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Popeye DVD

PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) :: Paramount :: Released: 2003-06-24

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Rank: #6089	Rating:
	4.5/5 (173 Reviews)

3/5 Returned Item
  by Marsha Ferris (Michigan)
I returned the item because Amazon did a swirtch in my cart from a used DVD to a new one and I did not like the price difference.

5/5 I guess I must be stupid
  by harpergirl (Pennsylvania)
I guess I must be stupid. I really liked this movie, and continue to like it every time I see it. I never saw the cartoons in the movies, and never read the comic strip, so cannot compare them to this amusing, entertaining film. The actors are great for their parts, the scenery is chaotically funny, the songs are wonderful, and the feeling is sooooo light-hearted! And there ARE some really funny lines that I discover and re-discover every time I watch this!

I just do not understand what the critics are fussing about. Maybe because there is no gratuitous sex and the violence is slapstick.

5/5 Good watch!
  by J. Friend (NC, USA)
This movie is a good make of Popeye. Robin Williams does a wonderful job and Shelly Duval is a very good Olive Oil. It's a good movie to watch if you want a feel good, comedy, musical movie.

4/5 Fiddler on the roof meets Popey?
  by Brook V (North East)
Sweet Sweet Haven..God must love us! ...yup, that is the opening song the townsfolk come out and sing in a strangely rehearsed choreography. God must love 'em??? What?? Why?!?!

Aside from the overall wierdness, the main characters are very good as far as being true to the comics. The visuals and set designs are good too.

I just can't shake the overall wierdness of the townsfolk! What a freaky bunch!

Watch it for the wierd factor alone!

5/5 Don't care what "THEY" say
  by Elizabeth Chadwell (FL, USA)
This film got SOOOOOO panned. Don't care, I luv it. most real person adeptations of cartoons R, wellllllllllll, not so great. This one is pretty coool. :o)

Popeye Summary The Classic Comic Strip And Cartoon Hero Comes To Life In Robert Altman's Film Adaptation Of The Adventures Of The Spinach-munching Sailor. After He's Thrown From His Ship During A Storm, Popeye (robin Williams) Finds Refuge In A Quaint Seaside Town. There He Rents A Room From The Oyls And Meets Their Daughter Olive (the Perfectly Cast Shelley Duvall). Olive Is Engaged To Captain Bluto (paul Smith), A Bully And Ruffian Who Is In Charge Of Collecting Taxes For The Mysterious Commandant. Popeye, Who Was Orphaned At An Early Age, Is In The Midst Of A Desperate Search For His Missing Father, But What He Doesn't Realize Is That The Shipwreck Has Brought Him Unexpectedly Close To His Final Destination. In Bringing His Own Distinct Vision To E. C. Segar?s Legendary Hero, Altman Creates An Atmosphere That Is Breezy, Loose, And Filled With Slapstick Shenanigans. Williams Portrays Popeye With A Physically Comic Flair That Is Both Honest And Energetic--as Do The Rest Of The Cast Members, Including Frequent Altman Contributors Duvall, Paul Dooley, And David Arkin. Harry Nilssonss Songs Add To The Lighthearted Affair, Making Popeye An Enjoyable Family Viewing Experience All Around.

Nothing interests filmmaker Robert Altman more than a contained culture that mixes bare humanity with local eccentricity (think of his M*A*S*H and Nashville). So Altman's Popeye (1980), based on the old comic strip, works best as a portrait of a busy, cluttered, cartoonish town called Sweethaven. But it is much less successful as a comprehensible story about the famous sailor with massive forearms and a relationship with Olive Oyl (Shelley Duvall). Robin Williams plays Popeye with his usual brilliance for mimicry, Paul Dooley makes a credible Wimpy, and Paul L. Smith makes an impression as the oversized bully, Bluto. But this strange, disastrous film never becomes more than an expensive workshop airing out Altmanesque themes. --Tom Keogh

Popeye DVD Techincal Details Cast: Robin Williams, Ray Walston, Paul Dooley, Paul L. Smith
Director: Robert Altman
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Running Time: 114 mins
UPC: 097360117141
Binding: DVD
Studio: Paramount
Release Date: 2003-06-24
Region Code: 1
Specs: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC

Language & Subtitles English (Original Language - Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), English (Subtitled),