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About on par with the first ninja turtles movie. Not great, not terrible. Nothing to take serious.
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[#6]
I liked it as a kid. Haven't seen it in a decade or more so who knows how I'd feel about it watching it now.
Lea Thompson has always been hot. |
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[#8]
I like it well enough
Honestly I like many movies that are universally seen as "bad" Ishtar , The Postman, Battlefield Earth , anything by Uwe Boll |
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[#11]
7 or so year old me thought it was fuckin awesome. It might cause me to stab out my eyes now though.
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[#12]
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I like it well enough Honestly I like many movies that are universally seen as "bad" Ishtar , The Postman, Battlefield Earth , anything by Uwe Boll View Quote I'll give you Ishtar, it was panned for much the same reason as Murray's Razor's Edge. Viewers couldn't accept a leading role, stepping so far outside his/their box. You get no quarter from me on the others mentioned. I always watched Howard the Duck to see the duck tits. Does that make me some kind of furry? I was just a little kid... |
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[#17]
Saw it in the theater when I was a kid. I'm sure it would suck now.
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Honestly I like many movies that are universally seen as "bad" Ishtar , The Postman, Battlefield Earth , anything by Uwe Boll View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
Honestly I like many movies that are universally seen as "bad" Ishtar , The Postman, Battlefield Earth , anything by Uwe Boll "Ishtar" is fucking hilarious. Quoted:
I'll give you Ishtar, it was panned for much the same reason as Murray's Razor's Edge. Viewers couldn't accept a leading role, stepping so far outside his/their box. Issues with the director and the budget led to a "pre-release buzz" that the movie was a bomb... which became a self-fulfilling prophecy. The studio turned on the film, and turned the press against it. Add to that Beatty, and to a lesser extent Hoffman, playing so against type, and you've got a recipe for disaster. I've seen the movie many times, and I laugh every time. It's like a modern Crosby/Hope "Road" movie. |
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[#19]
It's a great movie if you don't take yourself seriously.
People who drink tea with their pinky finger extended usually have sticks up their butts and can't appreciate it. |
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[#23]
I had an edited fir TV version on a VHS tape that I used to watch as a kid.
I can remember the feeling of something just being off as I watched it, even as a little kid. I haven't seen it since I lost the tape but I bet the reasons for the movie seeming weird would come into perspective now. |
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This. I actually watched this movie for the first time in 20+ years the other day. I forgot about the Lea Thompson panties scene View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Lea Thompson is hot in those little panties... This. I actually watched this movie for the first time in 20+ years the other day. I forgot about the Lea Thompson panties scene That scene changed my life |
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[#29]
Frank Zappa had a song about why a movie like that was made: Cocaine Decisions.
I'm sure when everybody involved in the decision making process was coked out of their minds, the idea of making a live action movie out of a weird comic book seemed like a really good idea. Just look at the results. |
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[#30]
Never watched it. Had it on my watch list on one of the streaming services, never got around to it before they removed it.
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[#31]
View Quote It's a great, shitty B Movie from the 80's. Loved it as a kid and love it still Anyone catch Howard the Duck at the end of Guardians of the Galaxy?? |
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[#32]
it was flirting with bad enough to be good, but never quite got there...
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[#33]
I don't think it was ever intended to be "good" it's a troll movie and a damn good one.
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[#34]
I was already an adult, or at least masquerading as one at age 29, when it came out. It was mildly amusing but overall not something I'd want to go back and watch again.
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[#35]
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"Ishtar" is fucking hilarious. Issues with the director and the budget led to a "pre-release buzz" that the movie was a bomb... which became a self-fulfilling prophecy. The studio turned on the film, and turned the press against it. Add to that Beatty, and to a lesser extent Hoffman, playing so against type, and you've got a recipe for disaster. I've seen the movie many times, and I laugh every time. It's like a modern Crosby/Hope "Road" movie. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Honestly I like many movies that are universally seen as "bad" Ishtar , The Postman, Battlefield Earth , anything by Uwe Boll "Ishtar" is fucking hilarious. Quoted:
I'll give you Ishtar, it was panned for much the same reason as Murray's Razor's Edge. Viewers couldn't accept a leading role, stepping so far outside his/their box. Issues with the director and the budget led to a "pre-release buzz" that the movie was a bomb... which became a self-fulfilling prophecy. The studio turned on the film, and turned the press against it. Add to that Beatty, and to a lesser extent Hoffman, playing so against type, and you've got a recipe for disaster. I've seen the movie many times, and I laugh every time. It's like a modern Crosby/Hope "Road" movie. I always heard it was terrible, but never watched it until they started playing it a bunch on HBO in the mid-late '90s. I thought it was hilarious in that awkward way that Paul Rudd has perfected. |
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It's a great, shitty B Movie from the 80's. Loved it as a kid and love it still Anyone catch Howard the Duck at the end of Guardians of the Galaxy?? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
It's a great, shitty B Movie from the 80's. Loved it as a kid and love it still Anyone catch Howard the Duck at the end of Guardians of the Galaxy?? " I can't believe you let it lick You.......Gross" |
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[#40]
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You shut your whore mouth! Edit: I probably shoudnt say that. I havent seen the movie in a *long* time, after another viewing it may very well suck. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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I found it unwatchable. You shut your whore mouth! Edit: I probably shoudnt say that. I havent seen the movie in a *long* time, after another viewing it may very well suck. I loved it when I was 15. But now I have no idea, as I was 15 or 16 the last time I saw it. |
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[#41]
It's as entertaining as The Adventures of Hercules starring Lou Ferrigno
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[#42]
Quoted: "Ishtar" is fucking hilarious. Issues with the director and the budget led to a "pre-release buzz" that the movie was a bomb... which became a self-fulfilling prophecy. The studio turned on the film, and turned the press against it. Add to that Beatty, and to a lesser extent Hoffman, playing so against type, and you've got a recipe for disaster. I've seen the movie many times, and I laugh every time. It's like a modern Crosby/Hope "Road" movie. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Honestly I like many movies that are universally seen as "bad" Ishtar , The Postman, Battlefield Earth , anything by Uwe Boll "Ishtar" is fucking hilarious. Quoted: I'll give you Ishtar, it was panned for much the same reason as Murray's Razor's Edge. Viewers couldn't accept a leading role, stepping so far outside his/their box. Issues with the director and the budget led to a "pre-release buzz" that the movie was a bomb... which became a self-fulfilling prophecy. The studio turned on the film, and turned the press against it. Add to that Beatty, and to a lesser extent Hoffman, playing so against type, and you've got a recipe for disaster. I've seen the movie many times, and I laugh every time. It's like a modern Crosby/Hope "Road" movie. Yep, I love Ishtar. And I liked the previously mentioned Pluto Nash fine, hell I think Hudson Hawk is hilarious. But Howard the Duck...not so much. |
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[#44]
It was this bad: I met Tim Robbins after he made the movie. He said, "Nice to meet you. I'm sorry about Howard the Duck." I told him I never saw it, and he said to keep it that way.
I took his advice. |
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[#46]
I liked it. I was also like 6 years old. Not going to watch it now as I don't want to wreck my childhood memories (again) lol
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[#49]
Considering it was the first Marvel comic movie we are all lucky they decided to go past that mulligan
However marvel did put out some pretty shitty movies in the 80s-90s First Punisher , first Fantastic 4 and Nick Fury for example |
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