i find ackroyd to be completely horrible . he look more like joe friday than elwood blue . his chicago accent be force and the dialog move through at a horribly slow pace . there be absolutely zero comic timing in this movie . every scene in the movie and include the musical number and take too long from elwood talk to the penguin and to the car chase long shot of police car to the car under the water rout to the 50 car pile up that seem to take 10 minute . the musical number the lifeblood of the original be completely devoid of soul . aretha franklin lip sync in particular be horrible . matt guitar murphy look more like a broken down old man than the body builder he do in the original . who could believe that the ` dunn and cropper radio talk show could possibly exist when they both seem to be read off of cue card the entire movie . the thing that we funny and subtle in the first film elwood park ability and jake transformation at the hand of reverend cleophus and the miracle performance of the bluesmobile and the new job of the former band member and be hackneyed and overdone in this film . the lack of energy from the band and though and be the coffin nail for this film . they perform with such little life that cgi animation of a skeleton rid a skeletal horse over the stage have to be impose during their rendition of ` ghost rider . this come from the same blue brother band that make the theme to rawhide sound like a hit twenty year ago . finally and the movie seem too bright and too clean . the original take place at night for the most part and and seem dungier . this film be shiny and clean and that just doesn not feel right . the new bluesmobile do not even look right until elwood litter up the dashboard with trash and and get this the cigarette lighter work . other fatal flaw represent dumbing down elwood blue and insert a kid into the cast and have elwood eat something other than dry and white toast and the shaving cream ball schtick and no scmods and no line like ` man and i haven not be pull over in six month . all the joke hit you in the face like they all have to be explain . complete bomb .