{"id":2187,"date":"2007-01-31T11:41:52","date_gmt":"2007-01-31T18:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2187"},"modified":"2024-04-18T00:57:08","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T07:57:08","slug":"blues-brothers-the-1980","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2187","title":{"rendered":"Blues Brothers, The (1980)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I say we give the Blues Brothers one more chance.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Poster-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-28454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Poster-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Poster-91x128.jpg 91w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Poster-732x1024.jpg 732w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Poster.jpg 1032w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhile gathering their old band members together for a fundraising concert, ex-con Jake Blues (John Belushi) and his brother Elwood (Dan Aykroyd) must dodge the police, an angry country-and-western band, and Jake&#8217;s jilted fiancee (Carrie Fisher).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Dan Aykroyd Films<\/li>\n<li>Ex-Cons<\/li>\n<li>John Belushi Films<\/li>\n<li>John Landis Films<\/li>\n<li>Let&#8217;s-Put-On-a-Show!<\/li>\n<li>Musicians<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary notes, this popular &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; spinoff suffers from a &#8220;slim&#8221; storyline, one-dimensional lead characters (&#8220;their dress is more interesting than their personalities&#8221;), and a lack of &#8220;good verbal wit&#8221;. Indeed, as a comedy, it falls flat nine out of ten times: even supposedly hilarious sequences &#8212; such as the Blues Brothers&#8217; former Catholic schoolteacher (Kathleen Freeman) giving the grown siblings grief for their foul language: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blue-Brothers-Freeman.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blue-Brothers-Freeman-1024x563.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"352\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-64920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blue-Brothers-Freeman-1024x563.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blue-Brothers-Freeman-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blue-Brothers-Freeman-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blue-Brothers-Freeman-768x423.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blue-Brothers-Freeman-1536x845.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blue-Brothers-Freeman-491x270.png 491w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blue-Brothers-Freeman.png 1841w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blue-Brothers-Brothers.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blue-Brothers-Brothers-1024x564.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"353\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-64919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blue-Brothers-Brothers-1024x564.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blue-Brothers-Brothers-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blue-Brothers-Brothers-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blue-Brothers-Brothers-768x423.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blue-Brothers-Brothers-1536x846.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blue-Brothers-Brothers-490x270.png 490w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blue-Brothers-Brothers.png 1847w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; come across as cheap and unoriginal. As a musical, however, the movie benefits enormously from the talents of renowned blues artists James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, and others; their appearances mark the indisputable highlights of the film. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Brown.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Brown-1024x562.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"351\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-64921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Brown-1024x562.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Brown-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Brown-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Brown-768x422.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Brown-1536x844.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Brown-492x270.png 492w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Brown.png 1841w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Charles2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Charles2-1024x554.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"346\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-64924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Charles2-1024x554.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Charles2-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Charles2-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Charles2-768x416.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Charles2-1536x831.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Charles2-499x270.png 499w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Charles2.png 1853w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Franklin2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Franklin2-1024x567.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"354\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-64923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Franklin2-1024x567.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Franklin2-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Franklin2-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Franklin2-768x425.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Franklin2-1536x850.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Franklin2-488x270.png 488w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Franklin2-1038x576.png 1038w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Franklin2.png 1831w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cameos by Carrie Fisher, John Candy, and others are wasted in this inexplicable cult favorite. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> <em>The Blues Brothers<\/em> was &#8220;renowned&#8221; as the most vehicularly destructive film made to date &#8212; but a little of this goes a <em>long<\/em> way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>James Brown leading his active congregation in a rip-roaring hymn<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Crowd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Crowd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64914\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Crowd.jpg 853w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Crowd-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Crowd-128x72.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Crowd-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Crowd-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Belushi[&#8216;s double] doing a series of excited flips down the aisle of Brown&#8217;s church<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Flips.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Flips.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Flips.jpg 853w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Flips-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Flips-128x72.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Flips-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Flips-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Aretha Franklin&#8217;s sassy waitress singing a song while dissing her husband<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Aretha.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Aretha.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Aretha.jpg 853w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Aretha-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Aretha-128x72.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Aretha-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Aretha-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Blues Brothers performing at a country-and-western club behind a protective fence<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Fence.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Fence.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Fence.jpg 853w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Fence-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Fence-128x72.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Fence-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/Blues-Brothers-Fence-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s worth a one-time look simply for its status as a cult favorite.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0080455\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1980\/06\/20\/archives\/blues-brothersbelushi-and-aykroyd.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/68147.html\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I say we give the Blues Brothers one more chance.&#8221; Synopsis: While gathering their old band members together for a fundraising concert, ex-con Jake Blues (John Belushi) and his brother Elwood (Dan Aykroyd) must dodge the police, an angry country-and-western band, and Jake&#8217;s jilted fiancee (Carrie Fisher). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Comedy Dan Aykroyd Films Ex-Cons John Belushi Films John Landis Films Let&#8217;s-Put-On-a-Show! Musicians Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: As Peary notes, this popular &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; spinoff suffers from&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2187\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2187"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95840,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2187\/revisions\/95840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}