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Which Big Lebowski character do you most relate to?

The Dude
30 (55.6%)
Walter
13 (24.1%)
Maude
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Donny
9 (16.7%)
Jesus Quintana
1 (1.9%)

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Re: The Big Lebowski
« Reply #70 on: January 12, 2011, 09:25:26 AM »
I was talking about my rug.
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Re: The Big Lebowski
« Reply #71 on: January 12, 2011, 09:46:05 AM »
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This isn't a laugh out loud movie from start to finish on the first viewing like some comedies are (The Naked Gun, for example).  There are so many clever and subtle idiosyncrasies with each character, you don't really catch them on the first viewing, but after repeated watchings, once you really know the characters, that stuff becomes easier to detect, and as a result, the movie becomes that much funnier.  This is easily one of the two or three movies I randomly quote the most in everyday life.  

The problem though is that there was nothing in the movie that would make me even consider watching it a second time.

I feel far ya. Probably seen this film 15 times and it never fails to amuse me (you pick up more stuff each time indeed).

Honestly, it was like the 2nd or 3rd time that I finally started laughing out loud.  But again, you pick up on things and it's a smart comedy, really.  There are lines that are repeated, contradictory lines too.  For example, in the opening scene where The Dude is at the Ralph's paying for his half n half with a check for $0.69, there is a news broadcast where someone is talking about a war and "this aggression will not stand".  Later in the movie, The Dude uses that line and says "This aggression...this aggression will not stand, man" talking to Jeffrey Lebowski. 

So, give it another try, pay attention.  And it's really funny because also, towards the beginning in the bowling scene, it's referenced that Bunny "probably kidnapped herself"...and after a long drawn out series of events, it turns out she pretty much did.

"STAY THE HELL OUT OF MALIBU, LEBOWSKI!"
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Re: The Big Lebowski
« Reply #72 on: January 12, 2011, 09:49:00 AM »
Police Chief: I don't like your jerk-off name. I don't like your jerk-off face. I don't like your jerk-off behavior, and I don't like you, jerk-off. Do I make myself clear?

The Dude: .......I'm sorry, I wasn't listening.
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Re: The Big Lebowski
« Reply #73 on: January 12, 2011, 09:50:05 AM »
It is our most modestly priced receptacle.
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Re: The Big Lebowski
« Reply #74 on: January 12, 2011, 09:55:31 AM »
Look, just because we're bereaved, that doesn't make us saps!
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Re: The Big Lebowski
« Reply #75 on: January 12, 2011, 09:55:43 AM »
"And I would like my undies back."
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Re: The Big Lebowski
« Reply #76 on: January 12, 2011, 09:58:13 AM »
"He lives in North Hollywood on Radford, near the In-and-Out Burger."

"The In-and-Out Burger is on Camrose."

"Near the In-and-Out Burger."

"Those are good burgers, Walter."

"Shut the fuck up, Donny."
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Re: The Big Lebowski
« Reply #77 on: January 12, 2011, 10:00:57 AM »
"His girlfriend gave up her toe"

"She thought we'd be getting million dollars!"

"Ees not fair!"

"FAIR?! WHO'S THE FUCKIN NIHILISTS AROUND HERE YOU BUNCH OF FUCKIN CRYBABIES?!"
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Re: The Big Lebowski
« Reply #78 on: January 12, 2011, 10:40:18 AM »
"In the parlance of our times..."
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Re: The Big Lebowski
« Reply #79 on: January 12, 2011, 10:44:25 AM »
"I'm stayin.  I'm finishing my coffee.  Enjoying my coffee.."
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Re: The Big Lebowski
« Reply #80 on: January 12, 2011, 10:47:33 AM »
"I could get you a toe in 45 minutes"
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Re: The Big Lebowski
« Reply #81 on: January 12, 2011, 10:48:14 AM »
V. I. Lenin...Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov
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Re: The Big Lebowski
« Reply #82 on: January 12, 2011, 10:48:47 AM »
Well...that's like...your opinion...man.
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Re: The Big Lebowski
« Reply #83 on: January 12, 2011, 01:07:47 PM »
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I have the house to myself today. I am going to shovel and then watch this! :lol

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Re: The Big Lebowski
« Reply #84 on: January 12, 2011, 01:08:46 PM »
Snow day.
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Re: The Big Lebowski
« Reply #85 on: January 12, 2011, 01:11:34 PM »
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Snow day.

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Re: The Big Lebowski
« Reply #86 on: January 12, 2011, 01:20:57 PM »
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Snow day.

