The Blues Brothers, 1980 - ★★★½
Oh man, what a trip.
I watched it a long time ago, and I forgot all about it - today I had more appreciation for it. The plot and some of the comedy won't work today, but it was clear from the start that this movie is not about the movie - it's about the music.
Famous songs, famous musicians (there was a part where I was like "wait a minute, is that actually Ray Charles? Shiiiit, this is Ray Charles!"), and just a whole lot of fun. They don't make such crazy car chases anymore.
I'm glad I didn't do reading before the movie and went into it pretty much completely blank (as I said, I didn't remember anything), it simply showed on my Netflix queue, and I was thinking, sure, why not.
Good stuff, it definitely heightened my weekend by a notch.