Also during the sequence where Lebowski gets drugged, the dancers pulled a prank on Jeff Bridges by stuffing various wigs in their underwear so that most of the hairs were spilling out. Bridges was obviously the only one who could see it and he had to act amazement while trying not to laugh.
George laughing uncontrollably at the Dude's door security failing while Simone stared open mouthed with WTF written all over her face might be my favorite minute of any reaction I've seen from you guys yet. It's one of my favorite gags, and I'm glad you enjoyed it as much as I did.
When you think about how much time and energy the Dude put into blocking that door, only to screw up something as basic as which way it opens. That's such a classic stoner move.
After Donny doesn’t get a strike he goes to sit down behind Dude and Walter. If you watch him in the background you see Donny having pain or something in his left arm which is a early warning sign of a heart attack.
"Human paraquat!" Paraquat was a herbicide the US government once used to spray Mexican marijuana fields. It would kill the crops...or sometimes poison users. In the Dude vernacular: "You're killing my buzz." 😆
@@Toksyuryel No. As with most Coen Bros. films, the script is exactly as written. Most of the characters were written specifically for the actors that played them.
“Is this the first time Walter’s right?” The best thing is it’s actually the first time he’s wrong. All his crazy ramblings in the film are actually the things that happen
Nah, Walter is wrong a lot of the time. He's wrong about Bunny kidnapping herself, wrong about little Larry (admittedly so is the Dude), and wrong about if the Big Lebowski can walk. The only thing he is 100% right on is the toe thing, which he accurately described down to the correct details.
The chair/door scene and ashes scene always have the same effect on me that they had on George. And I was tearing up laughing along with George all over again. So funny!
There’s a limit. It’s like drug tolerance. If you reach the tolerance stage, wait a year or so before watching it again. It sort of refreshens it if you forget about it for a while.
I find that to be very true. The first time I watched it, I enjoyed it but not as much as the second time I saw it, and on and on. I find that true of all of the Coen Brothers films as well.
The trio of Bridges, Goodman and Buscemi is the stuff of legend.. Up until I saw this film, of all the people though I never really thought that Jeff has such comedy chops. It was a true joy to share this reaction, and George I'm glad you reacted to the door trap the same way I did.
This is literally Jeff “The Dude” Bridges’ most iconic role since it was pretty much written for him and he brought his own clothes for The Dude to wear haha.
In southern California around L.A. and Malibu, the wind blows in from the ocean about 90% of the time. So when they try to pour the ashes into the ocean, it will blow back in your face just about every time. People usually go out in a boat for ashes.
Legit makes me so happy that you both watched and enjoyed this. 😀 This one is an experience and yeah, it's FILLED with common sayings. I'll watch the full reaction later on today. Y'all rock!
After several re-watches of this film I have concluded that the fancy joint holder the Dude is using in the bath, is in fact the clip he uses to keep his hair out of his face while bowling.
One of the most quotable movies of all time. It was a stroke of genius to take oldschool mystery/noir tropes and put them through the filter of modern-day California. All the twists the plot takes (Lebowski isn't actually rich, what happened to the briefcase, etc.) don't really matter because the mystery of what happened to Bunny was never important, and instead of a cast of suspicious characters it's just a bunch of weird California stereotypes.
Actually, Robert Altman took the old school mystery/noir tropes and put them through the filter of (then) modern-day California in the 1973 film "The Long Goodbye" with Elliot Gould, a major inspiration for this movie. Highly recommended!
0:12 Funny story, back in college I took a Gangster/Detective film class one summer, basically we watched and evaluated the different aspects of different films in the genre. The final film we watched that semester was The Big Lebowski! Apparently it can be classified as a detective film 😂
@@iantellam9970 it’s one big nihilistic satire of the genre, my favourite bit had to be The Dude trying to see what Jackie Treehorn sketched only to see it’s a dude with a big boner, literally the only “detective” work he does in the film when the rest of the movie he isn’t doing anything but gets bounced around from one bizarre situation to the next.
The mustached man is legendary actor Sam Ellott. The mustache is his trademark. In the movie Mask, he wore a t-shirt that said Free Mustache Rides so Cher took one.
I've been watching movies since 1969 and this one remains in the #1 spot for re-watchability. It somehow gets better with each viewing, even after dozens of times.
The Coen Brothers are known for making odd, but great, films. My personal favorite is "O Brother Where Art Thou" and it wasn't one I was interested in until I learned it was a modern-ish (1930s) take on Homer's "The Odyssey." Very glad I gave it a chance.
I didn't fully click with 'O Brother ...' but maybe I need to rewatch it. Great performances and soundtrack, but not sure what I didn't vibe with. I'll give it another go soon-ish.
"Raising Arizona" was my introduction to the Coen Brothers and is still one of my favorite movies. The first time I watched "The Big Lebowski," I was expecting something closer to "Raising Arizona" so I was kind of meh on it. But, for some reason, I kept wanting to watch it again. The second time I saw it, it clicked hard and also became a favorite. I really enjoyed "O Brother..." but it's not one I go back to. I may have to give it another chance as well now that a few years have passed since I saw it. The Coens very rarely (if ever) go wrong. Sometimes their movies just have to grow on me a little.
@@jksgameshelf3378 Cohen brothers films have that effect. Most of their films dont become fully appreciated until they been out for a few years. This film included. They seem to require a certain perspective from the audience to fully grasp their tone and meaning.
