I just don't 'get' The Big Lebowski

[BrokenVisage]

I thought some of the scenes were funny, I enjoyed the senseless swearing as much as the next guy, but I just didn't get the movie and it's appeal. I watched it for a second time yesterday to maybe try and better understand it at a slightly older age, and it still baffled me. I like the actors and I understood the plot and all.. I just don't 'get it', why is this movie so popular or is it just a cult thing like Donnie Darko?

 

[Accipiter22]

ditto.

 

[T3C]

never seen it

 

[iamwiz82]

What's not to get?

Say what you like about the tenets of National Socialism; at least it's an ethos!

 

[Scarpozzi]

The Dude objects to your lack of understanding. You're out of your element.

 

[BrokenVisage]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
What's not to get?

I mention it twice in the OP.. I don't get the appeal and fascination with it pretty much, that's all. I 'understand' it fine.

 

[BrokenVisage]

Originally posted by: Scarpozzi
The Dude objects to your lack of understanding. You're out of your element.

hehe.

 

[NissanGurl]

But the rug tied the whole room together!!

 

[bradruth]

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
I thought some of the scenes were funny, I enjoyed the senseless swearing as much as the next guy, but I just didn't get the movie and it's appeal. I watched it for a second time yesterday to maybe try and better understand it at a slightly older age, and it still baffled me. I like the actors and I understood the plot and all.. I just don't 'get it', why is this movie so popular or is it just a cult thing like Donnie Darko?

Duuuude...Duuuuuuuude...Duuuuuuuuuuuude...you're being very un-Dude.

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
What's not to get?

I mention it twice in the OP.. I don't get the appeal and fascination with it pretty much, that's all. I 'understand' it fine.

http://www.site73.com/index.php/m/Article/a/Display/id/156

 

[Poulsonator]

My wife is the same way. When we saw it in the theater in '98, she walked out saying "WTF?". Of course, I laughed and really enjoyed it. I still do.

Personally, I think the movie is a cult classic because of the the "quotability", the acting performances, the star-studded cast, and the shear lunacy of it all. Oh, and it's a movie almost exclusively about drugs. Drugs are good, mm-kay?

 

[MageXX9]

Kind of like Seinfeld or a Tarintino film

 

[iamwiz82]

Miterate: The desire to urinate.
Corvettes in 1991 cost 60,000 depending on the options
A White Russian is often referred to as a Caucasian
Always check the suitcase for money before you go on a ransom mission as courier
Art trash people are damn scary
The term 'banging' is a parlance of our times
The cable man never fixes the cable in porn movies
The machine Mr. Sellers was in during their talk with Larry was an iron lung.
You get your car smashed when you 'fsck a stranger in the ass'.
Topless women on trampolines can only be afforded by porn producers and Hugh Hefner
The Malibu chief of police is a Facist
There is a Spanish version of Hotel California

 

[yobarman]

Hahaha... that movie gets better no matter how many times I watch it. It's one of the best comedys off all time, and you really have to take in the suble moments to appreciate it.

 

[MX2]

Did you have to have The Dukes of Hazzard explained to you also?

 

[iamwiz82]

"A bulk of the series Dude."


:laugh:

 

[Inappropriate4AT]

I didn't realize this movie was "popular" but I sure as hell liked it. John Goodman tucking and rolling with the rifle going off was fvckin hilarious.

 

[JoPh]

"you dont fcuk with the jesus"

there is nothing to get. its like getting napoleon dynamite. it just good cause its good.

 

[DannyBoy]

The what?

 

[iamwiz82]

The Dude: It's like what Lenin said... you look for the person who will benefit, and, uh, uh...
Donny: I am the walrus.
The Dude: You know what I'm trying to say...
Walter Sobchak: That fscking bitch...
Donny: I am the walrus.
Walter Sobchak: Shut the fsck up, Donny! V.I. Lenin. Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov!

 

[Jeraden]

I don't get it either and consider it one of the most overhyped movies out there. Everyone seems to love it and I can't figure out why. I didn't find it particularly funny, thought it was more annoying than anything else.

Runner up as most overhyped movie: Waiting for Guffman, or really any of the Christopher Guest movies.

 

[Epic Fail]

Try to watch it with something in your body system, you will appreciate it more.

 

[funkymatt]

take lebowski challenge. drink a white russian every time the dude has one. smoke a j every time the dude does. guaranteed madness.

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

It's like a friend of mine said... It's just a slice of the Dude's life. Nothing more. Nothing less.

BL = one of my top ten favs. Love that movie.

"Smokey, this isn't 'Nam. This is bowling. There are rules."

 

[chrisms]

Originally posted by: funkymatt
take lebowski challenge. drink a white russian every time the dude has one. smoke a j every time the dude does. guaranteed madness.

Or just drink every time someone says "Dude"