Blazing Saddles

This makes at least my top 5 comedies ever made. Airplane! might take number one, but after that I have a hard time figuring out the proper ranking. Doesn't matter though, the important thing to remember is how great this is. I had seen almost all of the Mel Brooks movies as a child, but my parents were good parents, and they didn't let me see this until I grew up. But that was an advantage. Seeing this movie for the first time as an adult helps make sure you don't miss jokes that would've gone over my head (except fart jokes, those are funny no matter what your age). I think my favorite scene might be with the governor. Mel Brooks plays that character so well. His distraction, physical problems, anger, lust, idiocy; it's all good. Gene Wilder also just knows comedic timing better than almost any other actor out there, so every scene with him is great. Check this out if you haven't seen it. Just, again, probably not with any kids.

Somehow Mel Brooks made a truly great satiric comedy that has an entire scene with a group of people farting from eating beans. I do not understand how a movie with a scene as ridiculous as this ended up as good as it is. The western setting works great with this style of comedy and sometimes gives rather smart jokes making points about other serious westerns. I highly recommend this film if you can accept that it sometimes is very silly and ridiculous, and other times it's an intelligent and self-aware movie.