Yeah the special effects were cool, but the story was lackluster and boring. I don't know what the big deal was. The story was hokey, almost like a kid's story, for kids by a kid. When it came to the floating mountains and a bunch of savages defeating a larger and better equipped military, I found myself rooting for the military. I didn't see what all the hoopla was about. I mean the effects that made a duck talk were kinda cool, but that doesn't make Howard the Duck a frenzied must-see. I can't believe that I have to add more text to this. I have nothing more to say, the movie stank. I can't believe how the mindless sheep saw this movie multiple times like it was the second coming.