Fletcher Missed That Movie Too: Howard the Duck
This week I spent time with the 1986
Lucasfilm produced “Howard the Duck.” It
stars Lea Thompson (from “Back to the Future” and the gal who played Dennis’s
mom), Tim Robins (Tim f’n Robbins), and midget Ed Gale. The film was inspired
by the Marvel Comics character.
The film begins in Duckworld
as Howard returns home from a day at work.
He cracks open a beer and a porn mag (first shot of duck boob) and then
is sucked out of this apartment building and into orbit by some sort of
force. It’s important to note the second
glimpse of duck boob as Howard and his chair fly above a lady duck bathing.
Howard lands on earth in… Cleveland of all
places.
He saves Beverly from a group of punks by using “Quack
Fu.” They of course become best friends and
maybe a bit more. This was my major
problem with the movie. She speaks to
what is essentially a duck-alien like it’s the norm.
She introduces him to the
world including the ultra nerd Phil Blummburt played by Tim Robbins. He and the other scientists believe Howard is
a modern duck species and realize that he came to earth because of their giant
laser. Somehow Evil Overlords are able
to come to Earth when the giant laser stream is on. Oh s***! They already have! They’ve taken over Dr. Jennings! Howard, Beverly, and Phil have to run from
the police and defeat the Evil Overloards by blasted them with another giant
laser. Only after Howard chooses to stay
on Earth and never return home to Duckworld.
This works out because he gets to nail Beverly and manager her s*** band
“Cherry Bomb.”
So, I’m giving this movie a “Solid
B” rating. Call me nuts, but I didn’t
hate it. Especially after viewing
terrible movies like “The Beastmaster” and “Clash of the Titans.” I believe they should have made this movie a
movie for the children. It’s ALMOST
their in it’s proper form. Remove the
language and maybe cut a scene or two of violence and this is like a live
action Toy Story. This would of course
mean the elimination of “duck boob.”
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