Why was the kid necessary? I mean I get Goodman and Morton, but the kid? Seriously? There was absolutely no reason for that stupid kid.
Dragonzord! Mastodon! Pterodactyl! Triceratops! Saber Toothed Tiger! Tyrannosaurus!
Got to prove these blues musicians is down wit' da kids...
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It's not "sci-fi", it's SF!
Imagine the first movie having a kid in it. To shift the tone so radically seems odd. I haven't seen it so can't comment much, but it did seem to be slick and family friendly, something the original isn't quite. But then the 70s were weird (I know it was 1980, but it has 70s written all over it).
shareThey wanted the people who loved the first one to come see this one and bring their kids. Basically money.
shareA lot of people put this film down. Lots of great cameos from the old movie and from music legends.
I didn't like John Goodman when he went on SNL & tried to be a Blues Brother. Sadly, that started the problem. Goodman replacing Belushi - there's your problem. (I like Goodman in anything else.)
If you really watch the film, Elwood finding & perusing Cab was cool. What needed to happen is little Buster, played by J. Evan Bonifant, needed a better relationship/bonding story with Elwood. (Then the part of Jake being gone would have smoothed out easier.) I always said when Buster breaks out the harmonica (it's out of nowhere) - Elwood should have given him a harp before. Like "This is the first cool thing my brother (or Curtis) gave me, etc." Then we would assume he started practicing & was a natural. Again, that could have bonded them together. J. Evan Bonifant won me over with his dance moves during "Respect." He shows a lot of talent in the film and it could have made the film better.
I'm told about 3 hours of film was on the cutting room floor, and that could have happened somewhat. Anyway, having "Mac" REPLACE "Jake" was the problem. Letting Elwood mentor Buster, was NOT the problem if you watch & think about what I just wrote.
Only my opinion... but it does make sense.
I read somewhere that the kids part was originally written for Macaully Caulkin right after the success of the Home Alone movies. Because of to delay in getting the project off the ground they kept the kid in the story but recast him.
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