FIRST TIME WATCHING: The Big Lebowski!!
Added 2023-03-31 16:00:08 +0000 UTCHappy Feature Friday!!
Hope y'all enjoy watching this movie with me! I rented it on Amazon prime for those that are curious.
As always, thank you so much for your support and stay golden!
LINK: https://youtu.be/Yd-ZwKvdAMY
Original Movie: The Big Lebowski
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Comments
Did you find The Lebowski Bar when you were in Iceland? They have over 20 variations on White Russians on their menu.
David Lonewolf Wright
2024-12-19 07:21:40 +0000 UTCWhen Donnie's ashes blew back all over the Dude and Walter, I about fell over laughing. The exact same thing happened when we scattered my mom's ashes; my brother stepped back just before I emptied the urn, then looked at my black suit now covered with ashes, shook his head, smiled, and said, "Saw that coming . . . I can hear her laughing at us." Also, I heartily second the recommendation for 'Oh, Brother, Where Art Thou.' It's one of the funniest things I've ever seen, on top of being (very) loosely based on the Odyssey. The period music is a joy, too.
Jim Finley
2023-05-08 07:56:48 +0000 UTCI actually expect this whenever I see the movie now
Anamondaris
2023-04-12 17:50:01 +0000 UTCPlease Please Please if you have not watched O Brother Where Art Thou yet lets give that a run since we're doing Coen Brothers. It's one of my all time faves
mrhalfbit
2023-04-09 07:01:20 +0000 UTCBowski
Kazz
2023-04-04 12:13:00 +0000 UTCI have had it with these monkey fighting snakes on this monday thru friday plane - Sam L Jackson
Eric
2023-04-03 17:28:07 +0000 UTCIt was funny when she called it "semi-comedic" at the beginning. But that's just like, my opinion, man.
Joe Blankenship
2023-04-03 15:39:24 +0000 UTCThis is a great movie, rewatching it made me realise how close it is to The Big Sleep (I men even the title, duh). The plot of the Big Sleep famously doesn’t work but the actors and the dialogue are so good it doesn’t matter. O Brother Where Art Thou, gets my vote if you’re looking to do more Coen Brothers.
Jacob King
2023-04-03 13:56:39 +0000 UTCLove Inherent Vice, so underrated compared to the rest of PTA’s filmography.
Jacob King
2023-04-03 13:38:40 +0000 UTCAwesome!
Kazz
2023-04-03 07:02:55 +0000 UTCYeah I’m not sure I understand what happened in this movie either 😂 But I watched it after smoking, like the Dude intended, and I had a great time 😭
Daniel McGuinness
2023-04-02 03:26:13 +0000 UTCInterestingly, many of the ridiculous things that happened in this movie were based on real people that the Coen brothers knew. The characters of Walter and The Dude were based on people they knew, and there really had their car stolen, a high school textbook was when it was recovered, and they went to the kid’s house where the kid’s father was dying of cancer.
Wex
2023-04-02 01:10:17 +0000 UTCNice.
Nic Benham
2023-04-01 13:52:26 +0000 UTCevery character is a charicature. some are strongly rooted in the 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's. sometimes acting as tho they are in a movie from that era. maude is the most appararent with her transatlantic accent. These are rich layers, but ultimately have nothin to do with the plot. if there was one, that is
Wu Sha Ling
2023-04-01 10:13:03 +0000 UTCJust getting back from a party, great movie to sit back and relax with now! Natalie, as a former film major, I have experienced thinking you've seen a movie that you haven't more times than I can keep track of. You're definitely not alone in your plight. Thanks for the new reaction!
Slick447
2023-04-01 04:59:26 +0000 UTCThanks for watching this with us Nat been a long time since I saw this I was in high school when it came out and my name is Donnie so I heard a lot of stfu Donnie 😄 Enjoying the new feature fridays and hope you are narrowing your watch list down a bit so I can suggest more favorites :)
Athenor
2023-04-01 04:39:57 +0000 UTCLike you, Natalie, this is a movie I felt like I'd seen based on its presence in pop culture and references, but now that I've actually seen it from start to finish, the references do not do it justice, at all. I'm glad I watched it, though like someone else said, I may need to watch it again to fully appreciate it, because it was a lot. And I'm not yet sure if I liked all of it. Except The Dude, he really ties the movie together.
