Review of Morons from Outer Space (1985) by Joe W — 10 Sep 2012

This is the first and only film Mel and Griff have written and I can see why. The plot is supposed to be bad. Aliens that happen to look human and talk English with English accents crash on Earth and become famous. 3 of the arrive in England and 1 arrives in America. Everybody in "America" speaks with horrible accents and Bernard tries to get back to the trio.

This film could've worked if the jokes we're actually funny, but there's not a single one that made me titter. Some scenes are lazily written, it was Mel and Griff's first movie after all; it's never fully explained why the British Commander is love with Sandra, it just comes out of no-where.

I dunno why Mike Hodges directed this, he could've written a film of his own and directed it, but he was asked to do this film which was originally called "Illegal Aliens.".

There's a shot where the aliens crash land their spaceship on the motorway and we see a couple in the car noticing the spaceship. The car appears to be in front of a blue screen. Why is that shot unfinished? This film just feels lazy.

There's references to One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Close Encounters. Funnilly enough, "Spaceballs" was originally called "Planet Moron", but because of this film, the title was changed. There's a moment in this film where Bernard is playing "Spaceball". Hmmm.

Overall, I'll give this film one star for at least trying and the song is credits is catchy too.