1987 Directed by Mel Brooks
When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue. Along the way, they meet Yogurt, who puts Lone Starr wise to the power of "The Schwartz." Can he master it in time to save the day?
Bill Pullman Rick Moranis Mel Brooks Daphne Zuniga John Candy George Wyner Joan Rivers Dick Van Patten Michael Winslow Lorene Yarnell Jansson John Hurt Ed Gale Stephen Tobolowsky Sandy Helberg Dom DeLuise Phil Hartman Tress MacNeille Corey Burton Michael York Rick Ducommun Rudy De Luca Ken Olfson Denise Gallup Dian Gallup Jim Jackman Jim J. Bullock Sal Viscuso Ronny Graham Brenda Strong Show All…
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Letterboxd needs to add another check after "I've seen this film before" for "I've seen this film before A GABILLION TIMES."
I definitely didn't get the Kafka joke as a kid. Or the "Prince Valium" name. Or that John Hurt was reprising his role from ALIEN (which I hadn't seen at that point). Or the PLANET OF THE APES gag at the end (hadn't seen that yet, either). It's kind of amazing, frankly, how many of the reference jokes I DIDN'T get at that age -- and how much I loved this movie anyway. Now, I get the references AND the dumb dick jokes, so it's basically a masterpiece.
Some days are so long and frustrating, you just gotta say screw it and watch Spaceballs.
A lot of this is dick humor, but some of it can actually be clever. My personal favorites are the self-awareness that they’re in a silly movie, and that Star Wars has mad merchandising game. Although, the best scene has got to be the Alien reference gag. What can I say, I’m a simple man; if I see John Hurt and an alien puppet, I immediately applaud.
It may not be Mel Brook’s most acclaimed parody film, but it certainly deserves a watch for all sci-fi fans alike.
The screen is black, in complete silence. Shattering the lingering anticipation to pieces, the film's title zooms across the stars and vastness of space in a bold, triumphant font, as the booming score fills my ear drums with complete euphoria. As the title disappears, text rolls into frame, and our story begins...
What I just described to you above is how most people would describe their first experience with Star Wars. The epic 1977 space opera that changed blockbuster cinema and geek fandom forever. Well I am here to tell you that Mel Brooks' parodic sci-fi film is equally as epic, as the text above also exactly describes my experience every time I watch Spaceballs. Spaceballs is more than just…
Listen, I’m not saying a Star Wars spoof is a better Star Wars movie than the most recent one....
but.....
I'm surrounded by assholes!
So unbelievably stupid that I can't help but love it. This is a prime example of parody done right.
After Spaceballs 2: The Search For More Money, I want to see Spaceballs 3: The Rise of Schlotkin.
(A joke I never noticed before: The sign in the prison that says “Conserve Air. Breathe Less.”)
“You idiots! These are not them! You've captured their stunt doubles!”
Hahahahahahaha
Great Sunday morning watch. Men in Tights is still my favorite Mel Brooks (nostalgia is a cruel mistress) but I’m glad I finally watched this in its entirety
Maybe my sense of humor sucks now that I’m older. Sorry Spaceballs fans, after a few light chuckles here and there, I couldn’t bring myself to get a good laugh out of this one even though I've enjoyed Star Wars movies. Spaceballs never quite made that jump to light speed for me. C'est la vie.
While I've become known in certain circles here on Letterboxd for being an almost Airplanes zealot level fan who gets somewhat mad on people not loving that masterpiece of a spoof movie - movies like Spaceballs, funnily enough, gives me a glimpse into the mind of those individuals as this is by far among Mel Brooks' weakest films, and yet, when it hits, boy oh boy, it punchs you down to no surrender. K-O, hasta la vista. Its damn hysterical. I mean from the meta humor with the iconic instant tape scene, the pop culture references (Colonel Sandurz, the dancing alien outburst scene), the one-liners ("What's the matter, Colonel Sandurz? Chicken?"), the visual gags (soldiers literally combing the desert with…
