Blues Brothers 2000
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Movie Reviews of Blues Brothers 2000
Movie Review: Totally unnecessary
Summary: 2 Stars
The first film was a classic homage to the blues that featured great music, performances, and locations. The sequel is a tired retread that seems like little more than director John Landis and Dan Ackroyd trying to recapture lost glory--and failing miserably. It's painful to write this since the lead actors--Ackroyd, John Goodman, and Joe Morton--are so likeable. But it missteps all the way. I thought the cliche of the cute kid (J. Evan Bonifant) sidekick went away decades ago. Many scenes in this film, such as Elwood's meeting with Sister Mary Stigmata (Kathleen Freeman) and the catclysmic finale to a police chase, are direct remakes of scenes from the first film, but here they feel tired and mechanical. The fantasy sequences of the first film (Jake seeing the light; the Nazi car dropping from an impossible height) managed to be fun, but the ones in this film are outlandish and silly. The one saving grace, and the reason I give two stars instead of one, is that there are some great musical numbers. I'm glad that Landis managed to get so many of these blues legends on screen while they're still here, but I kept wishing that I was watching a blues version of the "Buena Vista Social Club" rather than another tepid Hollywood sequel.Movie Review: Terrible movie, great music
Summary: 2 Stars
Blues Brothers is considered one of the Great American Movies - it reintroduced one of America's original music styles to a new generation in the context of a hilarious movie. But Blues Brothers 2000? Well, the replacements for John Belushi fall very short. The plot is awful. The story doesn't hold together.
The one thing going for it is the amount of musicians introduced. If the original movie brought 8 or 9 musicians to mass appeal, this introduced 15. Unfortunately, it was all in a monster jam at the end.
You're better off just buying the sound track.
Movie Review: Fun, Fantastic Feature Film
Summary: 5 Stars
Alot of people are looking down their noses at this film because John Belushi is not in the film.. Well, of course it's not going to be like the last film!!! Still, this is a feasable concept, packed with great music, great jokes, and the largest single collection of blues artist combined in one "pick-up" band in the history of the era. Don't let so called "purists" ruin your perception, get the move and enjoy the story.Movie Review: Why??
Summary: 1 Stars
With all due respect to Dan Akroyd, and in no way am I criticizing him or have anything against him. In fact, he is one of the FEW people left in Hollywood that I have respect for. However, this movie, frankly, is an insult and an abomination to the originality and ingenuity of the first film, and frankly, to the memory and legacy of the late, great John Belushi.
Some films are suited for sequels, and others are not. As one reviewer stated, if it had been done not too long after the original and while Belushi were still alive, then it would have been an excellent follow-up to the first. This is a disaster!
The chemistry Akroyd and Belushi had in the first Blues Brothers is legendary, irreplaceable and unmatched even to this day, and is lacking totally in this movie. John Goodman? Good actor in other films, but not this one. It would have been better not to make this film at all. I began to watch it just out of curiosity, and eventually felt an emptiness knowing Belushi will not be in it. I ripped it out of the VCR partially into the movie and vowed never to see it again. There is nothing like the first, and never will be. The only good thing about BB 2000 is that it makes me appreciate the original 1980 classic even more.
Movie Review: Elwood's back,R.I.P. Jake
Summary: 5 Stars
Elwood Blues(Dan Aykroyd) is back,but with a different partner,Jake's brother(John Goodman). John Belushi died in 1982 of a drug overdose in Los Angeles. So,his character of Jake was killed as well. Many fans imagined John's brother James would resume the role of Jake. In 1997,ABC pulled the plug on Goodman's Emmy-winning sitcom Roseanne after a nine-season run. A short time later,he and Aykroyd made this sequel to the 1980 hit movie. I don't believe the "2000" in the title was appropriate. It should have been "1998",since this film was theatrically released that year. This is another of those not-too-successful sequels. I loved it and thought the soundtrack was awesome.