Correct choice.
I haven't seen either of them, but that sure seems like the right choice to me too.
It has 2x the IMDB rating that Ishtar has. Admittedly Ishtar made one critics best movies list but when we start having films with 3.7 ratings at imdb I'm wondering whether we actually included every 80s US movie
I've now watched 18 films for the bracket and of those there are none I would give a 5/5 and probably only two I would give a 4/5 (Top Gun and Common Threads). Meanwhile there are about a dozen films that I would rate 4/5 or better on my "hope they are resurrected because they lost in the first round" list. Talk about bad luck of the draw.
When Ishtar came out (apologies if this is still in the collective awareness) it was hailed pretty much as hands-down the biggest flop, and perhaps the worst film ever made. If you think of the reception
Gigli received, then you're pretty close.
The fact it hasn't garnered some kind of cult status probably means it was bad in a bad way.
Sounds like you were able to find some redeemable qualities...