Colibel Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

ClassyWas Excellent, smart action film.

SincereFinest disgusting, overrated, pointless

Anoushka Slater While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

jpolywog-52354 I don't know how many times I have watched this movie. It is just incredible! I know every line. It has a unique place in comic movie history and demonstrates the genius of Mel Brooks. It lifts the lowest of spirits. Wonderful, funny, beautifully scripted and timeless extravaganza. Watch it and enjoy.

Gubby-Allen It is a difficult achievement to make a spoof comedy and not generate one single laugh or barely a smile but Spaceballs manages it.To think, Airplane still holds up today and even after 10 views, you still find hilarious gags for the first time. The sequel, Naked Gun, the Monty Python films, even Blazing Saddles all still work and are funny for adults or children watching them for the first time.There is absolutely nothing in Spaceballs. Even ignoring the complete lack of humour, the plot is tedious and makes no sense, the characters are dull, the acting dreadful and there is next to nothing to be gained from watching it.It may have dated, which good comedies do not, but it was not even funny first time around.

Idiot-Deluxe "So princess Vespa you thought you could out-wit the imperious forces of planet Spaceball. Well you were wrong... You are now our prisoner and you will be held hostage until such time - until all of the air is transferred from your planet - To Ours.... SHE'S NOT IN THERE! / Radar repaired sir, were picking up the out-line of a - Winnebago." Similar in status to Ghostbusters, Mel Brook's "Spaceballs" is one of the great action-comedies of the 80's, but yet it contains even more laughs and proves to be more comically outlandish then Ghostbusters could ever hope to be. Spaceballs is also categorized as a spoof, which in it's case is obviously mocking Star Wars, but it hardly ends there as it also contains references to Star Trek, Aliens and Planet of the Apes and with Mel Brooks overseeing everything, this film covers all that material brilliantly, ultimately resulting in one of the funniest and most quotable movies ever made.Starring Bill Pullman (in his one and only good role), the late-great John Candy, Rick Moranis, Daphne Zuniga, Dick Van Patten and Mel Brooks (in a dual-role), as well as a generous amount of assistance and expertise from Industrial Light and Magic, who created the movies numerous special effects. As a comedy few movies, if any, are more effectively put together and as a spoof Spaceballs is simply unrivaled with it's boundless "gag-a-minute" levels of humor, rock-solid production values and George Lucas-approved special effects. Once all of it's ingredients are put together Spaceballs gels unbelievably well on all levels and through the wizardry of Mel Brooks the movie effectively transports it's audiences into the zaniest far corner's of the universe, in the form of a hilarious, one-of-a-kind space Odyssey. One that's as ripe in it's extravagance, as it is endless in it's charm.If one were to speak of it's plot, I think the closest comparison would have to be Star Wars: Episode IV "A New Hope", as several key plot points in both films are virtually identical. A swaggering group of space-travelers risk it all (and for one-million Space Bucks) to rescue the princess and then in the face over-whelming odds, they must rise against and destroy the imperial forces of a vast evil empire and bring their reign of intergalactic tyranny to an end. Does any of that sound familiar? Sure, that happens in Star Wars: A New Hope and a decade later in Spaceballs. Except it's not The Force were dealing with here - it's the Schwartz, it's not Darth Vader - it's Dark Helmet, it's not Yoda - it's Yogurt, it's not Jabba The Hut - it's Pizza The Hut and with "Ludicrous Speed" Spaceballs goes not one, but two steps above and beyond Star Wars when Spaceball-1 burns a vast swath of plaid, several light-years long, across the galaxy. "What the hell was that! / Spaceball-1. / They've gone to plaid." The finale of this comedy classic is pretty much perfect in all ways, ending in explosively exhilarating fashion as Captain Lonestar and Barf seal the fate of the villainous Spaceballs. During which a sort of cosmic ballet unfolds, which happens to be set to the beat of a particularly catchy pop number (with great vocals!) in form of the "Spaceballs Theme". This riotously rockin' song effectively increases the films space-based lunacy and mayhem, which eventually blossoms into a scene of full-on panic, as Mega-Maid goes from Suck to Blow and then to Self-Destruct! The climatic shot of this sequence is a thing of beauty, which at the same time is not entirely unlike when Lando Calrissian fly's the Millennium Falcon from the bowels of Death Star just before it explodes. This consequently sets the stage for a hilarious Planet of the Apes interlude, one in which it's ape inhabitants are ever so pithy and waspy.Not surprisingly of all the movies I've ever seen Spaceballs still reigns, nearly 30 years after it's release, as thee most ridiculous movie ever, visually, verbally and musically - it scores off-the-charts in all those aspects. The films soundtrack is a marvelously effective combination of tastelessness vs. tradition, in which you'll often hear it pulsing to the hip tunes of Bon Jovi and other fine merchants 80's Hair Metal sleaze. Then there's the more traditional orchestral aspect of it, which was contributed by Jon Morris (Mel Brooks' favorite composer), complete with laser beam FX. But most importantly is the films utterly inspired cast, especially in the case of Rick Moranis as Dark Helmet, it's a thing of sheer perfection, even the chronically underwhelming Bill Pullman delivers fantastically as Captain Lonestar in this riotous, one-off, comedy classic.Released in the summer of 1987 a good four years after Return of the Jedi was in the theaters, on that note I can't help but think about what kind of business Spaceballs would have done had it been released three or four years earlier. By 1987 Stars Wars-mania had cooled down significantly and much better movies like "Jaws: The Revenge" (grin) or "Garbage-Pail Kids The Movie" ("A Topps Bubblegum Production") were making their assault on the box office, while triumphantly winning over throngs of exhilarated audiences all over the world. But back to all things Spaceballs and it's majestic glory, yes my love for this movie runs deep and I'll cap things off with it's unofficial tag-line, which is: May the Schwartz be with you... always.

