When this movie came out, I saw the trailer and commercials and I thought, "The guy who gave us Halloween and Escape from NY and The Thing made this piece of crap?!" It just looked like a bad, dumb joke. I didn't go see it. I never heard anyone talk about it. I always figured Spielberg had 1941, Lucas had Howard the Duck, and Carpenter had Big Trouble Little China.
It was about 20 years ago the first time I heard someone say it was one of their favorites movies. And then maybe a couple years after that when I first noticed people describing it as a classic. I saw it for the first time 20 years ago, had absolutely no idea what those people were on about. I just re-watched it for the first time over the weekend, thinking maybe I'd 'get it' this time. It's not the worst movie in the world, but I have no idea how anyone could have strong feelings about it one way or the other. It was a mildly amusing/entertaining way to kill a couple of hours chilling on my couch eating ludicrously high priced takeout ('special combination' chow mein and deep fried shrimp.) Maybe in another 20 years I'll watch again to see if I finally get it.
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