"some people would rather have nothing than settle for less"



--- In ILoveIshtar@yahoogroups.com, "matt love" <mattlove1@...> wrote:
>
> ... but then I pursued the exotic notion of a actually watching it.
My wife
> and I were on a jag of bad movies. We went through Plan 9, and
Eegah! and
> Robot Monster, and Bride of the Monster... so when I saw Ishtar at
the vid
> rental place, I thought I would continue the streak. But as the movie
> unfolded, I was puzzled. I couldn't see the bad. "BE MORE BAD!" I
shouted
> at the screen. But Ishtar resisted. Finally I gave up and let
Ishtar win.
> I was soon laughing with it, not at it. Unlike the people that say the
> first 20 minutes is good and then it falters when the local shifts
to the
> middle east, I liked it better and better, and was completely drawn
in. By
> the time it was over, I had thoroughly enjoyed it, wished that it
would have
> gone on longer, and I was deeply puzzled how such an enjoyable movie had
> gained such a terrible reputation.
>
> Since then I've become a committed fan, and have met several like-minded
> people. Wonderful, smart people with great taste and a great outlook on
> life. Can we all be crazy? I don't think so... yet as more time
goes by,
> the attacks on Ishtar grow more and more savage. Does it matter if
people
> say such terrible things about a movie they've never seen? In the grand
> scheme of things, probably not. But it bothers me that our people are so
> quick to judge, to leap to conclusions about things they know nothing
> about.... dare I say it may reflect on larger problems?
>
> On the possitive side, even as the hostility is ramping up, so is the
> appreciation... there is a documentary film about Ishtar fandom in the
> works, the manager of the Ishtar fan website
(http://www.ishtarthemovie.com/)
> is putting together a tribute CD featuring cover versions of songs
from the
> movie, and possibly a US release on DVD (something the heathen in Europe
> have been enjoying for years). So shake off that square world, get
with the
> countdown, and blast off to Ishtar!
>
> http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/ILoveIshtar/
> http://www.waitingforishtar.com/
> http://www.ishtarthemovie.com/
>
>
>
> WAITING FOR 'ISHTAR' From: The Boston
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> I can't wait for "Ishtar" to open. I'm counting the hours. Not since
"Howard
> the Duck" have I been so excited about a movie, and for exactly the same
> reason: I don't have to see it.
>
> I feel as though I've already seen "Ishtar" several times. For years now
> I've been reading and hearing about this movie: Warren Beatty and Dustin
> Hoffman, together at last; comedy, camels and Isabelle Adjani in the
desert;
> directed by Elaine May, or misdirected by Elaine May, depending on
whom you
> believe. And so on and so forth for half my lifetime, or so it seems.
>
> Of course I haven't really seen "Ishtar." ...
>