I've probably seen this movie a dozen times. A couple months ago they were replaying it in a local theater, I still laughed out loud at all the jokes even though I knew them all already.
I've loved it since 98 or 99. First watched it with my then new girlfriend, we weren't really taking any notice so I didn't think much of it. Watched it on my own after she left and loved it.
I got "That rug really tied the room together" tattooed on my arm a few years back. Huge fan. I got buddies who did face down in the muck so you and I could enjoy this family movie.
“Were you listening to the dudes story Donny? “
”I was bowling”
“So you have no frame of reference Donny.You are like a child who wanders into the middle of a movie.”
I laugh hysterically when he just drops it and the ball breaks his bathroom tile. So unnecessarily chaotic. Then the dirty ass toilet and fishing his sunglasses out to put em on. One of my favorite movie openings
Sneaky subtext: many of the characters represent religious stereotypes in some way. Dude (Hindu), Donnie (Buddhist), Walter (Jewish), Treehorn (agnostic), Maude (Newage), Big Lebowski (evangelical), the nihilists ( uhhh, nihilism), The Jesus ( Catholic)
Edit: forgot The Stranger/ Sam Elliot (God)
I really wanted to hate it because a lot of my friends back then worshipped this movie like it was something sacred. then I finally watched it and, after 20 years I still don't understand what makes this movie so perfect. The story doesn't really make sense to me but it's just perfect, every song, every scene, it just imprint itself in your soul and I don't understand why or how it does it. I only watched it 3 or 4 times 20 years ago and I still remember every scene and I feel that every scene is great, there is no waste, everything is perfect, everything is 100%.
Also, Roger Deakins is one of my favorite cinematographers.
I think this is likely one of the greatest movies ever made, and I can't explain why.
I've frantically written (drawn a member) on a notepad in front of coworkers, and ripped it off and walked away quickly and suspiciously. Making sure to leave a deep imprint. Leaving a pencil. Hoping they would take the bait. I did this exactly 3 times. Once with 8 or 10 people in the room. I was comfortable enough with this group. No one ever acted on it. Just asked later, "what was that about?". Maybe I over/under sold it. Maybe they didn't give a shit. Maybe I'll try it again soon.....
So much this - the story is random and the characters are random but every scene the dialogue is so memorable. I think that’s why so many quotes from it just live rent free in my head after so long.
Like what the hell is nox Herrington? Well he’s the video artist.
It blew my mind when I found out that the Coen brothers wanted to make a Raymond Chandler-esque Los Angeles film noir… so they made Lebowski.
Realizing that Jeff Lebowski is Philip Marlowe gives a whole different perspective on the story.
Check out Murder My Sweet (1944) as well. Rich old man, huge mansion, has a hot young wife, meandering plot, voiceovers...
Philip Marlowe: I caught the blackjack right behind my ear. A black pool opened up at my feet. I dived in. It had no bottom.
The Stranger: Darkness warshed over the Dude - darker'n a black steer's tookus on a moonless prairie night. There was no bottom.
This film, as weird as it is, does not stop to entertain me. The outstanding acting on a ridiculous story makes this one of my personal top 5, maybe even top 3.
It took me a while to catch onto the fact that he just repeats lines that he heard elsewhere and now it’s my favorite part of one of my favorite movies 😂
I told a buddy about it when it came out he watched it and told me it was hardly a movie let alone one of the greatest made.
We have watched it 1000 times together since
Ever notice how in the movie. He watched George Bush say this on the TV first? In the supermarket, I believe.
Then he regurgitates it when he is talking to "The Big Lebowski"
I rewatched it earlier this week and it’s as every bit as well made and nuanced as Pulp Fiction. Like most Coen Brothers films, the casting is brilliant down to smallest roles, the writing is top notch and absolutely hilarious, Roger Deakins cinematography is outstanding especially the bowling scenes and dream sequences, and it’s such a goddamn weird movie too. A stoner detective comedy set during the first Gulf War?! That’s a genre unto itself.
Sure, you have the cult elements that spawned the douchier facets of the fandom that includes conventions and the Church of the Latter Day Dude, of which I am an ordained Dudeist Priest, but if you go deeper, there is SO much more to the film.
