Just For Fun: It's Dark Out and We're Wearing Sunglasses

Posted by : S

Kamis, 03 September 2015

I've been writing these monthly "just for fun" posts for a long time now. This one will make the 48th in the series. In all that time, in all those posts, I can't believe I've never written about The Blues Brothers - so disbelieving was I that I combed through my backlog of posts twice to make sure. I love this movie so much that I know it practically by heart. If I've had a bad day, nothing is more guaranteed to cheer me up than a screening of this flick. Even writing about Jake and Elwood has me grinning. It's about time I wrote about their "mission from god," so here are some reasons why I love this movie:

Quotable, deadpan dialogue:

Case in point, the moment from which I took the title of this post...

Star-Studded Cavalcade of Cameos:
Among the cameos we see Steven Spielberg, John Landis, Paul Reubens, and my favorite cameo: Twiggy.

Carrie Fisher:
Fisher's turn as Jake's jilted ex-fiance is pitch-perfect. Just the right amount of destructive force, and oh that lip gloss.

The Music:
So much great soul and rhythm & blues that I don't even want to pick a favorite song based on music alone. Instead, I'll pick my favorite for the cinematography aspects. Cab Calloway and those moves... wow.