The Blues Brothers 4K UHD (1980) (40th Anniversary Edition)

[Bluyoda]

I watched this when I was a kid once, but haven't seen it since.
Is it religious, or does it poke fun at religion?

[FilmFreakosaurus]

Originally Posted by Bluyoda

I watched this when I was a kid once, but haven't seen it since.
Is it religious, or does it poke fun at religion?

It kind of pokes fun at religion, especially the Catholic Church. The Brothers keep saying they're on a mission from God, but are less than Godly throughout. The Penguin (the nun in charge of the church in financial trouble) is more like a demon than a saintly woman and the church building is kind of creepy. Etc. The only scene where they get old time religion is in the Church of Our Holy James Brown and there it's full of an exuberant celebration of soul music.


I'm not religious by any stretch, so I find this part of the broad humor of the film and am not offended.



To those who do get offended, I say: lighten up! It's a classic comedy that has more reverence for the rock/blues/soul/etc musical genres that permeate the film than anything else.

[NotASpeckOfCereal]

Originally Posted by solid12345

There's alot in the movie you couldn't get away with nowadays, the loveable heroes basically being con artists screwing people left and right, and Belushi making the crack about "how much for the liddle girl!", truly a movie for the non-PC era.

Nonsense. He was being outrageous only to make a scene in the restaurant and get his friend fired. He wasn't actually trying to buy a child — everyone knows this.

[FilmFreakosaurus]

Originally Posted by NotASpeckOfCereal

Nonsense. He was being outrageous only to make a scene in the restaurant and get his friend fired. He wasn't actually trying to buy a child — everyone knows this.

Most do, but they wouldn't have humor like this anymore because the newer generation gets offended so damn easily. They don't know when someone is cracking an off-color joke rather than being serious and mean-spirited.

[Nitroboy]

Originally Posted by FilmFreakosaurus

Most do, but they wouldn't have humor like this anymore because the newer generation gets offended so damn easily. They don't know when someone is cracking an off-color joke rather than being serious and mean-spirited.

Ah, complaining about keeds deez days

[FilmFreakosaurus]

Originally Posted by Nitroboy

Ah, complaining about keeds deez days

Yes, it's especially bad on college campuses. It's so untenable that comedians don't want to perform there anymore. No one can take a joke or understand sarcasm used in a joking fashion. The precious students get emotionally bruised so easily.



I blame this tendency to use things like safe spaces to shield children and young adults from the world when the truth is... there are NO safe spaces in life. You have to learn to have a thick skin and realize when a joke is just a joke and when someone is actually trying to insult or put down or demean another person.

[Nothing371]

Originally Posted by FilmFreakosaurus

Yes, it's especially bad on college campuses. It's so untenable that comedians don't want to perform there anymore. No one can take a joke or understand sarcasm used in a joking fashion. The precious students get emotionally bruised so easily.



I blame this tendency to use things like safe spaces to shield children and young adults from the world when the truth is... there are NO safe spaces in life. You have to learn to have a thick skin and realize when a joke is just a joke and when someone is actually trying to insult or put down or demean another person.

Well this generation of adult children has grown up being taught that they don't have to deal with anything they don't want to deal with. The internet has also grown up in the same fashion over the last decade. People find their respective communities that echo their own beliefs, the facts be damned, and downvote everything they don't like, just like on Reddit. Polarizing, rational, and temperate messaging often gets suppressed to the bottom. It's not hip to be moderate these days.

[Adam_ME]

Originally Posted by FilmFreakosaurus

It kind of pokes fun at religion, especially the Catholic Church. The Brothers keep saying they're on a mission from God, but are less than Godly throughout. The Penguin (the nun in charge of the church in financial trouble) is more like a demon than a saintly woman and the church building is kind of creepy. Etc. The only scene where they get old time religion is in the Church of Our Holy James Brown and there it's full of an exuberant celebration of soul music.


I'm not religious by any stretch, so I find this part of the broad humor of the film and am not offended.



To those who do get offended, I say: lighten up! It's a classic comedy that has more reverence for the rock/blues/soul/etc musical genres that permeate the film than anything else.

There's nothing offensive about it. Ultimately it turns out they were on a mission from God given what the Almighty enabled their car to do during that chase to avoid capture and rescue the orphanage. And they wound up in prison for their crimes, so the kids(and Curtis) were saved and the guilty were punished. Good prevails(at least until the world was subjected to Blues Brothers 2000).

[KRW1]

Originally Posted by FilmFreakosaurus

Most do, but they wouldn't have humor like this anymore because the newer generation gets offended so damn easily. They don't know when someone is cracking an off-color joke rather than being serious and mean-spirited.