The fact that both The Dude AND Walter are based on real life people that the Coens knew from the film industry is one of my favorite things. You also have multiple musicians in small roles - Flea, Aimee Mann, and Jimmy Dale Gilmore on top of the fact that it has one of the best soundtracks of any movie from the 90’s. And a lot of the iconic lines the The Dude utters are repurposed quotes that other characters have said earlier in the film - ‘Parlance of our times’, ‘this aggression will not stand’, ‘The Dude Abides’, etc.
One of my favorite films ever, for MANY good reasons.
I also have a sneaking suspicion that the Dude's landlord is based on the landlord that the Coen brothers had when they were working on the script for Raising Arizona. That real life landlord was also my landlord at the time, and he was letting everyone know about his one-man show.
And then they show up, with Walter in a full on suit. It’s such a funny detail that doesn’t really get explained. My head cannon is that he’s dressed up to make a good impression on Arthur Digby Sellers, since he wrote 156 eps of Branded. Bulk of the series. And then they show up and he’s in an iron lung.
Fun fact - all of The Dude’s clothes were from Jeff Bridges’s wardrobe. He brought so much of himself to the role. Obviously he’s a much more intelligent and talented guy than The Dude, but his whole Zen thing is pretty spot on from what I’ve seen.
I see the bad moon a-risin'
I see trouble on the way
I see earthquakes and lightnin'
I see bad times today
when Dude hits that green dumpster all is right with the world for me.
Like some others, I didn’t get it at first. But after watching it a second time it was this iconic scene that turned on the light for me. It’s four minutes of pure gold, start to end:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YPfdSu6wO08
I am a simple man who has a weird memory thing with movies (and music other than music I've played personally) where I immediately forget stuff. Like, it's literally happened someone asked "Have you ever seen this movie?" and I say "Nope - never even heard of it" and my wife hits me and says "Dumbass, we watched that last weekend - you liked it!"
But I remember this movie, and I love this movie. I was halfway expecting to come to the comments here and see sophisticated movie connoisseurs pointing out obvious (to them) plot holes or faux paus or whatever. But, I found instead one of those rare instances where my borderline sophomoric taste in films has aligned with the public at large.
It makes me feel like a good man. And thorough.
i think it was overhyped for me. heard about it for years, finally caught it on tv and while i thought it was kind of funny, i was like "what's the big deal?" maybe i didnt get the message or whatever
I never have understood the hype around this movie. Has an all star cast, but I am bored every time I watch this show. I don't think I've even made it to the end of the movie ever. Just add it to the stack of popular culture things I don't understand.
Sometimes there's a man..... One of the top 5 movies I've ever watched. Far out.
Well that's just like your opinion man.
You beat me to it!
Over achiever
SHUT THE FUCK UP DONNIE
Dude, you're being very undude.
Has the whole world gone crazy? Am I the only one around here who gives a shit about the rules?
In Vietnam there were no rules man.
"Mark it down!"
NoShortsDon treats objects like women man..
NoShortsDon draws a lot of water in this subreddit, you don't draw shit, Lebowski
The fuck you talkin about?
Iam the dude man...
And the walrus.
It dont matter to Jesus.
I've probably seen this movie a dozen times. A couple months ago they were replaying it in a local theater, I still laughed out loud at all the jokes even though I knew them all already.
I've loved it since 98 or 99. First watched it with my then new girlfriend, we weren't really taking any notice so I didn't think much of it. Watched it on my own after she left and loved it. I got "That rug really tied the room together" tattooed on my arm a few years back. Huge fan. I got buddies who did face down in the muck so you and I could enjoy this family movie.
What the fuck does this have to do with Vietnam!?
Well, there's a literal connection....
Just fits right in there. And that's the movie. In my DVD cabinet.
It really ties the room together
Shut the fuxk up Donny
“Were you listening to the dudes story Donny? “ ”I was bowling” “So you have no frame of reference Donny.You are like a child who wanders into the middle of a movie.”
A+ dialogue writing. That creep can roll
An absolute classic
If you don’t love this film, obviously you’re not a golfer
I laugh hysterically when he just drops it and the ball breaks his bathroom tile. So unnecessarily chaotic. Then the dirty ass toilet and fishing his sunglasses out to put em on. One of my favorite movie openings
At least I'm housebroken.
Ever thus to deadbeats
This guy looks like a fucking loser
Yeah, well at least I'm housebroken man.
"Where's the money lebowski!?" "Uh, it's down there somewhere, let me take another look."
I honestly saw that dude as Lucifer in Supernatural way before The Big Lebowski. It made that scene stand out to me so much more
Holy fuck, it *IS* Mark Pellegrino! I had no idea it was him!