I thinks this might be John Goodmans best role. Also as a kid i never understood why my dad this movie was so hilarious but now I do. I think you have some people in life ‘pee on your rug’ to get it 😆
As far as Cohen movies, they have a tendency to stick with the same actors... U'll notice that Goodman, Turturro, Buscemi (as well as Holly Hunter) appear in multiple Cohen brothers movies
@@jksgameshelf3378 Have you seen his cameo in Rocky and Bullwinkel? FBI Agent: "But I really am Agent Sympathy!" Cop arresting her: "Yes Mam, and I'm really John Goodman."
@@dernwine - Haha, I have not and not sure I'll make time to watch that film anytime soon. But, I trust your take on it. I've never seen him be anything but outstanding ... well, maybe in The Flinstones, but not his fault, really.
19:28 is just... perfect. The fact that he only JUST did something after numerous break-ins, the AWFUL job he did even if the door had opened the other way, the fact that his door isn't even fucking locked and the timing from when he leaves the frame and they immediately enter. The joke is super Tom & Jerry, but he actually lives there and still fucks it up this hard. It's just so much in such a short period of time, you could have it happened in Airplane. I love this movie.
I would LOVE to see them react to "Raising Arizona." To this day, decades later, I can still throw out quotes from that film and my friends and I will instantly devolve into laughter. I love "The Big Lebowski" and "Fargo" is great but "Raising Arizona" has permanent residence in my top movies list.
I love the Corn bros. This and No Country For Old Men are my favorites, but I genuinely think Barton Fink is underrated. John Goodman is fucking amazing.
I think the best explanation I've ever heard for this movie is something like "The plot keeps trying to happen, with exposition and plot devices being presented to The Dude, but because of his, ahem, "relaxed" personality, he is unaffected by it so things just sort of happen around him." I'm butchering it, but something like that. The plot is trying and failing to engage the protagonist.
Yet, if I remember correctly, the narrative device is that of the old gumshoe detective films - that the protagonist is usually in every scene driving the plot. As you mentioned, the Dude refuses to engage with the plot; a discrete discord is created because culturally we're used to this narrative frame of reference having a protagonist engaging heavily with the plot .
On the one hand, it's a film noir from the point of view of a dude who doesn't actually care about the caper. On the other hand, it's a philosophy exposition. If you look at the Dude as Bhudda and Sam Elliott as god, we have Jesus, we have the nihilists (they believe in nothing), Donny is agnostic (he doesn't care and isn't affected by it all, but we are all affected by the circle of life), Walter is a moral absolutist (there are rules!). The "rich" Lebowski worships money and status while Bunny is a hedonist.
OMG you guys don't know Sam Elliott!? He's such a badass and he shows up in tons of movies! Smoothest, richest voice ever. The new 1883 show is amazing and he is a prominent character but he has done a ton of work. Watch Roadhouse, he and Patrick Swayze are going to have an effect on Simone guaranteed!
This is easily the best reaction I've seen of this film. Kudos to Simone for picking up on Donny's last roll on first viewing. In a film jam packed with quotable lines, so I'll mention one that doesn't get nearly enough attention: Dude: "Smokey has emotional problems, man" Walter: "You mean, beyond Pacifism?"
The shortest Nihilist of the three . . . was played by Flea, the bass player for The Red Hot Chili Peppers; and the girlfriend who gave her little toe was Aimee Mann, singer songwriter AND the lead vocalist/bass player for the 80s band 'til Tuesday.
I think a detail that gets overlooked is the porn is called 'loggjammin' but has nothing to do with logging or trees or anything, but is about the cableman which has plenty of opportunities for wordplay.
A friend and I were just wandering around, bored one summer afternoon in '98, and decided to go see a couple of movies that we knew nothing about. Ones that had little to no tv promotion. One was The Big Lebowski. The other was Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Both became instant favorites for years to come. Both really strange but funny and engaging. I hope you get to see Fear and Loathing at some point. I'd love to get your reactions to it. Really great job on this one.
This is my depression movie. If I'm feeling like shit mentally, I'll just put this on in the background while I work and most of the time it really helps. Great reaction.
Went to a Lebowskifest once. People dressed as their favorite character.... a guy wearing prison stripes with a LP necklace (a felon with a record) and a guy dressed as the earth holding an aspirin bottle with a 🚫 across it (a world of pain) were favorites.
Also, I realised how much this film had become a cult classic after seeing VW trailers shown before films at the cinema covering people attending festivals and gatherings centered around Jeff Bridge's character. Even my local bar started showing the film once a year and everyone would attend in dressing gowns and drinking white russians.
The spreading of ashes episode happened to my sisters ashes. It was on a windy mountain ridge. We were all covered in our sister. Disturbing and funny at the same time.
Julianne Moore is doing a Mid-Atlantic/Trans Atlantic accent. It used to be quite popular in "elite" circles up until the mid 50s or so. You can hear it in many older movies. The last people of note who spoke like that were Roscoe Lee Browne, William F. Buckley (both deceased) and strangely enough Marianne Williamson (still very much alive).
The bearded cowboy is Sam Elliot, when he asked the Cohens what his character actually is they couldn’t really tell him either. They left it at always wanted to make a movie with Sam so they made this part for him, the narrator/cowboy
The hint at 17:45 that the Dude's prostate got some attention from the doctor is in the choice of CCR song playing on the the car stereo: "Lookin' Out My Back Door." ;)
Raising Arizona is a great early Coen Brothers film I think you guys may enjoy. Buster Scruggs is a newer film of theirs that is also good. Actually I like all of their films lol.
