They're not gonna catch us. We're on a mission from God.
No 258 - The Blues Brothers Director - John Landis Films based on SNL sketches are worrying beasts... after all, what works in a sketch might not work when tediously stretched over 90 minutes or more. However, when they work they seem to be gems. And usually gems linked with music and musical cameos and a very loose plot that can factor in random occurrences and more sketch like situations. So it is with The Blues Brothers. Rather than being based on sketches per se , this was based on a supergroup of musicians which were formed to occasionally play as guest musicians on Saturday Night Live . Then they even went and made albums and the like - and we all know just how shit films based on bands can be... The film itself follows Jake and Elwood as they try to put their band back together in order to raise $5000 and save their former orphanage - ideally without causing too much trouble. Of course, trouble is duly caused and over the course of the film they end up with almost everyone i...