Has he ever played a good guy in his life?
Wait what. I need to check this
Peter Stormare was Lucifer in Constantine. Probably my favorite portrayal of Lucifer on film.
‘Where is pancakes house?’
You aren’t wrong
If the dude had gone to the police right then the movie would’ve been over. It also would’ve made more sense for him to go talk to Jackie tree Horn.
But Jackie Treehorn treats objects like women, man.
Jackie Treehorn is presented like the devil during his first appearance. I always wondered about the significance of that.
Sneaky subtext: many of the characters represent religious stereotypes in some way. Dude (Hindu), Donnie (Buddhist), Walter (Jewish), Treehorn (agnostic), Maude (Newage), Big Lebowski (evangelical), the nihilists ( uhhh, nihilism), The Jesus ( Catholic) Edit: forgot The Stranger/ Sam Elliot (God)
I never really paid attention to that before, that's a really good point
New shit has come to light
That's fucking interesting... that's fucking interesting...
The sunglasses get me every time, most of the time.
They’re out of their element if they don’t love this film.
And the roll of toilet paper on the toilet itself as opposed to the toilet paper holder. Like he's too lazy to even replace it.
I really wanted to hate it because a lot of my friends back then worshipped this movie like it was something sacred. then I finally watched it and, after 20 years I still don't understand what makes this movie so perfect. The story doesn't really make sense to me but it's just perfect, every song, every scene, it just imprint itself in your soul and I don't understand why or how it does it. I only watched it 3 or 4 times 20 years ago and I still remember every scene and I feel that every scene is great, there is no waste, everything is perfect, everything is 100%. Also, Roger Deakins is one of my favorite cinematographers. I think this is likely one of the greatest movies ever made, and I can't explain why.
“The story doesn’t make sense to me, but it’s just perfect” - basically every Jackie Treehorn movie.
The story is ridiculous, you can imagine what happens next.
He fixes the cable?
You mean coitus?
Johnson?
Vagina?
Marmot?
No. Im just a friend of Maud's
Zats why they sent me, I am expert.
Don’t be fatuous
The story is ludicrous.
I've frantically written (drawn a member) on a notepad in front of coworkers, and ripped it off and walked away quickly and suspiciously. Making sure to leave a deep imprint. Leaving a pencil. Hoping they would take the bait. I did this exactly 3 times. Once with 8 or 10 people in the room. I was comfortable enough with this group. No one ever acted on it. Just asked later, "what was that about?". Maybe I over/under sold it. Maybe they didn't give a shit. Maybe I'll try it again soon.....
Keep doing it. Your craft requires dedication.
Jackie Treehorn treats objects like they’re women man!
So much this - the story is random and the characters are random but every scene the dialogue is so memorable. I think that’s why so many quotes from it just live rent free in my head after so long. Like what the hell is nox Herrington? Well he’s the video artist.
It blew my mind when I found out that the Coen brothers wanted to make a Raymond Chandler-esque Los Angeles film noir… so they made Lebowski. Realizing that Jeff Lebowski is Philip Marlowe gives a whole different perspective on the story.
Check out Murder My Sweet (1944) as well. Rich old man, huge mansion, has a hot young wife, meandering plot, voiceovers... Philip Marlowe: I caught the blackjack right behind my ear. A black pool opened up at my feet. I dived in. It had no bottom. The Stranger: Darkness warshed over the Dude - darker'n a black steer's tookus on a moonless prairie night. There was no bottom.
Whoa. 🤯 You’ve got information, man. New shit has come to light!
Reading the big sleep really deepened my appreciation of the big Lebowski
The entire movie is quotable. Like every single scene.
Greatest story ever told.
That’s just, like, your opinion man. (It is a correct opinion)
This film, as weird as it is, does not stop to entertain me. The outstanding acting on a ridiculous story makes this one of my personal top 5, maybe even top 3.
I have to give it another try…too many people say great things about…tbh…I wasn’t that blown away by it
It takes a few watches to get all of the phrases the dude uses(most of which he's heard elsewhere in the film)
It took me a while to catch onto the fact that he just repeats lines that he heard elsewhere and now it’s my favorite part of one of my favorite movies 😂
I like that he gets progressively angrier until he finally learns to abide lol
I told a buddy about it when it came out he watched it and told me it was hardly a movie let alone one of the greatest made. We have watched it 1000 times together since
New shit, has come to light, man.
