*THE BLUES BROTHERS* Movie Reaction FIRST TIME WATCHING 

Blues Brothers 2000 is generally not well regarded. Losing John Belushi is too difficult to overcome.

Pretty much any time a sequel comes out 20 years later, it doesn't do well. It's got some good songs, good cameos, good musical talent, but it just doesn't live up to the original.

blues brothers 2000 is a terrible movie. you best avoid it. the blues brothers is the only musical i like.you want chicken wings or chicken legs?

It’s okay, it’s decent enough but yeah nothing special 🤷🏻‍♂️

Bluntly said: There's no sequel to this film...

I had that framed poster with them sitting on the hood and that quote, on my wall from 1981 (age 10) - 1989....loved that poster. 👍😎

I used to have that poster on my wall for a few years

I have that on a shirt.

Iconic line! 😂❤

Truly one of the great classic lines of movies of all time.

just imagine those musicians in the afterlife the party they are having and the music

Steven Spielberg (tax guy at end), Joe Walsh (prisoner first to dance on table at the end), Chaka Kahn (church choir), Frank Oz (Prison guy behind glass), Twiggy (girl in car at gas station - famous model), John Lee Hooker (singer on chair outside soul food restaurant "boom boom boom"). That Mall was scheduled to be demo'ed, so they trashed it before knocking it down.

It's OK, she didn't recognise any of those people, so their lives and talents weren't in vain.

And Charles Napier, the head Good Ol Boy

The Nun wears a wedding ring because when she takes her vows she’s married to Jesus. The Blues Brothers were based on a SNL skit but were so popular they toured and recorded albums as well. Cheers

I have a Cab Calloway CD.

Cab doing Minnie the Moocher is my favorite bit.

"Can he sing?" - I laughed so hard when Jen asked that question.

Ever since I first saw Cab Calloway in this film in 1980, I've wanted to see him live in concert. I was lucky enough to attend his last concert in Germany in 1989, where he gave an excellent performance.

The RU-vid has various videos of Cab Calloway performing. They're all good.

Also a succesful director, for example the hilarious Deat At A Funeral is by Oz.

Angel Dust! Have you ever seen what this stuff does to kids!? You are looking at 3 to 5 years MANDATORY!

And the Assessor is Steven Spielberg :)

So many great cameos in this movie

He's also the 'dumbass kids' American ambassador in an American Werewolf in London.

Yaaaaay!!!!! Two of my cats are named Jake & Elwood! 💙💙

I love the idea of French students learning English with a Chicago accent.

Sounds like that man was a cool teacher....knew how to relate a formal subject to something of interest to students and make it real...I was a music teacher. The best thing a teacher can do is get the students interested by caring what they think, value their opinion, give them something tangible, a story, to latch onto to understand the subject at hand...but that's hard to do with algebra and science...

At my school we once had two young guys who were motivational speakers come by. I don't remember their exact message now, but the entire thing was them being the Blues Brothers. They did it all, singing, dancing, including the repeating back flips and stuff.

Dan is part owner of the House of Blues chain of restaurants. The reformed Blues Brothers band is the official house band and has done a number of shows at the various locations over the years.

the Blues brothers also was a warm up act for SNL to entertain before the taping opening of the show. i think the 1st song they did was Im A King Bee and they saw how the crowed like them added and they knew they had something big. Also David Letterman's house band leader Paul Shaffer was in the Blues Brother Band and did the albums but could not get out or time off from SNL to do the movie. it might have been the Late Night Show not sure but he could not be free for the movie. also I think it was Aykroyd who got Belushi into the blues. forgot to add Paul Shaffer is also in the Blues Brothers 2000 as well

Bonus fact. The Blues Brothers were the half-time show at Super Bowl the year Blues Brothers 2000 were released

Lol I was fourth row center at that Steve Martin show at the Universal Amphitheater.

​did they cover then ?

They’re the blues brothers, wackiness FEARS them

@@mohammedashian8094 and generally they are the cause of wackiness...

@@thomastimlin1724 hey it’s not their fault. They’re on a mission from god!

There must be seven dollars in this phone booth!

Inspired by Warner Bros. cartoons.

Janet Jackson helped bring Cab back into the limelight by including him in her tribute track "Alright" from her 1990 LP, Rhythm Nation-1814.

He played a role in “Stormy Weather”, an absolutely delightful film with Lena Horne.

@@bjgandalf69 what an album!

Groucho referred to Minnie the Moocher in A Night at the Opera: "You're willing to pay him $1,000 a night just for singing? You can get a phonograph record of Minnie the Moocher for 75 cents. For $1.25, you can get Minnie."

He performed one of the first hit songs about marijuana called " Reefer Man".

The full soundtrack took decades to be released because of legal reasons.

“I hate Illinois nazi!!!”

