[Mr. Blonde]

The Big Lebowski

That's just like your opinion man.


In all honesty it did take me about three viewings before I thought it was one of the funniest things I had ever seen. It takes a while to get over the fact that the plot is practically meaningless.

My overrated list (from looking at IMDB's top 250) is
Citizen Kane
Leon
Donnie Darko
Finding Neverland
and finally I hate Super Troopers.

[Holicheese]

I have to disagree with you on some of those.
Loved Super Troopers, Donnie Darko and really like Citizen Kane.

[Xenalyte]

For "Super Troopers" to work for you, you have to - HAVE TO - turn off your critical-thinking skills. Give in to the stupidity and enjoy yourself! (A few refreshing adult beverages won't hurt the endeavor either.)

[lesser_satan]

Lebowski is one of my faves. John Goodman's best performance ever.

STFU, Donny, you're out of your element.

[HairOfTheDog]

The Big Lebowski

Now that I've seen The Big Lebowski a lot of times, I've decided it's a Free Republic live thread. You've got all the types... The stoner, the know it all hothead vet (shut up Donny you are out of your element), some other minor players who add a little spice here and there, and they're all playing Freeper Detective with their own theories and sub-stories and side arguments about what's going on.

[ecurbh]

The Big Lebowski

Best. Movie. Ever.

Except maybe for Fargo.

[Duke Nukum]

A lot of movies on my list I might like, I just think they're over rated. I liked John Goodman's perform ace but I didn't think it lived up to the hype.

I liked Donnie Darko until I got a recorded call from Jake Gilganhall (sp is seriously messed up) telling me to vote for Kerry.

And from my list, I really, really liked Blade Runner until Scott came out and said that Deckard was supposed to be an android. It's a movie, leave it to the people's imagination and interpretation.

I'll probably revisit both movies when I'm senile. The giant rabbit is cool.

Total Recall might be over rated too but damn, I love that movie!

[SoCal Pubbie]

I'm afraid some people don't just know how much of today's standard cinematic technique owes its very existence to Citizen Kane. Hardly overrated