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How Awesome is The Big Lebowski?
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I've finally bought this film and watched it for the first time. Holy crap I love it. I knew I would but wow. Wowwy wow wow it's so damn good. The Dude has to be one of the coolest characters ever. Sorry, but I fu*king loved this movie!
The Doc
And you liar, teller of tall tales: you trample all the Lord's commandments underfoot, you murder, steal, commit adultery, and afterward break into tears, beat your breast, take down your guitar and turn sin into a song. Shrewd devil, you know very well that God pardons singers no matter what they do, because he can simply die for a song.
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Re: How Awesome is The Big Lebowski?
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03/23/05 06:53 PM
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Goodman is hilarious in every Coen film (Barton Fink, O Brother, Where Art Thou?.
The Big Lebowski ** 1998, Coen, US A lazy, unemployed nobody, between league games at his bowling alley, finds himself searching for the woman who was mistaken as his in-debt wife. Despite having nowhere to go, and in turn leading us nowhere at all, the usual Coen tricks are here; bold parts, bold originality, and, in the end, plotting so outrageous that it gets lost in its own cleverness.
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) is just as funny, I think.
Their best is Fargo (1996), a sublime mixture of dark humour and an ingeneous plot peppered with properly shocking violence.
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Re: How Awesome is The Big Lebowski?
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Originally posted by Irishman12: You're not alone Doc, but sad news for ya, they're making a special edition DVD later on this year. Ah damn. Oh well, I'll buy that too. It was only 10 bucks. Not bad. The Doc
And you liar, teller of tall tales: you trample all the Lord's commandments underfoot, you murder, steal, commit adultery, and afterward break into tears, beat your breast, take down your guitar and turn sin into a song. Shrewd devil, you know very well that God pardons singers no matter what they do, because he can simply die for a song.
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Re: How Awesome is The Big Lebowski?
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Originally posted by Blake Peters: Pretty crazy movie. You said it. It really made me in the mood for a White Russian. The Doc
And you liar, teller of tall tales: you trample all the Lord's commandments underfoot, you murder, steal, commit adultery, and afterward break into tears, beat your breast, take down your guitar and turn sin into a song. Shrewd devil, you know very well that God pardons singers no matter what they do, because he can simply die for a song.
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Re: How Awesome is The Big Lebowski?
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03/24/05 12:44 AM
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I can never pass by a Coen brothers discussion without mentioning that (in no particular order)
Fargo Millers Crossing Intolerable Cruelty Blood Simple The Ladykillers
and the unbelieveably under-rated
The Man Who Wasn't There
would all be in my all-time top 100 favorites.
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Re: How Awesome is The Big Lebowski?
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03/24/05 01:06 AM
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Very crazy movie. I love how everyone in the town just kinda takes care of him...he never pays for anything! And John Goodman's character is so funny, he relates everything to Vietnam. And the carpet... Very funny movie!
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Re: How Awesome is The Big Lebowski?
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Originally posted by Don Vercetti: Plaw, what do you mainly think of Blood Simple, Miller's Crossing, and The Man Who Wasn't There? Blood Simple is, of course, the brothers first collaboration, and while it's not equal to much of their later stuff I think it works very well as a modern day version/tribute to film noire.The acting is good, and the plot has a few nice twists. Miller's Crossing, I think, is arguably (along with Fargo) their best film. There most certainly is a plot, and a good one, and it's populated with the usual assortment of off-beat Coen Bros. characters and some very memorable scenes and lines. The plot revolves around the struggle for power between the Irish crime boss and an Italian upstart in an un-named city during roughly the same time frame as Road To Perdition. In fact, many of the costumes and sets bear a striking resemblance to the the latter. The film has everything: Drama, violence, romance, and a healthy dose of comedy. Watch for terrific performances by Jon Polito as the Italian crime boss, J.E. Freeman as Eddie Dane (Polito's "Luca Brasi"), and John Turturro as the Jewish bookmaker who is the catalyst for the whole plot. It stars Gabriel Byrne, playing the role of Tom Regan, the "consigliere" to the Irish Boss (Is the name "Tom Regan" a tribute to another Irish consig who we know from another great gangster film?) But it's Freeman, as "The Dane", with many of the show-stealing scenes, and one of my favorite lines in all of cinema. Poito's Irish rival (Leo, played by Albert Finney)) sends a hitman to try and take care of The Dane, but Eddie gets the drop on him. He points a gun at the guy and asks.... "Where's Leo?" Hitman: "If I tell you, how do I know you won't kill me?" Eddie Dane: "Because if you told me and I killed you and I found out you were lying, I wouldn't get to kill you then." A great gangster film, which after the GF Trilogy I rate right up there with Goodfellas, Casino, Donnie Brasco, Scarface, Carlito's Way, Bronx Tale and Road to Perdition. Don't miss it. The Man Who Wasn't There is really meant to be a film noire satire, I believe. It's shot in B & W, and while the humor isn't the LOL kind, I find it to be quite funny on several different levels. Watch for Tony Shaloub, who practically steals the picture as a criminal defense attorney. While it's not as good or as rich as, say, Fargo or Miller's Crossing, and certainly not an example of great filmmaking, it is nevertheless extremely enjoyable, vastly under-rated IMO, and highly recommended.
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Re: How Awesome is The Big Lebowski?
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Originally posted by plawrence: Watch for Tony Shaloub, who practically steals the picture as a criminal defense attorney. Not to mention James Gandolfini, who is also superb. I disagree that The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) isn't an example of "great" filmmaking, because it is, well, a great film. A knowing, involved, involving neo- noir. The Coens wrote Barton Fink (1991) when they had writer's block; I wouldn't be surprised if they'd wrote The Man Who Wasn't There after watching a bunch of films noirs, and with nothing else to write about. Great performances, excellent writing, and the usual inspired cinematography from long-time and fully established collaborator Roger Deakins. Mick
...dot com bold typeface rhetoric. You go clickety click and get your head split. 'The hell you look like on a message board Discussing whether or not the Brother is hardcore?
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