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Brigid

(17,621 posts) Sun Oct 5, 2014, 05:27 PM Oct 2014

Help me out, Loungers: "Blues Brothers" or "Trading Places" ?

I can't decide which to watch tonight.

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Help me out, Loungers: "Blues Brothers" or "Trading Places" ? (Original Post) Brigid Oct 2014 OP

Blues Brothers but only the original with John Belushi and Danny Akroyd. uppityperson Oct 2014 #1

Agreed. The mall scene alone is worth more than all of Eddie Murphy. Archae Oct 2014 #5

Raising Arizona taterguy Oct 2014 #2

Given that choice... Wounded Bear Oct 2014 #3

Sometimes I use that line in a store. "Can I help you?" "I'm on a mission, a mission from god" uppityperson Oct 2014 #8

did they remake blues brothers? n/t orleans Oct 2014 #12

Not a re-make... Wounded Bear Oct 2014 #16

Blues Brothers mucifer Oct 2014 #4

Blues Brothers because of the Cop Car. BlueJazz Oct 2014 #6

Trading places if you understand how they did... A HERETIC I AM Oct 2014 #7

I finally understood that scene . . . Brigid Oct 2014 #10

so which did you end up watching? n/t orleans Oct 2014 #11

Actually, I ended up watching something else: Brigid Oct 2014 #13

i really liked that movie. glad you did too. n/t orleans Oct 2014 #15

Yup. They sold short. n/t A HERETIC I AM Oct 2014 #14

blues brothers - the original rurallib Oct 2014 #9

No time for a double feature? malthaussen Oct 2014 #17

Duh! Blues Brothers. KamaAina Oct 2014 #18

Hit it! Brigid Oct 2014 #20

You better THINK! (Think!) WinkyDink Oct 2014 #19

uppityperson

(115,677 posts)

1. Blues Brothers but only the original with John Belushi and Danny Akroyd.

Reply to Brigid (Original post)

Sun Oct 5, 2014, 05:29 PM

Oct 2014

Archae

(46,297 posts)

5. Agreed. The mall scene alone is worth more than all of Eddie Murphy.

Reply to uppityperson (Reply #1)

Sun Oct 5, 2014, 08:16 PM

Oct 2014

taterguy

(29,582 posts)

2. Raising Arizona

Reply to Brigid (Original post)

Sun Oct 5, 2014, 05:50 PM

Oct 2014

Wounded Bear

(58,584 posts)

3. Given that choice...

Reply to Brigid (Original post)

Sun Oct 5, 2014, 07:07 PM

Oct 2014

I'd have to go with the Brothers. They're on a mission from God.

(Original only, of course

uppityperson

(115,677 posts)

8. Sometimes I use that line in a store. "Can I help you?" "I'm on a mission, a mission from god"

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #3)

Sun Oct 5, 2014, 08:44 PM

Oct 2014

and they usually ignore me

orleans

(34,039 posts)

12. did they remake blues brothers? n/t

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #3)

Mon Oct 6, 2014, 12:22 AM

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Wounded Bear

(58,584 posts)

16. Not a re-make...

Reply to orleans (Reply #12)

Mon Oct 6, 2014, 08:40 AM

Oct 2014

but a sequel, with new actors and premise.

mucifer

(23,466 posts)

4. Blues Brothers

Reply to Brigid (Original post)

Sun Oct 5, 2014, 08:09 PM

Oct 2014

Trading Places is good, too. But, I'm a Chicagoan and my grandpa had a store on Maxwell Street.

BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)

6. Blues Brothers because of the Cop Car.

Reply to Brigid (Original post)

Sun Oct 5, 2014, 08:19 PM

Oct 2014

A HERETIC I AM

(24,360 posts)

7. Trading places if you understand how they did...

Reply to Brigid (Original post)

Sun Oct 5, 2014, 08:29 PM

Oct 2014

What they did in the penultimate scene

Brigid

(17,621 posts)

10. I finally understood that scene . . .

Reply to A HERETIC I AM (Reply #7)

Sun Oct 5, 2014, 09:22 PM

Oct 2014

When I finally got my head wrapped around the idea that Winthorpe and Valentine were actually selling futures contracts at high prices, which they did not yet own, then buying them later in order to fulfill them -- at much cheaper prices. Those who had bought contracts from them earlier were stuck with paying the higher prices they had agreed to.