Blues Brothers 2000 | | Cast : | Dan Aykroyd, John Goodman | | Director : | John Landis | | Studio : | Universal Studios | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | February 06, 1998 | | DVD Released Date : | January 06, 2004 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), Spanish (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed), English (Original Language), French (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | July 14, 2005 | | Summary | Why?? | Content
 | With all due respect to Dan Akroyd, and in no way am I criticizing him or have anything against him. In fact, he is one of the FEW people left in Hollywood that I have respect for. However, this movie, frankly, is an insult and an abomination to the originality and ingenuity of the first film, and frankly, to the memory and legacy of the late, great John Belushi.
Some films are suited for sequels, and others are not. As one reviewer stated, if it had been done not too long after the original and while Belushi were still alive, then it would have been an excellent follow-up to the first. This is a disaster!
The chemistry Akroyd and Belushi had in the first Blues Brothers is legendary, irreplaceable and unmatched even to this day, and is lacking totally in this movie. John Goodman? You've got to be kidding me. It would have been better not to make this film at all. I began to watch it just out of curiosity, and eventually felt an emptiness knowing Belushi will not be in it. I ripped it out of the VCR partially into the movie and vowed never to see it again. There is nothing like the first, and never will be. The only good thing about BB 2000 is that it makes me appreciate the original 1980 classic even more. |
| Rating | | | Date | May 23, 2005 | | Summary | Not the same Blues | Content
| The blues brothers 2000 is a sequel that might have been good, if it had been made the same time the first was created, and if James Belushi was still alive.
Elwood Blues (Dan Ackroyd) tries hard to carry on without Belushi, but the chemistry that they shared that made the first so hilarious is gone, instead, it falls on Ackroyd to liven the scenes by himself, and it just doesn't work. Not even his fake New York accent manages to save the film.
On the whole, its basically just a rerun, complete with redone songs that you can tell where adlibbed. Watch it just for historical value, the value of seeing the decline of a great movie. But the disappointment of its failure to be as wonderful as the first is just a bit to much to handle. |
| Rating | | | Date | April 06, 2005 | | Summary | Elwood's back,R.I.P. Jake | Content
| Elwood Blues(Dan Aykroyd) is back,but with a different partner,Jake's brother(John Goodman). John Belushi died in 1982 of a drug overdose in Los Angeles. So,his character of Jake was killed as well. Many fans imagined John's brother James would resume the role of Jake. In 1997,ABC pulled the plug on Goodman's Emmy-winning sitcom Roseanne after a nine-season run. A short time later,he and Aykroyd made this sequel to the 1980 hit movie. I don't believe the "2000" in the title was appropriate. It should have been "1998",since this film was theatrically released that year. This is another of those not-too-successful sequels. I loved it and thought the soundtrack was awesome. |
| Rating | | | Date | March 03, 2005 | | Summary | A telling fact about Amazon reader reviews | Content
| The fact that this has an aggregate three stars tells one a lot about reviews here.This is one of the worst major motion pictures ever made,on a short list with Caddyshack 2,Highlander 2,and Attack of the Clones,among others,and yet there are still people here giving it good reviews and five stars.An important fact to remember is that *any* movie on Amazon which has three and a half stars or less average is the absolute lowest swill to come out of the hollywood machine.Three stars here is equivalent to about 15% on some absolute rating scale.
That said,this movie is a horrible ripoff,and a shining example of how artless and philistine hollywood can be,and how important the almighty buck is to many in the film business.This piece of crap exists for no other reason than for the fact that some executive thought it would make a profit.One star is giving it far,far too much credit. |
| Rating | | | Date | January 03, 2005 | | Summary | Average | Content
| I am a big fan of the originial Blues Brothers movie (1980), but I can't say that this movie is very good. There is no plot to speak of and it's not really funny. But on the bright side, the music is very good. John Goodman can never compete with John Belushi as a singer, but he's not bad. Dan Aykroyd, as you should know, is great on the harmonica and back up vocals. There were appearences in this movie by B.B. King, Aretha Franklin and James Brown. It was nice to see B.B. King play with the Blues brothers, and James Brown was good, but not as good as in the first movie. Aretha Franklin can never sing as well as she did in the original movie, but she was very good in this movie too. There is also an appearence by Blues Traveler, whom I had never heared of before I saw this movie, but found that he was pretty good. in my opinion, they waited too long to make this sequel, but better late than never. If you are a fan of the Blues Brothers, I would suggest you watch this movie for the music. |
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