Howard the Duck: The Movie Marvel (and George Lucas) Would Like to Forget 

I love Howard the Duck :) Is it a Blockbuster... NO. Is it a fun, campy, crazy sci-fi parody, a fast-paced romp and a GREAT popcorn movie.

Howard the Duck was always a silly laugh. Even in the comics. This movie was thoroughly entertaining.

When I hear hate for this film, it always baffles me. It's a great laugh. And as an aged teen when it came out, the presence of Lea Thompson may also have had a hand in my fond memories for this film.

Lea Thompson never gets the best luck with love interests. She falls for her future son, and then a duck!

Howard the Duck, Short Circuit and Young Sherlock Holmes are my favourite 80's movies.

This movie is glorious A1 grade schlock. Absolutely hilarious film and even more so when you realize "competent" people were actually involved in making this.

What's always fascinated me is that they originally had a very different script; then "Ghostbusters" became a massive hit. And the studio suddenly began to give notes. Note the similarities; a creature from another dimension possesses a character; scientist characters...

Never read the comics, but loved the movie as a kid, I still enjoy watching it as an adult. It's one of my guilty pleasure movies.

I've never understood what the problem is with Howard the duck , it's a fantastic film with so much imaginative fun stuff going on. Solid SFX great cast script and good time all round. I've always enjoyed it and went out of my way to track down a ex rental copy in the 90s due to it just disappearing in the uk I still remember the day I saw it as a kid. It was a double rental along with Golden child good times

I was 10 when I first saw it. We rented it from a video store. I loved it. It always takes me back to a simpler time in my life.

Love this film. Such a laugh 🤠

I was born in 1982, and it’s difficult to quantify how many times I watched and rewatched this film growing up. I’ve always been kind of amazed how much it’s universally hated, as I found it so endlessly entertaining. However I recognize that I was watching it through a different set of eyes. Would really like to rewatch at some point, as I still think it will hold nostalgia and entertainment value for me.

Howard the Duck 1986 is a better movie than most recent movies from Marvel.

I own an original copy of the first time Howard The Duck was introduced in Spider-Man. Naturally, when the movie came out I HAD to see it. I was a huge fan of it then. I'm still a huge fan of it today! I was so glad when they brought the character back, at least in cameos into the GOTG films. But THIS film is so over the top fantastic. When you asked who this movie was intended for? ME!

Here in the UK it was released as Howard, A New Breed of Hero and the posters to promote it only had a small silhouette of Howard from the back. You would never have known it was about a duck!

The 80's were the best time to be a teen! I love Howard the Duck, he is the best Duck that has been on the screen, large or small!

Cult classics should be recognized with and that MOVIE is one of them. Long lived the 1980's.

I don't remember this movie much, but now I feel like watching it again.

This movie and Little Shop of Horror were my jam as a kid.

I applaud you, JoBlo, for an honest take on Howard the Duck. I'm sure it would have been easy to blast all the goofiness, story, and weird sexual interplay between Beverly and Howard. There's some type of honesty and innocence to a lot of the mid-80s movies that simply cannot be discounted, and certainly not recreated today.

Howard the Duck remains one of my all-time favorite movies. I watched this endlessly as a kid growing up in the 80s, and it (along with SpaceCamp 😂) solidified my crush on Lea Thompson. Everything about this film is fantastic - the humor, the music, the diner scene! 🤣🤣🤣 I friggin’ love it!

Fun fact about Howard the Duck; Jeffrey Jones didn't require any makeup. They just asked him to reveal his true form.

I had this recorded on VHS from HBO. This was one of my favorite "anytime" flicks, I lost count of how many times I've watched it.

Look, Howard the Duck may not be a good movie, but its a GREAT movie.

I loved this movie as a kid. Watched it a few years back and I still get a kick out of it. Catching all the adult humor now just cracks me up.

Marvel might want people to forget about it BUT Howard the Duck (‘86) exists in the MCU all thanks to the multiverse. I would love for them to reference this and other gems like the ‘90 Cap America flick with Cap just stealing peoples cars and of course Fantastic 4 ‘94. I guess the best way to do this is a show about Deadpool joining the TVA.

I wouldn’t say this was Tim Robbins’ *first* major role. Fraternity Vacation came out a year before Howard the Duck.

