Spaceballs (1987)

“Out of all of the Mel Brooks movies, Spaceballs, a parody of the original Star Wars trilogy, would have to be my personal favorite. Casting fresher fa”

"Multiple Role" (10 movies items)

" 'Spaceballs' "

“Out of all of the Mel Brooks movies, Spaceballs, a parody of the original Star Wars trilogy, would have to be my personal favorite. Casting fresher faces for most of the main characters was a nice touch.

I found those characters to be quite lovable, much like the Star Wars characters, well, before Jar-Jar Binks was conceived in George Lucas' crazy brain. The one character that entertains me the most is Dark Helmet, naturally. No matter how intimidating Helmet tries to be, he's still the ego-maniacal man-child that is the butt of a lot of jokes.

The gags are so funny that they border on cartoonish, such as when Lone Star learns to master the power of the Schwartz by lifting the giant Yogurt statue. Barf is impressed with Lone Star, who gets distracted and accidentally dr” read more

Films and the critics who hate them (732 movies items)

"The crew flings itself energetically through space in search of laughs, but it will never penetrate the galaxy where Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein traced their giddy orbits. - Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine Mel Brooks will do anything for a laugh. Unfortunately, what he does in Spaceballs, a misguided parody of the Star Wars adventures, isn't very funny. - Variety Staff, Variety How do you review a movie like this, anyway? I guess by saying whether you laughed or not. I did laugh, "

{--Parody Films--} (10 movies items)

" Spaceballs takes the framework of Star Wars' story and tells its own tale, one that could stand as an engaging sci-fi comedy all on its own. "

Rewatch (29 movies items)

"REWATCHED Original Rating: 4/10 Current Rating: 4/10 Meh. I don't see why people find it so funny. To me it was just dumb, childish humor with a horrible plot line."

Watched in 2013 (222 movies items)

"March 19- Rewatch "I'm a mog: half man, half dog. I'm my own best friend!" I have been meaning to revisit this for quite a while and after seeing that awful movie last night the timing felt right. This was just as funny as the first two times I saw this despite the fact that my rating is a bit lower than last time. This was the first Mel Brooks movie I saw and it made me interested in seeing his other movies. Watching this also reminds me that I need to watch some of his movies I haven't see"

Watched In March 2013 (13 movies items)

"2nd Viewing/March 4th Theater Viewing "

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