Just watched the 'Popeye' movie for the first time and all I could think all the way through it was how amazing it was that anyone involved went on to have a successful career afterwards. I was even more surprised when I found out it had made a profit.
I guess there are a lot of people out there with very different tastes to me.
I am a BIG Popeye fan-!
Not of the movie! I lasted maybe 15 minutes. :bluesad:
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I thought the movie was fun.
Shelley Duvall was just perfect for Olive Oyl.
It had plenty of catchy songs too.
"I'm mean, I'm mean, I'm mean, you know what I mean ..."
http://youtu.be/qhxDQ1g964U (http://youtu.be/qhxDQ1g964U)
strange movie. odd vibe, considering it's based on a kids cartoon..
I like the fact that Bluto was also in PIECES
My then-girlfriend and I watched this at the theater when it came out, and we loved it at the time.
When it was finally released on video 20 years later, my now-wife and I rented it and watched it again.
Fifteen minutes in, we were looking at each other and saying: "Why did we like this again?"
I was doing a 1980 time capsule type of video recently and this flick came upon my conscience. Yeah, it's pretty stupid. But also yeah, Shelley Duvall was the perfect choice to embody Olive Oyl's physique. Good casting, at least. Weird movie for Robert Altman to do!
I also saw it in the theater but I was like 5
Quote from: lester1/2jr on July 07, 2020, 09:04:00 PM
I also saw it in the theater but I was like 5
You so young.
Quote from: retrorussell on July 07, 2020, 05:10:14 PM
I was doing a 1980 time capsule type of video recently and this flick came upon my conscience. Yeah, it's pretty stupid. But also yeah, Shelley Duvall was the perfect choice to embody Olive Oyl's physique. Good casting, at least. Weird movie for Robert Altman to do!
Robert Altman- what movies of his are any good? Even his most famous-M*A*S*H- bored me to tears.
Quote from: chainsaw midget on July 07, 2020, 03:00:47 PM
I thought the movie was fun.
Shelley Duvall was just perfect for Olive Oyl.
It had plenty of catchy songs too.
"I'm mean, I'm mean, I'm mean, you know what I mean ..."
Don't forget "...He's
LARGE...and he's mine... " :lookingup: :tongueout: :bluesad:
http://youtu.be/cRUa_E1CugU (http://youtu.be/cRUa_E1CugU)
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Quote from: RCMerchant on July 07, 2020, 11:25:58 PM
Quote from: retrorussell on July 07, 2020, 05:10:14 PM
I was doing a 1980 time capsule type of video recently and this flick came upon my conscience. Yeah, it's pretty stupid. But also yeah, Shelley Duvall was the perfect choice to embody Olive Oyl's physique. Good casting, at least. Weird movie for Robert Altman to do!
Robert Altman- what movies of his are any good? Even his most famous-M*A*S*H- bored me to tears.
I love
ROBERT ALTMAN.
A WEDDING BREWSTER McCLOUD THE PLAYER SHORT CUTS GOSFORD PARK A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION ... and my own favorite of his :
PRET-a-PORTER ...
Did I mention ...
COME BACK TO THE FIVE AND DIME, JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN STREAMERS ... ?
Hey- if you dig it-cool! Myself...he reminds me of Mike Nichols.
The only 2 movies I liked of his were the first 2- WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? and the GRADUATE.
Quote from: RCMerchant on July 07, 2020, 11:40:34 PM
Hey- if you dig it-cool! Myself...he reminds me of Mike Nichols.
The only 2 movies I liked of his were the first 2- WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? and the GRADUATE.
Speaking of
MIKE NICHOLS... I agree.
Oh, and I meant to point out that
POPEYE is the only
ROBERT ALTMAN film I did not like.
I liked the first half of WOLF...but the second half turned into a stupid remake of the WEREWOLF OF LONDON (1935). And why have Mike Nichols of all people, do a horror movie??? :question:
It reminded me like when DeNiro played Frankenstein in Scorsese's movie. Same with Coppola's Dracula movie. Pretty glossy- but-bah. Goldman is no Lugosi, Lee, or even Carradine. He is a great actor...but that was real miscast.
At least POPEYE was cast well...but they just should have left out the music and romance and just done it pure slapstick.
Quote from: RCMerchant on July 07, 2020, 11:57:18 PM
I liked the first half of WOLF...but the second half turned into a stupid remake of the WEREWOLF OF LONDON (1935).
What's WOLF?
Quote from: Allhallowsday on July 08, 2020, 12:01:56 AM
Quote from: RCMerchant on July 07, 2020, 11:57:18 PM
I liked the first half of WOLF...but the second half turned into a stupid remake of the WEREWOLF OF LONDON (1935).
What's WOLF?
Exactly.
WOLF (1994) with Jack Nicholson. Directed by Mike Nichols.
http://youtu.be/HXcm1cfVIRc (http://youtu.be/HXcm1cfVIRc)
oh mike nichols again
Shelly was in Altman's POPEYE- Jack was in Nichol's WOLF, and both were in Kubrick's the SHINING!
I dunno...just a thought! :drink:
Quote from: RCMerchant on July 08, 2020, 12:32:46 AM
Shelly was in Altman's POPEYE- Jack was in Nichol's WOLF, and both were in Kubrick's the SHINING!
I dunno...just a thought! :drink:
... And I liked
THE SHINING...
I wonder if someone like Shelly Duvall would be able to make a successful acting career nowadays? It would be a shame if she couldn't.
Given what Popeye was adapting, and when it was made,it did a decent enough job. If they had made it an animated movie, then maybe they could have done more with the characters ,setting, etc...
But as it stands, its fine.
Quote from: Alex on July 08, 2020, 01:16:19 PM
I wonder if someone like Shelly Duvall would be able to make a successful acting career nowadays? It would be a shame if she couldn't.
SHELLEY DUVALL is in a couple of '70s movies with memorable parts that I like :
ANNIE HALL and
NASHVILLE...
ROBERT ALTMAN had her in a few of his films.
It was a good kids movie for 1980; I remember watching it in the theater when I was 6 years old. It was Robin Williams' first starring role in a film and I thought he carried the movie rather well. I tried watching it again not too long ago and realized that what was good in 1980 isn't always so good nowadays. Of course, I also saw The Shining (1980) when it first came out in theaters too, so I know that's not a general rule of thumb.
Imagine if Stanley Kubrick had directed Popeye (1980)...
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I remember watching this in theaters in 1980 with my mother. I had to nudge her awake half way through as she was snoring.
Heck, I had to wake myself up during some bits. I honestly do not know how or why this movie made ANY profit as I recall almost everyone I know who saw it said it stank way back then.
This is also a pure co-incidence, my roommate had suggested we watch it tonight (before logged on) I'm watching it again...on purpose. Help me!