HOWARD THE DUCK

 

Howard The Duck is a 1986 film about, well, a duck. Produced by George Lucas (yes, THAT George Lucas!), the flick is based on the comic book character of the same name. Howard The Duck is a kind of like the X-rated version of Donald Duck as he's a cigar-chomping, wise-cracking sex-obsessed, well, DUCK! Basically, the "plot" revolves around Howard as he's, er, plucked from his homeworld of, um, Duckworld where he hooks up with a sexy musician played by Lea Thompson (who, if you'll recall, kissed her own son in Back To The Future) and they have a bunch of whacky adventures. You really don't need to know much more about the "plot" than that. As you can probably guess, this is the type of flick that you need to turn your brain off for a couple of hours to really enjoy it. Not surprisingly, the film was universally panned by critics and was a box office bomb. But I really can't understand why everyone got so up in arms--or, rather, got their feathers all ruffled up!--about this particular flick that's about a cigar-chomping, wise-cracking sex-obsessed DUCK! I mean, what the hell was everyone expecting? Citizen flippin' Kane?! Oh yeah, the flick also stars Tim Robbins (who's, of course, otherwise known as "liberal" Susan Sarandon's ex). Just thought you'd like to know!