“They’re not going to catch us, we’re on a mission from God”

My teacher in trade school, who was a pretty funny guy in his 50s, once grumbled about there being no place for singing in movies. I just said "What about Blues Brothers?" And that was of course the one exception he made. :D

Interesting

Fun fact: Ackroyd comes from a family of cops and Mounties

The SNL "sketch" was them performing songs.

Another incredible thing about the mall scene, they found a mall that was destined to get demoshed, and they had actual companies set up their stores and goods as well for this Movie!! That is Stores and Companies doing good will to take part in one of movie history's greatest films.

For me it was Carrie Fisher, with the rocket launcher. Tied with "Mawaige" from the Princess Bride. My biggest in the theater laughts.

The prison is now a museum, is it not?

@@TroyConvers5000 Yep! They’ve also used it for other filming-season one of the tv show Prison Break was filmed there.

@@kathyastrom1315 Lower Wacker Drive was also used in Batman Begins.

Jolly-ette!

@@TroyConvers5000 Whenever I hear someone speak in a Chicago accent in any non-Blues Brother instance, I can't help but say "Lower Whacker Drive" out loud and in accent. I simply can't stop myself.

Then was abandoned up to this day, IIRC.

Was a closed mall the fitted out with a few partitions.

No CGI for the car chase and people wants to go from the previous product

@@TroyConvers5000 Dixie square mall was demolished in the end of 2012 (parts of it were demolished earlier, but that was the final clearing).

Sort of true. Dixie Square Mall had opened in 1966 and while it had about 3-4 good years it rapidly declined by 1970. A few years later it became known as a pretty dangerous place to go as it was plagues with robberies, theft, stabbings, and a shooting. Stores quickly fled. It finally closed in 1978 after being having just a few discount vendors left occupying it; all the major anchor stores except JCPenney had left. In 1978-1980 it was turned over to the Harvey School System to be used for classrooms while the new schools were built. This is when John Landis leased most of the mall for the Blues Brothers. The stores and store-fronts were allmost all constructions by the studio as there were very few things present on the inside except for some signs. Jewels Grocery store and JCPenneys still had a lot of things there, which is why they are seen but not damaged at all. The Toy's R Us and Oldsmobile were product placements built specifically for the movie. There was a big controversy on the state of the mall after filming. The School system felt there was extreme damage to the buildings and Universal Studios did not return it in a fair state and wanted $87,000 (about $175k in todays dollars). After a lot of back and forth and the studio indicating that a lot of the building damage was from neglect the matter was settled for undisclosed terms. In 1981 all operations were ceased and the original owners of the property disbanded leaving it fully abandoned. They then partially demolished some structures in 1985 to build a new police station (which was heavily delayed do to ground structural issues with the land the mall was on, which was actually probably why the buildings were in such bad shape in 1980 as the foundations were all failing). When the police station finally did get built it was quite ironic as the buildings literally sharing the parking lot with the police station were literally one of the most uncontrollable, crime, drug, and violence dens of the area. At many points in the 1990s the police just stopped patrolling inside the abandoned mall a few hundred feet from the police department as it was so dangerous. In the mid-2000 the building was hit by fire. This also opened up a lot of the place and its state was recorded by many people documenting abandoned places. By the late 2000s it was sealed up the best they could and demolition had been started.

He got close then Bill Murray

John Candy made up that line.

Steve Cropper was one of the Stax records house musicians and so influential even John Lennon was influenced by him.

@@TroyConvers5000he also co-wrote “Sittin’ On the Dock of the Bay.”

Together with “Knock on Wood” and “In the Midnight Hour”.

Just curious and not trying to be mean...but why do you randomly capitalize so many words that should not be/or do not need to be capitalized?

@@USCFlash,,Dont want to be mean but 🖕..

@@brianjones7907 Well, you are not being mean, you are just being rude. I am curious why you typed that way, since it is adding extra effort and keystrokes. I was not sure you were aware of either: A. The extra effort you have to put in when typing like that. or B. You have certain stuck keys on your keyboard. or C. You really did not know any better in terms of capitalization. If you cannot explain it and just give people the finger, well, that is your issue. Of course, even with your editing, you still got 4 of them completely wrong. So I will assume, it is "C".

@@USCFlash --- Some "speech to text" software does it that way.. IE: the individual could be handicapped and using speech to text..

One of the dancers during Shake Your Tailfeather is Uncle Phil from Fresh Prince (also Shredder, but that was voice work).

Wow didn't know that.

​@@snorpenbass4196Didn't know that either. Wow.

Chaka Khan in an uncredited role as head choir girl.

@@TroyConvers5000 Now that I DID know. 😂

Yeah the band they have in the movie is the Blues Brothers band.

Belushi would probably have moved on to fentanyl...

