The Big Lebowski

[imjustagirl2]

Yeah, I also hated O, Brother. And Citizen Kane.

But I love many movies. Most of them just happen to be ****.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

Yeah, I also hated O, Brother. And Citizen Kane.

But I love many movies. Most of them just happen to be ****.

You and I have much to discuss...

 

[Riddick]

You hate Citizen Kane? Really?!?!?!

 

[imjustagirl2]

Despise it. Fell asleep. Snore snore snore.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

VERY much to discuss...

 

[HejiraHenry]

Like a lot of their work, an acquired taste.

I once sat a couple of dear friends down to watch Raising Arizona.

Stone silence.

That I don't get. I think it's the best of the Coen brothers' movies.

It's a puzzle.

 

[ServeItUp]

You are not alone. Did not like Napoleon Dynamite. Thought the Big Lebowski was mediocre. Didn't like Wedding Crashers, Old School or Anchorman, either. That, according to many of my peers, makes me a communist. Solidarity, brothers.

 

[HC]

Not necessarily. IJAG does not heart this movie.

I don't think she liked Napoleon Dynamite, either.

Both are probably, in their own ways, guys movies.

Does that mean I have to turn in my girl card?

 

[Chi City 81]

Not necessarily. IJAG does not heart this movie.

I don't think she liked Napoleon Dynamite, either.

Both are probably, in their own ways, guys movies.

Does that mean I have to turn in my girl card?

Are you trying to say that you, and not JR, are the ******* pater familias?

 

[doubledown68]

Not necessarily. IJAG does not heart this movie.

I don't think she liked Napoleon Dynamite, either.

Both are probably, in their own ways, guys movies.

Does that mean I have to turn in my girl card?

Are you trying to say that you, and not JR, are the ******* pater familias?

You been using my hair treatment?

 

[TyWebb]

There are girl cards?

 

[imjustagirl2]

Not necessarily. IJAG does not heart this movie.

I don't think she liked Napoleon Dynamite, either.

Both are probably, in their own ways, guys movies.

Dude, I LIVED for Napoelon Dynamite. I copyrighted the phrase "Nappyjack" for when we would do NappyD quotes.

"But my lips hurt real BAD!"
"Your mom goes to college."

Etc.

I didn't read the first part of this thread, so I'm glad someone quoted the above so I could see it and rightfully respond.

 

[CentralIllinoisan]

It definitely has its hilarious parts. I watch it fairly often, but I almost never finish it. Plot is not the reason to watch this movie.

Well, if you think that was the funniest thing so far, it sounds like you're more of a slapstick guy. If so, Lebowski is definitely not for you. I love this movie, but it was an acquired taste, as was O'Brother and Fargo ... hell, any Coen Brothers movie, for that matter. Now, I love them more each time I watch.

I stopped fighting with people a long time ago about movie choices. To each his/her own.

You didn't think I was rolling out of here naked, did ya?

 

[imjustagirl2]

I did love Fargo.

 

[everybody duck]

Blood Simple is a Coen bros. film that gets overlooked, IMO. way better than Raising Arizona or O Brother, though completely different.

 

[CentralIllinoisan]

Fargo is an all-timer.

Some of my all-time faves ... in addition to Fargo.
Pulp Fiction
Shawshank Redemption
Citizen Kane
The Graduate
Rio Bravo
American Psycho
There's Something About Mary

 

[STLIrish]

Speaking of the Coen Bros., anyone else looking forward to Joel and Ethan do Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men?
Big Lebowski aside, most of their movies have a weird darkness to them, a sense of malevolence that ought to jibe well with McCarthy's whole "there's evil in the world beyond that which you or I can reckon with" theme. Due out later this year.

 

[Jesus_Muscatel]

The best line is when Bunny, aptly played by a fetching Tara Reid, tells The Dude she'll "(perform oral sex) for $1,000" and then add an additional fee (which at the moment I forget) if Brandt, the personal assistant to the other Lebowski, gets to watch.

Brandt (Phillip Seymour Hoffman) leads The Dude away from the swimming pool, and he goes, "I'm just gonna find a cash machine."

Movie is full of those kind of moments.

Caen Brothers rule.

 

[Double Down]

 

[HC]

Not necessarily. IJAG does not heart this movie.

I don't think she liked Napoleon Dynamite, either.

Both are probably, in their own ways, guys movies.

Does that mean I have to turn in my girl card?

Are you trying to say that you, and not JR, are the ******* pater familias?

We take turns.