zkonedog The movie "Airplane" pretty much invented the parody genre by spoofing airplane disaster pictures. Other Mel Brooks comedies such as "History of the World, Part I" and "Blazing Saddles" also contributed, while the "Hot Shots" films lambast "Top Gun" and "Rambo". For my money, however, as an itted science fiction enthusiast, "Spaceballs" may just be the funniest of them all.For a basic plot summary, "Spaceballs" is a spoof of Star Wars, where Lone Star (Bill Pullman) and his dog-man partner Barf (John Candy) must save Princess Vespa (Daphne Zuniga) from the nefarious clutches of President Skroob (Mel Brooks) and Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis).The main reason that "Spaceballs" works as well as it does is because it picks the right genre. The Star Wars movies are great, don't get me wrong, but their almost self-righteousness makes them ripe for parody (much like disaster flicks with "Airplane"). This is the old "wink and nod to the camera" style of filmmaking and it is pitch-perfect from director Brooks.Of course, what would a great spoof be without some memorable characters, and this film has them in spades! I mean c'mon: big man Candy in the "Chewie" role is perfect, Pullman as the "hero" lead proves he could quite possibly turn any role given to him into acting gold, and Zungia is annoying throughout...exactly what she is supposed to be. Mel Brooks as both the leader of Spaceball City and the squat little Yoda send-up Yogurt is hilarious as usual too.That leads us to Moranis' Dark Helmet character, which is one of the funniest film creations ever put up on the big screen. His mannerisms and interactions with the subordinates on his ship (especially as they revolve around a first officer played by George Wyner) are easily the most side-splitting moments of the whole experience.Overall, when it comes to the comedy genre, "Spaceballs" is one of my favorite films of all-time. This is partially because I am both prone and privy to the science fiction landscape that the jokes so ridiculously make a farce of, but I primarily gravitate back towards the hilarious character interactions and one-liners that are sure to bring a smile to your face.