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

[opadit.livejournal.com]

But to reply to your actual comment, I saw Miller's Crossing for the first time a month or so ago, and I think it's brilliant. It's not very likeable -- which shouldn't be the biggest factor when you're deciding whether or not something is good. On a few levels, I thought it was superior to Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?, because I think it had more things to say, and deeper things to say. And frankly, though I'm a great fan of bluegrass music, I honestly think the Miller's Crossing music is better, too.

And it had Gabriel Byrne.

[qwrrty.livejournal.com]

Oh, I entirely agree that whether the movie is likeable shouldn't be confused with whether it is good or well done -- I have seen plenty of movies that were very well done and thought-provoking, yet very difficult and unpleasant to watch. (Take, for example, Lars von Trier's entire fucking career.)

Anyway, I found Miller's Crossing still aimless and uninteresting on a second viewing, which has not been the case for me with most Coen movies. If I still have the DVD I'll give it a third try on your suggestion. It may well be that I just wasn't looking for meaning in the right places.