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Underappreciated and before its time


Wayne's World joked about exaggerated advertisements/sponsoring. In Mars Attacks, the bad guys were killed by playing bad music to them. In Anchorman, one of the most loved scenes was a bizarrely escalating battle sequence.

Return of the Killer Tomatoes did all three gags better, and years before the above movies. And yet, all three movies have higher IMDB ratings than Return of the Killer Tomatoes. I don't get it. In my opinion, just the sequence with the mime makes RotKT one of the better comedies of the 80's.

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I really enjoy this film, too. Cheesy '80s fun.

I remember hearing George Clooney compared it to BATMAN AND ROBIN as probably his worst movie, but I must reply that this film was trying to be stupid.


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I totally agree. It made me think of Scary Movie, and considering this came some 15 years before, it was before its time, and an absolute gem of cult film!

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I haven't seen this in over 20 years. I need to watch it again.

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