One of George Lucas's tech demos. A disgusting piece of cinema!

This movie is easily a 7 on its own merits. The problem with most critics is not the movie but who made the movie and everything he makes must be of the same like kind and quality. If any unknown made this movie, it would have become a classic. It was funny, silly and exciting. I enjoyed it a lot when it first came out and i still do. I didn't even know it was a Lucas movie at that time until it was being bad mouthed in the news. Same went with Willow. Can't the guy make anything else without it being held up in comparison to the great one? I'm sure if he made Thx or graffiti after stars at battle with themselves, they would be put down in comparison too. I still wish Starwars was named something more relevant to the movie and not so general. To bad it wasn't just called 'a new hope' and left off the Starwars and etc for each one following.Duck is a good movie, not a great movie. And definitely not a bad movie.

Howard the Duck is a very hard movie to recommend. The film's plot is borderline inexplicable, but that doesn't make the entire thing a lost cause. While most of this film fails miserably on almost every level, it does deserve credit for some of its technical achievements. The effects are surprisingly decent for the time of release, and there is a well put together plane sequence. However, the effects don't make up for the rest of the film. Overall, I would recommend Howard the Duck to anyone who enjoys physical discomfort and can appreciate good special effects.

I remember hearing about this movie from my dad who said it was the worst superhero movie ever made. Well, he didn't use those exact words, but that's what he was heavily implying. It seems like most people agree with him. Well, maybe not the worst but certainly one of the worst. Maybe it's not technically a superhero movie, but at least a movie based on a Marvel comic book and part of the Marvel Universe, so I think it counts. Anyway, this is probably George Lucas' worst movie, although I don't know if he directly worked on the Star Wars Holiday Special.The worst thing about this movie is how predictable it is. I remember a scene where the police are talking about a manhunt for a duck and I knew that they'd make a joke about a duck hunt. Also, there's a scene where a police officer calls the guy Jack, and I knew he'd say not to call him Jack. Worse, I knew they'd show Howard faking being possessed. Well, the first time it looked like he died they didn't so I was glad they didn't use that cliché. Then it looked like he died again and they used it that time. The pacing is this film is terrible. It really is dreadfully boring. The fact that the first five minutes show a duck's naked breasts in a PG rated film makes you know it will be unwatchable.This happened to be the first theatrically released movie based on a Marvel comic and dang, has Marvel gone to infinity and back since then. There's a scene where Howard and his friend somehow know how to build a plane and fly it in this drawn out fifteen minute sequence that goes on forever. I'm surprised the Nostalgia Critic didn't make a joke about that. Speaking of which, I love his review of that and it has one of my favorite jokes from him. People in the movie say, "Dat's a duck!", "What is dat thing?", "Dat's a duck man!". This causes the Critic to say, "Dat's a duck!" (points to tie) "Dat's a tie!" (points to desk) "Dat's a desk!" (points to movie) "Dat's a dupid, dupid movie!". *