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For those who don't know me yet, I am Monstermaster13...I am a reviewer/writer, monster fanatic, SNL lover and a Dan Aykroyd simp you don't want to cross paths with. My love of Aykroyd is one I am fiercely proud of and if anyone questions me about it, they shall meet an early demise. But about my origin for my Aykroyd and SNL obsession, I remember my mother talking to me about Animal House and i s star John Belushi, saying at the time that she found it to be disgusting although compared to today's comedy offering it is tame at least in my opinion.
Prior to discovering the joys of SNL, I was a fan of All That (a Nickelodeon sketch show that was similar to SNL) and The Amanda Show (its spinoff series, my favorite cast member being Josh Peck) and I got into classic SNL later on with my very major SNL actor favorite being Mike Myers and then later Chris Farley followed by John Belushi. I was first introduced to this movie via its sequel and well that wasn't a good introduction for me. I saw the trailer for the sequel on television and thought it looked cool, I saw it years later and was disappointed. Then I saw the talent show episode of Drake and Josh where the two siblings dressed as Elwood and Jake for a talent show performance of 'Soul Man'.
I eventually discovered the first movie and was blown away, right away you can tell Jake and Elwood act like real siblings, they fight sometimes, they argue but they care for each-other, and they're always there to help each-other out. The Blues Brothers is of course the brainchild of Dan Aykroyd whose original draft for the script had to be altered to be more managable, that's the problem with Aykroyd sometimes...so many brainy ideas, he just needs someone to balance him out when it comes to all of them.
What I like is that this is a love letter to the r&b subgenres and despite all the production problems and issues like Belushi's drug addiction at the time, this movie has everything and came out on top. True, it wasn't a huge hit, but it gained a cult following and it is worth checking out. It shows that if John Belushi was still with us, maybe he and Dan would have made more movies together.