Some fun facts: there is a “sequel” focused on The Jesus (called The Jesus Rolls) Also, the German with the sword is played by Flea, once the bass player of UK SUBS and later the bass player for Red Hot Chili Peppers
All the discussion about this movie's plot? This movie is like Pulp Fiction: It has no plot, what's interesting are the characters and conversations It's usually described as a movie where a plot keeps trying to happen to The Dude and he just isn't interested
25:04...Paraquot was an industrial strength herbicide that I think was banned many many years ago (possibly in the 1990s). Maybe that's what the Dude was referring to? 🤔
I think a similarly amazing weird movie is The Grand Budapest Hotel by Wes Anderson. I think it's even closer to this eccentricity than other Cohen films.
One cool thing about this movie is that every time the Dude says anything significant, it was taken from someone else’s quote in a previous scene in the movie. One example is when he tells Mr Lebowski that this aggression will not stand, he heard former President Bush say it on TV while he was at Ralph’s buying Half & Half in the beginning of the movie.
5:40 Nixon installed a bowling alley in the White House basement in 1969. Truman had one put in the West Wing originally, but it had been taken out by then.
My favorite comedy of all time... so glad you guys liked it. I saw this in theaters my senior year of high school ('98) and didn't know a thing about it, but I've loved it ever since. The dream with The Dude in the bowling ball from his perspective on the big screen made me super queasy lol
You individually portrayed the two emotions I feel when Donny's ashes blow into Lebowski's face so well. XD Really glad you liked this one! Great movie! Definitely recommend more Coen Brothers!! Oh Brother Where Art Thou is a great one!
Since I left a long rambling comment on Patreon, I won't fully repeat it here, other than to say I really hope you watch more Coen brothers films. I think you would especially love 'Fargo' and 'Raising Arizona' (John Goodman is so good in that one and his first of many appearances in their films). Also, their film 'No Country for Old Men' is my favorite film of all time (well, for now) and it's a master class in every aspect of filmmaking. Definitely NOT a comedy, though, but so suspenseful. My ex-wife (well, the second one) and I had our birthday party at the bowling alley where they shot this film before they sadly - and stupidly - tore it down. They gave us a bowling pin for all the guest to sign that I still have.
As someone who has followed your channel from the beginning its so great to see you guys reacting to what is to me and a lot of people my favourite movie ever and enjoy it as much as we did! Favourite reaction yet!!!
Two of my friends showed me this movie because they referenced it all the time and I didn't know what they were talking about. When the ferret scene happened, we had to pause the movie so I could get myself together because I absolutely lost it. One of the funniest things/most bizarre ideas for a scene I've witnessed.
Have to admit, half the reason I enjoy these videos is definitely Simone's opening and thumbnails! Please react to "The Men Who Stare At Goats" as it is one of the funniest "may/may not be true" stories.
The incredible Phillip Seymour Hoffman. He is like a tertiary {at best} character in this film. And plays every frame of every scene like he is the star!
Maude Lebowski (Julienne Moore) is speaking with what’s called a Mid-Atlantic accent, which is an artificial accent that blends British and American accents (hence the name). It was used a lot in movies from the 1930s and ’40s to mark a character as being highly educated and/or upper class, and since it was just an auditory trope, it basically no longer exists (one character from the later seasons of _Bojack Horseman_ uses it, but that’s because she’s a parody of Hildegard Johnson (Rosalind Russell) in _His Girl Friday_ from 1940). The dream sequence with all the bowling imagery is _also_ a throwback to that era. The big dance number with dozens of women in fancy costumes was very popular in those days, and you can see the specific “camera dives between a bunch of women’s legs” shot at around the 1 minute mark of this trailer for _42nd Street_ from 1933: ruclips.net/video/AHxPXq5J_mQ/видео.html
The great thing about the scene where the Dude is flying under the girls dresses is all the girls decided to pull this prank by putting fake hair in their underwear and didn't tell Jeff. So when they were shooting the scene Jeff was trying to stay in character while seeing all those girls having "massive bushes"
This wasn't a well known or popular movie when it came out but it sure had a strong fan base that loved it from day 1 including myself. Bought it right away.
Awesome reaction! Now you're ready for my favorite Coen Brothers film, 'Miller's Crossing'. It's a hyper-stylized Prohibition gangster film that sports some of the best dialogue ever!
Paraquat is a herbicide that is widely used by farmers to save arduous labor, protect against invasive weeds and produce agronomically important crops. Sooo.... he's a weed-killer? i like it.
I think the movie title is a play on "The Big Sleep". Edit: if you think John Goodman is menacing in this, you should watch the Coen Brothers classic Barton Fink!
12:25 The way Maude Lebowski is talking is called a Mid Atlantic Accent. Kathryn Hepburn did it long ago. Frasier did it as well. It's almost sorta kinda British while remaining American.
The Big Lebowski (David Huddleston) played Kevin's grandfather in a few episodes of The Wonder Years. Anyway, this movie is a classic. I didn't quite know what to make of it when it first came out but it's become a favorite over the years.
The only time donny misses a strike is right before his heart attack :( glad you noticed, poor heart could take all the verbal abuse but missing that strike really killed him *insert rimshot*
Someone rewrote this as a Shakespeare play called "Two Gentlemen of Lebowski: A Most Excellent Comedie and Tragical Romance" and it slaps. A couple of acting troupes have even performed it.
the intro was funny btw the cowboy is Sam Elliot Known for his voice and Mustache nice patron read off George I didn't thinkk this movie could be more enjoyable to watch till watching this reaction to it. Thanks for the good time.
