Review - Movies - Spaceballs

Yeah. So, Spaceballs is a really old movie. It's one of Mel Brooks' classics. It was a humorous version of making fun of other movies before that got stupid...I don't think that last sentence made any sense. Okay, back when Mel Brooks created Spaceballs, the types of movies that made fun of stuff actually was clever, made some sense, had some plot, and was good and funny. Nowadays, the kind of parody movies are just random stupidness. One perfect example is Epic Movie. No real plot, not even funny, just a bunch of random stupidity thrown together to make money. Like at the end, they walk out of the wardrobe and are randomly crushed by a wheel. That makes no sense!! It makes me angry! I will say, however, that those type of crappy parody movies are fine to watch at the right time under the right circumstances: with a lot of your friends, hopped up on Mountain Dew at 3 in the morning.

But back to Spaceballs. It makes fun of a few movies like Alien and The Wizard of Oz, but the one that it makes the most fun of and revolves around is Star Wars. Around that time, Star Wars was the big box office movie(s). Instead of Darth Vader, there was Dark Helmet played by Rick Moranis. There is no Force in this movie...it's the schwartz. In order to use the schwartz though, you needed a ring. With his ring, Helmet didn't use his death grip, oh no, for his men he aimed much, much lower. I want to emphasize that he used this on MEN. Get the picture?

Yogurt (Mel Brooks) instead of Yoda who does the merchandising so the movie can make money, and Barf instead of Chubaka who is half man half dog played by John Candy. Ahh, Yogurt's merchandising. You can see that throughout the entire movie. Spaceballs the placemat. Spaceballs the toilet paper. Spaceballs the bedspread, coloring book, and the breakfast cereal. That's another thing I like about this movie. They know it's a movie at some points which leads to hilarious circumstances. Like, when trying to find Lone Starr, Helmet decides to watch the somehow "already to video" version of the movie he's in...and accidentally pauses at that exact moment. Watching himself watching himself watching himself watching himself. And while the two battle, they accidentally hit one of the cameramen.

Ummm...It's a great movie. I guess I shouldn't talk about every detail, but I strongly suggest you view it somehow. Netflix, library, or Blockbuster if anyone does that anymore. It's a great movie to watch and enjoy. Filled with realistic (future) circumstances, a plot that actually makes sense, and funny hi-jinxes and jokes. Not some crappy thrown together nothing to make money. I hope you like it!