A Good Man, and Thorough: The Genius of ‘The Big Lebowski’

A great look back on the genius of the Coen brothers laugh-riot film, "The Big Lebowski."

I've loved this filmmaking duo since well before "Fargo" (still warms my heart to the core hearing that my bro's father-in-law thought that this was the most disgusting, worthless film he ever partially watched...poor baby) and this one tickled my funny bone nearly as much as "Raising Arizona." Jeff Bridges' best film since "Starman," and Goodman also kills it.

20 year anniversary. Dang...I feel so old now. ;)

https://www.theringer.com/movies/201...-room-together

Yep, that's one of my all-time faves. Pretty much every fly-fishing bro under about 40 in a trucker hat, flannel shirt and "bro-beard" (not me, but I try to keep up with the young bucks) knows it by heart, and can drop the quotes for every situation.

No doubt, but "Raising Arizona" is by far my favorite of their movies, though I'm probably biased as I've lived in Arizona most of my life and can quote the whole movie.

I watched the Big Lebowski with Robert Williams, half a year ago.
Great movie!

I thought this was probably the most appropriate place for this YouTube link:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WqntP9WTZuk

Huh?.....I don’t know if it’s relevant.

What IS relevant anymore, Tc! :rofl2:

Pretty sure not much. Let’s see, good whiskey, good women, and Harley’s.

Oh brother where art thou?

If there was a forum on the internet for Cohen brothers’ films which had a thread on shaving I guess I would have put it there....but all I could find was a shaving forum with a thread on the Cohen brothers.

No one does irony better that the Coen brothers. Raising Arizona was brilliant. Yet to watch "The big Lebowski"
Still waiting on the next Fargo.

"Okay then" :D

So we finally got the third series of Fargo here on Netflix. A good watch.
Another one on there right now is 'The ballad of Buster Scruggs'
Absolutely brilliant and well worth viewing. A series of short stories set in a western movie.
Coen brothers at their best..

I also enjoyed Buster Scruggs this weekend along with Godless. Both were superbly done and very entertaining.

Thanks for reminding me of the Fargo TV series. I've only seen the debut season with Ted Danson which was awesome, so I look forward to catching the 2nd and 3rd if they are similarly engaging.

:popcorn:

They absolutely are worth watching.. Will have to check out "Godless" when I get a chance.

Ahh... Big Lebowski... I have a Pub called "Big Lebowski" on my block - extremely chilled-out place, serving the White Russian as a drink of the house. I have to say I visit them quite frequently :D

So, what's going on in this thread?

;)

Nice avatar :beer1:

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Ahh... Big Lebowski... I have a Pub called "Big Lebowski" on my block - extremely chilled-out place, serving the White Russian as a drink of the house. I have to say I visit them quite frequently :D

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The abovementioned pub:
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About a decade ago, a few friends and I were at our local watering hole, and we started writing Big Lebowski haikus. Many I won't share because of the colourful language, but here is a sampling of the cleaner poems:

You're Lebowski, man
I'm the Dude, or Duder, or
El Duderino

Hows it going dude
Strikes and gutters, ups and downs
The dude shall abide

It's a complex case
Lots of ins and lots of outs
Lots of what-have-you's

Jesus Quintana
Eight year olds, dude. Eight year olds.
That creep can roll man

Maude lebowski
Her work is quite vaginal
Does that word scare you?

Why am I failing
To write Lebowski haikus?
That's laughable, man.