The most original _film noir_ I've ever seen. Brilliant stuff. Hell, they've even got the Sydney Greenstreet character in his white suit! (And I will watch any Jeff Bridges movie just to watch his freak out.)
Well, another great one in the books. That was Sam Elliott with the famous voice and 'stache. Want another great (loosely based) movie with bowling? Try Kingpin with Woody Harrelson and Bill Murray.
Great reaction, y'all! I love "The Big Lebowski" and it was fun to see you experience it for the first time. For another Coen Brothers movie that I think you'll really enjoy, check out "Raising Arizona" with Nicolas Cage. It's the movie that introduced me to the Coen Brothers and is amazing. Everything about it is slightly cartoony and unhinged, a little bit magical, and full of amazing and ridiculous quotables. You will have a good time with it, guaranteed.
I think my favourite thing about your channel is when I see what film you're about to watch and I'm thinking "You two are in for a treat, you're simply gonna love this...."
I think the great thing about this movie is how effortless it is. The cool, the style and the funny just flows, it doesn't feel desperate to present itself as these things, it just feels natural. A lot of media, both big and small screen fall in to this trap now, falling over itself to show itself cool or stylish.
If you loved this, then I highly recommend Fargo, Burn After Reading, O Brother Where Art Thou, Intolerable Cruelty and-for something much more serious in tone-No Country For Old Men.
Fun facts: the F-bomb is dropped 260 times and you never see the Dude bowl!
Also during the sequence where Lebowski gets drugged, the dancers pulled a prank on Jeff Bridges by stuffing various wigs in their underwear so that most of the hairs were spilling out. Bridges was obviously the only one who could see it and he had to act amazement while trying not to laugh.
Fun fact two…they didn’t give the landlord a dance to do!
you got to try the drinking every time they use the f word you take a drink
And there is only one scene in which the dude isnt on the screen: When the german Nihilists order pancakes at the Diner.
George laughing uncontrollably at the Dude's door security failing while Simone stared open mouthed with WTF written all over her face might be my favorite minute of any reaction I've seen from you guys yet. It's one of my favorite gags, and I'm glad you enjoyed it as much as I did.
In the theater I did the same as George. I was a carpenter at the time.
When you think about how much time and energy the Dude put into blocking that door, only to screw up something as basic as which way it opens. That's such a classic stoner move.
@@jculver1674 Yes, then to trip over the stop on the floor later. Two laughs for the price of one activity. Hilarious. Hilarious movie.
I laughed right along with him and I could tell for the next few min, he didn’t see jack shit on that screen. Lol!!! That’s how good jokes get me too.
Same with the ashes blowing into the dude's face. He is in tears laughing, she it horrified
***Donny misses the strike*** Simone: "That's the worst thing that happened to him...in this movie" Well. Up to that point.
An important theme of this film that makes the story depressing I feel is "stupidity"
Stupidity cost an innocent man's life.
That's the only ball in the game that isn't a strike. It's an omen. The look of confusion on Donnie's face, and then he dies in the next scene.
Well that's just like your opinion man 😀
After Donny doesn’t get a strike he goes to sit down behind Dude and Walter. If you watch him in the background you see Donny having pain or something in his left arm which is a early warning sign of a heart attack.
First time he missed. THey foreshadowed it well
Every line is quotable. The performances are perfect. There will never be another film like it.
F**ing A.
“Let’s not forget Dude, LET’S NOT FORGET DUDE, that umm, that keeping…you know…amphibious…within the city…that ain’t legal either…”
I cannot agree with something more than this.
This is not Vietnam. This is bowling. There are rules.
Do you see what happens, Larry?
“Is that the tumble weed that’s narrating?”
Probably the best description of Sam Elliot I’ve ever heard.
I mean.... Yeah, kinda actually. lol
Simone: "Just pay him back for the fucking rug, man."
*Dude Assimilation complete*
Resistance is futile
It really tied the whole room together!
"Human paraquat!" Paraquat was a herbicide the US government once used to spray Mexican marijuana fields. It would kill the crops...or sometimes poison users. In the Dude vernacular: "You're killing my buzz." 😆
there are commercials on the radio for a class action lawsuit for paraquat and I always think of this movie when I hear it. :D
Bridges adlibbed the "human paraquat" line. The Coen brothers usually don't want that in their movies, but they liked it and kept it in.
@@izzonj Didn't Bridges pretty much ad lib the entire movie?
@@Toksyuryel No. As with most Coen Bros. films, the script is exactly as written. Most of the characters were written specifically for the actors that played them.
R.I.P. Philip Seymour Hoffman 😢 Such a terrific actor.
"The suck zone"
This reaction really tied the channel together 🤣
XD
Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
"He fixes the cable?"
"Don't be fatuous, Jeffrey."
I say these all the time.
"Oh, god--Lodged WHERE?!"
“Is this the first time Walter’s right?”
The best thing is it’s actually the first time he’s wrong. All his crazy ramblings in the film are actually the things that happen
Nah, Walter is wrong a lot of the time. He's wrong about Bunny kidnapping herself, wrong about little Larry (admittedly so is the Dude), and wrong about if the Big Lebowski can walk. The only thing he is 100% right on is the toe thing, which he accurately described down to the correct details.
@@ericjohnson9623 "wrong about little Larry"
Larry did steal the Dude's car and the briefcase but the briefcase didn't have any money in it.
I choose to believe he's wrong about Smokey being over the line.
Kinda 50-50 but truly loves his friends,is all good.
@@fakeyf2 Guessing he meant the part where Walter smashes up that Corvette?
