The Blues Brothers

This movie is 1 I was raised on. The music is absolutely amazing. And the humor is safe, I am sure someone who gets offended at the drop of a hat would disagree, but they just need to have an orange whip and enjoy the show. Watched with my 8 year old son. He laughed so hard at the car chases and our family often dances to the soundtrack. Watching it should be a requirement to be able to vote.

The Blues Brothers movie is a great comedy. I watch it every year since it came out.

You haven’t seen this classic? What are you waiting for “they’re on a mission from God”!Plus you get to see a youn Arethat Franklin, Ray Charles and others on a superb production

I just really love this movie and think everyone should buy it.

Good quality no issues

Good job

Please Note: My review and ratings are based on the quality of the new 4K version of this film--images, sound, and extras and how these compare to the previously-released Blu-ray version of the film. I am not rating the acting, direction, set design, etc. which can be found in other places, but instead I am helping you decide to upgrade to the 4K version or not.The quality of 4K films, in comparison to the regular Blu-ray versions, often depends upon two things: (1) the quality of the original that they have to work with; and (2) how much effort they put into the project.There is a slight upgrade from the regular Blu-ray version to the 4K version. I did a side-by-side comparison of both films and you will notice some improvements in the video quality of the 4K version--more details, sharper images, improved resolution, and better color saturation. You will notice the improvements most in outdoor, daylight scenes and less so in night-time scenes. There are no glitches in the print--no "snow," spots, or lines.Importantly, there are problems with HDR, which is the single most frequent complaint of some 4K films. HDR makes the contrast sharper by making dark colors darker and light colors lighter. This has worked well for some films and not well for other films. The most common complaint for HDR when it is bad is that the scenes are too dark in the 4K version of the film, particularly night-time scenes (Skyfall, Spectre, & Van Helsing all suffer from this). Unfortunately, this film suffers from too much darkness, particularly the night-time scenes. I used two different HDR Blu-ray players, a Samsung and the top-of-the-line Panasonic UB820. Same result with both players. The image would be better over the Blue-ray if it did not have the too-dark problems. I really don't know if I will even use the 4K version and may simply stick with standard Blu-ray version. Universal got the HDR right with the recently-released 1975 film Jaws, but this recent release, which originally came out about five years after Jaws, misses the mark.The 5.1 DTS audio is excellent and an improvement from the regular Blu-Ray version. This was actually the highlight of the film in 4K for me. And this film is basically a musical, with music throughout. Several special features are included as well, including the making of the movie, John Belushi, the music, and other things.I now own about sixty 4K movies or nature specials. Roughly 45 of the 60 show noticeable improvements in video and audio in 4K. The others either are roughly the same from Blu-Ray to 4K or suffer from the aforementioned HDR darkness issues. So it's overall good but in some cases not worth buying the film again in 4K. My favorites in 4K and I'm talking about imagery, not the plot or acting, are Jurassic World, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Planet Earth II, and the Flight of the Butterflies. Those films really wow you in 4K.Overall, I can say this is only a "maybe" upgrade. Some definite improvements in some places over the standard Blu-ray version but problems with the HDR darkness issues.

"The Blues Brothers" is a film that has grown on me with repeated viewings. Even the first time I saw it I was enthralled by the opening and closing sections of the movie, and nearly punched the air at the perfection of the ending, but the middle seemed to sag. I still feel that the middle two quarters of the film do not have enough plot to carry their length, but that scarcely seems to matter in the face of the affection I feel for this movie.This is the only film in which John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd had the chance to play friends and allies. They don't interact at all in "1941"; in "Neighbors" they play antagonists; and "Ghostbusters" and "Spies Like Us" were made too late for John to be in them. Their real-life friendship does not come across as clearly as in some of their SNL work due to the long shots in which they were often filmed, the sunglasses which restrict the expressive effectiveness of their acting, and the emotional reserve of their tough-guy characters. But in the musical scenes that bond is readily apparent, and it becomes quite poignant to consider that one of these people will lose the other too soon, in both fiction (as revealed in the sequel, "Blues Brothers 2000") and reality."The Blues Brothers" has held up better to an extremely high number of DVD viewings than some of my other favorite comedies. I think the reason for this is the extremely dry, restrained comedic tone of the film. ("Car's got a lot of pickup.") Some comedies are like fluffy chocolates that melt quickly in the mouth. "The Blues Brothers" is like a slightly sour hard candy that lasts a long, long time.Blu-Ray addendum, 11/12/2013: Appropriately enough, "The Blues Brothers" comes to Blu-Ray with excellent picture and sound quality. Whereas the DVD edition was a two-sided disc with the theatrical edition on one side and the extended edition on the other, the increased storage capacity of Blu-Ray allows both versions of the movie and the special features to appear on a single disc. Universal demonstrates a commendable attention to detail by adding a disclaimer to the extended edition pointing out that the added scenes come from a different source and may have different picture quality. (I actually noticed the difference even on DVD -- in general, the added scenes look more washed-out -- but Universal apparently felt the disclaimer was more necessary for Blu-Ray.)The movie's subtitles have been revised from the DVD edition. In the DVD era I always liked the fact that Universal's DVD subtitles, unlike those from some other studios, included all the song lyrics in the movies, but the new "Blues Brothers" subtitles only include lyrics sung on screen and not those of recordings played by the characters (e.g. "She Caught the Katy", "Soothe Me" and "Let the Good Times Roll"). Despite this slight disappointment, this is an excellent disc.

A true classic

Some people don’t like the scene where Jake locks up the car to show the view how it gets it’s power. I don’t mind it because you get more Peter Gunn. Extended John Lee Hooker. You get to see a gas station explode and extended Jail House Rock which is a reminder that Duck Dunn was such a cool bass player!

High quality transfer to DVD.

Review of the 35th Anniversary Special Edition Blu-rayThe Blues Brothers is a classic movie, a slight misfire at the box office on original release, but a film that gained a substantial cult following via cinema re-releases and especially home viewing. It's a riotous mix of comedy, musical and serial car crash (literally) with a phenomenal number of legendary musical cameos: Ray Charles, James Brown, Aretha Franklin and John Lee Hooker included.The Blu-ray has an excellent picture quality on the standard version of the film with a slight, but obvious, dip in sharpness for the extra scenes that make up the extended version also on the disc. Fans of the film will not mind the picture quality dip to view these additional scenes edited back into their original context.Extras are decent with an hour long retrospective (in 4:3 standard definition) made at the time of the best forgotten 2000 sequel and two other featurettes (totalling another 30 minutes) taken from the 25th anniversary release. Shame there is no John Landis commentary, but this is still a decent package for a classic movie.

I was living in Chicago when this was filmed so it brought back a lot of memories. I personally saw the bit when they drove through the windows at the Daley Center (glass was made of sugar). Anyway, I won't relate the story as I am sure most people know it, but it is a very funny movie. The only downside was the actual disc. It is not due to quality in the slightest, it is just that it goes directly to the film so there are no extras, like scene selections. It is great value for the money.