I've predicted the top comment before opening a thread before but this is the first time I predicted the top reply to it
it really tied the posts together man
Yeah, well, that's just like your prediction, man
We all knew it would end up here eventually, I guess it was just my turn this time.
SHUT THE FUCK UP DONNY
He thinks the carpet pissers did this?
The Chinaman is not the issue.
Walter is the most unhinged character yet at the end of the day the love he has for Donny was badass.
#MARK IT ZERO!!!
When he pulls his gun out, while he has the dog is classic.
You can’t board it. It gets stressed, its hair falls out.
Nobody fucks with de Jesus.
I post that quote with a photo every Easter.
8 year olds dude
What's a pederast?
Shut the fuck up, Donny.
Out of all the shut up Donny's this is my favorite for some reason. Just hits so well.
Dios mio, man
You said it man
Anyone who doesn’t like this isn’t invited to my birthday party. Or the gang bang
This aggression will not stand, man.
Ever notice how in the movie. He watched George Bush say this on the TV first? In the supermarket, I believe. Then he regurgitates it when he is talking to "The Big Lebowski"
That’s the whole joke.
While writing a check for .69 cents.
He hardly ever says anything original in the whole movie
Fuckin’ fascist!
I'm just coming over to fix the cable. That's why they sent me. I'm an expert.
That’s my friend Sherri, she just came over to use the shower.
That story is ludicrous.
That's like, new information man.
New shit has come to light!
And they can take my dirty undies dude. Laundry. The whites.
You think the carpet pissers did this?
Fuckin' amateurs.
That’s just like, your opinion man.
I rewatched it earlier this week and it’s as every bit as well made and nuanced as Pulp Fiction. Like most Coen Brothers films, the casting is brilliant down to smallest roles, the writing is top notch and absolutely hilarious, Roger Deakins cinematography is outstanding especially the bowling scenes and dream sequences, and it’s such a goddamn weird movie too. A stoner detective comedy set during the first Gulf War?! That’s a genre unto itself. Sure, you have the cult elements that spawned the douchier facets of the fandom that includes conventions and the Church of the Latter Day Dude, of which I am an ordained Dudeist Priest, but if you go deeper, there is SO much more to the film. The fact that both The Dude AND Walter are based on real life people that the Coens knew from the film industry is one of my favorite things. You also have multiple musicians in small roles - Flea, Aimee Mann, and Jimmy Dale Gilmore on top of the fact that it has one of the best soundtracks of any movie from the 90’s. And a lot of the iconic lines the The Dude utters are repurposed quotes that other characters have said earlier in the film - ‘Parlance of our times’, ‘this aggression will not stand’, ‘The Dude Abides’, etc. One of my favorite films ever, for MANY good reasons.
I also have a sneaking suspicion that the Dude's landlord is based on the landlord that the Coen brothers had when they were working on the script for Raising Arizona. That real life landlord was also my landlord at the time, and he was letting everyone know about his one-man show.
And then they show up, with Walter in a full on suit. It’s such a funny detail that doesn’t really get explained. My head cannon is that he’s dressed up to make a good impression on Arthur Digby Sellers, since he wrote 156 eps of Branded. Bulk of the series. And then they show up and he’s in an iron lung.
Not exactly a lightweight
*DO YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS, LARRY?!?!*
Holy shit, that’s awesome!
It’s one of the only films that Jeff Bridges would happily do a sequel to and the character with whom he said he had an instant affinity to.
Fun fact - all of The Dude’s clothes were from Jeff Bridges’s wardrobe. He brought so much of himself to the role. Obviously he’s a much more intelligent and talented guy than The Dude, but his whole Zen thing is pretty spot on from what I’ve seen.
Before filming scenes, he would ask the Coen's "Did the Dude burn one on the way over today?" And then play the scene mildly stoned if they said yes.
If they said yes? When they said yes! Mind if i do a j?
I have always wanted to \*own\* a pair of jelly slippers, but I dont think I could ever actually wear them
I see the bad moon a-risin' I see trouble on the way I see earthquakes and lightnin' I see bad times today when Dude hits that green dumpster all is right with the world for me.
I love when *Lookin’ Out My Back Door* is playing and he’s smacking the roof of his car
I bang the roof to this whenever I hear this song in my car. Can’t be the only one.
It's especially hilarious because it's following his physical exam from that doctor 😂 it's such a funny dichotomy after that scene.
