Popeye
|
List Price: Our Price: $2.83 You Save: $6.12 (68%) Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Buy Used: from $1.49 (click here) Category: DVD See more DVD releases |
|---|
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
Movie Reviews of Popeye
Movie Review: Popeye-Greatest Character Treated With Care
Summary: 5 Stars
So many little things in this movie that go unnoticed by the Rosanne crowd that make this movie so fantastic. Bluto's "She will!!!...She won't!!" ceremony while waiting for Olive. Popeye's "I Yam What I Yam" song with pretty much nobody paying attention to him. The Oyl family and their "appropriate" first names. Coal Oyl telling Castor to "Give Em Oyl!" before Castor does battle with Oxblood Oxheart.
So many people I know just don't get it and I can only imagine so many reviewers didn't get it either. It has nothing to do with intelligence or intellect, it has something to do with the sweet subtleties of the subject.
Popeye is the pinnacle of morality in a cartoon character. The man is a saint and that's what I have loved about him since when I first watched the cartoons back in the 70's. I noticed he was one of the few characters that didn't have a large flaw or a kind of a devlish side to him. Barney Rubble could rate up there to but Popeye was honest, loyal, trustworthy and kind....unless he was dealing with Bluto, The Forty Thieves and sometimes his nephews.
This film was made with care by someone who understood the cartoon's greatest trait. Its sweetness.
Movie Review: "Haves a happy holiday wit me an' Olive!"
Summary: 5 Stars
Great music, fantasict cast and a story for all ages...
Staring Robin Williams in his first feature film, "Popeye" brings the sailor back to his roots. Taking place in the fictional town of Sweethaven, Popeye sets out to find is long lost Pappy (Ray Walston). Along the way he meets Olive, (a very convincing performance given by Shelley Duvall),her family, adopts little Swee'Pee and makes an enemy out of Captain Bluto (Paul L. Smith).
Many critics panned this movie...but by no means was it a "flop" as it is claimed to be. The movie made back double it's money and left an impression on the much younger generation. Even though the cast and crew may have gone through hell making "Popeye," it has gained a considerable following throughout the years and to some, is a success beyond what any hollywood critic could understand.
Light-hearted and fun...kids are sure to love this movie just as much as they love the cartoons.
Did You Know? You can visit the set of "Popeye the movie" to this day? Sweethaven was built on the island of Malta and is visted by thousands of tourists every year.
Movie Review: Great Casting, Fun Film!
Summary: 5 Stars
Zack Davisson did a fine job of revueing this film. I just wanted to be a second wittness to what he wrote. I love this film and watch it several times a year. Although my DVD collection exceeds 1,000 I still own just over 350 Laserdiscs. My Popeye Laserdisc is 'pan & scan' and I can tell that there are places that would significantly improve with a letterbox copy of this film. I'm glad to see that my new (already pre-ordered) DVD copy will be letterboxed.I am a Robin Williams fan, but still, he honestly made Popeye come to life. I love his mumbling. I heard that they had to edit out some of that improve mumbling he was doing. I think the Shelly was outstanding as Olive. Great Casting! Great Make-Up! It was the first time I ever saw a resemblance between Ray Walston and Robin Williams. When I first saw this movie over 2 decades ago, I came home talking about how cute the baby was who was cast as Sweetpea. I think the entire village was built from scratch and also looks charming.
I love this movie and recomend it to any fans of Popeye, Robin Williams (or Shelly Duval). You won't be dissapointed!
Movie Review: Surreal and a little nighmarish
Summary: 5 Stars
If I hadn't seen it as a child and loved it, I'd be wary about showing it to children. Because when I first saw it through the eyes of an adult, it creeped me right out.
There's a vaguely sinister undertone to the whole thing (maybe a product of the rumored massive consumption of cocaine during production), from Bluto laboriously eating glass (!) and Popeye's bulging, waxy prosthetic forearms (with a smattering of hair for that extra touch of the grotesque), to a showdown between an infant and an angry-looking octopus and a boxing match on a dingy, poorly-lit barge between Popeye and a sweaty, hulking man-child. Elements that might be benevolent in a cartoon or comic strip (such as Olive Oyl's bulbous shoes or the circus sideshow-like denizens of Sweethaven) turn freakish in the flesh, creating, inadvertently, an almost David-Lynchian atmosphere of confused dread. Luckily for the kiddies that dread never pays off in a gut punch, but that doesn't diminish its value for those looking for artful production design and a thoroughly surreal experience.
Movie Review: Months of checking have finally paid off!
Summary: 5 Stars
... This is one of those movies that you have to appreciate for it's simplicity and sometimes almost cheesy scenarios. I can't imagine anyone playing these characters other than the people cast. Robin Williams performance as Popeye is reminiscent of the really old B&W Popeye cartoons where half of the time he's mumbling which adds to the comedy. Even the costumes in this movie are semi-cartoonish which cleverly adds to the cartoon-to-live-action transition while reminding us that the silliness is part of the reason we loved the cartoons and characters as much as we did, and still do.Bravo to Paramount for finally releasing this on DVD for the people like me who have been searching for this classic since I bought my DVD player. I've been checking on a weekly to monthly basis for a long time now, and am estatic to see my searching has paid off.
If you haven't seen this fantastic movie before, or haven't seen it in years, take the time to rent it one more time so you can see what you'd be gaining by ordering or pre-ordering this today!!