Troy B.
2023-04-01 04:14:28 +0000 UTCThis was the Coen's first release after Fargo was nominated for Best Picture and won 2 Oscars for Francis McDormand (best actress) and Ethan Coen (writing). The disappointment among critics was palpable. I can't recall a movie reviewed so poorly upon its release and going on to classic status in my life, except Blade Runner. It is a movie that gets better and better with repeated watchings, as the details of the plot make themselves clear -- but it is not necessary to understand the plot to enjoy the movie which, as Natalie said, keeps placing the Dude in the middle of a plot he wants no part of...
james repka
2023-04-01 03:56:52 +0000 UTCFun reaction. I enjoyed Nat confidently arguing with Walter when he was saying the toe wasn’t Bunny’s. Btw another movie that’s still very much its own kind of thing but has a lot of similarities with this film is Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice. Worth looking into, would be a fun movie to react to I think. Also would love to see you watch more Coen brothers movies. Inside Llewyn Davis is my personal favourite, famously Oscar Isaac’s breakout lead role. Would also make for a great reaction, but so would basically any Coens film.
Razor Bikini
2023-04-01 03:08:19 +0000 UTCThe anime equivalent of this movie is Gintama.
Nathan Elkin
2023-04-01 01:00:19 +0000 UTCGonna take the opportunity provided by this Jeff Bridges performance to strongly recommend True Grit (2010), a fantastic western with another all-time performance from him.
Erik Stevenson
2023-03-31 23:53:17 +0000 UTCChina did intervene on behalf of North Korea during the korean war
Anthony Lopez
2023-03-31 23:29:18 +0000 UTCIf you want more Sam Elliot I always recommend a 3 episode miniseries with Tom Selleck called The Sacketts based on a couple of Louis L'Amour books about three brothers trying to make their way out west. I think it was combined into a 3 hr movie on Amazon, though. All three actors played a different set of brothers in another L'Amour adaptation called The Shadow Riders.
Ben Wheeler
2023-03-31 23:18:42 +0000 UTCI'm watching this for the millionth time. Never gets old
Fostena
2023-03-31 21:00:13 +0000 UTCxD I'm really happy that you finally got to watch this! The Dude abides.
Logan Kerlee
2023-03-31 20:51:31 +0000 UTCI highly recommend "Miller's Crossing," one of the lesser talked-about Coen Brothers movie, but one of the top three of theirs in my opinion.
Tenn Seven
2023-03-31 20:43:28 +0000 UTCMy favorite scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCcKBcZzGdA
Matthew
2023-03-31 19:58:41 +0000 UTCThis is such a great, iconic film. Gonna watch this reaction soon so don’t know how you felt about it but for me it gets better every time I watch it.
Razor Bikini
2023-03-31 18:58:04 +0000 UTCI really think you nailed it with the review at the end about all this crazy stuff going on but The Dude wanting no part of it but still somehow ending up in the middle of all of it, and then the importance of the narrator as well. He starts the movie hyping up The Dude as "the man for his time and place" and, "he just fits right in there". And it all wraps up at the end with no lesson learned or anything just "The Dude abides" i.e., shit happens, life goes on. As Walter keeps saying throughout the movie, "Fuck it, Dude, let's go bowling".
Darren Jones
2023-03-31 18:37:16 +0000 UTCHearing The Big Lebowski described as "Semi comedic" was very funny.
Myles Away
2023-03-31 18:35:23 +0000 UTCI’m a huge fan of the movie. I own three different versions of the DVD and The Achievers documentary, and I’ve been to three Lebowski Fests in two states, winning 2nd place in the bowling competition at one (1 point behind my friend and lead-off man on my bowling team, The Urban Achievers) and 3rd place in the costume contest at another. I think it’s really tough to get a good reaction out of this particular film because it’s really funny and clever, but not laugh-out-loud funny, and the story keeps introducing you to new characters and developments so you can’t reason out what the heck is going on until the very end. Still a blast and I’m glad Nat enjoyed it, though I sense she’s not going to start calling herself an Achiever.
