Worth repeated viewings

Almost every scene in this film contains layers upon layers of subtle humor that can easily fly by you the first time you see it. For instance, watch closely at the beginning when Popeye arrives in Sweethaven and takes a stroll through the town. Everyone is fascinated and frightened by him. When he strolls by the barber shop, four guys poke their heads out and hum as a barber shop quartet. There are countless absurdities like that strewn throughout the movie, and most of them are funny. I never get tired of watching Popeye for this reason. It's a brilliant and highly underrated film made during a brief moment in film history when, thankfully, the inmates were running the asylum.