It was too long to be entertaining.. if it was cut 30 mins from near the end.. it would’ve been perfect. Young me loved it.. until it started to draaaaaaaaggg..
@@captainjakemerica4579: I consider that to be a good thing. We need more movies with differing tones throughout. I'd much rather that than the single tone we get from most modern marvel movies. Or in the case of some (Cpt Marvel for example) , no tone at all..
When I hear hate for this film, it always baffles me. It's a great laugh. And as an aged teen when it came out, the presence of Lea Thompson may also have had a hand in my fond memories for this film.
Lea Thompson is the peck of hotness in this movie. At one part when you see her getting dragged by Dr. Jennings as a monster and she kicking her feet you can see extra if you know what I mean. I'm so surprise that the film makers didn't take that out or edit so you wont see her vagina. No joke you can see it better on blue ray HDdvd or 4Kdvd. For anyone who had a crash on Lea Thomson as a teen. Your welcome lol. More of a reason to go back ;)
Here in the UK it was released as Howard, A New Breed of Hero and the posters to promote it only had a small silhouette of Howard from the back. You would never have known it was about a duck!
This movie is glorious A1 grade schlock. Absolutely hilarious film and even more so when you realize "competent" people were actually involved in making this.
I've never understood what the problem is with Howard the duck , it's a fantastic film with so much imaginative fun stuff going on. Solid SFX great cast script and good time all round. I've always enjoyed it and went out of my way to track down a ex rental copy in the 90s due to it just disappearing in the uk I still remember the day I saw it as a kid. It was a double rental along with Golden child good times
I was born in 1982, and it’s difficult to quantify how many times I watched and rewatched this film growing up. I’ve always been kind of amazed how much it’s universally hated, as I found it so endlessly entertaining. However I recognize that I was watching it through a different set of eyes. Would really like to rewatch at some point, as I still think it will hold nostalgia and entertainment value for me.
86 baby here. This movie is part of my soul. It showed me what an ultralight is. To this day, when I take my plane out of the hangar, I double check my fuel lines!!!
I own an original copy of the first time Howard The Duck was introduced in Spider-Man. Naturally, when the movie came out I HAD to see it. I was a huge fan of it then. I'm still a huge fan of it today! I was so glad when they brought the character back, at least in cameos into the GOTG films. But THIS film is so over the top fantastic. When you asked who this movie was intended for? ME!
What's always fascinated me is that they originally had a very different script; then "Ghostbusters" became a massive hit. And the studio suddenly began to give notes. Note the similarities; a creature from another dimension possesses a character; scientist characters...
I applaud you, JoBlo, for an honest take on Howard the Duck. I'm sure it would have been easy to blast all the goofiness, story, and weird sexual interplay between Beverly and Howard. There's some type of honesty and innocence to a lot of the mid-80s movies that simply cannot be discounted, and certainly not recreated today.
Howard the Duck remains one of my all-time favorite movies. I watched this endlessly as a kid growing up in the 80s, and it (along with SpaceCamp 😂) solidified my crush on Lea Thompson. Everything about this film is fantastic - the humor, the music, the diner scene! 🤣🤣🤣 I friggin’ love it!
I'm a big fan of this movie. I have some great memories watching this as a kid and now I also have great memories watching it with my daughter. She loved it too of course. Great fun movie with some great dark and cheesy comedy
Marvel might want people to forget about it BUT Howard the Duck (‘86) exists in the MCU all thanks to the multiverse. I would love for them to reference this and other gems like the ‘90 Cap America flick with Cap just stealing peoples cars and of course Fantastic 4 ‘94. I guess the best way to do this is a show about Deadpool joining the TVA.
I have always loved this film. It actually holds up pretty well, especially the design of the Dark Overlord. I still own the VHS, but re-purchased on DVD because it started having issues. Regardless, it is one of those silly things I still treasure.
We have an great fondness for this movie as we got married in Manhattan, splurged on a few days at the Waldorf Astoria, and went to see Howard the Duck! It was somehow the perfect movie…just ducky! 🤪
I gotta admit; I still think there are some things that just don't work in this movie, but I'm glad somebody else FINALLY noticed how funny this one actually is! I totally agree that this one is truly underrated! XD =)
This is one of my favorite 80s movies. Along with the other 80s Marvel film, The Punisher with Dolph Lundgren. I grew up in that decade and there was fun on the big screen. I got to see this in theaters when it came out.
Personally, l always have and always will love this film, despite or because of its faults. Therefore, it is great to see it get some more love from JoBlo. And no film starring the very lovely Lea Thompson at her very peak should ever be considered bad. Sometimes a fun, funny and undemanding film is just what is needed. This is that film. PS: the IMDB rating of just 4.7 for this film is nothing less than SCANDALOUS. I have seen far far worse than HTD!
