Popeye, the unpretentious hero first came to life in 1929 and remains one of the most ... more
widely recognized and best-loved television personalities. Popeye is an underdog with a long fuse and a keen sense of fair play. Olive Oyl is never far from the actio...
Production Year: 1999 - Family - Director: Rob Minkoff - Original Language: English - Classification: Universal - Starring: Hugh Laurie, Geena Davis, Michael J. Fox, Nathan Lane, Chazz Palminteri
Advantages: Superb casting, faithful adaptition of comic, Altman's direction Disadvantages: Some bad songs and dubbing, overlength, an octopus
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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
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INTRODUCTION: THE LATE, GREAT ALTMAN
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I?m not sure how many of you heard, though last year we lost one of our finest ...
eve6kicksass 14.07.2007
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Popeye (DVD)
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 DVDvolume you get 8 episodes, each lasting about 15minutes in length and include; 'In The Wild', 'Missing Teddy', 'No Parking', 'Bean's Bounty ...
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 DVD1 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 ...
Eight classic adventures starring the tough maritime hero with a taste for spinach. Episodes include: 'Ancient Fishtery', 'Taxi Turvey', 'Popeye For President', 'Assault And Flattery', 'Fight To The Finish', 'Bride And Gloom', 'Gopher Spinach' and 'Popeye And Sinbad The Sailor'.
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
Firefly Entertainment; Pinnacle Vision
Release date
04/10/2004
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
FFDVD 3025
Barcode
5055142530255
Languages
Main Language
English
Technical information
Animated
Animated
DVD Description
Eight classic adventures starring the tough maritime hero with a taste for spinach. Episodes include: 'Ancient Fishtery', 'Taxi Turvey', 'Popeye For President', 'Assault And Flattery', 'Fight To The Finish', 'Bride And Gloom', 'Gopher Spinach' and 'Popeye And Sinbad The Sailor'.
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