The Blues Brothers 1980 by AverageMansReviews

The Blues Brothers 1980 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/religion/racism/swastika/shooting/vehicle crash/vehicle hit/bodily functions/animal cruelty/reference to homosexuality

Save the orphanage: briefly; "Joliet" Jake Blues [John Belushi:] he is being released from prison today after serving three years of a five-year stretch, his brother Ellwood Blues [One of the Writers of this film: Dan Ackroyd:] is picking up Jake today, before they know it they get a task to do and that is safe the orphanage where they grew up legally, where Jake gets a message from God to put the band back together; The Blues Brothers band to raise the money they need which is $5000.

Generally speaking: the storyline/script, framework, pacing and art; the framework and pacing of this 133 minutes film; followers a very simple yet effective outline of purpose, adventure action, comedy and musical; where we the audience rotate between basically the storyline and the musical numbers and the rest are well-placed throughout in one way or another such as for an example; Soul Food Cafe Owner/Mrs. Murphy [Aretha Franklin:] she is less than happy with her man going back on the road again with The Blues Brothers, so she asks her man to "Think" Franklin performs her song "Think" released in 1968: where for those younger generations you can forget Taylor Swift, Katy Perry and  Beyoncé when Franklin sang as the younger generations would say she gives it boss like energy hence why she is called "the Queen of Soul, " [before I forget; yes we even see a picture of Franklin in Elwood's bedsit/room on the wall] and she doesn't disappoint here either, for the rest of the set designs, wardrobe and etc ; this also shows marvellous individualism as every musical number stand out, the wardrobe and accessories and etc are smartly placed.

Action and comedy; Jake is not best pleased by the change of vehicle one reason or another, so Elwood shows him what this vehicle can do, by comfortably racing over a bridge that is going up [to possibly let a boat go through,] Jake made reference to the vehicle lighter needs fixing, our two brothers are in the presence of Sister Mary Stigmata a.k.a. The Penguin [Kathleen Freeman:] she is the head of this orphanage that the brothers got brought up in, she is incredibly intimidating and strict for an example she will not tolerate any profanity in her presence, because if you do you will receive a rap around the knuckles with this giant ruler, as we will get to see as the brothers go and see her and they are in a position; where if you are old enough you will know this from your school days; they are sitting in these all in one chairs and desks; where they discuss things using profanity and she begins to hit them to be fair relatively hard to begin with anyway, but as this progress, she just hits them hard and all over the place; as she really does not tolerate this kind of behaviour.

Now consistently through this movie we have this lady actively attempting to kill our brothers, correction she is trying to kill Jake and Elwood just happened to be there; she is a mystery woman [Carrie Fisher:] all I can tell you is Jake has overwhelmingly angered her and now is seeking her wrath by using handheld hardware or/and explosives, but the funny thing is I like how our two brothers just dust themselves off and carry on as if nothing had happened and this does include surrounding characters that also get caught and when it is appropriate the contraction which will turn into destruction is smartly executed chaos such as this vehicle chasing sequence through this mall as on top of this we have these two brothers talking about essentially how great this location is.

Character developments and performances; the character developments are really, very spot on for what they wanted to do in this movie and be it spoken or sung likewise they were/are spot on; there is faultless chemistry throughout this cast: now for those observant of you; you may have noticed I did something by design and that is I have marked out three in their own ways strong female characters and likewise performances; I feel that is important to highlight this; based on it was very near the beginning of the 1980's and yes I am fully aware that this could have been coincidental, but as things are to have no one but three strong female characters/performances regardless of screen time is a big thing nonetheless and finally the chemistry between Jake/John Belushi and Elwood/Dan Ackroyd is priceless; because hypothetically if this film was going to struggle in any way it was going to be on them to carry this film, but back in reality; they are very much just became these two iconic characters individually and together.

This film receives: 10/10, this film is top-notch entertainment; it should definitely be seen once in your lifetime I don't like using this expression, but in this case I will this is one of those films that you need to see before you die; it does truly have so much to offer, but I would most definitely also highlight that this film has a certificate of UK standards of a 15 for a reason, in no way shape or form am I disrespecting this film, but then again it does come from the 1980s, yes there is an ongoing sequence in the ending credits to begin with and very finally this film does have some awards accredited to its name; such as 2 Winners which include but not limited to Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA 1981 Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects and 1 Nominee Turkish Film Critics Association(SIYAD) Awards 1984  SIYAD Award Best Foreign Film 4th Place