Blu-ray Review Spaceballs – Blu-ray review (1 Viewer)

[Sam Posten]

A very, very, very, very long time ago the planet Spaceball had exhausted all their oxygen and hatched an evil plan to suck all of planet Druidia’s up. Leading this nefarious operation is Colonel Sandurz (George Wyner) and his henchman Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis) under the orders of President Skroob (Mel Brooks). But before they and their crew of Assholes can vacuum up all of Druidia’s oxygen, Helmet must confront cosmic drifter Lonestarr (Bill Pullman) and his trusty Mog (half man, half dog) sidekick Barf (John Candy). Lonestarr has rescued Druish princess Vespa (Daphne Zuniga) and has grown strong in the Shwartz under the tutelage of Yogurt (also Brooks).

Spaceballs (1987)



Released: 24 Jun 1987
Rated: PG
Runtime: 96 min




Director: Mel Brooks
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi...

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[Sam Posten]

The forum is cutting off the majority of my review, not sure why. Have paged @Adam Gregorich and crew to look into it.

 

[Malcolm R]

The forum is cutting off the majority of my review, not sure why.

We're gettin' Skroobed.

 

[Sam Posten]

Keep firing, Assholes =)

 

[t1g3r5fan]

The forum is cutting off the majority of my review, not sure why.

Was the review accidentally set on "Ludicrous Speed"?

 

[Sam Posten]

Was the review accidentally set on "Ludicrous Speed"?

Plaid

 

[Tony Bensley]

"The Search For More Money!"

 

[Neil Middlemiss]

The forum is cutting off the majority of my review, not sure why. Have paged @Adam Gregorich and crew to look into it.

I think I was able to fix it for you, Sam.

"May the schwartz be with you!"

 

[Sam Posten]

I wanted to put it in the tag line but held off, one of my favorite quips from any movie ever: “we ain’t found shit!”

 

[Sam Posten]

Turns out it was entirely my fault. Sometimes when you think you are surrounded by Assholes it’s just you

 

[JoeStemme]

When this Mel Brooks came out it was dubbed as being outdated and 'too late' to cash in on the Star Wars craze (a whole four years after RETURN OF THE JEDI!). Of course, at the time nobody, including Brooks knew that Lucas would eventually revive the original series some 12 years later with the prequels. Now, SPACEBALLS plays more nostalgically, if not exactly improving with age - same goes with the aforementioned prequels!

There's a lot of low-level buffoonery, a number of the gags don't work and it never really lands as a specific Star Wars spoof. Still, some of the bits are amusing, Brooks has fun winking at the camera about the filmmaking process (the whole 'let's see how the movie is progressing' in-joke is terrific and well played) and marketing parodies work. And, yes, we are surrounded by a-holes!

The cast is game, especially John Hurt and George Wyner. But, it's Rick Moranis who steals the show as Dark Helmet. Brooks was in the midst of a career funk, but, like our intrepid heroes Lone Star (Bill Pullman) and Princess Vespa (Daphne Zuniga) -- he has persevered.