Love the appreciation for Sam Elliots mustache. One of the best in Hollywood.
I always think of Sam Elliott in Gettysburg.
The chair/door scene and ashes scene always have the same effect on me that they had on George. And I was tearing up laughing along with George all over again. So funny!
George's reaction to the door was incredible.
It really is one of the greatest visual gags on film.
Yes, and also when he tries to figure out what Jackie treehorn wrote down. Any time the dude tries to do something proactive it turns to shit.
Someone might have mentioned this already, This movie gets better every time you re-watch it !!!!
There’s a limit. It’s like drug tolerance. If you reach the tolerance stage, wait a year or so before watching it again. It sort of refreshens it if you forget about it for a while.
This is absolutely true. Am I wrong?
I find that to be very true. The first time I watched it, I enjoyed it but not as much as the second time I saw it, and on and on. I find that true of all of the Coen Brothers films as well.
Is... is your user pic the castle from Dragon's Lair? :D
George repeatedly losing it during this movie... so funny. 😀
The trio of Bridges, Goodman and Buscemi is the stuff of legend.. Up until I saw this film, of all the people though I never really thought that Jeff has such comedy chops. It was a true joy to share this reaction, and George I'm glad you reacted to the door trap the same way I did.
This is literally Jeff “The Dude” Bridges’ most iconic role since it was pretty much written for him and he brought his own clothes for The Dude to wear haha.
@@andrewburgemeister6684 That's commitment to character.. hehehe
Smokey, this is not Nam. This is bowling, there are rules." 😂
In southern California around L.A. and Malibu, the wind blows in from the ocean about 90% of the time. So when they try to pour the ashes into the ocean, it will blow back in your face just about every time. People usually go out in a boat for ashes.
Legit makes me so happy that you both watched and enjoyed this. 😀 This one is an experience and yeah, it's FILLED with common sayings.
I'll watch the full reaction later on today.
Y'all rock!
After several re-watches of this film I have concluded that the fancy joint holder the Dude is using in the bath, is in fact the clip he uses to keep his hair out of his face while bowling.
One of the most quotable movies of all time. It was a stroke of genius to take oldschool mystery/noir tropes and put them through the filter of modern-day California. All the twists the plot takes (Lebowski isn't actually rich, what happened to the briefcase, etc.) don't really matter because the mystery of what happened to Bunny was never important, and instead of a cast of suspicious characters it's just a bunch of weird California stereotypes.
Actually, Robert Altman took the old school mystery/noir tropes and put them through the filter of (then) modern-day California in the 1973 film "The Long Goodbye" with Elliot Gould, a major inspiration for this movie. Highly recommended!
The Mcguffin is the million dollars, and it turns out all of them want it, and no one has it.
That’s just, like, your opinion man.
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Funny story, back in college I took a Gangster/Detective film class one summer, basically we watched and evaluated the different aspects of different films in the genre. The final film we watched that semester was The Big Lebowski! Apparently it can be classified as a detective film 😂
Well the plot is inspired by The Big Sleep, a classic detective novel. So you could consider it a parody of the genre.
@@iantellam9970 it’s one big nihilistic satire of the genre, my favourite bit had to be The Dude trying to see what Jackie Treehorn sketched only to see it’s a dude with a big boner, literally the only “detective” work he does in the film when the rest of the movie he isn’t doing anything but gets bounced around from one bizarre situation to the next.
@@iantellam9970 Its more of a deconstructionist take on film noir than a parody.
@@nathanpapp432 Yes. That’s a better description. ‘Parody’ didn’t seem quite right. :)
@@iantellam9970The Big Sleep is great
The mustached man is legendary actor Sam Ellott. The mustache is his trademark. In the movie Mask, he wore a t-shirt that said Free Mustache Rides so Cher took one.
He had a spare t-shirt in her size?
One of my all time favourite movies. You gotta love the Dude! And the pouring out of Donny's ashes is a moment of cinematic brilliance!
I've been watching movies since 1969 and this one remains in the #1 spot for re-watchability. It somehow gets better with each viewing, even after dozens of times.
The Coen Brothers are known for making odd, but great, films. My personal favorite is "O Brother Where Art Thou" and it wasn't one I was interested in until I learned it was a modern-ish (1930s) take on Homer's "The Odyssey." Very glad I gave it a chance.
I didn't fully click with 'O Brother ...' but maybe I need to rewatch it. Great performances and soundtrack, but not sure what I didn't vibe with. I'll give it another go soon-ish.
Raising Arizona get slept on a lot. But that movie us what made me fans of the Cohens. So Fargo was great as well.
"Raising Arizona" was my introduction to the Coen Brothers and is still one of my favorite movies. The first time I watched "The Big Lebowski," I was expecting something closer to "Raising Arizona" so I was kind of meh on it. But, for some reason, I kept wanting to watch it again. The second time I saw it, it clicked hard and also became a favorite. I really enjoyed "O Brother..." but it's not one I go back to. I may have to give it another chance as well now that a few years have passed since I saw it. The Coens very rarely (if ever) go wrong. Sometimes their movies just have to grow on me a little.
@@jksgameshelf3378 Cohen brothers films have that effect. Most of their films dont become fully appreciated until they been out for a few years. This film included.
They seem to require a certain perspective from the audience to fully grasp their tone and meaning.
I Brother Where Art Thou...next please.
"Hey this is a private residence, man." Is such a great thing to say when a random dude breaks into your home and starts smashing shit 🤣
I thinks this might be John Goodmans best role.
