Spaceballs

Movie: Space Balls, 1987, PG

Stars Your Parents May Know: Mel Brooks

Date Watched: Saturday, January 3, 2009

Recommendation: ★★★☆☆


Guests: Aren (9) and his brother Will (4)

Summary: A funny version of Star Wars where a princess escapes her own wedding and gets captured by the bad "Spaceballs" and the "Lonestarr" (Luke Skywalker and Hans Solo character) has to save her.

Review: It wasn't a very appropriate movie for Will and my brother Patchy. My mom says it wasn't even appropriate for me and Aren too. But I thought it was really funny and I understood half of it. There were lots of "weenie" jokes. There was a bumper sticker on Princess Vespa's ship that said, "I love Uranus." The final battle between the Lonestarr and Dark Helmet started out like this:

The "Schwarz" is a different version of "the Force"...as in "May the Schwarz be with you."

If you convince your parents to rent the movie, I think it's a good way to spend my time (but my parents don't.) So... Watch the trailer and decide for yourself.

Patchy's Favorite Part: The one with the princess' bent nose.

Parental Advisory: Oops. Should be PG-13 unless inappropriate jokes are your style of parenting...And don't invite someone else's four-year old over to watch too!