Popeye The Sailor - Volume 1 (Animated) (DVD)

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

...****************************************************************** TITLE: Popeye RATING: **** CAST: Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall, Ray Walston, Paul L. Smith, Paul Dooley, Richard Libertini, Donald Moffat, MacIntyre Dixon, Roberta Maxwell, Donovan Scott, Bill Irwin, Linda Hunt, Wesley Ivan Hurt, Van Dyke Parks. DIRECTOR: Robert Altman SCREENWRITER: Jules Fieffer RUNNING TIME: 114 min STUDIO: Paramount Pictures / Walt Disney Studios RATED: PG (US) & UK (U); for comic-book style violence. DVD AVAILABILITY: 6 GBP on Amazon; ASIN # B0002ISGAG ****************************************************************** INTRODUCTION: THE LATE, GREAT ALTMAN ****************************************************************** I?m not sure how many of you heard, though last year we lost one of our finest... Read review

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Advantages: distracts the children
Disadvantages: not funny, humour very simple and mostly slapstick or toilet houmour.

...and has ruined the image of Mr Bean for me. At first I was curious and quite excited - I had hoped the comedy would be on the same lines as the original but I was wrong. The soundtrack is mostly orchestral with symbols, drums and flutes to emphasise dramtic turn arounds and Beans thoughts. The vocals, as the televised original series is basically mumbles and whimpers with the odd 'ooooo' sound. Another thing that irritates me is the fact that they have tried to modernise him and have given him a girl friend, not that that ever get together, lord no, what would happen to teddy, where would he sleep!? Irma Gobb is more a romantic interst whom Bean tries to impress, but rarely suceeds. In this single DVD volume you get 8 episodes, each lasting about 15minutes in length and include; 'In The Wild', 'Missing Teddy', 'No Parking', 'Bean's Bounty... Read review

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Advantages: Very crisp animation, great opening theme tune
Disadvantages: English voice acting,

...clear that her heart belongs to none other than?Dark. So poor Daisuke has to juggle a mother who tries to kill him by laying traps around the house, an unrequited love, stealing artwork, transforming into Dark every time he thinks too much about Risa, and avoiding making himself look suspicious in front of Satoshi. He has his hands full! The first DVD concerns Daisuke getting to grips with Dark, and with stealing these valuable pieces for his family. This is DVD 1 of 7 and contains episodes 1 - 4. Characters: Daisuke is adorable, and until you meet Dark you wonder how on earth he would carry out being a main character. His innocence perfectly balances Dark, so it does work, but you sometimes feel he is a bit weak. Dark is everything Daisuke is not; tall, strong and good with the ladies. Frequently seen wearing form... Read review

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