AAAAAHHHH This is ART
Review: every movie which puts you in an emotional state like that one is true art. cause things happen or they dont. I hope 4 more beautifull worlds like that one (chicken run, matrix 1, the black hole aso.)in a movie.
btw. i love the ending
peace 2 all , tom
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Summary: A Forgotten Classic (DVD Review)
Review: I was 9 when this movie came out and it rocked my world. I grew up in San Diego watching LA station KTLA's Popeye show every Sunday morning, so I was primed for this. It suprises me how much I still love it today. The casting is flawless (Except for the Bluto part, I thought he was still the head guard from Midnight Express instead of Bluto) and the songs...well what can I say, it just proves yet again what a genius Harry Nilsson was (RIP). I still catch myself singing some these tunes every once in a while.Robin Williams is the only actor in history that could have pulled off the role of Popeye. His comic genius is now a known fact now but back in 1980 this movie proved he could do more than just Mork from Ork. Shelley Duvall, same thing, no one else could have done the Olive Oyle role any better. Had they decided to set the movie in the real world it may not have worked out, however, by creating a mythical island town like Sweethaven, it allowed the movie to feel like you were being transported to a wierd, trippy world where no one is completely normal. I agree with a previous review that this movie suffered from a bad marketing strategy. It really straddles the fence between being a movie for adults or kids. This is probably why it stands the test of time so well. Do yourself a favor and watch this movie, it was just released on DVD and the print quality is outstanding. Not many extras but beggars can't be choosers.
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Summary: Dis Movy Kickz Sum Maja A@*!
Review: Da 1st time Eye tried 2 watch dis movy on HBO, my cable went out. Same wit da 2nd and 3rd. Eye finally got 2 c it all 2day. It kickz a&@. Eye luv Popeye cartoins. This movy is gr8. Dis is a must own. Popeye moves 2 a town called "Sweetheaven". Dere a a tax on damn near everythang in this town. He is looking 4 his Pappy. He moves in wit da Oyls. Olive is supposed 2 marry Bluto. Bluto is a ....... payne in da a@#. Olive tryes 2 xscape from Bluto. She sits down wit Popeye and puts her luggage down. Some1 switches 1 of da bags wit an identical bag. Popeye and Olive end up wit a child. When Olive and Popeye finally return home, Bluto is dere. He c's da cihild (Swee'Pea) and gets pi@#ed. Wimpy stelas Swee'pea b-cuz the baby is physic and ends up givin him 2 Bluto and Bluto kidnaps him and Popeye goes 2 save him. Popeye finally meets Papi. He's on Bluto's ship. So is Olive (Bluto captures her when she tries 2 save Swee'Pea). Popeye rescues Swee'Pea and Olive and den da movy ends. Eye can't believe Popeye wouldn't eat spinach until his papi thows a can in da ocean/river/lake (Whateva dey on) and Bluto stuffs down his throat (Popeye don't like it @ 1st. Dis is a must own 4 any Popeye fan!
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Summary: Your Kids Will LOVE It!
Review: I was always a fan of classic cartoons, and Popeye was always one of my favorite characters. I looked forward to seeing this movie when it first hit the theaters over 20 years ago and was a bit thrown off when I first saw it. I was expecting a movie adaptation of the typical cartoon stylings. What you get instead is a wonderful family oriented musical that kids can watch over and over without looking over their shoulders. The music and the scenery are worth the price of the DVD alone. While most of my praises are based upon the reaction of children, it still holds up for adults just as well, however, for those looking for typical a Popeye storyline... this may not be for you because you'll be so distracted by all the Popeye references that are NOT in the movie that you may not notice all the original stuff that IS in it.
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Summary: I wanted to love it...
Review: I truly do appreciate it this movie for all the qualities fans like to discuss (i.e. casting, and faithfulness to Segar's conception, etc.), but the pace of the film is finally too sluggish to pull a decent recommendation from me. Unless you have a nostalgic soft-spot for this movie (as I do), you're unlikely to consider your time or money well spent on this DVD. As others have said, the ending is incredibly bad. I doubt I'll ever watch it all the way through again. You can certainly get most of the charm this strange little movie has to offer in the first 50 minutes or so.
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Summary: Rest your brain...
Review: ...and enjoy Popeye. I was nine when it came out and it's no blockbuster, but so what? How many of us enjoy movies that weren't?
I have to say the cast fits their characters perfectly and how adorable is that baby Sweetpea?! A kitschy classic.
