Oh man, it's the ultimate Star Wars parody. The fourth best Star Wars film, in my own personal opinion. Lol.
Spaceballs comes to us from the talented and warped mind of Mel Brooks, responsible for several other comedy legends such as Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein and later Robin Hood: Men In Tights. He was also known for Dracula: Dead and Loving It, so take that with a mixed blessing. Don't get me wrong, Dracula: Dead and Loving It has it's moments but it's not on par with his original works. Spaceballs is the most notorious among nerdom, for its farce and crazy representation of interstellar hijinks.
Spaceballs follows the citizens of the planet Druidia as they fend off the onslaught of the race of beings known as the "Spaceballs". The Spaceballs are led by Col. Sanders, and the fiendish leader Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis). They both answer to President Skroob, played by Mel Brooks. The three of them plot to kidnap the daughter of Druidia's own King Roland (Dick Van Patten), Princess Vespa (Daphne Zuniga) in order to extort Planet Druidia's fresh air supply for their own. In response to her kidnapping, King Roland hires the courageous duo of Lone Star (Bill Pullman) and his sidekick, Puke (John Candy) to find her and rescue her and her droid, Dot Matrix (Joan Rivers). The movie features this all-star cast in some of their most memorable performances, John Candy and Bill Pullman especially. Brooks double-stars as Yogurt, the wise Schwartz magi who teaches Lone Star how to utilize it, as well as teaching him about his heritage as a Prince.
The reason this movie resonates with me so well is the fact that it's one of those movies I discovered in junior high school, but I also didn't bother watching it again until high school, then rather religiously in college. It's yet another movie that I can quote backwards and forwards, but not quite all the way. Pretty much all the key scenes. "A hundred thousand space bucks?", "How many assholes we got in this ship, anyway?" and various others. Literally every other character as at least one quotable line. Even King Roland. "I'm breathing...air! AIR!" Just one of those movies that resonates with you so well. I guarantee if you watch it, you're going to get a lot of Star Wars related jokes for sure, but you'll also get science fiction jokes...like when John Hurt reprises his role of Kane from Alien when another alien bursts from his chest..."Oh no! Not again!" Give it a watch.
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