Were it not for the pathetic provincialism of movie-goers from Chicago, this awful movie would rate about a 3 or 4 at most. The premise is rather lame, especially given that Belushi and Aykroyd are terrible singers--two white guys calling themselves "the Blues Brothers" is an insult to any real blues singers! The movie's plot is slap-dash, seemingly thrown together to exploit a throw-away sketch from SNL. This movie started the long trend of bad movies based on throw-away sketches from SNL. I realize it is meant as a live-action cartoon, but so many seams are left showing that suspending one's disbelief becomes a chore. Many people love this film because they can't watch it objectively. They see only their favorite comic actors from the past. It's like that Top 40 hit you loved from high school that just embarrasses you now when you hear it. I saw it when it first came out, and it was over-hyped then and hasn't aged well at all. Most professional movie critics see _The Blues Brothers_ for what it is: a mediocre star vehicle that crashes like an old Chicago police car flying out of lower Wacker Drive.
Review of The Blues Brothers
