There’s a news item coming out of THR.com that I had to do a double take on to believe: The Vatican has endorsed The Blues Brothers: On the 30th anniversary of the film’s release, L’Osservatore
Romano, the Vatican’s official newspaper, called the film a
“Catholic classic” and said it should be recommended viewing for
Catholics everywhere. This means that John Landis’ iconic comedy is joining the ranks of films such as Cecil B. DeMille’s The Ten Commandments, Jesus of Nazareth from
Franco Zeffirelli, Mel Gibson’s The Passion of The Christ,
Victor Flemming’s Joan of Arc, and It’s a Wonderful Life from
Frank Capra.
Wow. Although Jake and Elwood were on a mission from God, this wasn’t a movie that I would have expected would ever even be seen by the Vatican, let alone praised by them. Maybe Benedict VXI just likes good music or gnarly car chases.
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…and child rape.
This cinches it. NO ONE dislikes this movie.
Being a Catholic from the southside of Chicago, this is a double win. My heart bursts with pride.
Holy Shit! (no pun intended) After hearing this, I may consider converting!
Don't you blaspheme!
If only they'd endorse Dogma.
Of course they endorse it; Jake & Elwood were trying to save a whole orphanage of children to molest!
Maury Sline got them The Palace!
Next they'll be endorsing London to Brighton.
That is unbelievably cool. I'm not a church guy, but it's still cool to me.
Outside of the mall car chase, there's nothing entertaining about this movie. Fits in with the Catholic churches MO completely.
Next up? Jesus Christ: Vampire Hunter.
the only back handed slight to BB that I've heard:
"[rocky horror is] boil in the bag perversion for sexually repressed accountants and 1st year drama students with too many posters of Betty Blue, The Blues Brothers, Big Blue, and Blue Velvet on their blue bloody walls!"
I love Blues Brothers (mind you the 1st one not the unfunny sequal). I'm not sure if this is a popularity thing the Vatican is trying to do by endorsing much loved movies. As if to say: yeah we might have these little child abuse scandals on our hands but were hip as anyone else.
@#14 – simply the fact that you have to explain you're NOT discussing the sequel in this string negates anything else you have to say. Leave, humiliated, please.
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