Hey Joe, good morning! I heard a lot about this movie when it first came out, all kinds of different opinions, but usually none of them bad or thumbs down… I finally saw Buckaroo Banzai maybe 10 to 15 years later, and on a television, and probably should’ve seen it on a big screen… I would say on a scale of 1 to 10, for me, it’s about a 7.5… I didn’t really feel the plot, and to me, it was just just a lot of scenes strung together… But then, I’m not much of a sophisticated viewer. As always, your background research, and analysis and opinion, made this picture much more interesting than I remember it being… great job, as always, thanks! Peace! CPZ.
Thanks, Zeke! Buckaroo Banzai is not a movie for everybody. I dragged my stepbrother to see this when I was 11. This was the summer of Ghostbusters, Gremlins and The Karate Kid, and he didn't understand what the hell we were watching. I loved it.
I’ve found that it gets better after repeated viewings. Also, I suggest listening to this podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/5-minutes-of-banzai/id1309313813
Yes. Just like a lot of Coen brothers movies. Thank you for the comment and for following, Jim! I'll give the podcast a listen.
Hey Joe, good morning! I heard a lot about this movie when it first came out, all kinds of different opinions, but usually none of them bad or thumbs down… I finally saw Buckaroo Banzai maybe 10 to 15 years later, and on a television, and probably should’ve seen it on a big screen… I would say on a scale of 1 to 10, for me, it’s about a 7.5… I didn’t really feel the plot, and to me, it was just just a lot of scenes strung together… But then, I’m not much of a sophisticated viewer. As always, your background research, and analysis and opinion, made this picture much more interesting than I remember it being… great job, as always, thanks! Peace! CPZ.
Thanks, Zeke! Buckaroo Banzai is not a movie for everybody. I dragged my stepbrother to see this when I was 11. This was the summer of Ghostbusters, Gremlins and The Karate Kid, and he didn't understand what the hell we were watching. I loved it.