Also as a kid i never understood why my dad this movie was so hilarious but now I do. I think you have some people in life ‘pee on your rug’ to get it 😆
He's great in pretty much everything he does, but I love him in 'Raising Arizona' and 'Barton Fink' if we're sticking with the Coen brothers films.
As far as Cohen movies, they have a tendency to stick with the same actors... U'll notice that Goodman, Turturro, Buscemi (as well as Holly Hunter) appear in multiple Cohen brothers movies
@@jksgameshelf3378 Have you seen his cameo in Rocky and Bullwinkel?
FBI Agent: "But I really am Agent Sympathy!"
Cop arresting her: "Yes Mam, and I'm really John Goodman."
@@dernwine - Haha, I have not and not sure I'll make time to watch that film anytime soon. But, I trust your take on it. I've never seen him be anything but outstanding ... well, maybe in The Flinstones, but not his fault, really.
Have you seen all of Goodman’s movies? If not, you have no frame of reference.
19:28 is just... perfect. The fact that he only JUST did something after numerous break-ins, the AWFUL job he did even if the door had opened the other way, the fact that his door isn't even fucking locked and the timing from when he leaves the frame and they immediately enter. The joke is super Tom & Jerry, but he actually lives there and still fucks it up this hard. It's just so much in such a short period of time, you could have it happened in Airplane. I love this movie.
Coen's brother's films are amazing. Fargo is fantastic (as is the series). Raising Arizona makes this movie look normal and is also an awesome film.
I would LOVE to see them react to "Raising Arizona." To this day, decades later, I can still throw out quotes from that film and my friends and I will instantly devolve into laughter. I love "The Big Lebowski" and "Fargo" is great but "Raising Arizona" has permanent residence in my top movies list.
@@johnplaysgames3120 The Hudsucker Proxy too, an underrated movie
@@johnplaysgames3120 Raising Arizona was the first Coen Bros. film I saw - it was my favorite as a kid and is still as good as it ever was.
I love the Corn bros. This and No Country For Old Men are my favorites, but I genuinely think Barton Fink is underrated. John Goodman is fucking amazing.
@@brewdaly1873 Barton Fink and Miller's Crossing are for sure underrated.
I think the best explanation I've ever heard for this movie is something like "The plot keeps trying to happen, with exposition and plot devices being presented to The Dude, but because of his, ahem, "relaxed" personality, he is unaffected by it so things just sort of happen around him."
I'm butchering it, but something like that. The plot is trying and failing to engage the protagonist.
A plot is trying to happen but the Dude is having none of that.
The dude just smokes weed & tumbles wherever the plot blows him.
The Dude abides. That is the theme.
Yet, if I remember correctly, the narrative device is that of the old gumshoe detective films - that the protagonist is usually in every scene driving the plot.
As you mentioned, the Dude refuses to engage with the plot; a discrete discord is created because culturally we're used to this narrative frame of reference having a protagonist engaging heavily with the plot .
On the one hand, it's a film noir from the point of view of a dude who doesn't actually care about the caper. On the other hand, it's a philosophy exposition. If you look at the Dude as Bhudda and Sam Elliott as god, we have Jesus, we have the nihilists (they believe in nothing), Donny is agnostic (he doesn't care and isn't affected by it all, but we are all affected by the circle of life), Walter is a moral absolutist (there are rules!). The "rich" Lebowski worships money and status while Bunny is a hedonist.
"The mustache guy." I suddenly have a powerful need for them to watch "Tombstone", "Gettysburg". and "We Were Soldiers."
21:38 bowling is a natural, zesty enterprise
OMG you guys don't know Sam Elliott!? He's such a badass and he shows up in tons of movies! Smoothest, richest voice ever. The new 1883 show is amazing and he is a prominent character but he has done a ton of work. Watch Roadhouse, he and Patrick Swayze are going to have an effect on Simone guaranteed!
This is easily the best reaction I've seen of this film. Kudos to Simone for picking up on Donny's last roll on first viewing.
In a film jam packed with quotable lines, so I'll mention one that doesn't get nearly enough attention:
Dude: "Smokey has emotional problems, man"
Walter: "You mean, beyond Pacifism?"
The shortest Nihilist of the three . . . was played by Flea, the bass player for The Red Hot Chili Peppers; and the girlfriend who gave her little toe was Aimee Mann, singer songwriter AND the lead vocalist/bass player for the 80s band 'til Tuesday.
I think a detail that gets overlooked is the porn is called 'loggjammin' but has nothing to do with logging or trees or anything, but is about the cableman which has plenty of opportunities for wordplay.
I'm surprised this was the first time either of you had seen (and heard) Sam Elliot. Great actor and one of the most recognizable voices ever.
I used to live down the street from John Goodman. He’s super cool.
A friend and I were just wandering around, bored one summer afternoon in '98, and decided to go see a couple of movies that we knew nothing about. Ones that had little to no tv promotion. One was The Big Lebowski. The other was Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Both became instant favorites for years to come. Both really strange but funny and engaging. I hope you get to see Fear and Loathing at some point. I'd love to get your reactions to it. Really great job on this one.
Fear and loathing and Blow. Two Johnny Depp movies that have been an all time favourite. I would love to see them react to both at some point.
Coen Bros and Terry Gilliam. Now THAT'S a combination. Superb.
This is my depression movie. If I'm feeling like shit mentally, I'll just put this on in the background while I work and most of the time it really helps. Great reaction.
Went to a Lebowskifest once. People dressed as their favorite character.... a guy wearing prison stripes with a LP necklace (a felon with a record) and a guy dressed as the earth holding an aspirin bottle with a 🚫 across it (a world of pain) were favorites.
