Linbeymusol Wonderful character development!

WasAnnon Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

anselmdaniel This review contains spoilers.The Blues Brothers is a feature length movie on a Saturday Night Live skit on two brothers leading a soul band. The movie begins following one of the brothers as one of them is released from prison and seeks to save an orphanage from being demolished. The Blues Brothers seeks to bring their band back together and undergo a tour to raise enough money. Along the way, the group has a series of adventures.The Blues Brothers is a fun and cool adventure. The movie has two great leads that propel the movie, Dan Akyroid and John Belushi. These leads are incredibly charismatic in their roles. The movie uses this to its advantage well by having these two characters have great dialogue. I was constantly entertained by listening to the comedy and watching the great sketches unfold on the screen. The movie has ridiculous and impossible scenes that become hilarious to watch. As the characters said, they are on a mission from God that seemingly grants them a pass from progressively ridiculous events. The movie is written to take the ridiculous approach to comedy and it works in this movie's favor.I was able to enjoy The Blues Brothers without watching any of the previous Saturday Night Live sketches. I would recommend this movie.

thejcowboy22 One Rainy Sunday I frequented my local theater (The Midway) of Forest Hills not expecting much. The other movies on the marquis just didn't interest me at all. I took a chance on the Movie the Blues Brothers with little expectations. This Movie stars to original cast members of the popular long running TV show Saturday Night Live shown weekly on the NBC network. A comedy staple for decades but best remembered for two of its most prolific players John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd. I went inside expecting bad acting . I got it! I also expected mass destruction i.e; car chase through a shopping mall. I witnessed that! I also saw anomalies of a weird nature, Nazi's going to Wrigley Field and business meetings in a steam room. I observed that! I also viewed Fashion model exemplar "Twiggy' getting ripped off in a rural gas station and Carrie Fisher doing demolition throughout the movie. I also witnessed that! What i didn't expect was an afternoon of classic musical and dancing numbers that would rival any musical that I've seen in the past. Let me set it up for you. Our story begins with Joliet Jake Blues (John Belushi) leaving Prison welcomed by his brother Elwood played by Dan Aykrod. To Jake's horror he sees his brother Elwood picking him up in a Mount Prospect City police car which Elwood claims '"They were practically giving them away at auction." Elwood goes on telling him he traded away the original Blues Mobile, The Cadillac for the police car equipped with a microphone which was the selling point for Elwood. The brothers first stop is the orphanage where they were raised as they meet with the cold abusive Sister Mary Stigmata played to perfection by veteran actor Kathleen Freeman. The Sister has a problem. The bank will foreclose on the orphanage due to back property taxes owed in the amount of $5000. The boys step into action as they sit in on a Gospel sermon at the Triple Rock Church led by the Honorable Reverend Brown. .Yes, James Brown the Godfather of soul. Jake breaks into dance during the service and with stunt double does back flips. Jake has an epiphany. Assembling the Blues Brothers band back together and raise the 5000 to save the orphanage.. As Elwood exclaims "Were on a mission from G-d".. The problem is that the band members are scattered around the city of Chicago. One scene worth watching is when the boys enter an upscale Chicago bistro in their dark filthy suits, stetsons and shades as they are downright rude and offensive to the clientele . Unfortunately the maitre d is Big Al (Alan Rubin) their former lead trumpet player who refuses to return to the band. The boys reek havoc until Al concedes. This movie slowly and effectively transforms into musical numbers. The likes of the legendary Ray Charles as he runs a downtown music store with a keen sense of smell to ward off shoplifters. Performances by Aretha Franklin and Cab Calloway make for top notch entertainment with the city of Chicago as the backdrop in this wild and fast moving comedy/musical. The Boys generally dodge the police authorities, a country band , the American Nazi party (Chicago Branch) led by Laugh-in poet Henry Gibson and a deranged ex-lover of Jake the mystery woman Carrie Fisher. . So order up an Orange Whip plus four whole chickens and plain toast. If you look closely you'll see cameos by Paul Ruebens and Chaka Khan. Steve Lawrence and John Candy round out the ensemble. Sit back and watch the Blues Brothers perform and remember there're are still somethings that make us all the same. You. Me. Them. Everybody!!!

inapl5 Unfortunately a software bug in the IMDB code doesn't allow me scoring 16 stars instead of just ten, for this epic movie... And I must say that really I never tried to score more than 10 stars here on IMDB, simply because no movie ever reached such a level, IMHO! The BB is simply a perfect cocktail that cannot be judged with the standard criteria of other movies, it's a magical mixture of musical giant performers, extraordinary comic storyboard, really incredible comic situations and irresistible characters able to produce an over the top legendary experience. This movie belongs to a sort of celestial sphere, well above the so many perfect packages that Hollywood delivered. Technnically The BB shows many "flaws" and imperfections, even in the editing, but these do not reduce in any way the extraordinary audio-visual & on-soul impact. After watching and loving the movie, we'll discover that Jake and Elwood are really a part of ourselves, they are ourselves with the full load of energy and positive vision towards the live that we (should) have! I've seen The BB many times, the first two in the Italian Cinema, in 1980, where people really was becaming crazy for it, and when I watch at it again now, I don't see a movie getting older but, on the contrary, a fresh, young, and vivid story of the best we have into our souls. And supplied with a firework of overwhelming joy and memorable blues music. A suggestion: if you own the DVD (everybody should have it), watch at the bonus content that will tell you a lot about what's behind this extraordinary movie!

Ersbel Oraph This is a cute comedy. Rather slow. And not so much comedy as musical. And the cast is full of singers. But the story is forced. So in the end, this is the Grease for those misunderstood fine people who want to show how special they are. And this is what the movie was built on: this is not disco, but the fine blues that is so trendy.Not to ignore the influences, after all Leningrad Cowboys is a masterpiece and it is clearly made following this story.Contact me with Questions, Comments or Suggestions ryitfork @ bitmail.ch