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‘The Big Lebowski’ Turns 20, But Why Are People Still Obsessed with the Coen Brothers’ Super Chill Classic?
1 posted on 03/06/2018 2:16:39 PM PST by Kid Shelleen
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To: Kid Shelleen

Dumb then, dumb now.


2 posted on 03/06/2018 2:18:14 PM PST by freedumb2003 (obozo took 8 years to try to destroy us. Trump took 1 to rebuild us. MAGA!!)
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To: Kid Shelleen

I’ve never seen it but have watched a fair amount on YouTube excerpts.


3 posted on 03/06/2018 2:19:34 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Kid Shelleen

The Dude abides...


4 posted on 03/06/2018 2:20:07 PM PST by TomServo
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Because they have no brain nor anything better to do?


5 posted on 03/06/2018 2:22:18 PM PST by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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6 posted on 03/06/2018 2:22:20 PM PST by Red Badger (The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
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Fargo
Oh Brother where are Thou

Great stuff

but Lebowski - I just did not get it.


7 posted on 03/06/2018 2:22:39 PM PST by Jolla
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"Why Are People Still Obsessed?"

Because it's about bowling, man. I mean like, who doesn't enjoy a movie about bowling?
8 posted on 03/06/2018 2:24:06 PM PST by Garth Tater (End the Fed. Return to Constitutional governance.)
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Well, because man...it’s like, the best movie ever man.


12 posted on 03/06/2018 2:25:46 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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Like many Coen Brothers movies, The Big Lebowski doesn't seem to have a strong central story or plot, but manages to capture the quirkiness of everyday life with their characters.

The way The Dude and Walter play off each other is at the heart of the charm of this movie. They are quite different personalities, and fight through most of the film, but they seem to reflect many real life friendships that are complicated.

A lot of the movie is silly, or downright weird. And Jeff Bridges and John Goodman are always fun to watch.

18 posted on 03/06/2018 2:27:02 PM PST by Repealthe17thAmendment
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It was Southern California neurotic apathy to a “T.”


20 posted on 03/06/2018 2:27:54 PM PST by TTFlyer
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One of the greatest movies ever. It should be absolutely terrible, but you can’t stop watching it.


21 posted on 03/06/2018 2:28:01 PM PST by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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One of my favorite movies of all time. One I seek to own. Absolutely hilarious.

A satire of the slacker doofus lifestyle.


22 posted on 03/06/2018 2:28:25 PM PST by RinaseaofDs
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See references to it constantly, but just another movie I have never seen.


33 posted on 03/06/2018 2:38:11 PM PST by doorgunner69 (Give me the liberty to take care of my own security..........)
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To: Kid Shelleen

Fun movie. I liked it.


34 posted on 03/06/2018 2:39:53 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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“No, Donny, these men are nihilists, there’s nothing to be afraid of.”


38 posted on 03/06/2018 2:43:44 PM PST by Flag_This (Liberals are locusts.)
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In this scene, in which Labowski dreamed he was a rolling bowling ball, Jeff Bridges' wife, who was on the set that day, had the extras stuff their garments with abundant extruding fake hair as a practical joke.

43 posted on 03/06/2018 2:45:58 PM PST by Theophilus (Repent)
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45 posted on 03/06/2018 2:47:08 PM PST by moehoward
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I always think of this movie in the same vein as "Napoleon Dynamite." Not really much of a plot, just a lot of bizarre slice-of-life interactions.

But I love "Napoleon Dynamite." I hated "Lebowski" and still do. I don't know why. But hey, that's just ... like ... my opinion.

50 posted on 03/06/2018 2:51:32 PM PST by IronJack (A)
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One of the two or three funniest movies I have ever seen.


55 posted on 03/06/2018 2:57:22 PM PST by Charles Henrickson
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I guess I’ll mix up a White Russian......a fella could do worse.


56 posted on 03/06/2018 3:00:50 PM PST by dainbramaged (Get out of my country now)
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