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Summary: Dude here.
Review: Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski is a bowler mistaken by a duo of mobsters for Jeff Lebowski, the millionaire. They demand repayment of a loan "The Dude" knows nothing about. While he tries to explain their mistake, the millionaire's daughter is kidnapped, and the kidnappers send her severed toe in the mail with a ransom note.This is somewhat the plot of the movie. I say some what because the Coen Brothers (makers of Fargo, O Brother Where Art Thou, Blood Simple) let the actors show off 1st then they move onto the plot. The plot is behind the acting, directing, and score to this orginal comedy. The actors make this movie. Jeff Bridges is literaly the Dude. His only worried about his car, bowling, and drinking White Russians. He is spaced through out most of the movie....simply Oscar worthy. Walter is played by the big intemidating John Goodman. Walter is a vet who relates everything back to the war and simi-die hard Jew. Every time he yeld at Donny to "Shut the _____ up!" I started cracking up. Donny is played by Steve Busimmi in a small role but you love him anyway. Other noteworthy people are: Philp Seymore Hoffman, Tera Reid, Sam Elliot, and Julian Moore. So like I said the charecters make this movie, but in the same sense could break it if you don't like or can't relate to them. With that said enjoy this highly entertaning pice of comical brillence that it is.
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Summary: The Dude Abides
Review: Okay, so I'm addicted to Coen Brothers films. I've seen every one made and I'm proud to say that they are all fine pieces of work. Out of every Coen Bros. movie, my favorite by far is "The Big Lebowski". Released in 1998, the movie became an instant cult hit and it's not hard to see why. The story revolves around an aging hippie named Jeff Lebowski, otherwise known as the Dude. He's an unemployed, pot-smoking bowler who just so happens to have the same last name as a wealthy man. Bunny, the other Lebowski's wife (played by Tara Reid), owes money all over town, particularly to a known pornographer. The pornographer, thinking the Dude is the Lebowski he's after, sends some goons to collect money. After discovering that they have the wrong guy, the goons pee on the Dude's favorite rug. On top of that, Bunny is apparently kidnapped and the other Lebowski hires the Dude to drop the ringer and get her back. This starts a chain of events that introduces the Dude to toe-cutting Nihilists, weird artists and a slew of other interesting characters. Then there's the Dude's best bowling buddies, Walter (a short-tempered Vietnam vet) and Donnie (a shy pushover), played by John Goodman and Steve Buscemi. It's so funny to watch Walter constantly berate Donnie for "being out of his element". Out of all the characters in the movie, my favorite is Jesus Quintana, played by the ultratalented John Turturro. The scene where Quintana warns Walter about "flashing a piece on the lane" made me roll on the floor. It's a classic line. This is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. Definantely worth the view and the buy. To all those like the Coen Brothers or just a good laugh in general, I have four words...Go Buy This Movie!!! You won't regret it.
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Summary: Hated it at first, love it now
Review: Although I hated this movie the first time I watched it, "The Big Lebowski" moved to the top of my favorite comedy list after just one more viewing. Jeff Bridges stars as "The Dude," a hippy slacker who divides his time between getting high, drinking White Russians, and bowling in a league with his two offbeat friends, played by John Goodman and Steve Buscemi. After The Dude gets mistaken for a wealthy cripple with the same name, he gets drawn into an elaborate kidnapping scheme, and all kinds of shananigans ensue. While Bridges plays the loveable loser perfectly, it is the side characters who steal the show in this one. Goodman as the Vietnam vet / Jewish convert is absolutely hilarious, as is his feeble-minded sidekick, played by Buscemi. John Turturro, playing Jesus the pedophile bowling competitor, is brilliant as well. You may not have loved this movie the first time you watched it, but give it another chance. "The Big Lebowski" is a classic in my mind, and is highly recommended for anyone looking to laugh and to discover the source of so many one-liners repeated constantly by Lebowski fans.
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Summary: funniest, best written movie in a long time
Review: This movie is so funny and genius you have to see it
a few times to really appreciate how well it is
written and how great the acting is. Everyone should
own a copy, and on those days that you're feeling
kinda down and stressed out, you throw this movie
in and "The Dude" will make it all seem better.
