Blues Brothers 2000 has Elwood (recently released from prison) getting the band back together in order to help raise money for a charity. Along the way he gets into trouble with the law, faces several familiar situations and lets a ten year old boy tag along.
Jake is dead (the film is unclear on the specifics),and while John Goodman was probably the best available option, he is simply not given much to work with.
Much of the talent in this film is similarly handicapped by a lackluster script, which is rarely funny or smart, and frequently offers situations done before (and better) in the original film.
The addition of a ten year old boy is especially off putting and feels like someone wanted to rebrand the franchise into something more suitable for a silly, kid-friendly Saturday Morning cartoon, or video game.
The music in the film is great, and it could be argued that the film was setup to pay tribute to some great bands and singers. Had they made it into a musical, rather then a sequel/remake, it might have been easier to come up with a better script.
However, this ain't a musical or one long music video. This movie was, at least, advertised as a long-awaited continuation of the franchise. As much as we may want to, we cannot only focus on the music.
This sequel/not-sequel often recycles events from the original (I.e. the Nazis), but doesn't improve upon them. In fact this sequel/not-sequel adds in goofy Russian gangsters. goofy cops and lots of kid-friendly goofyness, you may wonder if the script is trying to reband a smart, funny and, yes, gritty franchise into a kid-friendly, cartoon/video game.
It undercuts the sacrifice made in the first film. It introduces new characters who are not given much to do, or, in the case of the boy, seem very awkward.
Blues Brothers 2000 shines in the music department, but doesn't really seem to know why it exists. It has elements of being a sequel, a tribute, a remake of the first film, a serious look at an aging musician/ex-con, or rebranding of the series for 1990s kids,but none of these elements really work well in the movie.
Jake is dead (the film is unclear on the specifics),and while John Goodman was probably the best available option, he is simply not given much to work with.
Much of the talent in this film is similarly handicapped by a lackluster script, which is rarely funny or smart, and frequently offers situations done before (and better) in the original film.
The addition of a ten year old boy is especially off putting and feels like someone wanted to rebrand the franchise into something more suitable for a silly, kid-friendly Saturday Morning cartoon, or video game.
The music in the film is great, and it could be argued that the film was setup to pay tribute to some great bands and singers. Had they made it into a musical, rather then a sequel/remake, it might have been easier to come up with a better script.
However, this ain't a musical or one long music video. This movie was, at least, advertised as a long-awaited continuation of the franchise. As much as we may want to, we cannot only focus on the music.
This sequel/not-sequel often recycles events from the original (I.e. the Nazis), but doesn't improve upon them. In fact this sequel/not-sequel adds in goofy Russian gangsters. goofy cops and lots of kid-friendly goofyness, you may wonder if the script is trying to reband a smart, funny and, yes, gritty franchise into a kid-friendly, cartoon/video game.
It undercuts the sacrifice made in the first film. It introduces new characters who are not given much to do, or, in the case of the boy, seem very awkward.
Blues Brothers 2000 shines in the music department, but doesn't really seem to know why it exists. It has elements of being a sequel, a tribute, a remake of the first film, a serious look at an aging musician/ex-con, or rebranding of the series for 1990s kids,but none of these elements really work well in the movie.
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