Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever
Dirtylogy It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.
Roman Sampson One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.
Calum Hutton It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...
Benedito Dias Rodrigues One greatest musical comedy that I'd seen over past 30 years,John Landis didn't expected too much when had received the Dan Aykroyd's screenplay too longer. after cutt off a half to fill up to adjust in a proper format took a time, meanwhile tried get the copyrights of all old blues music with their owners a perfect pack came along with several legends such Ray Charles,Cab Calloway, Aretha Franklyn, James Brown,John Lee Hooker just quote a few,blended with a clever premisse when Jack got a parole to set free from prision,they have to visit the old nun sister Mary who raised them at orphanage and try to get 5.000 thousand dollars to pay back taxes to stay open this house's children, after this point every single scenes are adds up with a black humor and action, plus neo Nazi party,Cops and a angry Country band whose are chased on Chicago's neighborhood, Belushi and Aykroyd as near perfect leading roles scattering some funny jokes they getting the audience...fantastic!!!Resume:First watch: 1984 / How many: 3 / Source: TV-DVD-Blu-ray / Rating: 9
flamingbeargrant Funny, destructive, and crazy movie that will live on as a American classic forever.
Eric Stevenson I it that the main reason this movie is so good is because of how literally real it is. When it shows them destroying the shopping mall, that is an actual shopping mall that's being destroyed. I learning about it on Wikipedia's list of unusual articles. It's the Dixie Square Mall which was abandoned before finally being demolished in 2012. All the car pileups that appear are real as well. You have to ire a film that goes that far for the sake of a joke.Apart from that, I really did find myself caring for these characters and couldn't help but be engrossed at how cool they were. I love that this is such an all star cast. It makes me miss Carrie Fisher, but I'm glad to know her for roles other than "Star Wars". Tons of real life musicians appear. It's the awesome music and choreography that's a big part of what makes this movie so good. I love the random explosions. ***1/2
blanche-2 From 1980, "The Blues Brothers," starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, is good for what ails you. It's funny and offbeat with great music and one of the all-time classic car chases thrown in. As one critic said, it shouldn't work. But it does. Big time.After musician Jake Blues (Belushi) is released from prison, and he and his brother Elwood (Aykroyd) visit one of the nuns (Kathleen Freeman) who raised them. She needs $5000 to pay taxes on the boarding school she runs. The boys want to help, even though she can slap a mean ruler on their knuckles, so they reassemble their old blues band and then attempt to find some gigs, even taking one at a country-western bar that isn't theirs. Just one problem. Everyone is after them, including the law, neo-Nazis led by Henry Gibson, the owner of the country-western bar where they didn't pay their bar bill, and a diminutive woman (Carrie Fisher) who tries to get them with bazookas, flame throwers, and whatever she can get her hands on. The musical artists in this film include James Brown, Ray Charles, Cab Calloway, and Aretha Franklin, and they're all fabulous, as is their music. The Blues Brothers band itself is terrific.Belushi and Aykroyd make a perfect pair. The funniest part for me was Belushi at one point begging for his life. Such a loss of talent. John Landis did a masterful job of directing what was in fact a multi- genre film that was in fact no genre at all, combining elements of comedy, musical, and action-adventure.What fun.
