Comments on: Forgotten Friday – Spaceballs

By: Vic De Zen

Vic De Zen — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:14:19 +0000

This is one of my favourite old school comedy movies! It’s always a great classic to check out every once in a while.

By: Peter K

Peter K — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:56:31 +0000

I know it’s symplistic but everytime I watch the end and they are trying to turn off the self destruct using the cancelation button and it has the tag hanging off of it saying out of order which helmet replies “fuck…even in the future nothing works”. I die laughing. Great pick Rodney…a classic indeed.

By: GODFATHER

GODFATHER — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:54:59 +0000

Dear Lord, Rodney! Wish you stated you were going to rent that movie, cuz I would’ve been shouting on here “don’t subject yourself to that movie. What an aweful waste of time that will be!”

LOL

As for Spaceballs, I loved it. So much, in fact, that one of the first words my Godson ever learned was “Lone Starr”. And he did it mimicking Dark Helmet! What a great memory! And a great film!

By: Darek-T

Darek-T — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:05:02 +0000

Is he like Trooper #6 or something?

By: 420BAND

420BAND — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:43:26 +0000

Classic Brooks!

Also loved History of the world pt 1

By: Matt S

Matt S — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:02:34 +0000

Hahaha that’s funny, I haven’t seen it. Heard it was pretty bad though.

By: Matt S

Matt S — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:59:36 +0000

My favorite decade too David Lopan! (at the moment, at least) I’ve just gotten into 70′s films within the past year and a half and I’m in love with it. I haven’t seen “Alfredo Garcia” or “Two Lane” (almost compulsively purchased the Criterion version the other day) they both are in my Netflix though. It’s tough to absorb prior decades of film when living in a house where you’re outnumbered by people who exclusively watch modern films. I push forward though.

I’ve been scrounging my public library more recently (which pretty much only carries 1950′s movies) and I’ve been VERY pleasantly suprised! Dave, if you aren’t too familiar (like me) to 50′s films check them out! They’re by no means anything like 70′s films, but the level technique and simplicity of storytelling is outstanding in many. So far, to me, it’s better than the 40′s (50′s is a pretty damn golden age if you ask me). “Ace In The Hole” is damn fine (any Billy Wilder ive seen has been pretty amazing), and “A Place In The Sun” (which I rented because I saw Liz Taylor on the cover and had to pick my tongue off the floor, so I didn’t expect much) kicked my ass! I didn’t think they made films like that in the 50′s! Check it out!

By: Rodney

Rodney — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:50:07 +0000

Not a bad idea. I could do a “I havent’ seen that” Feature where I find movies with an actor I like that I haven’t seen yet.

My first would be “The Ten Commandments” with Paul Rudd introducing 10 short stories revolving around the commandments. My wife LOVES Rudd so I picked it up out of the bargain bin. It was SO BAD!! lol

By: Matt S

Matt S — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:36:24 +0000

Yeah, I’m sure I sound like a broken record sometimes, forgot I brought it up before. Fair enough though, I think I get this whole “Forgotten Fridays” thing finally, old movies that you’ve only just recently seen wouldn’t really count (plus if you don’t like the movie it wouldn’t count either) and I know for damn sure when I was younger (even just a couple years ago!) the movies that really stuck with me could definately all be tied together by common themes.

You know what could be cool? A feature where the writer picks a film they haven’t ever seen before, from a past decade (maybe the 70s and prior) and reviews it. Maybe start with older supposed classics, or box office darlings, reader suggestions, or just older flicks that sound interesting. Then say if and why they liked it or not. It could get some readers to branch out, or rethink some classics of yesteryear, or discuss what they appreciate (or not) about an old movie, whether they really “like” it or not. It’d be fun too. You can call it…. “New Old Stuff”… haha…. Or not.

Alright I’ll stop brainstorming in the comments section now.

By: Rodney

Rodney — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:59:57 +0000

You have mentioned this before Matt, and while I would love to, there are not a lot of movies from before the 80s that stick with me all that much.

I was 8 when the 80s came rolling around and short of Disney classics and Dukes of Hazzard, I didn’t watch much in theaters in the 80s.

These all draw from my own experiences.