Don’t forget John Candy
Comment on Can't beat the classics
octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
I just don’t have the words to describe how awesome this movie is to folks who haven’t seen it. It’s a must-watch.
- Awesome soundtrack with
- Very many celebrity cameos, and some you won’t even notice until you google them
- Funny and bad things happening to Nazis
- Cops looking like fools
- Folks who would today be magas looking like fools
- Late 70s/Early 80s kinda ribald humor
- Over the top car chases (see OP)
- Carrie Fisher
- An actual mission from God (in the context of the film)
- John Belushi at his best
- Dan motherfucking Aykroyd
- The Blues Brothers
- Almost bizarrely, a positive message
iamjackflack@lemm.ee 4 months ago
octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
Fuckin’ A how could I forget John Candy? Anyone want an Orange Whip?
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 4 months ago
“This is car… uh, hey, what car are we?”
“Five. Five.”
“This is car 55… uh, we’re in a truck.”
iamjackflack@lemm.ee 4 months ago
I always wondered what an orange whip was. I’ll go google that
octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
I’m pretty sure they just didn’t want to say Orange Julius. That was the big brand at the time, and it was amazing. Looks like they are still around, but I don’t know if they have been enshittified. www.orangejulius.com/en-us/
It was just a frothy orangey creamy cold drink - not icy like a slurpee or icee, just very cold and frothy. Somehow amazing.
uservoid1@lemmy.world 4 months ago
With almost non stop cartoonish mayhem anarchy ignored by all characters. A superb movie!
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Cops looking like fools (to be fair, that’s nearly every movie of this era)
My favorite scene from that era.
“What is it?”
“A little fly shit.”
fartripper@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
What’s the movie?
toynbee@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Thank you for asking this question instead of ripping a fart.
Masta_Chief@lemmy.world 4 months ago
How do you know they’re not multi-tasking?
toynbee@lemmy.world 4 months ago
That’s a fair point.
octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
LOL, sorry I forgot it wouldn’t be obvious to everyone.
The Blues Brothers
faethon@lemmy.world 4 months ago
This is from the Blues Brothers movie from 1980.