dear fans of "the big lebowski"

[rone]

What the fuck, over?  This movie is not funny, it is not memorable, and it is not enjoyable.  It's a story that reads like it was written by some pinhead with ADD who heavily self-medicates with marijuana; a ridiculous amount of random things happened for no damn discernible reason or even a more than tenuous connection between them.  I am a charter member of the Jeff Bridges Fan Club and the way he was wasted was nearly criminal, and the same goes for Steve Buscemi.  The movie needed a lot less John Goodman and a lot more John Turturro.  It feels like some film student decided to ape the Coen brothers.  If i hadn't rented this movie for free with a coupon, i would feel totally ripped off.  Something about the movie made me dodge it when it came out, and all the years since, but i finally decided to fill in a gap in my Coen brothers movie track, and now i'm sorry.  I blame all of you jerks.

Oh, by the way, since it seems that "watch it again another 10-40 times and you'll get it" is a really popular suggestion, i have two words for you: Stockholm syndrome.

Comments

Not for Everyone

[venividi.livejournal.com]

I suppose I should read the other comments before I post, but that would not be in the spirit of Lebowski.

There's nothing wrong with not getting the Big L. It's not meant to be understood by everyone. Everything in it, after the initial name confusion, does happen for a discernible reason, but Lebowski is a pinhead with ADD who self-medicates with marijuana, so it's not obvious from his view point what the reason is.

Goodman's character works for me, because I knew guys who came back from 'nam like that.

I won't tell you to see it N more times. If Big L doesn't work for someone on the first run, then it's not for them.

Even the most die-hard Coen brothers fan has a film they don't like. Barton Fink bored me, and Miller's Crossing tried too hard to be a Lynch film.

No disputing taste and all that.

Re: Not for Everyone

[tomscud.livejournal.com]

Dunno. I was bored and annoyed the first time I saw it; the second time (not sure why I watched it a second time - I was unaware of the cult at the time) I found it screamingly funny.

Re: Not for Everyone

[drieuxster.livejournal.com]

This was God's Super Secret Message TO YOU personally, just like to all of the rest of the true True Beleivers, unlike the Evil Ones who oppose the Dude!!!