Blues Brothers 2000
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Movie Reviews of Blues Brothers 2000
Movie Review: A straight man and his music
Summary: 4 Stars
Dan Ackroyd is a straight man looking for gags to play off of in this long delayed 2nd blues brothers movie.
We have weird effect and John Goodman substituting for the late John Belushi. They are amusing but of course are not John.
We see most of the crowd from the first movie from the Penguin to the band return, but the real star of this movie is the soundtrack which is full of excellent music that many of the people who likely are to buy this movie would likely miss otherwise.
That is the great value of the film and makes it very worth your time and money.
Movie Review: It's for the music
Summary: 4 Stars
If you're looking for a film that Gene Siskel or Pauline Kael would approve of, then don't go near this. Just don't. The plot's been done a hundred times, including the first Blues Brothers movie.
What makes the thing worthwhile is the music. How hard do you think it was to get all these people together? The last scene alone is worth the $10 the DVD will cost you. B.B. King, Dr. John, and Clapton on the same stage? James Brown and Blues Travelers in the same movie?
Think of the film as a compilation album with lots of car crashes.
Movie Review: an equally great sequel for the most part
Summary: 4 Stars
John Belushi died shortly after playing his character Jake Blues in the 1980 hit Blues Brothers. Even though I can understand why it took a good while to make a sequel I still can't believe it took neary 20 years to do so! Anyway, Blues Brothers 2000 pretty much delivers good music as well as comedy and even though the police chases aren't quite as thrilling like the first Blues Brothers, this movie still ranks up there with an extra amount of humor. The ending of Blues Brothers 2000 is left wide open for another sequel which hopefully is in the works.Movie Review: Good film
Summary: 4 Stars
I enjoyed this film, it was good. It has lost some of the "Taking everything in their stride" charm of the original, but the movie is worth watching, even if only for the wonderful in-jokes reffering to the first movie. The music is, as ever, excelent and tasteful, and Dan Ackroyd plays Elwood as well, if not better, than he did in the first movie. Perhaps what spoils it is the fact that it is not set in the 70s and so is not as fun and gritty but it is relly a different style of movie anyway. Thoroughly reccomended.Movie Review: Not a Comic Classic, But Lots of Fun
Summary: 4 Stars
If you weren't so obsessed with comparing this to the first movie... that was, of course, a classic. Still, this is fun, and much better than I expected. when I heard John Goodman, I nearly cringed, but he was pretty damn good. The movie also made good use of "the kid," not going the cutesy route. How can this be labeled a rip-off when the original creators (aside from one dead one) helmed the project? Lighten up... save sacreligious comments for the retards who are religious focused. This was simply a fun sequel.