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This Mel Brooks production is one of the funniest movies that I have ever seen.
Spaceballs is a spoof of many sci-fi movies ranging from Alien to Planet of the Apes, but the main parody is that of Star Wars. The plot is very much the same as the original Star Wars film.
Princess Vespa from the planet Druidia flees her home planet to avoid her marriage to a pathetic prince played by Jim J. Bullock.
Upon her travels through space, she is captured by the dreaded and feared Spaceballs led by the evil Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis) and President Screwb. She is captured in order to persuade her father the King to give the Spaceballs the combination to their atmosphere shield.
You see, Drudia is one of the remaining planets that has clean air.
In order to save Princess Vespa, the rebel Lonestar is hired by King Rolland. Lonestar and his sidekick Barf (a Mog, part man, part dog...he’s his own best friend) see this as an excellent chance to make some money in which they can pay back their huge debt to Pizza the Hut.
Lonestar successfully rescues Princess Vespa from the evil grasp of Dark Helmet, after the rescue, they run out of gas and crash land on this remote desert planet. Lonestar soon learns from the legendary master, Yogurt, that he has the natural born abilities with the mystical power that is called the Schwartz.
What sci-fi film would be complete without the clash between good and evil. In Spaceballs, this comes in the form of a Schwartz battle between Lonestar and Dark Helmut.
In my opinion, this is Mel Brooks at his finest, with his movie Blazing Saddles coming in at a close second.
Spaceballs is filled with mindless humor, for instance who can forget the scene where the Spaceball troops were ordered to “comb the desert” in search of Lonestar and the Princess?
Of course, in true Brooks fashion, the next image that we see is that of three troops actually combing the desert with a huge comb.
With its interesting characters and meaningful plot...wait why am I beating around the bush? The fact of the matter is, this movie is simply hilarious.
There are no two ways about it. See this movie again today, it’s still as good!!
~Carl Sodergren