a5c7b9f00b The story of Aladdin is portrayed by Popeye and Olive Oyl here. It all begins when an evil sorcerer coaxes Aladdin (Popeye) to a dangerous cave to retrieve the magic lamp. When he retrieves the lamp, the sorcerer tries to trap Aladdin in the cave, but drops the lamp in first. When the lamp is rubbed, a magic genie pops out and grants Aladdin a wish of being a prince to fall in love with the beautiful princess (Olive Oyl). But now the evil sorcerer has kidnapped the princess and sends evil monsters after Aladdin, but with the help of his spinach power, he can put the trouble right. Working in the story department of Surprise Pictures, Olive Oyl writes a script based on the story of Aladdin, casting Popeyethe thief and herselfthe Princess. The last of the triple-length Technicolor Popeye featurettes, this one is a retelling of the story of Aladdin, written by Olive Oyla screenplay for Surprise Pictures. "Aladdin" has less accomplished animation than the other two featurettes, but it features a better-moving and more balanced storyline. Popeye's best ad-lib, while being pressured into romance by a love-struck Princess (played by Olive): "I never made love in Technicolor before!" "Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp" is a Popeye cartoon from 1939, so it has color of course, but what really stands out in this Fleischer production is the running timecartoons of almost 25 minutes were the big exception back thenthe average was around 7 minutes. This is one of the two long Popeye shorts, the longer actually and this takes us into the world of Aladdin, but the story is really very different compared to the famous Disney movie. Not only is there no Apu and the characters look differentthis takes place in the Popeye universe, but the story also feels extremely different. The damsel in distress component here better fits in for a film from the Medieval Ages in my opinion and honestly I struggled to see anything in Olive for which I would say to Popeye: Yes save her for that. The animation, also attention to detail isgoodyou want it to be for a cartoon from that era and the set decoration is also really nice. The magic genie, however, did almost nothing for me. And the fact thjat creativity is there also does not mean in this case that it is a funny film. Bold maybe, entertaining not really. The only kinda funny moment I had watching this one was the scene where the bad guy rubs the lamp and Popeye rubs the spinach tin in response. Perhaps the usual 6-7 minutes might have been the better choicehonestly I cannot agree with the imdb rating herethere are quite a few pointless and completely forgettable sequences. I'd recommend this short only to the very biggest Popeye fans and the fact that it is among his most known, doesn't exactly say anything really positive about the franchise, even if it is mostly because it is so different compared to the others in terms of several production values. Watch something else instead.
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