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Thank heavens for KFC!

I actually read the novel whilst waiting for this movie to go on general release. The story that came from the pages was entertaining, clever and in places I actually laughed out loud at the humour contained within the lines. I was so eager to get to the cinema!

Sadly the movie ‘Howard the duck’ was a travesty. Anyone who also has endured this movie will know just how disappointed I felt, although I also had the indignity of having to pay to see this rubbish!

Howard the duck is a wise-cracking creature from a parallel planet where ducks, not man, stood tallish and industrialised their world. Through a science experiment gone wrong on Earth, Howard is grabbed and pulled through space and lands on earth with a thud. Saving the young damsel in distress he then tries to romance the young singer and fit in to his new home. This could have been the whole story in itself (similar to Short Circuit), but the science experiment also pulls Dark Overlords to Earth and so it’s down to Howard and friends to save our planet. The real problem with this movie is the target audience, there just isn’t one. There are movie references and Howard isn’t shy about showing his appreciation for the human female form, with a lot of work it could have become a cult movie classic among adults. But sadly this movie also has an equal focus on entertaining the children, with comical baddies, an over simplistic plot and slapstick.

There are worse movies out there, but being the least offensive of a pile of excrement isn’t something to be proud of. Certainly one to avoid!


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Added by Nonfictionguy
15 years ago on 17 December 2008 17:39