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Summary: Like It, Don't listen to the grumpy people
Review: Look you either like this movie or you don't. It has great music, inventive sets that recall the cartoons, and perfect casting.....OK, so obviously I'm one of the people that like it. The ending is the only part I wasn't nuts about, but that's how all popeye cartoons ended, so I can see it.
Popeye is a movie that all the people who like to believe they are in the "know" in the movie industry like to pan. Yes it's true, Robin Williams has said in the past that he didn't like making this movie, but I suspect that was because of the working conditions more than anything else ( being a actor is a job after all ).
So give it a shot, don't let the grumps deter you.
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Summary: IN BETWEEN GOOD AND CORNY
Review: I just bought this DVD from Amazon. I haven't watched this film since it first came out and I saw it on the big screen. I really loved it then. But now, I find it more corny than totally enjoyable. I am beginning to think that I should have rented first. Normally one of my main rules. But despite disapppointments, I am going to keep it, because there isn't anything else like it. I love the opening theme song -- it's wonderful. The town is visually grand -- and on that level, as Amazon says in its review, it works: The characters, town, and all. Shelly Duvall is wonderful as Olive. Robin Williams is interesting -- but hadn't found his place yet in the movies. I didn't like a lot of his early films as much as I do what he does now. He finally really shines at the end of the film. The Bluto character is interesting -- but not the Bluto I remember from the cartoons: He lacked any true personality; maybe a contrast was needed between the rest of the goofy characters, but he was still goofy. I like the music -- find it amusing -- but find myself wishing that it was less of a musical, sometimes, and other times, accepting it. It is not a totally bad film -- although I could see where some children might not like it; I cannot judge it on that level, because I was in my thirties when I first saw it. My major complaint is what Amazon already said: It doesn't really work as bringing out Popeye as a character. My major compliment: It works as a town and its citizens. -- And I do not think the town looks dirty; it looks visually catching and cartoonish, with those wonderful sight gags starting everything off. Some of Popeye's lines and comebacks are softly-amusing. I definitely recommend that you rent first to see if you are one that hates or loves this. As far as myself, I fall somewhere in between.
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Summary: As if seeing it for the 1st time.. again...
Review: Commenting on the content of a movie (plot) when a new version of the media for it is released is a bit of a waste. A bad movie on VHS is still a bad movie on DVD. The reason you buy a DVD version of a movie (when you already have a VHS copy) is to gain something. Extras like commentaries are fine, but you weren't drawn to the DVD commentary before there was a DVD, were you? The moment I knew the DVD for Popeye was worth the price was when I heard the 5.1 mix down in the engagement party scene at the Oyl's house. Where once there had been just a uninteligible mumble in the background, there is now clear, crisp dialogue that you can point to as if the actor was right in the room with you. The final test is whether the release brings something to the production that, while there all the time, creates an experience for the viewer that lets them feel as though they are seeing it (or hearing it) for the first time. The 6/24/03 DVD release of Popeye is just such a release.
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Summary: Still garbage after all these years
Review: Let me explain a couple of things. First off, I am a HUGE Altman fan, even though he hasn't made a great film since "Short Cuts." (Now where's THAT dvd?) Secondly, I too was about 10 when this came out. My parents took me.
Being a collector of Altman's films I bought this DVD. I thought I'd give it another try, being about 20 years since I last saw it. Alas, ...still crap.
If you're interested in this because of Harry Nilsson's score, please keep in mind that Harry HATED it. Aside from Shelley Duvall's "He Needs Me" (oddly enough, used to much greater effect in P.T. Anderson's "Punch-Drunk Love"), there isn't a toe-tapper in the bunch. Also, the score was mixed at such a low volume, you can hardly hear it. Harry talked up until he died about releasing the score he WANTED in the film. I guess that will never see the light of day. (you are missed, buddy)
Why is this movie so bad, when it had everything going for it? Beats me. The town of Sweathaven looks filthy. Everything is so brown and dirty, instead of cartoonish. Granted, Duvall is THE perfect choice to play Olive Oyl. If you've read Altman's biography "Jumping Off the Cliff" you know that this production was a disaster from the very beginning, finally resulting in the pompous Robert Evans' ("Chinatown" should have been billed "a film by Robert Evans"?) bust for cocaine.
The making of this movie was a mess, the movie is a mess, and it's no wonder why Altman didn't do any extras for this DVD.
I was bored by it when I was 10, but at least I sat through the whole thing. This time around I turned it off after about an hour. Save your money.
Okay, now go ahead and click away at the "not helpful" button, all you fans.
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