First of all, the first movie had John Belushi in it. He was one of Dan Akroyd's best friends and there are famous pictures of Akroyd on his Harley in the funerla procession. John is Gone, Move On, Get Over It. The movie made history with the musicians. It may be considered by people who actually DO like music to be better than the first one that centered around John Belushi. If all you went to see the first one for was John Belushi, I can understand your anquish. But, for those of us who actually appreciate blues music that came from it's roots in gospel, that has, yes, this can sound racist, a basis in the music that was traditionally written by black people. But, when you see someone like Johnny Lang who, at 16 years old, is told by B.B. King that he has all the talent of someone who has been in the business 30 years, all you "white men can't jump" critics can go back to the Penecostal Church and watch all the black people make music the way you want. But, when it comes to musicians who play professionally, I will listen to them instead of your "wannabe" expert selves. This movie is a classic cinema event from the 20th century and you can whine all you want. It you want to see something different, we will see what you can write. First you start out with a vision about music then collect all the artists of one genre for 60 years and see how easy it is to get that many people who are semiretired to come together and work together for the first time. Then you get some actual choirs and ministers from a large midwestern town to be in a movie about exconvicts and making humor out of being a criminal.and see how many you can get to be involved in that. Then, for God's Sake don't Paul get Schafer or anyone with a N.Y. accent to be a butler in New Orleans. (why was he there?)
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