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[Richard Hakluyt]

Robin Hood men in tights was poor as well.

The thing about brooks is that his films, i think, are a straightforward presentation of his personal humour. this is why they can be so brilliant, because they are uninhibited; but also why they can be poor in parts, because they are self-indulgent.

[Eddie Teach]

Mel Brooks is generally overrated.

[Ed Anger]

I love his version of To Be or Not to Be.

[Barrister]

I was talking about the original Producers with someone the other day.

Me: It's a great movie.
Other: 
Me: It's by Mel Brooks.
Other:
Me: You know, he did Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein...
Other:
Me: Spaceballs.  He did Spaceballs.
Other: Oh, I remember that movie.
Me: *dies a little inside*

[Sophie Scholl]

The remake is awful, especially when stacked against the original.

[Queequeg]

Mel Brooks is generally overrated.

Blazing Saddles is the funniest American movie ever.
Here is proof.

[Neil]

The remake is awful, especially when stacked against the original.

They remade Spaceballs?  Are you sure that wasn't Spaceballs II:  The Search For More Money?

[Neil]

Mel Brooks is generally overrated.

Blazing Saddles is the funniest American movie ever.

Your hatred of world culture is noticed.

[Admiral Yi]

Blazing Saddles is the funniest American movie ever.

Is not.  Not even the funniest Mel Brooks movie, which is Young Frankenstein.  Blazing Saddles broke a lot of cultural taboos but if you take away the shock to 1970s sensibilities it's not that funny.

[Sophie Scholl]

The remake is awful, especially when stacked against the original.

They remade Spaceballs?  Are you sure that wasn't Spaceballs II:  The Search For More Money?

No.  The Producers.

[katmai]

Blazing Saddles is the funniest American movie ever.

Is not.  Not even the funniest Mel Brooks movie, which is Young Frankenstein.  Blazing Saddles broke a lot of cultural taboos but if you take away the shock to 1970s sensibilities it's not that funny.

Them are fighting words

[BuddhaRhubarb]

Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein are equally awesome in my mind, though interestingly Blazing Saddles today is the more gimmicky seeming of the two. The instincts for slapstick and low humour (ie: the toll booth in the desrt, nazis and bikers in the old west,etc) exploited so well in Blazing Saddles are the things that Brooks did way too much(every joke in Spaceballs, men in Tights or that Dracula thing.) in his 80's onwards output.

For everything up to History of the World part 1 he is to be revered, the rest =

[Eddie Teach]

Mel Brooks is generally overrated.

Blazing Saddles is the funniest American movie ever.
Here is proof.

[Josephus]

Spaceballs.  I think the weakest Mel Brooks film I've seen.

It blows.

It sucked.

[Darth Wagtaros]

 

Spaceballs.  I think the weakest Mel Brooks film I've seen.