Also, I realised how much this film had become a cult classic after seeing VW trailers shown before films at the cinema covering people attending festivals and gatherings centered around Jeff Bridge's character. Even my local bar started showing the film once a year and everyone would attend in dressing gowns and drinking white russians.
There are bars and restaurants around the world that are entirely themed around The Big Lebowski. I went to one in Reykjavík in March.
The spreading of ashes episode happened to my sisters ashes. It was on a windy mountain ridge. We were all covered in our sister. Disturbing and funny at the same time.
Julianne Moore is doing a Mid-Atlantic/Trans Atlantic accent. It used to be quite popular in "elite" circles up until the mid 50s or so. You can hear it in many older movies. The last people of note who spoke like that were Roscoe Lee Browne, William F. Buckley (both deceased) and strangely enough Marianne Williamson (still very much alive).
The bearded cowboy is Sam Elliot, when he asked the Cohens what his character actually is they couldn’t really tell him either. They left it at always wanted to make a movie with Sam so they made this part for him, the narrator/cowboy
"Shamus" is an old term for a private investigator. If you watch some old Bogart movies, like The Big Sleep or The Maltese Falcon, you'll hear it.
One of Mr Goodmans best roles :)
This is a good channel! And Thorough!
And Thorough
The hint at 17:45 that the Dude's prostate got some attention from the doctor is in the choice of CCR song playing on the the car stereo: "Lookin' Out My Back Door." ;)
Raising Arizona is a great early Coen Brothers film I think you guys may enjoy. Buster Scruggs is a newer film of theirs that is also good. Actually I like all of their films lol.
Some fun facts: there is a “sequel” focused on The Jesus (called The Jesus Rolls)
Also, the German with the sword is played by Flea, once the bass player of UK SUBS and later the bass player for Red Hot Chili Peppers
All the discussion about this movie's plot? This movie is like Pulp Fiction: It has no plot, what's interesting are the characters and conversations
It's usually described as a movie where a plot keeps trying to happen to The Dude and he just isn't interested
The story is ludicrous
25:04...Paraquot was an industrial strength herbicide that I think was banned many many years ago (possibly in the 1990s). Maybe that's what the Dude was referring to? 🤔
23:08 George's mind is ALWAYS working the plot
The coffee mug bit is directly out of Raymond Chandler's The Long Goodbye.
I think a similarly amazing weird movie is The Grand Budapest Hotel by Wes Anderson. I think it's even closer to this eccentricity than other Cohen films.
That one was surprising, all across the board. I'll second the reccomendation.
One cool thing about this movie is that every time the Dude says anything significant, it was taken from someone else’s quote in a previous scene in the movie. One example is when he tells Mr Lebowski that this aggression will not stand, he heard former President Bush say it on TV while he was at Ralph’s buying Half & Half in the beginning of the movie.
If you pause at 4:33, that's how I feel when new people discover the Big Lebowski
5:40 Nixon installed a bowling alley in the White House basement in 1969. Truman had one put in the West Wing originally, but it had been taken out by then.
My favorite comedy of all time... so glad you guys liked it. I saw this in theaters my senior year of high school ('98) and didn't know a thing about it, but I've loved it ever since. The dream with The Dude in the bowling ball from his perspective on the big screen made me super queasy lol
30:52 That's what people mean when they ask "Do you listen, or do you just wait for your chance to speak?"
Smoke a bowl AFTER! No no no... during... "The Dude abides..."
Why can't I re-like this reaction? I LOVE this movie - and your reaction!
Raising Arizona is the best comedy from the Coen Bro's. IMO.
The Big Lebowski is great too.
It would be hard for me to call this or Raising Arizona as better than the other. They are equally great.
thank God we don't have to choose, right?
You individually portrayed the two emotions I feel when Donny's ashes blow into Lebowski's face so well. XD
Really glad you liked this one! Great movie! Definitely recommend more Coen Brothers!! Oh Brother Where Art Thou is a great one!
Since I left a long rambling comment on Patreon, I won't fully repeat it here, other than to say I really hope you watch more Coen brothers films. I think you would especially love 'Fargo' and 'Raising Arizona' (John Goodman is so good in that one and his first of many appearances in their films). Also, their film 'No Country for Old Men' is my favorite film of all time (well, for now) and it's a master class in every aspect of filmmaking. Definitely NOT a comedy, though, but so suspenseful. My ex-wife (well, the second one) and I had our birthday party at the bowling alley where they shot this film before they sadly - and stupidly - tore it down. They gave us a bowling pin for all the guest to sign that I still have.
O Brother Where Art Thou.... let's not forget that one. Proby my personal Cohen favorite
As someone who has followed your channel from the beginning its so great to see you guys reacting to what is to me and a lot of people my favourite movie ever and enjoy it as much as we did! Favourite reaction yet!!!
Two of my friends showed me this movie because they referenced it all the time and I didn't know what they were talking about. When the ferret scene happened, we had to pause the movie so I could get myself together because I absolutely lost it. One of the funniest things/most bizarre ideas for a scene I've witnessed.
Paraquat was an herbicide used on marijuana crops back in the 70's and '80s.
Have to admit, half the reason I enjoy these videos is definitely Simone's opening and thumbnails!
Please react to "The Men Who Stare At Goats" as it is one of the funniest "may/may not be true" stories.
The incredible Phillip Seymour Hoffman.
He is like a tertiary {at best} character in this film. And plays every frame of every scene like he is the star!
