Popeye - All New Cartoons - Ye Olde Popeye (Animated) (DVD)

Advantages: Superb casting, faithful adaptition of comic, Altman's direction
Disadvantages: Some bad songs and dubbing, overlength, an octopus

...is the crew?s contribution to Sweethaven and the world of the characters. The production design by Wolf Kroeger (ERAGON, LADYHAWKE) deserves a lot of credit, as he creates Sweethaven with a wonderful old-time design and appearance, with houses and cobbled roads that look straight out of the early 20th century, Some have complained about the sets being cluttered, though I disagree; set decorator Jack Stephens (who just received an Oscar a year before for Roman Polanski?s TESS) gives a nostalgic texture the interior of the homes, as well as the boats. And Scott Bushnell?s costumes are just right, perfectly translated from the comic book pages; Olive?s dress and shoes are the best, and literary bring to mind the animated garb she wore in the cartoons. Oh yes, and Popeye?s muscles and tattoos are there intact, and while they are prosthetics... Read review

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Advantages: Nostalgic, lightly entertaining, ahead of it's time!
Disadvantages: "I got millions'o emenies. And you is 10 or 12 of 'em!"

..., in the original strip Popeye only used the added strength he gained by eating spinach once. It wasn't until he was being promoted as an animated character that this trait was exploited to make him a compelling role model for kids. In Sweet Haven, Popeye actually overcomes his childhood aversion to this healthy veg and learns to not only enjoy it, but appreciate the life-saving strength it gives him in the face of his enemies. When all is said and done, this delightful family film actually paved the way for the many many films made since that were also based on comic book characters. It was horribly panned by critics at the time, and I could never understand why! I remember thinking, "If they're smart, someone will follow their example because there are some great films waiting to be made from comic books!" This flash of insight... Read review

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Advantages: Great cartoon
Disadvantages: Hating Oliveoil.

...Popeye is one of my favorite cartoon show's. I love it so much it's really funny. I used to watch it all the time when I was much younger. Being that i'm going to be 16 on the 31st of this month which is August. You may see me as still being young which I'am, but I guess I was watching it the couple of years before it was decided to be less played. Popeye is a Cartoon character who is a sailorman. Popeye had a enemy named Bluto but sometimes he would seem like a friend. Popeye had a girlfriend named Oliveoil, don't get me wrong but I think she was a hoe. Sometimes I was confused, I didn't know if they went out or not because of the way she used to treat him. Sometimes Bluto would steal oliveoil from popeye but sometimes he didn't have to, she'd sometimes leave popeye in a second. Popeye had musle's that would mainly show when he... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful