This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

Let me walk you through the opening scene...This time, Elwood is getting released from prison. He waits by the roadside, presumably for Jake, but no one shows up. After he's waited through the night (!), the warden comes out and tells him Jake is dead. He continues to wait, and a few minutes later, a woman in a convertible stops and picks him up. Cut to night time, arriving in Chicago, at which point she turns to him and explains who she is and why she picked him up. This means that they spent at least 8 hours in the car without talking. This scene tells you everything you need to know about the objective of the movie, as well as the lazy and sloppy writing and editing.I recently re-watched the first BB, and I was surprised how well it held up. No one would call it believable, but it has a simple plot and internal logical consistency. This movie tries to "recapture the magic" by going for a scene for scene remake, but the "glue" that holds it together ranges from contrived to nonsensical. In the first, they decide to "put the band back together" to get money to save the orphanage where they were raised. In this, Elwood decides to put the band back together because...um...that's what you came for, right? He goes around gathering up the musicians exactly the same way they did in the first, and for some reason John Goodman and a kid put on suits and join him. Seriously, I must have blinked and missed how he ended up with the kid. I would have rewound it, but decided I didn't care. After that, they just check off the scenes they know they have to copy from the first: Aretha Franklin singing to her husband? check, accidentally getting booked as the wrong type up band? check, sabotaging Alan Rubin's job? check, white supremacists? check, police car chase and pile-up? check, and so on.Oh yeah, and halfway through the movie, a bunch of supernatural stuff starts to happen. I don't mean like the tongue-in-cheek stuff with the nun and the "mission from God" in the first; I mean serious miracles and magic spells that are crucial to the plot. Where the heck did that come from?Without giving away any spoilers, don't expect much from the ending, because it doesn't really have one, but definitely watch through the end credits, but they're better than most of the movie.Of course the biggest problem is that Dan Ackroyed can't sing, and he sings a lot! He also can't even lip-sync his own singing, so it looks like they got someone else to sing really badly and just had him fake it. The fact that he's obviously so committed just makes it more cringe-worthy. It ruins pretty much every song by the band, particularly Ghost Riders in the Sky, which could have been awesome.I've giving it 5/10 stars because it has some genuinely entertaining and impressive musical cameos, particularly the "all-star" band near then end that has like 20 famous performers in it. But it turns out all of those are available on YouTube (search for "Louisiana Gator Boys" or "Blues Brothers 2000 phone number song"), so there's really no reason to watch the rest of the movie.

Blues Brothers 2000 (1998): Dir: John Landis / Cast: Dan Aykroyd, John Goodman, Joe Morton, J. Evan Bonifant, B.B. King: Pathetic showcase that never reaches the heights of the original. It opens with the release of Elwood Blues from prison with the news that his brother Jake had passed away. He returns to the orphanage and put in charge of little Buster. Elwood plans to reunite with the band and compete in a battle of the bands contest held at a Voodoo lair. That is pitiful in itself. While music numbers are fine, the plot is just a recap minus the talent of the late John Belushi. Low key directing by John Landis who did such a brilliant job on The Blues Brothers. Dan Aykroyd cannot carry the film and the absence of Belushi is all too painful. John Goodman is a pale substitute to Belushi. He plays a bartender who becomes part of the band. Joe Morton plays the son of the Cab Calloway character in the original. He is a cop involved in a dumb transformation that sinks this garbage even further in despair. J. Evan Bonifant is totally unnecessary as Buster. B.B. King makes an appearance alongside numerous other musical talents but none can bring any real spirit to this travesty. The only real thing that this garbage offers is a record breaking sixty car pile up. Otherwise this is a pointless and stupid sequel where Elwood says to Buster as the credit roll, "Fasten your seatbelt." Landis gave no reason for us to do so. Score: 1 / 10

See my title? Now that is a really poor joke, but I hate to say still better and more amusing than this film. I have put this review may contain spoilers, but I am not sure how I can really spoil something so appalling.Music, yes it has music and it is OK. I was most fascinated to hear a hyped up Gospel rendition of "John the Revelator" a much beloved tune for me from The Sons of Anarchy.Does the Blue Brothers 2000 have a plot? Not that I noticed, it seemed to be mostly a vehicle to fit in as many possible cameo performances from The Blues Brothers.If you look at the full cast list and see that they managed to destroy 1 more car than the original Blues Brothers film you have to ask this question; Was someone at studio production stone deaf and at a business lunch misunderstood a conversation in which they thought someone said "The Blues Brothers were great too..." to which they said "Yes...." and then thought they were signing for lunch? It is said that this film lost $14 Million. I'm shocked the loss was really that small.

The whole movie seemed like a throwback/tribute to the original. It didn't really try at all to stand on its own merits, it just came across as an excuse for the cast (most of whom were in the original) to relive the good ole' days. Most of the scenes and plot points mirrored those of the original film. Aside from that, the signature clothing (black suit, black fedora, sunglasses, etc.) and the Bluesmobile, this movie is almost unrecognizable from the original film.Out of the two stars of the original, only Dan Aykroyd survived to make this film. (RIP John Belushi.) Unfortunately, Elwood Blues must have gone to the grave with Jake Blues, because Dan Aykroyd's reprisal of his role is disgraceful. Elwood's voice, accent, mannerisms, and overall attitude have totally changed...for the worse. A once mysterious, serious, resourceful, and charming character has been warped into a worthless goofball, and this change sets the tone for the rest of the movie as well.The original movie, though very funny, had a serious tone to it (at least the performances seemed that way), but Blues Brothers 2000 is just goofy and cheesy. The only thing that I can compare the goofiness/cheesiness to is a kids movie...which makes sense since one of the main characters of this movie IS a kid, "Buster Blues". After visiting The Penguin from the original movie, Elwood gets stuck mentoring an orphan boy, Buster, who turns out to be a blues prodigy. Add John Goodman's equally goofy character, "Mighty" Mack McTeer, into the mix and you've got a recipe for disaster.The only things that saves this movie from being a 0/10 are the outstanding musical sequences (with the exception of Johnny Lang's "contribution"). With the exception of John Belushi, the original band is reunited in this film and they do not disappoint! The Blues Brothers Band and the various cameos from famous musicians throughout the movie are reason enough to watch it. The final sequence, a Battle of the Bands contest, is particularly good.To Summarize: the movie sucks, but the music is great! Watch it at least once, especially if you've seen the original.