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The Big Lebowski

Josh BytesJosh Bytes
edited February 2012 in Everything Else
The dude abides.

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  • Josh BytesJosh Bytes
  • AprecheApreche
    Overrated.
  • RochelleRochelle
    Overrated.


    Also, ponies.

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  • highdefinitionhighdefinition
    Overrated.
    I contend most people who rave about it do so out of habit not out of any grand enjoyment of the film. I put The Big Lebowski up with Midnight Cowboy which is also another great film that it seems to few people have seen. There are films that create worlds or ideas, and there are films that do an equally daunting task of creating a person not just a character.
  • SailSail
    It's a movie that grows on you with the second viewing, imo.
  • Admiral HotcakesAdmiral Hotcakes
    I love the Coen Brothers, or at least what movies I've seen (O Brother, Lebowski, Fargo). Granted, they have their missteps (Goats), but they're great on the whole. Lebowski, in my opinion, is a classic.
  • WindUpBirdWindUpBird
    I love the Coen Brothers, or at least what movies I've seen (O Brother, Lebowski, Fargo). Granted, they have their missteps (Goats), but they're great on the whole. Lebowski, in my opinion, is a classic.
    If you mean The Men Who Stare At Goats, then I must inform you that that is not a Coen Brothers film.
  • johndisjohndis
    Overrated.
    It's actually underrated.
  • AprecheApreche
    edited February 2012
    Overrated.
    It's actually underrated.
    Yeaaahhh, no.

    I will grant you, Eternal Sunshine is even more overrated.
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  • WindUpBirdWindUpBird
    Overrated.
    It's actually underrated.
    Yeaaahhh, no.

    I will grant you, Eternal Sunshine is even more overrated.
    Philistine.

  • Li_AkahiLi_Akahi
    It's a movie that grows on you with the second viewing, imo.
    I didn't like it the first time I saw it, but a friend convinced me to watch it again.

    I now own two different collectors editions of the film.
    If you mean The Men Who Stare At Goats, then I must inform you that that is not a Coen Brothers film.
    Ah yes, The Men Who Stares at Goats, the best Coen Brothers film that the Coen Brothers never made.

    Don't eat the eggs. We put LSD in the eggs.
    And the water. I put LSD in the main water tank.
    What? But, we drank the water!
  • WindUpBirdWindUpBird
    edited February 2012
    You know what Coen Bros film is criminally underrated? Burn After Reading. That film was the shit.

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  • johndisjohndis
    Yeah, Burn After Reading was incredible. Had a great mix of the classic Coen bros. dialogue + its own weird brand of slapstick.
  • Li_AkahiLi_Akahi
    We have... your shit.
  • TheWhaleSharkTheWhaleShark
    I would point out at this juncture that Scott Rubin likes neither Firefly nor Star Trek. Thus, his opinions are invalid.
  • NukerjsrNukerjsr
    I love the Coen Brothers, or at least what movies I've seen (O Brother, Lebowski, Fargo). Lebowski, in my opinion, is a classic.
    It's a movie that grows on you with the second viewing, imo.
    I think this principal applies for all their movies. Especially with their comedies with maybe the exception of Raising Arizona. The one exception is True Grit, which is just jaw-dropping even from the first viewing.
  • George PatchesGeorge Patches
    I would point out at this juncture that Scott Rubin likes neither Firefly nor Star Trek. Thus, his opinions are invalid.
    True, though I agree it might be a little overrated among the geeks, though underrated by the population at large. What makes the Big Lebowski great is it's very quotable. My room mate and I constantly yell at each other, "You're out of your fucking element Donnie!"
  • P_TOGP_TOG
    You know what Coen Bros film is criminally underrated? Burn After Reading. That film was the shit.
    Heeeellllll yes.
  • TheWhaleSharkTheWhaleShark
    I would point out at this juncture that Scott Rubin likes neither Firefly nor Star Trek. Thus, his opinions are invalid.
    True, though I agree it might be a little overrated among the geeks, though underrated by the population at large. What makes the Big Lebowski great is it's very quotable. My room mate and I constantly yell at each other, "You're out of your fucking element Donnie!"
    It's a movie about a group of buddies who all have strong, distinct personalities, and their wacked-out interactions as they embark on some kind of crazy misadventure.

