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Mar 6, 2013 9:57 AM
The Big Lebowski turns 15 today. Still one of my favorite movies, I think I could darn near quote the whole thing.

Not sure it's my favorite Coen Brothers film - it's toward the top, but they've had so many good ones over the years.



What's your favorite Coen Bros. movie?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coen_brothers#Filmography
Mar 6, 2013 9:57am
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Mar 6, 2013 10:14 AM
gorocks99;1401195 wrote:Not sure it's my favorite Coen Brothers film - it's toward the top
Yeah? Well, you know,thats just like, uhh... your opinion man.
Mar 6, 2013 10:14am
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Mar 6, 2013 10:15 AM
The Big Lebowski is a great movie, but I will never understand the cult following it has. It's not that​ great.
Mar 6, 2013 10:15am
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Mar 6, 2013 10:15 AM
This is the first thing that comes to mind when I see/hear the Dude Abides:



And now I want Melt.
Mar 6, 2013 10:15am
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Mar 6, 2013 10:18 AM
Scarlet_Buckeye;1401210 wrote:The Big Lebowski is a great movie, but I will never understand the cult following it has. It's not that​ great.
I did not see it when it came out, but I heard about how great it was so I watched it. (maybe 5 years ago?) I don't get the love.
Mar 6, 2013 10:18am
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Mar 6, 2013 10:18 AM
Scarlet_Buckeye;1401210 wrote: It's not that​ great.
ZWICK 4 PREZ;1401209 wrote:Yeah? Well, you know,thats just like, uhh... your opinion man.
This
Mar 6, 2013 10:18am
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Mar 6, 2013 10:20 AM
Scarlet_Buckeye;1401210 wrote:The Big Lebowski is a great movie, but I will never understand the cult following it has. It's not that​ great.
Mar 6, 2013 10:20am
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Mar 6, 2013 10:27 AM
Raising Arizona is my favorite Coen movie
Mar 6, 2013 10:27am
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Mar 6, 2013 10:32 AM
It would probably be #2 for me behind Fargo. No Country for Old Men is up there too. Their worst for me was easily Burn After Reading it had some great actors in it but I just thought it was an awful awful movie.
Mar 6, 2013 10:32am
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Mar 6, 2013 10:32 AM
Very very overrated movie. On a good day, it's average.
Mar 6, 2013 10:32am
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Mar 6, 2013 10:33 AM
FatHobbit;1401214 wrote:I did not see it when it came out, but I heard about how great it was so I watched it. (maybe 5 years ago?) I don't get the love.
I did this exact same thing.
Mar 6, 2013 10:33am
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Mar 6, 2013 10:42 AM
My top 5 in order:</SPAN>
1) Fargo</SPAN>
2) No Country for Old Men</SPAN>
3) Raising Arizona</SPAN>
4) Big Lebowski</SPAN>
5) True Grit</SPAN>
Mar 6, 2013 10:42am
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Mar 6, 2013 10:57 AM
dlazz;1401243 wrote:Very very overrated movie. On a good day, it's average.
Yeah, well that's just your opinion man.

IMO it is one of the best screenwriting in modern film. It isn't a particularly approachable film. If it is the fist Coen Bros. movie one has seen I can see how it doesn't quite appeal. But aside from the perfect dialogue and pacing, there is an underlying religious context. And it is probably the most accurate portrayal of Los Angeles.
Mar 6, 2013 10:57am
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Mar 6, 2013 10:59 AM
Lebowski is a good film. For me there is Fargo and then everything else. Fargo is the nearest thing to a perfect film there is.
Mar 6, 2013 10:59am
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Mar 6, 2013 11:04 AM
Dr Winston O'Boogie;1401284 wrote:Lebowski is a good film. For me there is Fargo and then everything else. Fargo is the nearest thing to a perfect film there is.
Agreed. I can see how the subject matter could turn people off (and the accents). But it is nearly a flawless film.
Mar 6, 2013 11:04am
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Mar 6, 2013 11:06 AM


I really want a sweater jacket like that.
Mar 6, 2013 11:06am
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Mar 6, 2013 11:07 AM
Dr Winston O'Boogie;1401284 wrote:Lebowski is a good film. For me there is Fargo and then everything else. Fargo is the nearest thing to a perfect film there is.
Oh yea? Geez.
Mar 6, 2013 11:07am
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MontyBrunswick

Mar 6, 2013 11:14 AM
Manhattan Buckeye;1401283 wrote:Yeah, well that's just your opinion man..
That was already said. Pay attention
Mar 6, 2013 11:14am
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Mar 6, 2013 11:18 AM
Apologies, I spent most of my time occupying various administration buildings... smoking a lot of thai stick... breaking into the ROTC... and bowling. To tell you the truth dlazz, I don't remember most of it.
Mar 6, 2013 11:18am
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Mar 6, 2013 11:32 AM
For me:
  1. Fargo
  2. No Country for Old Men
  3. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
  4. The Big Lebowski
  5. True Grit
I hated Burn After Reading. I haven't seen any others, to my knowledge.
Mar 6, 2013 11:32am
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Mar 6, 2013 11:34 AM
OSH;1401328 wrote:For me:
  1. Fargo
  2. No Country for Old Men
  3. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
  4. The Big Lebowski
  5. True Grit
I hated Burn After Reading. I haven't seen any others, to my knowledge.
No Miller's Crossing or Raising Arizona?

There are others but those were the other somewhat popular films.
Mar 6, 2013 11:34am
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Mar 6, 2013 11:35 AM
Did not like Barton Fink or Ladykillers or Hudsucker. Oh brother was good, maybe #6 for me. Intollerable was not bad, but not a typical Coen film. Don't think I've seen any others.
Mar 6, 2013 11:35am
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Mar 6, 2013 11:37 AM
Dr Winston O'Boogie;1401284 wrote:Lebowski is a good film. For me there is Fargo and then everything else. Fargo is the nearest thing to a perfect film there is.
Maybe top 15 film ever for me.
Mar 6, 2013 11:37am
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Mar 6, 2013 11:47 AM
Put it this way.. When I see Jeff Bridges in a movie, I expect him to be The Dude.
Mar 6, 2013 11:47am
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Mar 6, 2013 11:53 AM
Big fan of this movie.
Mar 6, 2013 11:53am