Film · Prime Video · 1987
Spaceballs
Jokes about movies. Fine for people who already have a better myth. Not a myth.
Brooks is mocking a merchandise empire, and the mockery is often accurate. Dark Helmet is a fool. The princess can shoot. There is a desert and a last-minute save. None of it asks you to become anything. A parody is a dessert. A house that only eats dessert starts to think sincerity is the joke.
Adults who know the film being teased can enjoy the hour. Do not put it in the chair where a story about duty was supposed to sit.
The eight
Industry
3/10
A crew, a winnebago, a bit of flying.
Household
3/10
A princess and a last-minute match.
Piety
1/10
Reverence is the target.
Courage
4/10
They go back for her.
Republic
3/10
A planet of air, played as a gag about greed.
Temperance
4/10
The greed is mocked. So is everything else.
Truth
4/10
It tells the truth about merchandise. It tells few others.
Stewardship
2/10
Nothing to hand a child except punchlines.
Live historicallyLaugh, if you want. Do not hand a boy this in place of a real story.