I'm a big fan of this movie. I have some great memories watching this as a kid and now I also have great memories watching it with my daughter. She loved it too of course. Great fun movie with some great dark and cheesy comedy

I loved this movie as an early teen Still love it today Where the "Magic Happens" 🙈

I love this movie, every few years I rewach it with pleasure

I fekkin love this move and love the 4K release. And since Howard is canon, this movie beats Iron Man as the true first MCU movie! LOL :D

What a great movie. Lea Thompson, Tim Robbins and Jeffrey Jones all do a great job. Still Howard is just hilarious! And awesome

I wish i could forget seeing it also 😳😆🤦‍♂️

Still love this movie. This, Master’s of the Universe and Spawn are movies I’ll defend til the death

I have always loved this film. It actually holds up pretty well, especially the design of the Dark Overlord. I still own the VHS, but re-purchased on DVD because it started having issues. Regardless, it is one of those silly things I still treasure.

Personally, l always have and always will love this film, despite or because of its faults. Therefore, it is great to see it get some more love from JoBlo. And no film starring the very lovely Lea Thompson at her very peak should ever be considered bad. Sometimes a fun, funny and undemanding film is just what is needed. This is that film. PS: the IMDB rating of just 4.7 for this film is nothing less than SCANDALOUS. I have seen far far worse than HTD!

This is one of my favorite 80s movies. Along with the other 80s Marvel film, The Punisher with Dolph Lundgren. I grew up in that decade and there was fun on the big screen. I got to see this in theaters when it came out.

1986 - Tim Robbins was in Top Gun with a speaking role.

Howard the Duck: the isekai protagonist the world wasn't ready for

This was an awakening...seeing duck boobies as a lad...welll😅

I remember this movie. HBO showed it a millions times a day. How could you NOT watch it.

I love this movie. It's one of my weird favorites. I couldn't explain why but I always have fun with this movie

I really don't know what everyone's problem with this movie is. I loved it as a child and i love it today. Okay it's a guilty pleasure, but still... i love it! AND: Can we talk about John Barry's amazing score?!?

I didn't even know this movie was not liked back then lol my brother and I always rented this movie as kids and thought it was hilarious. Still do!

Happy birthday ducky 50 years strong

We have an great fondness for this movie as we got married in Manhattan, splurged on a few days at the Waldorf Astoria, and went to see Howard the Duck! It was somehow the perfect movie…just ducky! 🤪

I remember watching this movie at the cinema, I was 11 back then. And I loved it, I thought it was hilarious, fun and had great VFX.

A great movie that deserved a sequel...!

I enjoyed this movie when I was younger and it ran non-stop on cable TV. Looking at it again later, it was a bit tougher to get behind. My main problem with it feels like it can't decide if it wants to be an edgy sci-fi comedy or a kids film about a duck - one minute giving us dark, disturbing, or sexual moments, and the next giving us 1970s Scooby Doo-clone-grade dad joke dialogue and comedy.

Watched the movie countless times on VHS as a child. I think it still holds up... kinda... ;-)

Howard the Duck rocks, and so does the soundtrack! Lea Thompson is a a great singer and she was sure a cutie back then. It deserves its cult stasis.

I gotta admit; I still think there are some things that just don't work in this movie, but I'm glad somebody else FINALLY noticed how funny this one actually is! I totally agree that this one is truly underrated! XD =)

I loved this film when I was a kid in the late 80s. I haven't thought about it in a very long time

Love that movie. Watched it with my cousins at their house rented from Blockbuster, so much memories.

To those of us who were really looking forward to its release back in the day, it was a major disappointment. I attended an advance exhibitors' screening, and we ended up not booking it at our theatre after seeing it. Good thing, too, because it bombed.

Thanks for showing Howard some love. This movie unfairly gets crapped on but it's actually really good and entertaining. I'm proud to say i own it and i love it!

I was a teenager when I saw it in the 80's, I honestly only remember Lea being in this movie.

'That's a duck, man. That's a DUCK!!!'

5:23 This scene definitely has a Clockwork Orange vibe.

Great to see a positive review of this film. It was a tongue-in-cheek as the comics and the cast was awesome.

Cant forget the ending song. I find myself randomly singing it over the years. Then he does a marty mcfly guitar solo

As a kid of the 80s I was sooo not ready for the ending.

This version of Howard and GOTG's Rocket getting together for some smart ass shenanigans would be great 😃!

