When did you first see it?

I saw it with my mother, my brother and a friend of his in the theater in 1980. It was the first rated-R film I ever went to. I will never forget when Frank Oz is going through Jake's property at the beginning of the movie. He says, "one prophylactic....and one soiled." I turned around to my mother sitting behind us and loudly asked, "What's a prophylactic?!" "Shhh! Quiet!" she said. "I'll tell you later." I turned to my brother and asked him. "It's a rubber, man. Shut up." Ah, I see, I remember thinking. I then turned around to my mother again and asked, "What's a rubber?"

I first saw it on TV. When I later saw the theater version, I wondered where the scene where Elwood quits his job was.

"You may have come on no bicycle, but that does not say that you know everything."

I saw it for the first time at my grandparents house in abt 81 or 82 when I was 10 or 11. They had a vhs VCR and had recorded off HBO when cable still had no local channels yet.

Im on the southeast side of chicago and me and my buddy Steve WALKED to the RiverOaks theaters which actually is in Calumet City and was 4 miles away the day it came out. I was 14yrs old! Well worth the walk an instant classic.

Last night.

I am not *beep* you. :) Just saw it for the first time last night. What a ride!! I am still processing, man. Will post more when I get my brain working.

Yeah, saw it last night, blown away. I was thrilled by how artsy it was presented at first, and I was really caught by the visceralness of it. I really FELT every location they were in - dirty city, great hall, expensive restaurant. I could practically smell everything happening. The transitions into song were actually believable (a tough thing for musicals) and of course the singing had me dancing in my seat! I was shocked that John Belushi could sing and Danny Aykroyd could MOVE! I was calling him 'Rubber Legs' for half the film! The otherworldly aspect to the film was something else I totally bought - suspension of disbelief is difficult for audiences when they're watching a film that takes itself seriously, but Blues Brothers took itself seriously in its own universe. It's completely believable. And THOROUGHLY enjoyable!

That's my first thoughts on it, at least. Once I gather more maybe I'll write an actual review. For now: Man I'm a fan!!

I first saw it back in 1981/82 when it premiered on HBO. I was about 10 or 11 years old, and visiting my aunt and uncle and their family. My grandmother was with us too. Even though it was rated R, my cousin who has seen it at the theater told us there was no nudity, just a lot of swearing, so my family let me watch it with them.


I'll never forget it, my whole family was in stitches watching it, even my grandmother was clapping along to the songs. Everyone loved it, and I was hooked forever....... I never pass up a chance to watch Jake and Elwood.

Actually when my little sister and I were younger (we're 24 and 23 now) we saw and episode of Drake & Josh where they mentioned the movie (they actually show the part where the telephone booth explodes) and we thought it was so funny that we should watch it (we aren't American so we didn't know anything about the movie). We instantly loved it! The music, and the cameos, the chemistry everyone has and the overall feeling of the film, everytime I rewatch it I wish I could have been there, you can tell they had a lot of fun doing it.