Saturday, November 3, 2012

Howard The Duck: Good Or Bad? Who Cares?


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In 1986 the co-creators of American Graffiti brought a little alien duck to the big screen.  However with the box office and the critics it was a spoiled egg.  The movie stars Lea Thompson as Beverly, Chip Zien as the voice of Howard, and Jeffery Jones as Dr. Walter Jenning.  Howard is a happy single duck living on planet Duckworld who accidently sent to to Earth and must adjust to his surroundings.  He meets Beverly, a struggling lonely musician.  Through this there is pitfalls and lots of humorous (or atleast attempted humorous action).

Though the movie sounds interesting but it didn't go so well.  The producers wanted to make animated film (or atleast an animated Howard) but do to scheduling the producers were forcerd to maked a live-action movie with animatronic technology that still wasn't very advanced.  This caused problems with prodcution.  The shooting was a nightmare and part of the time the crew had to keep re-shooting Howard because his footage didn't work.  Now the difficulty with filming Howard was having a dwarf actor  move around without being able to see and being hot and sweaty all day.

Now here are some good things about the movie.  It has a nice score, and nice sound effects.  Also all the actresses performed the vocals themselves for the films rock songs that were written by Thomas Dolby.

Whether it's a good film or not I still find it interesting to watch.

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