Scanialara
You won't be disappointed!
AniInterview
Sorry, this movie sucks
Brainsbell
The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.
Kaelan Mccaffrey
Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.
betty dalton
Crazy silly story, but very enjoyable nonetheless. John Belushi and Dan Akroyd wanna bring THE BAND together again to raise money to save an orphanage from closing. Unfortunately this band gets into trouble with the law and what follows is without a doubt the most outrageous police chase. Even if you cant enjoy the very beginning of the movie please do give the last half an hour a try, because it is truly hilarious with the most bizarre and hilarious car chase in the history of american cinema. Filmed back in the days when there were no cgi or computer effects, so all the cars that crash are REAL crashes. I assure you, that truly enhances the fun A LOT!Besides this legendary car chase the music alone makes this movie worth watching: music performances and acting by Ray Charles, John Lee Hooker, James Brown, Arehta Franklin. These are all music legends. Amazing that director John Landis pulled it off to get all those stars into 1 flick like this.There is also a funny appearance at the very end by none other than Steven Spielberg, who never acts in any picture, but did so this time around."The Blues Brothers" gained a cult status decades ago. A cult status doesnt necessarily mean it is a masterpiece, it isnt, but the movie just struck a chord for many weirdos back in the eighties. Music bands have been formed which were inspired by this movie. Special Blues Brothers movie screenings are still regularly being held worldwide, to honor this absurd yet classic music road movie. At those festive blues brothers nights everybody goes wild with booze and drugs. Books have been written about John Landis' cult film. Documentaries have been made to analyse it. It has become bigger than anyone could have imagined back then...But please dont use common sense while watching this absurd music comedy. It does help if you are drunk (or stoned or both), when watching this movie, because it is DELIBERATELY simplistic and silly. Very enjoyable and hilarious nonetheless...
Bella
The Blues Brother is a hilarious musical about 2 brothers who are in a band together. One of the brothers is released from jail and decides to get the old band back together. Claiming that they are on a mission from God, the 2 boys in suits go around looking for gigs. They are constantly getting themselves into trouble. The songs are hilarious, well-performed, and incredibly catchy.
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Learning that the orphanage where they were raised will soon be shut down, two brothers try to reunite the band they helmed as youths, hoping to raise enough money from concert ticket sales to save the orphanage in this zany comedy from John Landis. The film runs a little long with several over-the-top action/chase sequences in the mix (a shopping mall sequence in particular), however, the film is engaging even when the action goes overboard thanks to the pure motivations of the title characters who genuinely believe that they are on a divine mission. Interesting religious parallels also crop with the reuniting of band members akin to gathering apostles and at times it seems nothing short of miraculous how they survive certain ordeals (like a phone booth blown up). Landis films the material in quite a stylish manner too; the German Expressionist lighting as they ascend the stairs to the head nun's office is an excellent touch; same goes for the low camera angles as John Belushi leaves prison in the opening scene. A fun supporting cast helps too, such as a blind Ray Charles shooting potential shoplifters in his music score, Aretha Franklin getting a good musical number of her own, Henry Gibson delightfully eccentric as a pompous neo-Nazi and Carrie Fisher adding a lot of zest as a 'mystery woman' out to kill the pair for reasons only revealed towards the end.
emailuser-25123
Who better to revive this awesome franchise than to replace Danny Belushi with that of the "Blues Baller" Bill Murray.Billy Murray & Dan Aykroyd. Not to mention a heavy bit of Chevy Chase in there. It must work, this bunch would make the funniest group of guy's ever.We haven't seen much of truly great films by them in some time. Why can't that time be now? Exactly... It can be now.Give it a thorough thinking-over. This could happen. Looking forward to it as well. Amp up the comedy to their finest days, today.Great movie.