Sorry Pennsylvania, but “Georgia on my mind” is the best state song hands down

The Blues Brothers

This movie absolutely makes no sense. It blows your mind how it is possible to make a film that completely defies logic but totally works that way. The rule in “The Blues Brothers” is: As long as the Blues Brothers win, anything can happen.

Again, it totally doesn’t matter. “The Blues Brothers” is a film that seems to just be there so that famous people can perform their songs. But how much enjoyment it comes with! Amazing. The enthusiasm for music – good music – that comes with the film reminded me a lot of “Interstella 5555”. I mean… Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, James Brown etc. etc… Wow, really. Oh yeah, and Twiggy and Steven Spielberg as office clerk! I absolutely loved the singing and band scenes, and can totally see myself warming up to musical movies now. Isn’t tap dancing totally awesome? The same goes for literally every single piece of music they are playing in the film. It makes me wonder why I don’t listen to that kind of music more often – I mean, hey, the Beatles are timeless too.

I am actually impressed at how much can happen in a movie like this: I am sure it would be a fun drinking game to count how many cars are being destroyed in the film. But the best aspect of the film is its incredible tempo reminding me of “One, Two, Three” at times; it is only interrupted when a music scene is inserted. Since I knew nothing about the movie beforehand, the first time that happened, I was just astonished at how much effort was put into the song and its well-choreographed performance with a huge cast of dancers. Great.

This is probably the most escapist film I have seen in awhile, and boy I loved it. It’s sad I don’t really have anything specific to say about it – these kinds of cult films need to be watched.