    Basically, it's about groups of nerds in college.
  • George PatchesGeorge Patches
    Or us looking for wings after the first PAX east.
  • Josh BytesJosh Bytes
    It also has musical number with bowling in it. Which can't be beat.
  • TheWhaleSharkTheWhaleShark
    Or us looking for wings after the first PAX east.
    Oh god that was awesome.

    We should've gone into that one bar with the hot bartender and the loud metal. I never in my life thought that my need for wings would outstrip my desire for tits and metal.

  • George PatchesGeorge Patches
    Or us looking for wings after the first PAX east.
    Oh god that was awesome.

    We should've gone into that one bar with the hot bartender and the loud metal. I never in my life thought that my need for wings would outstrip my desire for tits and metal.
    We should have gone there. I went there for brunch at AB the week after and it fantastic.
  • TheWhaleSharkTheWhaleShark
    Or us looking for wings after the first PAX east.
    Oh god that was awesome.

    We should've gone into that one bar with the hot bartender and the loud metal. I never in my life thought that my need for wings would outstrip my desire for tits and metal.
    We should have gone there. I went there for brunch at AB the week after and it fantastic.
    I bet we can order White Russians there, too. It'll be perfect.

  • George PatchesGeorge Patches
    Or us looking for wings after the first PAX east.
    Oh god that was awesome.

    We should've gone into that one bar with the hot bartender and the loud metal. I never in my life thought that my need for wings would outstrip my desire for tits and metal.
    We should have gone there. I went there for brunch at AB the week after and it fantastic.
    I bet we can order White Russians there, too. It'll be perfect.
    We could go there instead of the Whiskey Priest Sunday morning.
  • TheWhaleSharkTheWhaleShark
    Or us looking for wings after the first PAX east.
    Oh god that was awesome.

    We should've gone into that one bar with the hot bartender and the loud metal. I never in my life thought that my need for wings would outstrip my desire for tits and metal.
    We should have gone there. I went there for brunch at AB the week after and it fantastic.
    I bet we can order White Russians there, too. It'll be perfect.
    We could go there instead of the Whiskey Priest Sunday morning.
    What's this "instead of" bullshit I'm hearing out of you? Pub crawl, yo.

    Or maybe one on Saturday and the other for Sunday. I do have to drive on Sunday at some point.

  • George PatchesGeorge Patches
    Or us looking for wings after the first PAX east.
    Oh god that was awesome.

    We should've gone into that one bar with the hot bartender and the loud metal. I never in my life thought that my need for wings would outstrip my desire for tits and metal.
    We should have gone there. I went there for brunch at AB the week after and it fantastic.
    I bet we can order White Russians there, too. It'll be perfect.
    We could go there instead of the Whiskey Priest Sunday morning.
    What's this "instead of" bullshit I'm hearing out of you? Pub crawl, yo.

    Or maybe one on Saturday and the other for Sunday. I do have to drive on Sunday at some point.
    A lot bars don't do brunch on Saturday.
  • theknoxinatortheknoxinator
    For some reason I just don't really "get" the Coens' quirky movies, but I do really like their more serious films. So, I don't really like The Big Lebowski, but I will not deny that it is a highly quotable film, and I use quotes from it often.
  • Admiral HotcakesAdmiral Hotcakes
    If you mean The Men Who Stare At Goats, then I must inform you that that is not a Coen Brothers film.
    Well now I just have egg on my face. Get off of there, egg.

    And I can't believe I forgot True Grit.
  • DiagorasDiagoras
    I prefer Fargo to Lebowski, but I still like it. I have to be in a mood for Lewbowski, but I watch Fargo very often.
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