I’m a 38 year old woman and I have made everyone I know watch this movie. “That’s, just, like, your opinion man” is my response to every criticism I have ever received, much to my partners chagrin. And of course, every time I see a rug…
I love that! When my 7yo daughter gets a little snippy about bedtime/dinner/getting ready for school, etc, I say, "Well, yknow that's just like your opinion man"
The big Lebowski and Withnail and I were my hangover day films in university and they’re my bank holiday films now 😂 can’t wait to make my kids watch them! Just need to wait till they know how to discriminate when they can safely drop the “f bomb”.
You don’t like it? Well, that’s just, like, your opinion man… 😆
Delicious absurdity and as quotable as “Withnail and I”.
I do wonder whether we Gen X dudes like quoting movies and TV so much because we weren’t able to replay them on demand. To relive them we had to perform them or await a rerun…
Look, man I've got certain information alright? Certain things have come to light, and uh, ya know, has it ever occurred to you, that uh, instead of uh, you know running around, uh uh, blaming me, given the nature of all this new shit, you know it, it it, this could be a uh, a lot more uh, uh, uh, uh, complex, I mean it's not just, it might not be, just such a simple, uh... you know?
Okay, I’m a 67 yo woman with a framed, original Big L poster in my office, and two 30-something daughters who revere the movie, which my husband and I have seen upwards of 25 times. The first was in the theater. The second was in Copenhagen, where my husband was attending a conference, and where the Danish audience mostly laughed at the physical comedy (the dropped joint scene, etc.). Anyway, that the movie mostly appeals to men is just like your opinion, man. I’ll make one point: what becomes apparent after repeated viewings is the braided language, by which I mean a word will be used in one scene, and then used again by another character in an entirely different context in the next scene, and so on and so forth. Elegant, unifying, and oh-so-satisfying.
Middle-aged men??? Uh I know a lot of women that like this movie. Well in my twisted circle. I’m a 59yo female and could do a one woman play of this movie. You have to look beyond the lines. The characters have depth and most don’t get that in the first watch. Saw it on release in the theaters in the ‘90s and watch it all the time. Met my husband in 2000. Made him watch it - among other movies - to see if he was going to make the cut. He did and can quote it now too.
Now THIS is a deep cut. I've already comped one reader for hie private theory of the Big Lebowski (it's a nod to history), but you sir, get the second award for coming up with a line I'd never heard anyone use before. And...great handle!
My favorite off-the-wall theory about the movie is that Donnie is just a figment of Walter's imagination. Virtually no one else talks to him, and it fits with Walter's Vietnam PTSD. Of course when confronted with the theory Joel Coen immediately responded with "then who's in the Folger's can", but I still like to imagine that Walter randomly says "shut the fuck up" every few minutes to a person no one else can see. Maybe the ashes were metaphorical.
Also in the first draft of the movie the Dude was the son of the inventor of the Rubix's Cube and subsists off of the royalties.
I’m a 38 year old woman and I have made everyone I know watch this movie. “That’s, just, like, your opinion man” is my response to every criticism I have ever received, much to my partners chagrin. And of course, every time I see a rug…
I love that! When my 7yo daughter gets a little snippy about bedtime/dinner/getting ready for school, etc, I say, "Well, yknow that's just like your opinion man"
The big Lebowski and Withnail and I were my hangover day films in university and they’re my bank holiday films now 😂 can’t wait to make my kids watch them! Just need to wait till they know how to discriminate when they can safely drop the “f bomb”.
My dad loved this film when I showed it to him.
Big Lebowski references really tie your substack posts together.
I’m pissed at that quote man 😎
You don’t like it? Well, that’s just, like, your opinion man… 😆
Delicious absurdity and as quotable as “Withnail and I”.
I do wonder whether we Gen X dudes like quoting movies and TV so much because we weren’t able to replay them on demand. To relive them we had to perform them or await a rerun…
Withnail and I, another classic! How dare you! How dare you insult my humanity!!
“You’re looking especially beautiful today, man. St. Peter preached the epistles to the apostles dressed like that…” (Continues 🤣)
Look, man I've got certain information alright? Certain things have come to light, and uh, ya know, has it ever occurred to you, that uh, instead of uh, you know running around, uh uh, blaming me, given the nature of all this new shit, you know it, it it, this could be a uh, a lot more uh, uh, uh, uh, complex, I mean it's not just, it might not be, just such a simple, uh... you know?
Okay, I’m a 67 yo woman with a framed, original Big L poster in my office, and two 30-something daughters who revere the movie, which my husband and I have seen upwards of 25 times. The first was in the theater. The second was in Copenhagen, where my husband was attending a conference, and where the Danish audience mostly laughed at the physical comedy (the dropped joint scene, etc.). Anyway, that the movie mostly appeals to men is just like your opinion, man. I’ll make one point: what becomes apparent after repeated viewings is the braided language, by which I mean a word will be used in one scene, and then used again by another character in an entirely different context in the next scene, and so on and so forth. Elegant, unifying, and oh-so-satisfying.
If you will it, it is no dream.
Mr. Treehorn treats objects like WOMEN, man . . .
I know that guy. He's a nihilist.
Brother Shamus? Like an Irish monk?
That must be exhausting.
Fair?! Who’s the fuckin’ nihilist around here, ya bunch of fuckin’ crybabies!
Middle-aged men??? Uh I know a lot of women that like this movie. Well in my twisted circle. I’m a 59yo female and could do a one woman play of this movie. You have to look beyond the lines. The characters have depth and most don’t get that in the first watch. Saw it on release in the theaters in the ‘90s and watch it all the time. Met my husband in 2000. Made him watch it - among other movies - to see if he was going to make the cut. He did and can quote it now too.
What do you mean, "middle-aged?" I'm older than dirt, man.
I just got an informal report that a member of your team, a Walter Sobchak, drew a firearm during league play.
And a good day to you, sir!
Does he still write? Oh no, he has health problems’
I might have introduced them, for all I know
Now THIS is a deep cut. I've already comped one reader for hie private theory of the Big Lebowski (it's a nod to history), but you sir, get the second award for coming up with a line I'd never heard anyone use before. And...great handle!
I dig the way you do business, man!
You think this movie is a comedy? This movie is tragedy about a rug that tied the room together and was unfairly ruined by confused intruders.
And they'll make you spill your beverage!
My favorite off-the-wall theory about the movie is that Donnie is just a figment of Walter's imagination. Virtually no one else talks to him, and it fits with Walter's Vietnam PTSD. Of course when confronted with the theory Joel Coen immediately responded with "then who's in the Folger's can", but I still like to imagine that Walter randomly says "shut the fuck up" every few minutes to a person no one else can see. Maybe the ashes were metaphorical.
Also in the first draft of the movie the Dude was the son of the inventor of the Rubix's Cube and subsists off of the royalties.
Donnie: "Where you goin' Dude?"
Dude: "I'm going home Donnie."
Donnie: "Phone's ringin' Dude."
Dude: "Thank you Donnie."
That's a fun theory. Yeah but then when Donnie dies, both the dude and Walter are there, dealing with it.
I'm staying. I'm finishing my coffee.
Nice marmot.