Williams and Duvall looked like they were born to play those parts. Too bad the movie was a misfire. It had all the potential of being good. .
The more I study it, the greater the puzzle becomes.
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Duvall was perfect for Oyl, unfortunately Robin Williams' Popeye is annoying as hell. You can't tell what he's saying half the time, and that's AFTER they re-dubbed his parts!
"What? Do you wanna just sit around and be wrong?" - Liz Lemon
Perhaps the cast and director and producers shouldn't have been high the whole time they were making this film? Just a guess.
Anyway, Popeye, and the whole cast, for that matter, were made to mumble and mutter just like they had done in the original cartoons of the early 1930s. I made an effort to up the volume and replay stretches of dialogue in those old cartoons to catch fast-moving witticisms. Some of that stuff is ingenious!
Haha, yeah whatever they were on when this was made is some stroooong stuff! And the muttering may be tolerable for a 2 minute cartoon, but it wears out its welcome real quick in a 2 hour live action movie!
Popeye the cartoon was fun because you could piece together what he says by the way people respond around him. Here in the movie the focus is on Robin Williams by himself, and obviously to many people, it didn't work...
"What? Do you wanna just sit around and be wrong?" - Liz Lemon
I saw this movie as a kid and thought it was really good.
I had loved the cartoon series and was amazed that the actors looked and talked so much like Popeye, Olive Oil and Bluto. Like the cartoon come to life.
Yes, can you imagine Dustin Hoffman as Popeye?? NOT ME!! I remember how everyone was saying what a stinker this was, but I bet many parents bought the video and it became a beloved quirky classic for some. I predict DVD sales will go up now that poor Robin has passed.
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