This is a movie that gets funnier every time you watch it
Maude Lebowski (Julienne Moore) is speaking with what’s called a Mid-Atlantic accent, which is an artificial accent that blends British and American accents (hence the name). It was used a lot in movies from the 1930s and ’40s to mark a character as being highly educated and/or upper class, and since it was just an auditory trope, it basically no longer exists (one character from the later seasons of _Bojack Horseman_ uses it, but that’s because she’s a parody of Hildegard Johnson (Rosalind Russell) in _His Girl Friday_ from 1940).
The dream sequence with all the bowling imagery is _also_ a throwback to that era. The big dance number with dozens of women in fancy costumes was very popular in those days, and you can see the specific “camera dives between a bunch of women’s legs” shot at around the 1 minute mark of this trailer for _42nd Street_ from 1933: ruclips.net/video/AHxPXq5J_mQ/видео.html
Jennifer Jason Leigh uses a similar accent in the Coen Bros.’ ‘The Hudsucker Proxy’.
The great thing about the scene where the Dude is flying under the girls dresses is all the girls decided to pull this prank by putting fake hair in their underwear and didn't tell Jeff. So when they were shooting the scene Jeff was trying to stay in character while seeing all those girls having "massive bushes"
25:01 When The Dude says "human paraquat" he's referring to the herbicide paraquat which is a chemical US government used to kill marijuana plants.
This wasn't a well known or popular movie when it came out but it sure had a strong fan base that loved it from day 1 including myself. Bought it right away.
17:35 CCR makes everyone happy, man.
Awesome reaction! Now you're ready for my favorite Coen Brothers film, 'Miller's Crossing'. It's a hyper-stylized Prohibition gangster film that sports some of the best dialogue ever!
Excellent film!
‘Miller’s Crossing’ is my favorite gangster film, and I love gangster films.
Paraquat is a herbicide that is widely used by farmers to save arduous labor, protect against invasive weeds and produce agronomically important crops. Sooo.... he's a weed-killer? i like it.
the drude abides
This might be my favorite reaction to this movie
Y’all seem like you had so much fun with it
Reminded me of the first time I watched it
"the Dude abides" so does this movie ,so many great lines .
I think the movie title is a play on "The Big Sleep". Edit: if you think John Goodman is menacing in this, you should watch the Coen Brothers classic Barton Fink!
12:25 The way Maude Lebowski is talking is called a Mid Atlantic Accent. Kathryn Hepburn did it long ago. Frasier did it as well. It's almost sorta kinda British while remaining American.
Great movie, and if you want to see another film from the Coen brothers , then I would like to recommend Raising Arizona from 1987.
Larry's homework is in the dude's car because he stole it. The assumption that Larry has the money was of course incorrect
The thumbnail really tied the video together.
The Big Lebowski (David Huddleston) played Kevin's grandfather in a few episodes of The Wonder Years.
Anyway, this movie is a classic. I didn't quite know what to make of it when it first came out but it's become a favorite over the years.
The only time donny misses a strike is right before his heart attack :( glad you noticed, poor heart could take all the verbal abuse but missing that strike really killed him *insert rimshot*
Jeff Bridges should win every acting award ever for his performance.
Coen bros second film 'Raising Arizona' is well worth considering.
Someone rewrote this as a Shakespeare play called "Two Gentlemen of Lebowski: A Most Excellent Comedie and Tragical Romance" and it slaps. A couple of acting troupes have even performed it.
This is classic Cohen Bro movie. Genius IMO. Of you love this movie, you should watch Raising Arizona and Fargo.
the intro was funny btw the cowboy is Sam Elliot Known for his voice and Mustache nice patron read off George I didn't thinkk this movie could be more enjoyable to watch till watching this reaction to it. Thanks for the good time.
The most original _film noir_ I've ever seen. Brilliant stuff. Hell, they've even got the Sydney Greenstreet character in his white suit! (And I will watch any Jeff Bridges movie just to watch his freak out.)
Well, another great one in the books. That was Sam Elliott with the famous voice and 'stache. Want another great (loosely based) movie with bowling? Try Kingpin with Woody Harrelson and Bill Murray.
Great reaction, y'all! I love "The Big Lebowski" and it was fun to see you experience it for the first time. For another Coen Brothers movie that I think you'll really enjoy, check out "Raising Arizona" with Nicolas Cage. It's the movie that introduced me to the Coen Brothers and is amazing. Everything about it is slightly cartoony and unhinged, a little bit magical, and full of amazing and ridiculous quotables. You will have a good time with it, guaranteed.
Yeah they absolutely have to do Raising Arizona!
I think my favourite thing about your channel is when I see what film you're about to watch and I'm thinking "You two are in for a treat, you're simply gonna love this...."
Nice Queens of the Stone Age shirt 🤘
I think the great thing about this movie is how effortless it is. The cool, the style and the funny just flows, it doesn't feel desperate to present itself as these things, it just feels natural. A lot of media, both big and small screen fall in to this trap now, falling over itself to show itself cool or stylish.
If you loved this, then I highly recommend Fargo, Burn After Reading, O Brother Where Art Thou, Intolerable Cruelty and-for something much more serious in tone-No Country For Old Men.
Oooh… I second that Intolerable Cruelty nomination! Grossly overlooked masterpiece by the Coen Bros.
@@davidmcleod5133 You want overlooked? Check out Inside Llewyn Davis. Same music producer as Oh Brother Where Art Thou.
O Brother, Where Art Thou 100%. Absolutely amazing movie.