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Summary: man that lives alone ...on his last dollar
Review: see him in his getto life .....best enjoyed by loosers like me. ALL DUDES are loosers. being alone rules see the movie.
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Summary: After a day of gettin' eaten by the b'ar...
Review: nothin' beats watching this movie. I start laughing as soon as I push play.
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Summary: "Sometimes You Eat the Bar, Sometimes the Bar Eats You"!
Review: The inventive minds of the Coen brothers have brought us some unbelievebly brilliant films in the past. Everything from the suspenseful film noir "Blood Simple" to the hilarious "O Brother Where Art Thou?" But by far my favorite Film of thier's is the hippie, fever dream of a movie, known as "The Big Lebowski"."The Big Lebowski" is the Coen Brother's homage/spoof of the old Raymond Chandler detective novels.But instead of a tough gritty private eye we get an old burnt out hippie (known as The Dude) who has a passion for interleague bowling.The poor guy gets drawn into a convoluted mystery when his rug is soiled ("the rug tied up the entire room, man") and he is mistaken for a millionaire named Lebowski.From that moment on the Dude goes through a crazy quilt of a city known as Los Angeles encountering every weirdo that the full moon can bring out (feminist artists, pornographers, a gang of nihilist Germans etc.)Actor Jeff Bridges is wonderful as the Dude. Nobody seems to want to leave this poor guy alone! He is thrown into a mystery when all he wants to do is bowl and get stoned! Special mention should be made of actor John Goodman, who plays the Dude's totally obnoxious, Vietnam obsessed, buddy.Goodman practically steals the film as he rants and raves and keeps getting the Dude into deeper and deeper trouble.Everything in this film is well done including a smart script, inventive set design, phantasmagoric, dream-like, special effects and a wonderful soundtract that includes Bob Dylan, Ry Cooder, CCR and the Gypsy Kings.This movie is dead on funny and will leave you laughing even after multiple viewings.Buy this movie!
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Summary: Don't read this review
Review: Without a doubt the acsolute best movie ever in the entire world. A trifle of a film, marvelous and spectacular. The director and producer and writers, the coens, did a tremendous job and there is not one act I can perform to show them my appreciation for giving me this gift of a histerical and bueatifully crafted master piece. No other movie can compare. The ending is the best ending ever, because if you notice, there really is no ending. What happens to the rug? Do they win the tournament? The coffee can scene is the best scene in anymovie any where in the entire world. WATCH THIS MOVIE AND YOU WILL THANK YOURSELF FOR SITTING THROUGH IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: Excellent Performances, Dialogue, Cinematography
Review: This is another masterful work from the Coen Brothers loosely in the style of their previous comedies. The characterizations are fantastic, and are magnificently portrayed by Turturo, Goodman, Bridges, and Buschemi. The camera work is also wonderful: take the scene that introduces Turturo in the bowling alley...fantastic application of both motion and cutaways. And of course, the dialogue is typically brilliant Coen. "I'm the dude, so that's what you call me, you know? Uh, that or uh, his dudeness, or uh, duder, or uh, you know, el duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing."
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Summary: Hilarious!
Review: Amazingly funny, *GREAT* performances (especially from John Goodman and John Turturro) and extremely well-written. I appreciate something different everytime I watch it, but I always laugh. The whole thing starts with Bridges' character, Jeff Lebowski (who insists on being addressed as "The Dude"), being attacked by a pair of thugs who are unknowingly looking for a DIFFERENT Jeff Lebowski. The story is full of ridiculous coincidences like this and branches off into all sorts of outrageous and creative subplots. The characters are all very unique and most of the comedy comes from their interaction with each other, which is obviously very enjoyable to watch. The DVD includes a nice making-of/interview featurette... but as always, I would've loved to see more. Highly recommended; those easily offended by bad language may not have as much fun as my wife and I did. For more of the same, see Raising Arizona or O Brother, Where Art Thou? Brilliant.
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