SNL on the Big Screen: Who Did it Best? (version2)

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5.  John Belushi-Continental Divide

For such a funny guy, Belushi always wanted to be taken seriously as an actor. Unfortunately, he was just so good at making us laugh with those funny faces in films like Animal House and Blues Brothers. He did however stretch a few times in films such as Neighbors (as the straight man to Dan Aykroyd) and as a romantic lead in an homage to Tracy-Hepburn fllms opposite Blair Brown in Continental Divide. It isn’t a great movie, but it is an incredibly enjoyable film which shows how good Belushi could have been if given a few more chances before his untimely death. And like fellow funny man gone too soon John Candy, his romantic streak was surprising but completely real (and similar to the performance James Gandolfini gave this year in Enough Said). Watch a clip on YouTube:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1pJJOaKdiQ

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