The Big Lebowski

[StinkyMojo]

"Obviously you're not a golfer."

I always crack up to this line, but I never understand why.
Is The Dude trying to make fun of the guy or is he just a retard?

 

[grohl]

great movie.

 

[pulse8]

Originally posted by: StinkyMojo
"Obviously you're not a golfer."

I always crack up to this line, but I never understand why.
Is The Dude trying to make fun of the guy or is he just a retard?

He's being sarcastic.

 

[Fritzo]

You know, I want to like this movie, I tried to like this movie, but I hated this movie. I don't get it.

I liked Napoleon Dynamite, so I'm into the subtle humor thing, but I just didn't get the popularity of The Big Lebowski

 

[StinkyMojo]

Originally posted by: pulse8

Originally posted by: StinkyMojo
"Obviously you're not a golfer."

I always crack up to this line, but I never understand why.
Is The Dude trying to make fun of the guy or is he just a retard?

He's being sarcastic.

That's what I was originally thinking..

 

[UberNeuman]

"Hey, there's a beverage here!"

 

[KB]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
You know, I want to like this movie, I tried to like this movie, but I hated this movie. I don't get it.

I liked Napoleon Dynamite, so I'm into the subtle humor thing, but I just didn't get the popularity of The Big Lebowski

Obviously, you're not a bowler.

Great movie! Just so sad when Donnie dies.

 

[theprodigalrebel]

It's a good movie but the hardcore adulation does surprise me a little. Take any movie and you will find an even split of people that think it rocks/sucks/is over-rated/is under-rated etc. But The Big Lebowski, Office Space & Pulp Fiction don't seem to suffer from this - they are universally acclaimed while a negligible minority stands confused, wondering what makes it infallible.

 

[SirStev0]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
You know, I want to like this movie, I tried to like this movie, but I hated this movie. I don't get it.

I liked Napoleon Dynamite, so I'm into the subtle humor thing, but I just didn't get the popularity of The Big Lebowski

I think I found your problem... You have no taste...

Nap Dyna wasn't subtle or smart at all... it was easy laughs at the partially retarded kid. Lebowski was incredibly smart and clever. There are jokes in there you that you only catch after repeated viewing... Mix me up a caucasian...

 

[Atheus]

Originally posted by: theprodigalrebel
It's a good movie but the hardcore adulation does surprise me a little. Take any movie and you will find an even split of people that think it rocks/sucks/is over-rated/is under-rated etc. But The Big Lebowski, Office Space & Pulp Fiction don't seem to suffer from this - they are universally acclaimed while a negligible minority stands confused, wondering what makes it infallible.

Pulp Fiction >>>>>>>>>>>> The Big Lebowski, Office Space...

People will still watch Pulp Fiction in 10, 20, 30 years, but Office Space? Has Office Space changed cinema?

 

[theprodigalrebel]

Dude, Pulp Fiction >* - it's my all-time favorite movie. What I was saying is while Office Space may not be one of the best movies ever made, I have never met a person who didn't like it. That's what I was trying to say to Fritzo - The Big Lebowski falls in a similar category.

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: SirStev0

Originally posted by: Fritzo
You know, I want to like this movie, I tried to like this movie, but I hated this movie. I don't get it.

I liked Napoleon Dynamite, so I'm into the subtle humor thing, but I just didn't get the popularity of The Big Lebowski

I think I found your problem... You have no taste...

Nap Dyna wasn't subtle or smart at all... it was easy laughs at the partially retarded kid. Lebowski was incredibly smart and clever. There are jokes in there you that you only catch after repeated viewing... Mix me up a caucasian...

Maybe that's it. I only watched it once. I'll give it another try.

 

[Oceandevi]

Hey, nice marmot!

 

[mugs]

That's a great line in a movie made up almost entirely of great lines.

 

[anxi80]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
You know, I want to like this movie, I tried to like this movie, but I hated this movie. I don't get it.