The members of the 'newer' generation that I know love this movie. No one is offended.

[Geoff D]

I gotta say, of all the old movies that would make a SJW's head spin I never thought of Blues Brothers being anywhere near that list. Not that it's as sweet as grandma's peach cobbler because it ain't, but it's pure of heart and its main objective is to entertain, not offend.

[mlabonte21]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

I gotta say, of all the old movies that would make a SJW's head spin I never thought of Blues Brothers being anywhere near that list. Not that it's as sweet as grandma's peach cobbler because it ain't, but it's pure of heart and its main objective is to entertain, not offend.

On the opposite side of that spectrum— we now see Nazi’s walking around in the light of day

This movie truly was ahead of its time.

[shy86]

For those with Zavvi's red carpet membership the steelbook collector's edition is now live:

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The code did not work sadly. For me anyway

[zetruz]

Originally Posted by FilmFreakosaurus

Yes, it's especially bad on college campuses. It's so untenable that comedians don't want to perform there anymore. No one can take a joke or understand sarcasm used in a joking fashion. The precious students get emotionally bruised so easily.



I blame this tendency to use things like safe spaces to shield children and young adults from the world when the truth is... there are NO safe spaces in life. You have to learn to have a thick skin and realize when a joke is just a joke and when someone is actually trying to insult or put down or demean another person.

It's not the current generation that created the MPAA. It isn't the young generation that makes sure the F word is banned on television, that safe space was definitely not created by them. It wasn't the current generation that was outraged over Life of Brian.
The current generation has its own issues with being easily offended, for sure, but it is very much not like that's a new thing. It's just taken different forms and we're outraged over different things than previous generations have been. And you imply that joking and being mean-spirited/demeaning are mutually exclusive things, which they are not. "It's just a joke" is not a perfect shield, nor should it be.

Again, the current generation definitely has its own issues and those should be both called out and mocked, that's how we improve culture. But to pretend that this is something that's happened exclusively with millennials or Gen Z would be just ridiculous; all generations have their own safe spaces that they very much do not want tested or there will be outrage. Those used to be centered mostly on patriotism and religion, which young people today aren't as touchy over. People get outraged too easily, including over other people being outraged.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by shy86

For those with Zavvi's red carpet membership the steelbook collector's edition is now live:

https://www.zavvi.com/blu-ray/the-bl.../12564528.html

The code did not work sadly. For me anyway

Thanks for the reminder, I forgot it was going live at 12pm (too busy watching the replay of Edgbaston 2005 on Sky). Got the p/o in and got the 10% off too, that'll do rightly.

[Filmmaker]

Live for preorder on the U.S. Zavvi site: https://us.zavvi.com/blu-ray/the-blu.../12564528.html

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by zetruz

It's not the current generation that created the MPAA. It isn't the young generation that makes sure the F word is banned on television, that safe space was definitely not created by them. It wasn't the current generation that was outraged over Life of Brian.
The current generation has its own issues with being easily offended, for sure, but it is very much not like that's a new thing. It's just taken different forms and we're outraged over different things than previous generations have been. And you imply that joking and being mean-spirited/demeaning are mutually exclusive things, which they are not. "It's just a joke" is not a perfect shield, nor should it be.

Again, the current generation definitely has its own issues and those should be both called out and mocked, that's how we improve culture. But to pretend that this is something that's happened exclusively with millennials or Gen Z would be just ridiculous; all generations have their own safe spaces that they very much do not want tested or there will be outrage. Those used to be centered mostly on patriotism and religion, which young people today aren't as touchy over. People get outraged too easily, including over other people being outraged.

Not that I don't agree with several of these points, every generation has had something to get outraged by. And yet when you say the current generation didn't create the MPAA I wonder what the more extreme thinkers amongst our younger ranks would create; or would they just ban anything and everything that didn't conform to their particular worldview or triggered their anxiety? Still, 'reactionary eejits are nothing new' is indeed the wider point.

[zetruz]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Not that I don't agree with several of these points, every generation has had something to get outraged by. And yet when you say the current generation didn't create the MPAA I wonder what the more extreme thinkers amongst our younger ranks would create; or would they just ban anything and everything that didn't conform to their particular worldview or triggered their anxiety? Still, 'reactionary eejits are nothing new' is indeed the wider point.

Oh yeah, I wouldn't want to put that to the test.

[Comcam]

Steelbook has dropped $3 from best buy, waiting for a call back to get the difference.

[MovieDood]

Originally Posted by Comcam

Steelbook has dropped $3 from best buy, waiting for a call back to get the difference.

I just canceled my order and placed a new one

Much easier than waiting on BB

[GuruAskew]

It’s literally not easier than waiting. It’s harder than waiting.