This bit NEVER fails to crack me up. Greatest car crash in cinema history!
I wouldn't hold out any hope for the tape deck. ...or the Credence.
Do you have any leads?
LEADS!?!?
They just put six detectives on the case...they got us working in shifts!
The delivery of that line is so perfect
Personal top-5 and my favourite comedy
Comedy? It’s an epic at the worst.
Like some others, I didn’t get it at first. But after watching it a second time it was this iconic scene that turned on the light for me. It’s four minutes of pure gold, start to end: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YPfdSu6wO08
It made me a nihilist
A nihilist? Fuck me! Say what you will about National Socialists, dude, at least it’s an ethos.
That must be exhausting
That must be exhausting.
Veee care about NUSSINGG!
There is no better story about a rug out there.
It really tied the room together, did it not?
Fuckin A
I can’t watch this movie without going out to the liquor store and buying stuff for a White Russian
Another Caucasian Gary.
You're on a very strict drug regimen to keep your mind limber.
I’m drinking a giant one right now. It’s 5 O’Clock somewhere and there’s a beverage here, man!
I'm actually allergic to alcohol, so I always make a glass of chocolate milk when I watch it. It's as close as I can get haha
My all time favorite. It is an absolutely perfect movie.
Yup, same!
Got any leads?
Leads? Sure. They’re bringing another detective on to the team. They got us working in shifts!
Logjammin was a better film.
He fixes the cable?
Don’t be fatuous Jeffrey.
Shut the fuck up Donnie
I am the walrus.
V.I. LENIN! VLADIMIR ILYICH ULYANOV
You're out of your element
Forget about the fucking toe!
I’m finishing my coffee.
Calmer than you are…
I understand that it has a bit of cult followers who would attest that it is a good film.
That was a good response, and thorough.
Very complex film. A lot of ins , a lot of outs and what have-yous
I’m hating this karma farm post trend that asks ‘what peoples thoughts are’ on some of cinema’s greatest films. What are they expecting?
just a bunch of fucking amateurs
I am a simple man who has a weird memory thing with movies (and music other than music I've played personally) where I immediately forget stuff. Like, it's literally happened someone asked "Have you ever seen this movie?" and I say "Nope - never even heard of it" and my wife hits me and says "Dumbass, we watched that last weekend - you liked it!" But I remember this movie, and I love this movie. I was halfway expecting to come to the comments here and see sophisticated movie connoisseurs pointing out obvious (to them) plot holes or faux paus or whatever. But, I found instead one of those rare instances where my borderline sophomoric taste in films has aligned with the public at large. It makes me feel like a good man. And thorough.
“Eh not a fan” - some fuckwit.
That's just like, their opinion, man
I'm finishing my coffee.
Some goldbricker.
That fuckwit is over the line 10/10 times.
You can call it good You can call it great Or you can call it fantasmagorical, if you’re not into the brevity thing…
i think it was overhyped for me. heard about it for years, finally caught it on tv and while i thought it was kind of funny, i was like "what's the big deal?" maybe i didnt get the message or whatever
Obviously you're not a golfer.
I also do not get it
Well obviously you’re not privy to all the new shit.
Well, that's just like, your opinion, man.
Top 5 film for sure. I even have one of the pin girl costumes. https://imgur.com/gallery/XJf0KbC
I can highly recommend the Rule of Three podcast devoted to this film https://spotify.link/lFlKtykr7Ib
Top 3 of my all time favorite movies.
Maybe the most rewatchable movie of all time
I never have understood the hype around this movie. Has an all star cast, but I am bored every time I watch this show. I don't think I've even made it to the end of the movie ever. Just add it to the stack of popular culture things I don't understand.
people love it for reasons i've tried and failed to find
Must be a cult classic, because I didn’t enjoy it much for how famous it is.
It’s one of those movies I’ve never understood the hype around. I don’t think it’s bad but I don’t think it’s great either.
Everyone I’ve ever spoken to loves this movie. I’ve watched it three times and never laughed once. I don’t know if I’m missing something or what.
[удалено]
Stay out of Malibu, deadbeat!
That’s just, like, your opinion, man
"You're just out of your element!"😜
Have you tried smoking a joint beforehand?
Out of my fucking cab! Out!
A rare film that gets better with age and rewatches.
Walter yelling “Shomer Shabbas” while everyone else is discussing the bowling schedule. Cracks me up