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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Jul 21, 2014 5:53:07 GMT -5
...But I think I laughed maybe twice in the entirety of Spaceballs.
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Post by Mozenrath on Jul 21, 2014 5:58:02 GMT -5
Honestly, it's got some good gags, but a lot of the movie is more "That's kinda cute" than anywhere near as funny as Young Frankenstein, Men in Tights, and Blazing Saddles(outside of its weak ending). As weird as it is, I think a big part of it is that those films had more of a plot, so it feels like less of an onslaught of jokes, with only some of them leaving much of an impact.
A lot of the jokes are probably not that funny, in part, since SO many Star Wars parodies, homages, tributes, or outright ripoffs exist, it's a dry well for material. That wasn't as much the case when the film came out.
It's sort of like, the first guy who ever went on stage and made a joke about airplane food probably killed, or "Take my wife! Please!", but it becomes cliche and worn, regardless of whatever merit it had in its day.
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Post by Red Impact on Jul 21, 2014 7:01:07 GMT -5
I've seen it and heard the jokes so often that I don't really laugh at it anymore myself, but that's SOP for comedies with me.
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Post by J is Justice on Jul 21, 2014 8:48:14 GMT -5
There's some really funny jokes, but also a lot of crappy ones.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2014 8:56:19 GMT -5
I tapped out with a quickness when I tried to watch this awhile back.
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Jul 21, 2014 12:11:47 GMT -5
Thank god, I thought something was wrong with me that I didn't laugh.
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Post by Cela on Jul 21, 2014 13:21:33 GMT -5
Still better than History of the World.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Jul 21, 2014 13:35:32 GMT -5
It's corny, and once you've seen it, you've seen it; but I still love it.
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Post by Bad Moon on Jul 21, 2014 13:56:25 GMT -5
I think comedy (or at least broad comedy like what Mel Brooks usually does) just doesn't hold up to repeat viewings in general. Most jokes work on the premise that you don't know the punchline already.
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Post by Digital Witness on Jul 21, 2014 14:11:17 GMT -5
A lot of Mel Brooks' comedy doesn't age well. A lot of younger people probably won't get all the Jew jokes.
I'll agree that they are good the first time you watch them, but you get diminishing returns on later viewings.
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Post by Glitch on Jul 21, 2014 16:29:44 GMT -5
Is that so? *Starts taping up fists.* Could you also tell me how adam sandler is an innovator who constantly has fresh new material? And also how you love dane cook. *continues taping fist.*
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Post by Raskovnik on Jul 21, 2014 16:33:30 GMT -5
I thought it was whatever and I was like 12 when I first saw it, which is saying something.
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Post by Chip on Jul 21, 2014 16:52:56 GMT -5
Watched it for the first time like a year ago after hearing it get universal praise. f*** I hated that movie.
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Post by KobashiChop on Jul 21, 2014 17:17:56 GMT -5
Saw it once a couple of months ago based on the universal acclaim it had, had its moments but altogether, nothing amazing.
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Post by Apricots And A Pear Tree on Jul 21, 2014 17:31:29 GMT -5
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Jul 22, 2014 5:30:08 GMT -5
I think comedy (or at least broad comedy like what Mel Brooks usually does) just doesn't hold up to repeat viewings in general. Most jokes work on the premise that you don't know the punchline already. To be fair this was my first viewing, but you could well be replying to others in the thread. Is that so? *Starts taping up fists.* Could you also tell me how adam sandler is an innovator who constantly has fresh new material? And also how you love dane cook. *continues taping fist.* Jesus Christ, man, Mel Brooks has some great movies, don't go dropping me in with the mewling masses just because I didn't like Spaceballs. A lot of Mel Brooks' comedy doesn't age well. A lot of younger people probably won't get all the Jew jokes. I'll agree that they are good the first time you watch them, but you get diminishing returns on later viewings. I do get a lot of the Jew jokes, but getting and finding funny are separate things. |
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Post by wildojinx on Jul 22, 2014 8:07:48 GMT -5
I loved Spaceballs, as to me it was essentially a live action version of Mad Magazine, but i can see where other people wouldnt like it (remember, film critics hated UHF, so film criticism is all in opinion). It is strange that the film is essentially only parodying one source (save for a few throwaway jokes satirizing planet of the apes, alien, and star trek) while other films either parodied one genre (blazing saddles parodied westerns, high anxiety parodied hitchcock, history of the world parodied historical epics) or at least parodied the various takes on a character/story (young frankenstein, robin hood: Men in Tights, Dracula: Dead and Loving It). That said, im STILL waiting for Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money (no, that crappy cartoon on G4 didnt satisfy my desire for that one), especially with all the stuff from the prequels that could be spoofed.
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Post by Branimal on Jul 22, 2014 8:15:12 GMT -5
I watched it a few months ago and while I didn't find it that funny - I still loved that teleportation scene as I totally forgot about it this time around. Gave me quite the belly laugh.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Jul 22, 2014 8:21:08 GMT -5
He who tires of Spaceballs is tired of life.
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Post by Milkman Norm on Jul 22, 2014 9:26:15 GMT -5
It was the first of Brooks' kind of lame genre parodies as opposed to his brilliant comedies that were genre homages. Like Blazing Saddles works as a western and a comedy but Spaceballs doesn't really work as space fantasy in the same way.
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