South side of Chicago accent. It is derived from the Polish and Irish Catholic families. The accent common to Minnesota, the Dakotas, and Wisconsin is similar to "Yooper English" spoken in Michigan's upper penninsula. It is a North-Central sub-variety with some additional influences from Finnish-speaking immigrants to the region. However, younger speakers may be starting to align closer to nearby Standard Canadian English

Dan Akroyd IS Canadian!

@@Britcarjunkie But he's playing a guy from Chicago.

@@44excalibur I know, but Jen recognized his accent. 🙂

@@Britcarjunkie yes, but he is playing a character from the south side of Chicago

That was Belushi who went down the stairs. He did his own stunts in that scene.

@@88wildcat He HAD to have gotten hurt!

​@@88wildcathow did he fell to the chairs ?

The county clerk (Back in 5 minutes) was played by Steven Spielberg

and the dispatcher who says "the use of unnecessary violence is approved" is the same guy who says "keep the change you filthy animal" in Home Alone.

This was one of the signs of the times too. Aykroid and Belushi were the hot comedians on the block, and John Landis was the new maverick Hollywood director. All the people in both the New York and LA Hollywood community loved John Landis and loved hanging out with the wild, loyal, and fun Belushi. And then all the musicians loved Dan Aykroyd and Paul Schaffer (who was a big part of The Blues Bothers until Belushi fired him for his overly obsessive nature with Gilda Radner...who at points in the past had dated Aykroyd and Belushi).

Not just that it was John Belushi, but also about 2 or 3AM. That has to be a surreal experience. 😄

Belushi was infamous for doing things like that. In fact during his and Aykroyd stint on SNL one of the sketches was called "The Thing That Wouldn't Leave". It was based on John's habit of showing up at a friends house late at night and over staying his welcome. John's cocaine problem kept him awake for hours/days so he would get restless and bored and go looking for company.

@@laudanum669 --- Dan: "My wife and I are VERY tired." -- John: "I'm gonna call some friends ok?" --- Wife: "Oh god! nooooooo!" ( Played by Jane Curtin)

@@bekindandrewind1422 cool I'm glad I'm not the only one to remember. I didn't remember it as well as you did though. Awesome!

@@laudanum669 -- It's here on RU-vid somewhere.. :)

Yep, I had that framed poster to0, in my bedroom, from 81-89 (10 years old to 18 years old)

PS: Your laughter was very entertaining too - I think this is the loudest & longest you've ever for a comedy :D

The first time I heard "The Girl from Ipanema", I recognised it as the elevator music from The Blues Brothers. True Story.

@@grantmarchesi4899 You are on a mission from God.

Thank you! I often hum this one :)

I once heard about how those guys were on vacation in Martha's Vineyard together and crashed a local auction. They took over the job of auctioneering and made it quite a funny scene.

Hey Jen, I recommend another John Belushi movie called ANIMAL HOUSE.. It's a raunchy comedy that is amazing just like The Blues Brothers. It's hilarious.

Landis got the title See You Next Wednesday from the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey. It is the last line spoken by Frank Poole's father during Poole's video letter from his parents.

Originally their act was The Bees; same band but Belushi and Ackroyd were dressed as bees on stage.

It was actually workshopped at Dan's private comedy club in Toronto before they premiered it on SNL.

John and Dan met while they were doing SCTV. They were both fans of the Blues genre and that became the spark that led to them actually forming a real blues band. The band first appeared in some skits before moving on to actually touring and eventually 2 movies (I do enjoy Blues Brothers 2000 for the great music and guests that appeared in that movie.)

That's an Aykroyd writing joke right there, along with the watch bit. Aykroyd originally had the concept to have the mall filled with all these strange Disco themed stores that made no sense as a real business.

Finally demolished in 2015. The city had no money to tear it down so it just sat there for decades deteriorating. (Demographic and economic changes were not kind to the town.)

I had been there as a kid maybe a year or 2 before the mall was closed. It was fun seeing it again on the screen, well not in the theater. I didn't see the movie until we got OnTV.

This movie and also Animal House from 1978 on a somewhat lesser level. Many movies after followed their example of wackiness almost similar to A Mad Mad World and it's all star cast of wackiness and zaniness.

It's also was recognized officially as one of the most iconic cultural films in Chicago history. Chicago (especially with the Daley family) was always very anti-hollywood. While democratic they always viewed hollywood as being a bad influence and contributing to corruption of both moral values and shady business practices. Which is of course the biggest hypocritical thing in the world as they were politically corrupt as they come; although maybe it was also a thing of game recognizing game as a possible threat. Jane Byrne was elected in 1979 and opened the city to more cultural recognition and progressive support. And until 1987 when the Daley family rose to be in control again, Chicago tried to encourage films and acts to come to the city. It's also one of the only great depictions of Maxwell Street before it was destroyed for being "urban blight" (code word for an immigrant cultural area that needed to be removed by eminent domain so it can be handed to gentrified business without costing them much money). Which was a blues music mecca of Chicago.