Thanks for showing Howard some love. This movie unfairly gets crapped on but it's actually really good and entertaining. I'm proud to say i own it and i love it!
I really don't know what everyone's problem with this movie is. I loved it as a child and i love it today. Okay it's a guilty pleasure, but still... i love it! AND: Can we talk about John Barry's amazing score?!?
I love the film too. But if you really enjoy the film, I do recommend checking out the comics. Howard the Duck comics are really great. After I became a huge fan of the Howard the Duck film(I still am of course), I'm curious what the comics offer, and I really enjoy them as well. If you want to see more adventures of Howard and Beverly after enjoying this film, the comics are the way to go.
I enjoyed this movie when I was younger and it ran non-stop on cable TV. Looking at it again later, it was a bit tougher to get behind. My main problem with it feels like it can't decide if it wants to be an edgy sci-fi comedy or a kids film about a duck - one minute giving us dark, disturbing, or sexual moments, and the next giving us 1970s Scooby Doo-clone-grade dad joke dialogue and comedy.
I've always had a soft spot for Howard the Duck, and I highly recommend checking out Chip Zdarsky"s brief run on the character that goes so far as to make this movie canon! 🦆
To those of us who were really looking forward to its release back in the day, it was a major disappointment. I attended an advance exhibitors' screening, and we ended up not booking it at our theatre after seeing it. Good thing, too, because it bombed.
Yeah, I too am not feeling the nostalgia here. This was one of the movies I got my brother to watch with me - on VCR, because it was BAD. We laughed at how bad it was.
I adore this film. Grew up watching it. Revisited as an adult knowing how "bad" and hated it was.....and I still thoroughly enjoy it. It's just dumb fun. And hey, Lea Thompson looks banging and she has a great voice.
I'm going to give this movie (and others in the bad movie category like Showgirls, Waterworld and Battlefield Earth) some praise. Now on a level they're still bad movies and there's a reason why they flopped on screen. This one in particular was pretty bizarre what with it featuring anthropomorphic ducks showing boobs and Howard and a scantily clad Lea Thompson almost doing what i can describe as borderline bestiality. And yet just the fact that it took risks makes me have respect for. Particularly if you compare it to modern movies where they either extend franchises thin (Expendables), burned out complete genres like the comic hero genre, or just do remakes of classic movies with political messages thrown in. In other words, modern movies won't take a leap into the unknown and would stick to the same tired formulas. And it's still a bad movie but its got a certain charm and wackiness to it that actually makes it likeable. That being said, i really hope they never remake it. I fear they're going to have actual furries in it
I always liked waterworld I'm not saying it's a great movie but I never understood why it got panned as hard as it did and the postman is a pretty cool post apocalyptic movie that's worth a watch
I always liked this movie . I never could understand the hate . It also has the killer electric keyboard sounds of the one and only Thomas Dolby . ( yes I’m a fan ) Dolby’s first single “Europa and the pirate twins “ so much better than his big hit “ she blinded me with science” .
I saw this film when i was 8 years old or so. Before i was aware of Marvel or DC. I knew Spider-man, Superman, Batman etc etc. But it was the same for me as Heman or Mighty Mouse or Super Ted. Just fun cartoons. I saw Howard the Duck and did not know that it was a commic book character. I just liked the film and i stil do.
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I love Howard the Duck :)
Is it a Blockbuster... NO.
Is it a fun, campy, crazy sci-fi parody, a fast-paced romp and a GREAT popcorn movie.
Howard the Duck was always a silly laugh. Even in the comics. This movie was thoroughly entertaining.
It was too long to be entertaining.. if it was cut 30 mins from near the end.. it would’ve been perfect.
Young me loved it.. until it started to draaaaaaaaggg..
As cheesy as Howard The Duck was, i loved it!!
Nope not at all enjoyable it stone is all over the place
@@captainjakemerica4579: I consider that to be a good thing. We need more movies with differing tones throughout. I'd much rather that than the single tone we get from most modern marvel movies. Or in the case of some (Cpt Marvel for example) , no tone at all..
@@javiercales5019 I liked it in part because it was so cheesy. 😉
When I hear hate for this film, it always baffles me. It's a great laugh. And as an aged teen when it came out, the presence of Lea Thompson may also have had a hand in my fond memories for this film.
"have a hand"
Pun intended?😏
Same! Although I was a little younger, I can agree with all of this.
