Neighbors ( Movie )
F
John Belushi’s final film is worse than his death. I really enjoy watching terrible movies on the MOJO HD channel or UHD ( a High-Def channel owned by Universal that plays only B-List Universal movies) really late at night. It’s actually my favorite vice. I should be asleep right now since I have to be in work in 5 hours, but I got caught up watching this terrible excuse for a film.
In case you’ve never seen it (I had never even heard of it), it’s the story of a whackball neighbor (Akroyd) that moves into a cul-de-sac that has only one house, which is owned by the uptight Belushi. The film is shot entirely in either Akroyds house, Belushi’s house, or outside in the adjacent front lawns of both of them. There are literally NO other locations in the entire film. This has obviously worked in alot of films, but it fails miserably here. Akroyd has bleached blond hair and awful 80’s blue eye contacts that make him look like a Porcelain doll. Belushi plays it straight and unfunny and you almost wish he had died 6 months earlier about 40 minutes into the movie.
The script is weird, the lighting of the movie is terrible, the jokes(?) are flat. This was one of the worst wastings of times ever. I could’ve been sleeping for the past 2 hours!! Instead I am outraged. The worst part is that originally and up until 8 days before filming, the roles of Akroyd and Belushi were supposed to be switched, but the actors decided they wanted to play each others roles!! Akroyd plays a great quirky straight guy, and Belushi obviously plays a great party animal - what the fuck were they thinking!? Truth be told, I’m not sure anything could’ve helped this monstrousity. It’s unclear, but I think they actually kill off a German Sheppard halfway through the movie too. For no reason at all. Christ allmighty.
