WHERE HAS THIS MOVIE BEEN ALL MY LIFE.
I didn’t know which way this one would go, frankly – comedies from the ’80s are pretty hit or miss with me. I knew it was a musical of some sort, which is a bonus, but I didn’t know really what kind of music or how it was integrated into the film. I must admit, I was worried for the first few minutes, which didn’t start off anything like I expected – instead we’re in a prison as Jake Blues (John Belushi) is released into his brother Elwood’s (Dan Ackroyd) custody.
The moment I knew I was going to love this movie was when they go to their childhood home, a Catholic boarding school, and see “The Penguin”, one of the nuns who raised them. She tells them the school needs money, which sets them off on their “mission from God,” but the main point is SHE FLOATS EVERYWHERE LIKE A BANSHEE. That bit of random absurdity was all I needed to be invested, and thankfully, as the boys get the band back together to try to raise the money for the school, the absurdity never quits.
