If you are not a Big Lebowski fan...

[KamaAina]

then you're hopeless. I simply have no words for you.

[name not needed]

1. Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

[Lex]

2. STF up Donny.

[Initech]

3. What in god's holy name are you blathering about?

[Whisp]

17. jesus bowls:

[sarge43]

25. "That creep can roll, man." n/t

[Initech]

26. You've got a date Wednesday baby!

[El Supremo]

4. That will not stand!

[Earth_First]

5. Well...

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[deutsey]

6. You're like a child who wanders into the middle of a movie....

But that's just, like, my opinion, man...

http://dudeism.com/abide/

[deutsey]

8. Or, if you're into the whole Italian translation thing...

http://www.amazon.it/vangelo-secondo-Lebowski-Risveglia-Drugo/dp/8864115692/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1386203010&sr=8-1&keywords=eutsey

[Heidi]

14. !

[bluesbassman]

7. This aggression will not stand, man.

[sendero]

9. The dude...

....abides and so shall I.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

10. This post really ties the lounge together.

[El Supremo]

11. + 1

[El Supremo]

12. then you're a nihilist!

Ve cut off your Johnson!

[Kire]

13. Dios mio, man.

Liam and me, we're gonna fuck you up.

[pinboy3niner]

15. There's a ferret for that

[Initech]

27. Ya und tomorrow we come back und we cut off your johnson!

Ya your wiggly penis Lebowski!

Anyone notice that one of the nihilists is Red Hot Chili Peppers bass player Flea?

[Whisp]

16. I would agree. That rug tied the room together, man.

[pinboy3niner]

18. You can say that again--with nail polish! :)

[tblue]

19. I fell asleep.

Twice I tried to watch it, and next thing I knew, I woke up. My hubby loved it with a passion though.

[Ron Obvious]

20. I have a feeling that when I finally DO watch it...

... I will finally pick up on a whole series of references that have been flying over my head for the past decade.

I've only recently discovered where "D'Oh!" comes from. I had to ask....

[Locut0s]

22. Are you a fan of their other work? Nt.

[Ron Obvious]

23. Haven't seen that much of it...

I really enjoyed and admired Fargo, but it's one of those movies I don't think I'll ever want to watch again necessarily, either. I've seen bits of 'Raising Arizona'.

[Locut0s]

24. Well Fargo gives you a good perspective on their work...

At their core the Coens are about the absurdity of live, loneliness, and alienation. These themes are repeated again and again throughout all their films. If you twig to this message you will likely love many of their films.

[Locut0s]

21. I think that in time the Coens will be seen as among the greatest directors of all time...

And The Big Lebowski will end up in the annals of great film.

[nirvana555]

28. CCR! I agree about the Cohen Bros. N/T

[Xyzse]

29. One day, I will watch it.

When it streams on Netflix.

[kentauros]

30. Well, okay then!

That's one of the few Coen brothers films I just couldn't get into. I never got past about twenty minutes into the film before I gave up, my patience fully gone.

Now, Hudsucker Proxy, one of their far under-rated films, I absolutely loved!

"You know! For kids!"

[El Supremo]

31. Then you must not be a fan of the 'F' word:

[begin_within]

32. Well I guess I'll have to give it another chance.

After reading so many glowing reviews and comments about it for years, here and on imdv, I finally sat down and watched it around 2006 or so I think. Frankly I was let down, but I think my expectations were built up too much. Usually I like movies of this type, I'm a fan of cult and oddball films. I didn't like Jeff Bridges' attempt at being a Tommy Chong sort of character. And the constant parade of oddball bit characters just wore me out. It seemed like the Coen brothers were trying to manufacture a cult film, a John Waters-style film with a mixed bag of odd, eccentric characters but to me none of them had the charm or humanity of John Waters' characters. I'm not a prude at all and the F-word doesn't bother me in a movie, but I did get to wondering, "is that all they are going to say in this movie?" My neighbors show movies in their backyard in the summer and when I saw it on their schedule, I did warn them, "Have you seen it? There is a lot of foul language." About 30 people were there when it began but by the end only 4 people were there. I guess someday I'll give another try at this movie because apparently I'm missing the real point or something. I did really like their film "The Man Who Wasn't There," that was superb so the Coen brothers still rate highly in my mind because of that one.

[Rambis]

33. "Donny, these men are nihilists, there's nothing to be afraid of"

[applegrove]

34. That's me!

[Incitatus]

35. STFU

Donny

[MrScorpio]

36. Can't keep 'em down of the farm, now that they've seen this thread

Make me a Caucasian, will ya?

[Locut0s]

37. Let me just put this here (I woke up this morning):

A more epic intro I have yet to see

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

38. Okay....but I fail to see how this qualifies as an emergency.