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The Big Lebowski
Interminably dull. Watching it made sense of why the people bigging it up were stoned..
That's just like....your opinion man
Sorry I just can't agree with this one. Stoned or not, that movie is absolutely fantastic. I'm trying to do some mental gymnastics to empathize with people who disliked it....but I can't....movie is just one of the best. There's no getting around it :-/
Well for some people the word vagina scares them. It is a misconception that feminists don't like coitus.
The whole scene with Julianne Moore there is so quotable. I say "He fixes the cable?" to just about anything remotely resembling "You can imagine what happens next."
That's a fair criticism. It's the anti-noir which by definition means that the mystery isn't smart or sexy. It's a bunch of idiots and coincidences that resolve their problems through happenstance. I happen to be one of the people who finds those idiots unbelievably engaging. Honestly there's a lot of similarity to Seinfeld
Obligatory "well that's just like, your opinion, man."
I think you hit the nail on the head answering OP’s question, sorry you didn’t like it! To be fair it wasn’t popular when it came out and became a cult classic in the 00s. I think it captures an absurdist side of America of the 90s (not to mention starring Buscemi, one of my favorite actors)… bowling alleys for social meet ups, roughneck Vietnam vets, drug-slipping Porn kingpins. I watch it maybe a couple times a year when I have a hankering for a White Russian :)
I'll watch it again at some point so my review is under review
I was reading the comments expecting this movie to pop up. I only watched half, because it wasn't interesting enough, but also want to re-watch because maybe I was just not ready or something ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I was looking for this answer.
I tend to like these "slow" types of movies, like Napoleon Dynamite. Maybe it's because I find the characters unrelatable I don't like it? I was honestly waiting for the good part, but every part that was even mildly interesting, I just... Didn't care about any of the characters and didn't care about whatever was happening.
How do you feel about other Coen brothers movies?
Fargo - fantastic
Oh Brother Where Are Thou - not very memorable
Burn After Reading - funny and entertaining but not very memorable
No Country For Old Men - one of the best films of the 21st century
Not very memorable? Yeesh. I could probably quote-along O Brother's entire length, and tbe soundtrack is phenomenal.
I feel the reason that this movie is so good is because it is almost 100% exactly as the story in book
Buster scruggs needs some love
All excellent. Best is ladykillers, then hudsucker proxy.
Hudsucker is such a great film. I didn't care for much of their stuff but that and Lebowski were great.
Fwiw, I wasn't sure about it at all, first time round. Liked it more the second time and every time since.
I up voted you bcz I want others to see how wrong and correct you are.
I always think of The Big Lebowski as a Fletch remake.