I liked Napoleon Dynamite, so I'm into the subtle humor thing, but I just didn't get the popularity of The Big Lebowski

yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

 

[SketchMaster]

"Mark it Zero."

 

[Platypus]

My friends died face down in the muck so you could enjoy this nice family restaurant.. I'm finishing my fucking coffee.

 

[LS20]

pulp fiction and big lebowski tie as the most re-watchable, most quotable, best-written dialogue movies ever.

office space trails at 3rd...but these 3 are trifecta

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: Atheus

Originally posted by: theprodigalrebel
It's a good movie but the hardcore adulation does surprise me a little. Take any movie and you will find an even split of people that think it rocks/sucks/is over-rated/is under-rated etc. But The Big Lebowski, Office Space & Pulp Fiction don't seem to suffer from this - they are universally acclaimed while a negligible minority stands confused, wondering what makes it infallible.

Pulp Fiction >>>>>>>>>>>> The Big Lebowski, Office Space...

People will still watch Pulp Fiction in 10, 20, 30 years, but Office Space? Has Office Space changed cinema?

I watched it with a guy who hadn't worked in an office since 1982 (switched to contracting), and he was still cracking up over it.

 

[Flyback]

"Nihilists! F*ck me. I mean, say what you like about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it's an ethos. "

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

I love you Walter but sooner or later you're going to have to face the fact that you're a Goddamn moron!

 

[Mr Incognito]

Wow, I'm having a stoner moment here and forgetting the song that reminded me of the Big Lebowski. Something about California I think and it was kind of slow and kind of country. I'll know in an hour.

 

[Flyback]

"Will you come off it walter, You're not even f*ckin jewish, man."
"What the f*ck are you talkin about?"
"Man, you're f*ckin' Polish Catholic."
"What the f*ck are you talkin about. I converted when I married Cynthia. Come on dude."
"Ya ya ya ya"
"You KNOW this."
"Ya and five f*ckin years ago you were divorced."
"So what are you saying -- When you get divorced you turn in your library card? You get a new license? You stop being Jewish? ...."

:laugh:

 

[ForumMaster]

Originally posted by: Fritzo

Originally posted by: SirStev0

Originally posted by: Fritzo
You know, I want to like this movie, I tried to like this movie, but I hated this movie. I don't get it.

I liked Napoleon Dynamite, so I'm into the subtle humor thing, but I just didn't get the popularity of The Big Lebowski

I think I found your problem... You have no taste...

Nap Dyna wasn't subtle or smart at all... it was easy laughs at the partially retarded kid. Lebowski was incredibly smart and clever. There are jokes in there you that you only catch after repeated viewing... Mix me up a caucasian...

Maybe that's it. I only watched it once. I'll give it another try.

yeah i agree with SirStev0. Nap Dyn was a stupid movie cause it all it does is laugh at a retarded kid. The Big Lebowski belongs to an elite group of movies that don't really have a plotline but because of that, and how well they are done, are some of the best movies.

it's not like Pulp Fiction really has a creative story line. Took me a few times to get it and i still don't understand what the connection between Bruce Willis and John Travolta and his buddy Jackson is.

 

[shortylickens]

Originally posted by: Atheus

Originally posted by: theprodigalrebel
It's a good movie but the hardcore adulation does surprise me a little. Take any movie and you will find an even split of people that think it rocks/sucks/is over-rated/is under-rated etc. But The Big Lebowski, Office Space & Pulp Fiction don't seem to suffer from this - they are universally acclaimed while a negligible minority stands confused, wondering what makes it infallible.

Pulp Fiction >>>>>>>>>>>> The Big Lebowski, Office Space...

People will still watch Pulp Fiction in 10, 20, 30 years, but Office Space? Has Office Space changed cinema?

Theres plenty of movies that have sucked balls and still changed cinema.
I dont watch a movie because it changed the world.
I watch a movie to be entertained.
Office Space entertains.

Which is the whole reason people started making movies to begin with.