@@rockoorbe2002 I honestly couldn't say I understand your meaning . . . 😇ha ha
Totally influenced my attitude to the movie. 😁
Lea Thompson is the peck of hotness in this movie. At one part when you see her getting dragged by Dr. Jennings as a monster and she kicking her feet you can see extra if you know what I mean. I'm so surprise that the film makers didn't take that out or edit so you wont see her vagina. No joke you can see it better on blue ray HDdvd or 4Kdvd. For anyone who had a crash on Lea Thomson as a teen. Your welcome lol. More of a reason to go back ;)
Howard the Duck, Short Circuit and Young Sherlock Holmes are my favourite 80's movies.
Lea Thompson never gets the best luck with love interests. She falls for her future son, and then a duck!
And her husband Nicolas Cage cheats on her in that rapture movie
Here in the UK it was released as Howard, A New Breed of Hero and the posters to promote it only had a small silhouette of Howard from the back. You would never have known it was about a duck!
This movie is glorious A1 grade schlock. Absolutely hilarious film and even more so when you realize "competent" people were actually involved in making this.
Love this film. Such a laugh 🤠
Never read the comics, but loved the movie as a kid, I still enjoy watching it as an adult. It's one of my guilty pleasure movies.
Howard the Duck comics are really great in my opinion. I love the Howard the Duck film too.
Howard the Duck 1986 is a better movie than most recent movies from Marvel.
I was 10 when I first saw it. We rented it from a video store. I loved it. It always takes me back to a simpler time in my life.
I've never understood what the problem is with Howard the duck , it's a fantastic film with so much imaginative fun stuff going on. Solid SFX great cast script and good time all round. I've always enjoyed it and went out of my way to track down a ex rental copy in the 90s due to it just disappearing in the uk
I still remember the day I saw it as a kid. It was a double rental along with Golden child good times
Lot of people for some reason didn't give it a proper chance. Howard the Duck is a really great classic, I agree with you :)
I was born in 1982, and it’s difficult to quantify how many times I watched and rewatched this film growing up. I’ve always been kind of amazed how much it’s universally hated, as I found it so endlessly entertaining. However I recognize that I was watching it through a different set of eyes. Would really like to rewatch at some point, as I still think it will hold nostalgia and entertainment value for me.
86 baby here. This movie is part of my soul. It showed me what an ultralight is. To this day, when I take my plane out of the hangar, I double check my fuel lines!!!
I own an original copy of the first time Howard The Duck was introduced in Spider-Man. Naturally, when the movie came out I HAD to see it. I was a huge fan of it then. I'm still a huge fan of it today! I was so glad when they brought the character back, at least in cameos into the GOTG films. But THIS film is so over the top fantastic.
When you asked who this movie was intended for? ME!
What's always fascinated me is that they originally had a very different script; then "Ghostbusters" became a massive hit. And the studio suddenly began to give notes. Note the similarities; a creature from another dimension possesses a character; scientist characters...
I applaud you, JoBlo, for an honest take on Howard the Duck. I'm sure it would have been easy to blast all the goofiness, story, and weird sexual interplay between Beverly and Howard. There's some type of honesty and innocence to a lot of the mid-80s movies that simply cannot be discounted, and certainly not recreated today.
Fun fact about Howard the Duck; Jeffrey Jones didn't require any makeup. They just asked him to reveal his true form.
Howard the Duck remains one of my all-time favorite movies. I watched this endlessly as a kid growing up in the 80s, and it (along with SpaceCamp 😂) solidified my crush on Lea Thompson. Everything about this film is fantastic - the humor, the music, the diner scene! 🤣🤣🤣 I friggin’ love it!
Cult classics should be recognized with and that MOVIE is one of them.
Long lived the 1980's.
The 80's were the best time to be a teen!
I love Howard the Duck, he is the best Duck that has been on the screen, large or small!
I had this recorded on VHS from HBO. This was one of my favorite "anytime" flicks, I lost count of how many times I've watched it.
This movie and Little Shop of Horror were my jam as a kid.
I loved this movie as a kid. Watched it a few years back and I still get a kick out of it. Catching all the adult humor now just cracks me up.
I don't remember this movie much, but now I feel like watching it again.
I'm a big fan of this movie. I have some great memories watching this as a kid and now I also have great memories watching it with my daughter. She loved it too of course. Great fun movie with some great dark and cheesy comedy
Look, Howard the Duck may not be a good movie, but its a GREAT movie.
I loved this movie as an early teen
Still love it today
Where the "Magic Happens" 🙈
Marvel might want people to forget about it BUT Howard the Duck (‘86) exists in the MCU all thanks to the multiverse. I would love for them to reference this and other gems like the ‘90 Cap America flick with Cap just stealing peoples cars and of course Fantastic 4 ‘94.
