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Popeye (1980)

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Summary: The sailor man travels to Sweethaven, falls in love with Olive Oyl, adopts Sweetpea and makes an enemy with Bluto. (imdb)
Country: USA
Directed By: Robert Altman
More information at the Internet Movie Database
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Main actors capture the cartoon's mannerisms but the rest is a shameful wreck of ugliness and boredom.
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Robin Williams does such a good job that I almost forget he plays in this and Shelley Duvall, who plays Olive Oyl, is the spitting image of the cartoon Olive Oyl. Despite close to perfect casting, this just doesn't work as a feature length film.
na Nkleszcz
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No thanks!
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Robert Altman's gift and lasting influence onto American Cinema. Unrivaled genius.
na brightpoint
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What good are those massive bloated up forearms of Williams if he isn't going to smack Shelley Duvall in the head with it.I'll gladly pay anyone Tuesday not to watch this drivel again.
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Popeye is a gem of quirkiness. The songs are terrible, but they really don't try to be anything else, which makes it quite fun. Robin Williams does a great job in this as well, one of his first films, and Bill Irwin is entertaining as always with his vaudevillian style. "I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today!" Oh Wimpy what will they do with you...
na eviltobacco
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na LennyNero
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Altman and Williams worst movie!
na ruibueno
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na billkerwin
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How could a director this good make a film this bad?
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beautiful sets and costumes. Apart from that...
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If you've ever needed proof that adapting something to the big screen may require changing it look no further than Popeye. Though admittedly true adaptations can work it certainly doesn't work here. While the entire movie looks and feels like a silly cartoon and Robin Williams, hate him as you may, does provide a perfect adaptation of Popeye, the movie itself is just painful for the most part. There are some occasionally genuine funny jokes but it's amid a sea of boring movie.
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Gets a lot of hate, when really it's just all round average. Williams does quite well.
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In no way conveys the humor, excitement, and adventure of the awesome cartoon. Too slow, plodding, and often laugh-free. It's not completely bad, and is competently made, just lacking any quality action or comedic content.
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It's not that it's bad, it's just that you don't know what you're talking about.
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This is either one of the greatest or worst movies ever made, i really can't decide yet. So fundamentally ill-conceived that it borders on sublime (either intentional or not), yet the serious talent involved never fails to shine through. It almost reminds me of a Guy Maddin movie actually, and now i totally understand why he got Shelley Duvall for Twilight of the Ice Nymphs. Also, the Harry Nilsson music is pretty great. And yet can i actually bring myself to call this a "good" movie? Not sure.
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Williams gives a pitch-perfect rendition of Popeye, and the costume designer plainly had a ball, but the rest of this film is a complete mess. The direction is awful, the songs -- music, lyrics, voices all -- are completely useless (especially considering that it has the audacity to call itself a musical), and the plot is nonsensical at best and outright absent at worst. There's really no way of justifying watching this film.
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Thanks, Criticker, now I remembered that this movie existed.
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One of the worst films I've ever seen. The songs by Harry Nilsson (you know, the guy who wrote "Lime in the Coconut"?) are atrocious, and the idea of translating Popeye into a live-action film in the first place is just silly and misguided. Sorry, Altman, but I really hate this one.
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