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Aged quite well

posted 11 years ago by chelseaal
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I saw this for the first time in 1981 on VHS after the success of Blues Brothers as I don't think it got a UK cinema release in 1978. It was funny as hell, LOVED it!
Saw it several more times in the 80's, then maybe another time in the early '90s.
It was on UK TV last night, and I watched it thinking 'this is going to look dated'..........how wrong I was. A few scenes hadn't aged well, but the majority of the film still made me laugh, especially the credits of what happened to the characters with one being 'raped in prison' and the other 'killed by his own troops in Vietnam'.
Overall, STILL very funny...........even if Kevin Bacon looks about 14 in the film!

[–] PeterBlues (790) 4 years ago

1980s comedies has a way of aging incredibly well, for one thing they were allowed to joke just about anything, while if they do that today it's intentional. i haven't seen this since i was a kid, while i know "blues brothers" by heart, i've seen many clips from it though, just as other john landis movies, it appears to have a great soundtrack, kind of like "american graffiti" also taking place in another time, another music. the zit bit is hilarious and "family guy" has spoofed the ladder scene. man, belushi did not have time to star in many movies. i didn't find out until now this had an extended title like the "national lampoon's" movies.

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