( 9 reviews )
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Posted: Dec 4 2008
Is he qualified to write a book about relationships? Probably not. Do you need a degree to write a good book about relationships. Probably not. But you need to have a brain and some sense which Belushi lacks. I guess this book could help some people if your mission is to get laid as much as possible and then when you're 35 finally get married. In fact, Jim's obsession with 'getting laid' is an annoyance in the book since about half of his sentences end with "and you'll get laid tonight" or some variant. Not much in this book that you couldn't glean from an episode of a sit-com any night of the week - Your life should revolve centrally around having sex as much as possible; Getting hitched is a good way to have consistent sex so good for you. Virtue and ethics are not words in Belushi's vocabulary. Belushi thinks he has learned a lot from two failed marriages and after reading this book I have doubts that his third will be much better. One indicator that there are no pearls of wisdom in this book is the price people are trying to get rid of this book ( see used prices). This is one for the trash.
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Posted: May 25 2008
First, not to bash on Belushi but the guy can't even compose a sentence never mind write a paragraph - an entire book is way beyond his capacity - but being a Hollywood actor I'm sure there's no shortage of ghost writers to write about his twisted ideology. This is the same guy who sold my father his used Land Rover which promptly broke down within 24 hours of picking it up from his Studio. When I called him he told me to take him to court - which I did. He brought in an expert witness that never even seen the vehicle and lied to the judge who was mechanically clueless. That's being a real man! I had the expert witness fired for his testimony so that was more than enough satisfaction for me. When I flew out to LA to go to court I ran into a film production executive who told me that Belushi is largely regarded as a jerk in Hollywood. I couldn't agree more with him. He can't even give these books away never mind try to sell them - in fact he did try to give them away to his stunned staff on Martha's Vineyard as a gift for working for him all summer last year!!! Anyway, that's just a little insight about Belushi's true character from my experience in dealing with him.
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Posted: May 21 2008
Let me begin by saying that I've been a regular fan of Jim Belushi's since I saw him in 2000's RETURN TO ME (he steals the show in the scene where he takes off his shirt to flex his somewhat flabby pecs and his now famous Buddha-belly dance for Bonnie Hunt and Minnie Driver) and I keep up with his ABC series ACCORDING TO JIM; and I've seen a handful of his other films (most notably the poignant and family-oriented K-9 and also the completely forgettable sexual thriller TRACES OF RED; a sidenote: for someone who enjoys taking off his shirt and showing off his "body" he was pretty chicken to not do a simulated nude scene, one where he was at least nude from the waist up; but either way don't even bother with that one; rent K-9 or even MR. DESTINY). That said, Belushi really makes a nose-dive with his recent attempt at writing a self-help book that really just makes him out to be a chauvanistic, self-important pig from hell. I really only enjoyed a small handful of passages in this book therefore making the rest of it an overbearing task to read. Usually if I enjoy a good book I can't put it down and finish it within 2-3 weeks. It took over 6 weeks to finsih this one, mostly because I found other books that were better and then I returned to finishing this one and it was completely anti-climactic. I'm realy sorry Jim, I know you did this just for the easy cash, but you don't have what it takes to make it as a humorist writer... you're too macho, too insensitive and way too cynical (something I've always found repellant in people). When you write your autobigoraphy, maybe I'll read that (no promises, however) and until then, stick to comedy...
