Each Thursday night, my favorite movie theater, Studio Movie Grill, shows a $1 Movie Classic and tonight just happened to be my beloved Blues Brothers. Having never seen it on the big screen, I jumped at the chance to see my favorite characters bigger than life.
Let me tell you, it was heaven - except...the jerk 3 seats down!
Let me just clarify that this film was released in 1980; therefore, anyone in the theater tonight has most likely seen it enough times to quote each and every line as well as sing every riff and tune. HOWEVER, just because you CAN do these things does not mean that you SHOULD! I mean seriously!!! What is the reason for my rant, you might ask...
There I am, sitting in my comfortable chair, enjoying my amazing coconut chicken tenders with sweet potato fries, getting ready to watch my most favored film...when 3 seats down...some smarty pants guys felt the need to recite the entire movie and sing most of the songs!!!!!!! What tha????? Does he not know that most of us can do the same??? Does it not occur to him that the reason we are all there is to enjoy our beloved film by hearing the actual characters speak the lines and sing the sings and not hear some cheap fan knockoff??? I mean really dude!
Like most normal people who have watched a film more times than they care to admit, every single line was running through my head, each choreographed dance move cycling through my brain and every last note of music echoing throughout my person like a canyon. But those moments should be kept to myself unless in the comfort of my own sofa with no one there to ANNOY!
Ok, now that I've invested too many words than this low life deserves...back to the movie! It's awesome...what can I say?! If you've never seen it, it's a must if you're a lover of blues or soul music, but I caution you, do watch out for the language. Normally, I just don't watch many movies with much language in them, but this is my one exception. In fact, I never knew there was any bad language in it until I was a teenager and saw the real uncut, non-TV version...man, was I ever surprised...and you should have seen my Mom's face! However, I choose to overlook it because this movie is a part of me, a part of my childhood, a part of my father...and that is a beautiful thing :)
So, please enjoy one of my favorite scenes; I just love the look on Ray's face right before he takes them to school on his rockin piano. It's like "I know something you don't know"!
And he's right!!!
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