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| ACTORS: | Mel Brooks, Rick Moranis, John Candy |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Mel Brooks |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 24 June, 1987 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Mgm/Ua Studios |
| MPAA RATING: | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| FEATURES: | Closed-captioned |
| TYPE: | Feature Film-comedy |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 027616810021 |
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Customer Reviews of Spaceballs
The epitome of a Star Wars spoof. For those who don't know the plot of the movie, here it is. The evil Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis) tries to kidnap Princess Vespa of Druidia and Druidia's air is the ransom (planet Spaceball foolishly squandered their air), so her father, King Roland, hires Lone Starr and his half man half dog sidekick (John Candy) to rescue her. Mel Brooks plays two characters in this movie, the wise little Yogurt and the evil leader of Planet Spaceball, president Skroob.
I personally enjoyed the movie thanks to the comical cleverness of Mel Brooks, but as far as overall movie quality goes (comparing this to movies like "The Green Mile") I think it's only fair to say that it only gets 3 stars (so-so) on that sort of scale, hence my rating. I should also warn all those parents out there that the movie would probably get a PG-13 rating under the current system because of the profanity. Even so, the movie is filled with jokes from start to finish to make one laugh out loud quite a few times. Besides being an obvious spoof on Star Wars, it also lampoons (though in smaller quantities) Star Trek, Planet of the Apes, and Aliens. I recommend this video for those who like comedy and spoofs, and in that area I give it four stars.
"What's the matter, Colonel Sandurz? Chicken?"
SPACEBALLS was perhaps the last of Mel Brooks' really funny spoof movies. Following from the classic BLAZING SADDLES Western parody, SPACEBALLS takes in all and every science fiction movie, breaking every rule and recycling every cliche for maximum comic effect.
No sci-fi movie is safe: STAR WARS is the biggest casualty, with plenty of laugh-out-loud references (Pizza the Hutt and Dark Helmet being just two of many). The plot loses it way to the insane jokes, much like many of Mel Brooks' movies, but that really doesn't matter. You'll be laughing too hard to notice.
Obviously this isn't going to appeal to everyone just as science-fiction doesn't appeal to everyone. However, if you're prepared for a riotous, zany cast (Rick Moranis as Dark Helmet brings pathetic bad guys to a new level) armed with a funny script, then SPACEBALLS is for you.
because good is dumb
although not a mel brooks masterpiece this film does not suffer solely from lack of comedic inspiration. in fact i find it to be one of his best. its main problem, in my opinion, was the shift in audiences. for the most part films such as Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein catered to an audience that was, by 1987, much older and focusing on family life. plus, brooks' comedic venom was now aimed at a less familiar target in Star Wars. intially, even i had a hard time time convincing myself it was worth seeing. but after repeated viewings i realized that it was as funny as many of brooks' best. now dont get me wrong, you wont laugh as often as you did for High Anxiety but you'll laugh none the less. sadly, the core players of previous films are missing here (Harvey Corman & Madeline Kahn) and it suffers becasue of it but the times were changing and so were the films. only later on did brooks really get into a stupor with Robin Hood: Men In Tights and Dracula: Dead and Lving It, starring the one dimensional Leslie Nielsen.