I guess the best way to do this is a show about Deadpool joining the TVA.
I wouldn’t say this was Tim Robbins’ *first* major role. Fraternity Vacation came out a year before Howard the Duck.
I love this movie, every few years I rewach it with pleasure
What a great movie. Lea Thompson, Tim Robbins and Jeffrey Jones all do a great job. Still Howard is just hilarious! And awesome
I have always loved this film. It actually holds up pretty well, especially the design of the Dark Overlord.
I still own the VHS, but re-purchased on DVD because it started having issues. Regardless, it is one of those silly things I still treasure.
We have an great fondness for this movie as we got married in Manhattan, splurged on a few days at the Waldorf Astoria, and went to see Howard the Duck! It was somehow the perfect movie…just ducky! 🤪
I wish i could forget seeing it also 😳😆🤦♂️
I fekkin love this move and love the 4K release. And since Howard is canon, this movie beats Iron Man as the true first MCU movie! LOL :D
I didn't even know this movie was not liked back then lol my brother and I always rented this movie as kids and thought it was hilarious. Still do!
It's a great film
I gotta admit; I still think there are some things that just don't work in this movie, but I'm glad somebody else FINALLY noticed how funny this one actually is! I totally agree that this one is truly underrated! XD =)
A great movie that deserved a sequel...!
This is one of my favorite 80s movies. Along with the other 80s Marvel film, The Punisher with Dolph Lundgren. I grew up in that decade and there was fun on the big screen. I got to see this in theaters when it came out.
Howard the Duck: the isekai protagonist the world wasn't ready for
This was an awakening...seeing duck boobies as a lad...welll😅
Still love this movie. This, Master’s of the Universe and Spawn are movies I’ll defend til the death
Great to see a positive review of this film. It was a tongue-in-cheek as the comics and the cast was awesome.
I remember watching this movie at the cinema, I was 11 back then. And I loved it, I thought it was hilarious, fun and had great VFX.
Personally, l always have and always will love this film, despite or because of its faults.
Therefore, it is great to see it get some more love from JoBlo.
And no film starring the very lovely Lea Thompson at her very peak should ever be considered bad.
Sometimes a fun, funny and undemanding film is just what is needed.
This is that film.
PS: the IMDB rating of just 4.7 for this film is nothing less than SCANDALOUS.
I have seen far far worse than HTD!
I remember this movie. HBO showed it a millions times a day. How could you NOT watch it.
Happy birthday ducky 50 years strong
1986 - Tim Robbins was in Top Gun with a speaking role.
Thanks for showing Howard some love. This movie unfairly gets crapped on but it's actually really good and entertaining. I'm proud to say i own it and i love it!
I really don't know what everyone's problem with this movie is. I loved it as a child and i love it today. Okay it's a guilty pleasure, but still... i love it! AND: Can we talk about John Barry's amazing score?!?
Howard the Duck rocks, and so does the soundtrack! Lea Thompson is a a great singer and she was sure a cutie back then. It deserves its cult stasis.
Still one of my all time favorites 😂😂❤❤❤❤
I love this movie. It's one of my weird favorites. I couldn't explain why but I always have fun with this movie
This version of Howard and GOTG's Rocket getting together for some smart ass shenanigans would be great 😃!
Love that movie. Watched it with my cousins at their house rented from Blockbuster, so much memories.
I loved this film when I was a kid in the late 80s. I haven't thought about it in a very long time
Watched the movie countless times on VHS as a child. I think it still holds up... kinda... ;-)
Never have read the comics, but I just love this movie
I love the film too. But if you really enjoy the film, I do recommend checking out the comics. Howard the Duck comics are really great. After I became a huge fan of the Howard the Duck film(I still am of course), I'm curious what the comics offer, and I really enjoy them as well. If you want to see more adventures of Howard and Beverly after enjoying this film, the comics are the way to go.
I personally don’t care what anyone else says; I _LIKE_ this flick (😁)! It’s an genuinely entertaining slice of the 80s (😊).
Always fun watching it as a kid 👍
I enjoyed this movie when I was younger and it ran non-stop on cable TV. Looking at it again later, it was a bit tougher to get behind. My main problem with it feels like it can't decide if it wants to be an edgy sci-fi comedy or a kids film about a duck - one minute giving us dark, disturbing, or sexual moments, and the next giving us 1970s Scooby Doo-clone-grade dad joke dialogue and comedy.
Sounds almost Shakespearean in the way it caters to vastly different audiences at once.
