Suggestion Box Review #5: Spaceballs (1987)

Hello All,

    So before we begin today I’d actually like to take a moment and do something I don’t do often on this blog: Directly promote something! My dear friend LadyCassandrina (her facebook page is here please go follow it) recently asked me to voice a character for one of her youtube videos (Go subscribe to that here also). More specifically she asked me to voice the character of Grillby for her Undertale fan series. If you have a moment I would deeply appreciate you taking some time to watch it right now. No go ahead, seriously watch it right now. DO EET

Watched it? Good! Watched it several times? Great! Shared it with everyone you’ve ever known and even strangers creepily on the street? Excellent! Go watch it one more time then come back if you wanna hear me talk about Spaceballs.

For those of you who don’t know Mel Brooks and his filmography, do yourself a favour after you’re done reading this review (and having watched that video at least one more time) go and watch at least Blazing Saddles. The man is a comedic genius, but how well does Spaceballs hold up? Let’s find out shall we?

Plot Summary - When Princess Vespa (Daphne Zuniga) runs off from her wedding, Captain Lone Starr (Bill Pullman) and his sidekick Barf (John Candy) are hired to retrieve her and bring her home. However, the evil Lord Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis) is trying to capture the princess, in order to force her plane to hand over all of their fresh air.

Pros - Let's not beat around the bush here Spaceballs is a comedy classic. It’s just an absolute brilliant parody of Science Fiction in all the best ways, and which great performances, and a solid, if slightly basic story, the film is a must for lovers of comedies, sci - fi, or both.

Cons - The only con that I can think of would be if you read down this far and didn’t watch that youtube video yet. The film is also perfect.

Final Score - 10/10

Next Suggestion Box Review: Ghost in the Shell (1995) - Hooray we’re finally catching up on these, which means you should suggest more movies in the suggestion box below.

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