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Summary: Funny and memorable!
Review: My husband and I saw this movie when it first came out. We loved it then. We've seen it several times since, and each time it gets harder to find in the rental stores. It looks like we have to buy it. What an amazing town for a set! The song "He's Large" sung by Olive Oil about Bluto is so funny! It is a great "real" version of a good cartoon. One to keep in your home collection!
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Summary: Underrated
Review: One of his best films. Unfortunately, Robin Williams was panned for this movie. The colorful little coastal community is picturesque in a shanty shack way. Robin interpreted the part to make Popeye the mumbly, talk-to-himself loner sailor. Shelly Duval will always be Olive Oyl to me. Had this movie been made later in his career when he had more acclaim it would have also.
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Summary: When will I EVER see this in it's original widescreen ?!
Review: I have long adored this eccentric epic film - and I have ONLY ever seen it on video in it's pan-and-scan form (which is the only way ANYONE has seen this film unless you saw it during it's original theatrical release.) PLEASE PARAMOUNT - RELEASE ROBERT ALTMAN'S "POPEYE" IN IT'S ORIGINAL TECHNOVISION FRAMING ON DVD ! ! ! !
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Summary: Please Pass the Shrimp, Chicken and Meatballs...
Review: This visual feast of a movie is the best remembered film of my life. I saw this on TV about 8 or 9 years ago, and then recorded it it again recently. I could recall each song, joke, part of film, effects...everything. It also is my personal favourite live-action Disney. The film it's self is basically a full-length cartoon, the buildings are wonderfully crafted, the songs are sophisticated and the actors look like the characters. A very reasonable and good effort for a cartoon turned movie. A sheer childhood memory.
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Summary: Popeye reigns supreme!
Review: This movie is a classic , right from the epic establishing shot to the spinach chomping finale! the cast is perfect and Robin is brilliant as popeye . there are some catchy musical numbers in there too , and while popeye is a bit of a wimp at the beginning of the movie he soon sends Bluto packing! you'll either love this movie .........or hate it . i love it, go figure
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Summary: One of my favorite movies
Review: This is one of those movies that seems to polarize viewers. You either love it or hate it. Since I've given it five stars I think it's obvious which camp I fall into. I hate musicals but their is just something very special about this movie. Something innocent. Robert Altman creates an extremely emersive world with a dead on interpretation of the cartoon brought to life. This is one of those movies that can be watched over and over again and believe me I have. Now lets get it out on DVD.
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Summary: Really Great
Review: This was one of the first movies I ever saw as a kid. I loved it then and I love it now. It's just so well done. It brings the cartoon to life in a way that no ther movie could ever hope to do. The casting is perfect. Robin Williams and Shelly Long ARE Popeye and Olive. The songs in this movie are really dumb but they're suppose to be. They're also funny and catchy. I find myself humming them all the time. I recommend this movie to anyone. Hey parents, want a good, clean, wholesome movie for your kids? Get this one
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Summary: One of the best movies ever made!
Review: It hurts to read bad reviews of such a great movie, but what hurts the most is when you see members of the production show shame at the mention of it. It really makes you lose a little more faith in mankind. I'm amazed to hear that Altman is ashamed of that, after I looked up his other movies here on Amazon and found that I had never seen, nor had any desire to see any of his other work. It seems to me that Popeye was his one good piece of work, though as I said, I haven't seen the others. As for Robin, this is probably his best piece of work, and anyway, if he's going to be ashamed of some of his films, I can think of others that he SHOULD be ashamed of. This one, along with the two Aladdin movies, he should hail as his greatest work! Anyway, enough ranting, let me get on with the praise! In a movie based on a cartoon, old TV show, comic, or any other previously established piece of work, casting is all important. That's where this movie delivers the strongest! This is PERFECT casting! Nothing more needs to be said about that. And wow, how about Popeye's arms? How'd they do that? Perfect! All the costumes and sets were beautifully done and so true to the cartoons! The lines were endless and wonderful! The songs may have been strange, but thad does not mean they were bad! They were GREAT! They were extremely weird, but GREAT! They're part of what makes the movie so good! Everything about it was absolutely perfect. I heard someone, I think it was Altman, say that one of the big "flaws" was the ending. That they ran out of money and didn't get to put on the huge, spectacular finally that was planned upon, so they ended up just painting Bluto yellow and having him swim off scared. Well, all I can say is, it may have been spectacular if they had done more with the ending, but it certainly didn't hurt the movie. It was magnificent! Definitely one of my most beloved videos and I have hundreds! I hope it is released on DVD soon, though I'm sure it will have next to zero extras if it ever is. I only hope they realize what a cult following this film has! Oh, and before I go, I want to call attention to one actor, Bill Irwin who plays Ham Gravy, the Old Boyfriend, who was wonderful as always. His this vaudevillian style comedian/clown that always shows up in these bit parts in various movies and practically steals the show! He was great in this movie too as the nervous, goofy Ham.
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Summary: Where ain't me Swee'Pea on DVD?!
Review: Quite possibly the most misunderstood movie of the 20th century! Even it's lead actor Robin Williams and director Robert Altman don't speak fondly of this picture. Well, shame on them all! They should be busk right in the mush! This movie hands down, is the very best adaptation of a cartoon to film that has EVER been made. No other movie has EVER been so perfectly cast!! The costume designs by Scott Bushnell are superb! And I could go on and on about the set!! I really felt as if I was transported directly into Sweethaven. I have never seen a film so brilliantly executed. Has an incredible soundtrack and a beautifully written script. It's rather interesting that Altman doesn't like the flick, simply because of the obvious care taken to deliver a product so true and respectful to the original cartoon series. To this day I think there should be a sequel made with the Sea-Hag and the Goons. But nothing seems to account for good taste. Its a shame to think that the film transfer to DVD for this movie will probably be poor considering nobody will invest there time or money into something they believe is a waste. I have loved this movie since I was ten, and I love it just as much 21 years later. Man, has it been that long? I've seen this movie well over thirteen times, and it deserves praise. I am proud to have it in my collection. No movie like it has come since. And I doubt one ever will!
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Summary: A boaters' and his guests' movie
Review: If you know somebody that likes boats. Then here is a movie just for them. Popeye. Popeye the sailor man (Robin Williams) heads into Sweetheaven, becuase he thinks his long lost old man is thier. He gets a room for rent with the Oyls.Mr. and Mrs. Oly's (Macintyre Dixon and Robert Maxwell) daughter, Olive Oyl is getting married to Bluto (Paul L. Smith). Olive Oyl (Shelly Duvall) doesn't want to marry Bulto. So on the day of the party, she runs away. When Bulto gets tired of waiting for Olive, he messes up the Oyl's home. Not a very nice soon to be hushband is he? Thier son, Castor Oyl (Donovan Scott) thinks he can help his parents, by boxing with a mean boxer (Peter Bray). While that is going on, Popeye finds a baby that he names Swee' Pea (Wesley Ivan Hurt). My dad can relate to the title character plus Bulto. (Because he is sometimes mean). If you don't like boats, than you have no reason to watch this movie in less you are a fan of the cartoon series. Soon Popeye discovers that Sweet' Pea can predict things and gets them right. I give this Popeye 4 stars.
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