DuracellEnergizer said:
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
*sigh* ... yet another movie that doesn't live up to the appreciations of youth. Roger is definately more annoying to me now as an adult, and I finally understand why Eddie couldn't stand the spastic twerp. Another aspect of the film that doesn't jive with me anymore is the live action-animation combo - it's all so unsettingly surreal. On the upside, though, I still find the performances of Bob Hoskins and Christopher Lloyd strong (Judge Doom isn't as menacing to me as he used to be, though, unfortunately).
Spaceballs (1987)
I really don't see why so many people like this parody. I find stuff like "Barf", "Yogurt", and "the Schwartz" far from funny - it's either juvenilely stupid or just plain unfunny. Pizza the Hutt was amusing, though, I'll give it that.
It's a world where cartoon characters are as real as anyone else in Hollywood, (more or less) it's supposed to be surreal! As Roger may be a murderer, his being a bit annoying serves to cast doubt on his innocence. Eddie already doesn't like toons anyway. ;)
Easy to forget these days is how the film ushered in a renewed interest in classic cartoon characters that continues to this day. And it put "toon" into the lexicon.
It takes courage to admit you don't like Spaceballs on a Star Wars board. Aside from Hardware Wars, there really aren't any other parodies of our favorite saga. (The XXX parody notwithstanding.) Considering all the truly wretched parody movies of the past decade, maybe that's a good thing?