Which is Mel Brooks’s best movie: “Blazing Saddles” or “Frankenstein-1974-movie-posters/”>Young Frankenstein?” “Blazing Saddles” has social relevancy, fart jokes, and a truly bonkers final act.
But “Young Frankenstein” has neighing horses, rolling in the hay, “Putting on the Ritz,” and the most excruciating meal of soup in the history of cinema.
Every scene in “Young Frankenstein” is gangbusters, and every lowbrow gag sings.
The movie even looks pretty good, emulating the expressionist appeal of James Whale’s original “Frankenstein” films.
Brooks went on to make many more features, including “Spaceballs,” but, for me, none live up to the simple pleasures of “Young Frankenstein.”There’s one small catch though, which is that “Young Frankenstein” didn’t actually begin with Brooks.
The seed of the film was planted by none other than the actor Gene Wilder.
Brooks had earlier invited Wilder to star in “The Producers,” where he played the aspiring producer, Leo Bloom.
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