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Pretty much this. I grew up in Ottawa and we haven't had a snow day since January of 1998 when the Ice Storm hit.
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Re: The Big Lebowski
« Reply #87 on: January 13, 2011, 02:02:35 AM »
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I am the Walrus?
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Re: The Big Lebowski
« Reply #88 on: January 13, 2011, 06:43:05 AM »
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I am the Walrus?

I am the Walrus.
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Re: The Big Lebowski
« Reply #89 on: January 13, 2011, 01:35:04 PM »
Shut the fuck up, Donny.
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Re: The Big Lebowski
« Reply #90 on: January 13, 2011, 08:24:53 PM »
"Think I'll buy this movie today, and I haven't even seen it."
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Re: The Big Lebowski
« Reply #91 on: January 13, 2011, 09:35:26 PM »
Best Line: "Obviously, you're not a golfer."

Also:

 "....Also, Dude, chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature. Asian-American, please."

"I could be just sitting at home with pee stains on my rug."

"Smokey, this is not 'Nam. This is bowling. There are rules!"

"Every time a rug is micturated upon in this fair city, I have to compensate the owner?"

And...

The Dude: "Did you ever hear of "The Seattle Seven"? "
Maude Lebowski:" Mmm..."
The Dude: "That was me... and six other guys. "
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Re: The Big Lebowski
« Reply #92 on: January 13, 2011, 10:37:22 PM »
uuuhhhhh...it's down there somewhere, let me take another look.
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Re: The Big Lebowski
« Reply #93 on: January 13, 2011, 11:16:29 PM »
does it look like i'm married, man? the toilet seat's up.
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Re: The Big Lebowski
« Reply #94 on: January 13, 2011, 11:42:14 PM »
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uuuhhhhh...it's down there somewhere, let me take another look.
This and the golfer line are the best.
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Re: The Big Lebowski
« Reply #95 on: January 14, 2011, 02:08:17 AM »
I just finished watching the movie. :rollin is my description.
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Re: The Big Lebowski
« Reply #96 on: January 14, 2011, 02:11:22 AM »
I need to watch this again, it's been a few years since the last time.
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Re: The Big Lebowski
« Reply #97 on: January 14, 2011, 02:20:45 AM »
You gotta! Well, that's just, like, my opinion man.


I honestly thought the narrator at the beginning of the movie was The Dude's voice :lol. It would've been so much different if it were his voice.
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Re: The Big Lebowski
« Reply #98 on: January 14, 2011, 05:34:12 AM »
I HAD FRIENDS DIE FACE DOWN IN THE MUCK...!!!
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Re: The Big Lebowski
« Reply #99 on: January 14, 2011, 05:48:53 AM »
Seen this twice. Didn't love it, but it wasn't bad. I can see why it might be that kind of movie people really get into, the characters were... interesting.

This movie came up in our flat once, a flat of six guys, and no-one was keen on it. One of my flatmates made the claim that "it's a movie Americans love and everyone else hates". Which isn't true, of course, but to my knowledge, I'm yet to ever hear anyone mention this in one of those film-pimping conversations you have occasionally, and it seems insanely widely appreciated in America.
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« Reply #100 on: January 14, 2011, 06:05:57 AM »
For all it's worth, I'm not American and I love it. However, I do think the movie is almost unbearable in Spanish, and I can see how this might hold true for other languages as well since most of its greatness comes from its dialog.
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Re: The Big Lebowski
« Reply #101 on: January 14, 2011, 08:01:23 AM »
It's definitely a love it or hate it movie.  Oddly, my sister, who is a huge film buff, loves the Coen's movies in general but didn't enjoy Lebowski at all.  It's in my top 5, and I think I enjoy it more each time I see it, and there's lots of Coen brothers films I don't like at all.
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Re: The Big Lebowski
« Reply #102 on: January 14, 2011, 09:05:46 AM »
"Eight-year-olds, Dude."
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Re: The Big Lebowski
« Reply #103 on: January 14, 2011, 09:17:21 AM »
The final scene leaves me crying..EVERY time...the completely inappropriate speech on the coast...followed by the ashes blowing back into dudes beard.....oh man.....HYSTERICAL.


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Re: The Big Lebowski
« Reply #104 on: January 14, 2011, 02:31:37 PM »
You pull any of your crazy shit with us, you flash a piece out on the lanes, I'll take it away from you, stick it up your arse and pull the fucking trigger 'til it goes "click."

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