Spaceballs

Spaceballs (1987)
[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094012/]

The Gist:
To be honest, I think I enjoyed this movie more because I'm an intense Star Wars fan (the originals, oi) and less because I think it was one of Brooks' better parodies. Simply put, it's pretty weak if you put it side by side with his classic films (ie Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, and even Robin Hood: Men in Tights). That's not to say it's a bad film, in fact it has some great moments. I loved Rick Moranis as Dark Helmut, particularly the scene where he plays with his dolls; I loved the moment when they put the videotape of spaceballs in the VCR (ah I remember VCRs) to find out where the Princess had escaped to; I also really liked the whole merchandising spoof poking fun at the whole Lucas merchandising phenomenon. However, John Candy was completely wasted in this film with a plainly unfunny character, the film relies a lot on jokes it had done better in the past, and honestly it just kind of stays the course with safe jokes for most of the film.