24: Live Another Day

(June 15, 2014 at 12:20 am)Tea Earl Grey Hot Wrote: Oh man. I'm rewatching Popeye starring Robin Williams. I've seen it like 20 times by now. I love it so much. http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/60028294?trkid=7307368

How can anyone not love this film? I'm reading all the bad reviews of it and the only conclusion I can come to is that such people have some terrible mental disease and should probably seek professional help.

I haven't seen it since it first came out. My recollection is that it's a terrible film. However, a lot of the acting in it is nuts on - particularly Popeye and Olive Oyl. I grew up watching old black and white Popeye cartoons, and Williams totally captured the essence of the character. I don't recall what it was that was so bad - perhaps just a shitty script.

Me, right now I'm watching Chopped on Food Network.

(June 15, 2014 at 12:26 am)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:

(June 15, 2014 at 12:20 am)Tea Earl Grey Hot Wrote: Oh man. I'm rewatching Popeye starring Robin Williams. I've seen it like 20 times by now. I love it so much. http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/60028294?trkid=7307368

How can anyone not love this film? I'm reading all the bad reviews of it and the only conclusion I can come to is that such people have some terrible mental disease and should probably seek professional help.

I haven't seen it since it first came out. My recollection is that it's a terrible film. However, a lot of the acting in it is nuts on - particularly Popeye and Olive Oyl. I grew up watching old black and white Popeye cartoons, and Williams totally captured the essence of the character. I don't recall what it was that was so bad - perhaps just a shitty script.

Me, right now I'm watching Chopped on Food Network.

I love the music in it. It's really the only musical I absolutely love. The music is just so goddamn funny.

(June 15, 2014 at 12:36 am)Tea Earl Grey Hot Wrote:

(June 15, 2014 at 12:26 am)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: I haven't seen it since it first came out. My recollection is that it's a terrible film. However, a lot of the acting in it is nuts on - particularly Popeye and Olive Oyl. I grew up watching old black and white Popeye cartoons, and Williams totally captured the essence of the character. I don't recall what it was that was so bad - perhaps just a shitty script.

Me, right now I'm watching Chopped on Food Network.

I love the music in it. It's really the only musical I absolutely love. The music is just so goddamn funny.

You know, we all love what we love. "Army of Darkness" is a terrible, shitty film, but I love it.

"Hail to the King, baby."

Sinbad comedy special.

(June 15, 2014 at 1:12 am)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:

(June 15, 2014 at 12:36 am)Tea Earl Grey Hot Wrote: I love the music in it. It's really the only musical I absolutely love. The music is just so goddamn funny.

You know, we all love what we love. "Army of Darkness" is a terrible, shitty film, but I love it.

"Hail to the King, baby."

I think you're confusing being shitty by accident and being "shitty" on purpose. Completely different things.

(June 15, 2014 at 1:17 am)Tea Earl Grey Hot Wrote:

(June 15, 2014 at 1:12 am)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: You know, we all love what we love. "Army of Darkness" is a terrible, shitty film, but I love it.

"Hail to the King, baby."

I think you're confusing being shitty by accident and being "shitty" on purpose. Completely different things.

In the end, does it matter? We still love what we love.

(June 15, 2014 at 1:25 am)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:

(June 15, 2014 at 1:17 am)Tea Earl Grey Hot Wrote: I think you're confusing being shitty by accident and being "shitty" on purpose. Completely different things.

In the end, does it matter? We still love what we love.

No. I just find it really strange and shocking. To me it is on par with Airplane!, Blazing Saddles, The Naked Gun and the like. Until tonight, I just always assumed Popeye had the same reputation until I looked up reviews. Even after reading the reviews, I still can't comprehend what they're complaining about.

(June 15, 2014 at 1:35 am)Tea Earl Grey Hot Wrote:

(June 15, 2014 at 1:25 am)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: In the end, does it matter? We still love what we love.

No. I just find it really strange and shocking. To me it is on par with Airplane!, Blazing Saddles, The Naked Gun and the like. Until tonight, I just always assumed Popeye had the same reputation until I looked up reviews. Even after reading the reviews, I still can't comprehend what they're complaining about.

I'm going to have to rewatch it, I think. I think I was a teenager when it came out. Who knows what makes a film a cult classic? I vaguely remembering one of my friends laughing riotously while we watched it - but he was on something like four hits of acid, so that *just might* have had something to do with it.