Wex
2023-03-31 18:20:09 +0000 UTCThat’s just like, your opinion, man. ;-)
Wex
2023-03-31 18:07:25 +0000 UTCLike Nat, this is off those films I was sure I'd seen before, but then when I watched it I realised I had never seen it before...
Baggie Mark
2023-03-31 17:28:06 +0000 UTCThat’s not even a tv dub, just a dub to get the rating down to PG
Tay Schumaker
2023-03-31 17:21:09 +0000 UTCOh, I didn't do a reaction for it (though I considered it). I wonder if I just wasn't in the right mood for it at the time?
Michael G. Munz
2023-03-31 16:40:23 +0000 UTCI also like "Jeeeper creepers, that thing is real?!" from The Matrix.
Nicholas Sulikowski
2023-03-31 16:35:27 +0000 UTCFantastic. I haven’t watched this all the way for almost 20 years I reckon. Perfect opportunity to rewatch one of my favourite comedies of the 90s/all time. ‘The Dude abides’
Harry Reece
2023-03-31 16:34:10 +0000 UTCoft repeated trivia is one of the inside jokes. steve buscemi's previous character carl in fargo didn't shut up. that is why they tell donnie to shut up all the time
Wu Sha Ling
2023-03-31 16:33:44 +0000 UTCcomedy is a odd thing. it's not just you. I would say that over half of all reactions to The Big Lebowski aren't really that good because the reactor didn't really find it funny.
YoureMrLebowski
2023-03-31 16:29:52 +0000 UTCThe Dude Abides I own the Blue Ray in case you wanted to know how I'm watching it
Aaron Taft
2023-03-31 16:27:32 +0000 UTCright up there with "forget this" from galaxy quest.
YoureMrLebowski
2023-03-31 16:26:49 +0000 UTCi'll be there man. 😎
YoureMrLebowski
2023-03-31 16:25:35 +0000 UTCit's not for everyone. however it grows on many people. it's a rare movie that has time on its side. once you get the film, it has immense staying power
Wu Sha Ling
2023-03-31 16:21:47 +0000 UTCA movie that gets better on repeated viewings. An all timer
Tay Schumaker
2023-03-31 16:19:35 +0000 UTCI watched this one for the first time myself a few months ago. I was hyped up about how good it would be, and...for me, it just wasn't that great/fun. I turned it off about 3/4ths of the way through. My question: Is there something wrong with me? :D
Michael G. Munz
2023-03-31 16:12:10 +0000 UTCThanks for sharing Nat! This should be a lot of fun, I am so curious if you do any sing a long stuff with all the amazing music in this movie.
Baron
2023-03-31 16:10:21 +0000 UTCHappy Friday nat will be watching this on weekend probably after the footie so plenty of time to make a cracking snack to enjoy while watching 🙂 have a fantastic weekend and have a fun stream later 🥳
Ian
2023-03-31 16:08:43 +0000 UTC"you're not wrong walter, you're just an *sshole" favorite among many, many quotes
Wu Sha Ling
2023-03-31 16:06:27 +0000 UTC"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps!" One of my favorite TV dubs.
Nicholas Sulikowski
2023-03-31 16:06:25 +0000 UTCOne of my favorite movies
Ksweets
2023-03-31 16:05:40 +0000 UTCHappy Feature Friday Nat. This is a movie I haven't seen, and have never checked out even though I'm a big Jeff Bridges fan, so today is the day 😊 I used to be pretty good at putting names to faces, but I'm really bad at that now 😄 A surreal but never less than entertaining movie today, that made me laugh a lot and I had fun watching it with you. A lot of wacky and fun performances from everyone, and the dialogue had a lot of great lines. Thanks for a really fun reaction today Nat, and thanks for all your great work this week. Have a brilliant weekend Nat 💛
Darryl Low
2023-03-31 16:01:52 +0000 UTC