When I say 🤬 this big head mallard ruined my adolescence..... Imagine being called Doward The Duck

I adore this film. Grew up watching it. Revisited as an adult knowing how "bad" and hated it was.....and I still thoroughly enjoy it. It's just dumb fun. And hey, Lea Thompson looks banging and she has a great voice.

1985: Lea Thompson is unwittingly hot for her own son. 1986: Lea Thompson is hot for an anthropomorphic duck. Only the #2 movie babe of the 80's (after Princess Leia) could pull this off. What an actress!

I don’t know what screwed me up more.. this movie as a kid or Zefrank’s “True Facts about the Duck” as an adult.

I'm going to give this movie (and others in the bad movie category like Showgirls, Waterworld and Battlefield Earth) some praise. Now on a level they're still bad movies and there's a reason why they flopped on screen. This one in particular was pretty bizarre what with it featuring anthropomorphic ducks showing boobs and Howard and a scantily clad Lea Thompson almost doing what i can describe as borderline bestiality. And yet just the fact that it took risks makes me have respect for. Particularly if you compare it to modern movies where they either extend franchises thin (Expendables), burned out complete genres like the comic hero genre, or just do remakes of classic movies with political messages thrown in. In other words, modern movies won't take a leap into the unknown and would stick to the same tired formulas. And it's still a bad movie but its got a certain charm and wackiness to it that actually makes it likeable. That being said, i really hope they never remake it. I fear they're going to have actual furries in it

Never have read the comics, but I just love this movie

This movie is Family Guy before there was a Family Guy.😂

There was also a Dr. Strange TV Movie in 1978, starring Peter Hooten as Dr. Strange and Clyde Kusatsu as Wong.

Tim Robbins first ever major role in a movie was Fraternity Vacation from 1985 which was released in theaters, but bombed.

If this film had not had a big budget would anyone be still talking about this film

This movie should only be enjoyed ironically. Its IMDB rating is well deserved.

I personally don’t care what anyone else says; I _LIKE_ this flick (😁)! It’s an genuinely entertaining slice of the 80s (😊).

Still one of my all time favorites 😂😂❤❤❤❤

Its crazy that the guy who played the first ever captain america is JD Salinger's son.

"If Ya Can't Stand TheHeat... *GET OUTTA TheKITCHEN!"* 😜

Always fun watching it as a kid 👍

I saw this film when i was 8 years old or so. Before i was aware of Marvel or DC. I knew Spider-man, Superman, Batman etc etc. But it was the same for me as Heman or Mighty Mouse or Super Ted. Just fun cartoons. I saw Howard the Duck and did not know that it was a commic book character. I just liked the film and i stil do.

I love this movie. For the time it was amazing. Awesome music scores too.

I loved this movie growing up. Lol

Lea Thompson, an animal and her son; it's a wonder any kid grew up normal in the 80s.

I love this movie. Decent practical effects and I live all the duck puns. Duck nips are weird.....I still love it. I proudly own on 4k.

I loved this as a kid, it and the Dolph Lundgren Punisher film are the first Marvel films I ever saw.

I had it on VHS and always loved it !!

Anything with Lea Thompson is an A+ from me.

HOWARD THE DUCK deserves a remake!

Howard was featured in GotG for a few minutes.

In the same year Tim played backseater in planes to Tom Cruse and Howard

I've always had a soft spot for Howard the Duck, and I highly recommend checking out Chip Zdarsky"s brief run on the character that goes so far as to make this movie canon! 🦆

I was born in 1976. As a kid it didn't catch me. I like it since i am 30+ ❤

As far as I know this movie is another universe in the Marvel Multiverse and this Howard is another variant of Howard from the MCU

I always liked this movie . I never could understand the hate . It also has the killer electric keyboard sounds of the one and only Thomas Dolby . ( yes I’m a fan ) Dolby’s first single “Europa and the pirate twins “ so much better than his big hit “ she blinded me with science” .

Best movie ever man!!

I loved the movie when i was a kid good old days.

Probably the first movie I became aware of the concept of furries, but it was a duck character not something with fur.

It is a great movie it's always on lists of worse movies i don't think it deserves, it is a fun entertaining film

Howard is my favorite Marvel movie because it doesn't look like another CGI-sausage-factory-marvel-movie.

WHEN I FIRST WATCHED HOWARED WHEN I WAS YOUNG I ENJOEYD IT