Okay, so it's your opinion based on your assesment? Nothing factual?
Popeye, the movie...am I the only person who knows this exists?
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Okay, so it's your opinion based on your assesment? Nothing factual?
cayman shen
Master Member
Wow, Alan, nice pics. And yeah I used to love this movie as a kid. How can anyone not know there was a Popeye movie?!
spectre_general
Active Member
Incredible, incredibly underrated movie. I need to visit that set.
Saw and loved the movie when it first came out and have it on VHS. All I can say is... road trip to Malta!Yet another reason for me coming to visit you, my friend.
I remember see an interview with Robin Williams not long after the move came out, and he seemed completely embarrassed to have done the movie. I couldn't understand why he felt that way. IIRC, it wasn't received well by the critics, so maybe that was the reason for his response.
Saw and loved the movie when it first came out and have it on VHS. All I can say is... road trip to Malta!
I remember see an interview with Robin Williams not long after the move came out, and he seemed completely embarrassed to have done the movie. I couldn't understand why he felt that way. IIRC, it wasn't received well by the critics, so maybe that was the reason for his response.
I'm wondering if it was because it was his first movie. I think he was perfect for the role.
Yeah - when Pippi is saying things like "The grossest vegetable around is all my dad ever leaves me to eat - that's why I store candy under the floorboards of my room."
"Dad has tattoos - two anchors on his arms."
"Mr. Nilson almost got beat up when he took my dad's pipe."
I can't remember any more, but there's a slew of them in the books. I'll ask my wife when she gets back i she remembers any others. There was one that was so on the nose she was talking about Popeye but I can't remember what it was.
As I recall it kinda dragged in the middle, but I did enjoy the film. Been ages since I've seen the movie.
The website for Popeye's village Malta
Popeye Village, Malta
Popeye Village, Malta
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I know it, great movie and exactly like the cartoon come to life.
Woah - has everyone (including IMDB) forgotten a little classic known as "Can I Do It Till I Need Glasses" ? -- That was Robin's first REAL movie. I was 10 or 11 when Popeye came out and I remember some people freaking on a Michael Keaton/ Batman level that Mork was playing Popeye.
Robin does hold a special place in my heart because of The World According to Garp - That movie has remained in my top 10 since i first saw it on cable. I relate so much with that character - grew up without a father because he died before I was born, imagined his dad was beyond human - then even weirder, growing up and becoming a writer - still waiting for my mother to write "Sexual Suspect" - as long as Boo don't pump me full of lead.
SSgt Burton
Sr Member
I haven't actually seen it... But I know what you're talking about. :love
Kind of like Stallone's first venture on celluloid.
Kevin
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TurboTrey03
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haha! i'm 26 and still remember watching this as a kid! the best part of it all is i was watching storage wars a couple of weeks ago and the people had bought a storage shed in CA and what they found were odd looking shoes..i knew right away they were the originals that olive oil wore in the movie! they came complete with a CoA and everything!
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