I've always had a soft spot for Howard the Duck, and I highly recommend checking out Chip Zdarsky"s brief run on the character that goes so far as to make this movie canon! 🦆
'That's a duck, man. That's a DUCK!!!'
I had it on VHS and always loved it !!
Tim Robbins first ever major role in a movie was Fraternity Vacation from 1985 which was released in theaters, but bombed.
As a kid of the 80s I was sooo not ready for the ending.
To those of us who were really looking forward to its release back in the day, it was a major disappointment. I attended an advance exhibitors' screening, and we ended up not booking it at our theatre after seeing it. Good thing, too, because it bombed.
Yeah, I too am not feeling the nostalgia here. This was one of the movies I got my brother to watch with me - on VCR, because it was BAD. We laughed at how bad it was.
I was a teenager when I saw it in the 80's, I honestly only remember Lea being in this movie.
This movie is Family Guy before there was a Family Guy.😂
If this film had not had a big budget would anyone be still talking about this film
I adore this film. Grew up watching it. Revisited as an adult knowing how "bad" and hated it was.....and I still thoroughly enjoy it. It's just dumb fun. And hey, Lea Thompson looks banging and she has a great voice.
6:05 does that stand for Want To Forget??
5:23 This scene definitely has a Clockwork Orange vibe.
I loved this movie growing up. Lol
I love this movie. For the time it was amazing. Awesome music scores too.
Cant forget the ending song. I find myself randomly singing it over the years. Then he does a marty mcfly guitar solo
There was also a Dr. Strange TV Movie in 1978, starring Peter Hooten as Dr. Strange and Clyde Kusatsu as Wong.
I love this movie. Decent practical effects and I live all the duck puns. Duck nips are weird.....I still love it. I proudly own on 4k.
Anything with Lea Thompson is an A+ from me.
This movie should only be enjoyed ironically. Its IMDB rating is well deserved.
I love this movie though!❤❤❤
Best movie ever man!!
HOWARD THE DUCK deserves a remake!
I don’t know what screwed me up more.. this movie as a kid or Zefrank’s “True Facts about the Duck” as an adult.
I'm going to give this movie (and others in the bad movie category like Showgirls, Waterworld and Battlefield Earth) some praise. Now on a level they're still bad movies and there's a reason why they flopped on screen. This one in particular was pretty bizarre what with it featuring anthropomorphic ducks showing boobs and Howard and a scantily clad Lea Thompson almost doing what i can describe as borderline bestiality.
And yet just the fact that it took risks makes me have respect for. Particularly if you compare it to modern movies where they either extend franchises thin (Expendables), burned out complete genres like the comic hero genre, or just do remakes of classic movies with political messages thrown in. In other words, modern movies won't take a leap into the unknown and would stick to the same tired formulas. And it's still a bad movie but its got a certain charm and wackiness to it that actually makes it likeable.
That being said, i really hope they never remake it. I fear they're going to have actual furries in it
I always liked waterworld I'm not saying it's a great movie but I never understood why it got panned as hard as it did and the postman is a pretty cool post apocalyptic movie that's worth a watch
I loved this as a kid, it and the Dolph Lundgren Punisher film are the first Marvel films I ever saw.
When I say 🤬 this big head mallard ruined my adolescence.....
Imagine being called Doward The Duck
"If Ya Can't Stand TheHeat...
*GET OUTTA TheKITCHEN!"*
😜
this movie is still great, fight me!
Great take! ❤
I always liked this movie . I never could understand the hate . It also has the killer electric keyboard sounds of the one and only Thomas Dolby . ( yes I’m a fan ) Dolby’s first single “Europa and the pirate twins “ so much better than his big hit “ she blinded me with science” .
I was born in 1976.
As a kid it didn't catch me.
I like it since i am 30+ ❤
I saw this film when i was 8 years old or so. Before i was aware of Marvel or DC. I knew Spider-man, Superman, Batman etc etc. But it was the same for me as Heman or Mighty Mouse or Super Ted. Just fun cartoons. I saw Howard the Duck and did not know that it was a commic book character. I just liked the film and i stil do.
Saw it at the drive in in Oakland California
Hey this actually better than the crap they put out these days and that's pretty sad!!
It's certainly a lot better than the MCU films. Howard the Duck film is actually a great classic.
Proud owned of this flick in Laserdisc
In the same year Tim played backseater in planes to Tom Cruse and Howard
Howard was featured in GotG for a few minutes.
If i had to characterize this movie with one adjective, it would be entertaining aF - it's 💯% zany but super fun 🖤🖤🖤
Howard for president