Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Space Balls


As a group we watched space balls directed by Mel Brooks who actually plays two parts in the movie, first as the spaceballs president, then as the wise man Yogurt. The entire movie is a spook of the Star Wars movies making fun of the entire thing. They used humor for everything, even at one point playing the movie in the movie to try and find out where the princess is. Not to mention the constant merchandise for the movie that is used in the movie, place mats, shrits, and even dolls.

I thought it was brillant how Mel Brook took this movie with the odds that it will either flop or be a hit and packed as much comedy in it as possible, making jokes whenever possible. That way it discized how corny this film could have potentially been but instead making it into a comic genuis. Plue the consistently hilarious John Candy added to the already funny plot.

1 comment:

Michael said...

Ya, John Candy is awesome. If you want to see a funny movie he stars in, check out Armed and Dangerous.