Perfect desciption. The exact opposite of this happens in Under the Silver Lake. It's about a random bored dude who is desperately trying to find the plotline in a bunch of incidents that may or may not be connected.
@@martinvancura2176 haha great observation about a movie I love. The guy is like an inversion of the cool guy in a thousand other movies. Twisted into a more realistic unappealing and dark individual.
Yeah, he's the only main character in a movie who just doesn't want to be in the movie at all. He just wants to bowl, and relax in his apartment drinking white russians and smoking pot.
The joke I laughed hardest at when I first saw this movie was when the Dude hammered the board into his floor to help barricade the door, then IMMEDIATELY it fails. Upon further watches though I always really enjoy how the Dude picks up on all the different characters' speech habits and repeats them another time in the movie, from "This aggression will not stand," to "really tied the room together", to "you mean coitus", to "in the parlance of our time," and "sometimes you eat the bear." The Dude is a sponge!
The cop throwing the coffee cup scene is still to this day one of the funniest things I've ever seen in a movie. I've seen it countless times and I still laugh every time.
There are some great bits of physical comedy in this. The coffee cup flying is one of those. The way he pushes it so that it flies upright/vertical kills me every time.
One of the best comedies of all time. Sadly, a small, I mean SMALL, population of people get this specific kind of humor and fully appreciate it. This was made at a time in Cohen's career when they were making what they wanted and, essentially, giving a middle finger to the Hollywood business in general. An absolute classic and not surprised this is one of the Mr.'s favorite
To get an idea of how much they truly didn't give a fuck at this point, remember that the only reason Sam Elliott was in this movie at all is because the Coens really, really wanted to put him in it, but they didn't have a part for him, so they just made him a bizarre, omnipotent narrator character with no relevance at all to the plot. Just because they felt like it, no deeper reason. Even Sam Elliott said that he didn't really understand why exactly they wanted him in the movie or what he was supposed to be bringing to the table, but it resulted in one of his most iconic roles of all time.
I rented this movie on cassette back in the '90s and watched it with my dad. The phone never rang, no interruptions, very cozy movie and the most perfect viewing experience ever!
The movie is best enjoyed when you realize that the story means nothing at all. The plot basically resolves itself. It's all about the weird and quirky cast of characters and dialogue.
That's why it keeps getting better with repeat viewings. So rich and subtly detailed. You pick up new things every time you watch. The first watch, you don't know what's going on, and it seems so complex. When you know it's all for nothing, you realize how brilliant the dialogue and characters are.
I love that about it. Every single major plot point in this movie would have resolved the same way, whether the Dude was there or not. Hell, even the minor ones. I also love that it's framed as being a movie about bowling, and yet, we never see the Dude bowl a single time. They make it seem like the whole thing is building up to the big bowling match, but then the movie ends right before the match is about to happen.
Mrs. Movies description of the first time she tried to watch the movie on painkillers put the strangers voice in my head before we even got going. "Darkness warshed over Mrs. Movies - darker'n a black steer's tookus on a moonless prairie night."
And I believe those sandals were actually Jeff's. The majority of Jeff Bridges' outfits in this film were his own. Right? And that fantasy sequence with the ladies and him looking up at their business, Jeff tells a funny story on Conan and it's really funny who decided to visit the sit that day.
Jeff stated in an interview that when they did the scene with him floating under the girls skirts the girls had shoved a bunch of fake hair in their underwear so it looked like they had massive bushes as a prank on Jeff, so he had to stay in character while trying not to react to it 😂
This is interesting too: A lot of the Dude's clothes in the movie were Jeff Bridges's own clothes, including his Jellies sandals, which he still owns and uses to this day. - IMDb
The woman missing the toe , with the carpet pissers , is Aimee Mann. An amazing singer songwriter. She was in the 80s one-hit wonder Til Tuesday. And still makes beautiful solo music.
So sad Philip Seymour Hoffman left and the way he left, especially. Unbelievable amount of talent in one man. Hope he is resting easy and that hes found what he couldn't find down here.
Having been born in Moorhead, the picture of the Knutson family farm, flat as a pool table, with no trees around... "They think that this will make her homesick..." LOL
@@15blackshirt Sorry, but hard disagree on that one. The remake is pretty much better in every way in my opinion. The acting is excellent from the entire cast, the cinematography by Roger Deakins is gorgeaus and might be his best work, the music is fantastic and the ending is a lot better than the original. I still liked the original though, but nowhere near as much as the remake, which gets better every time I see it. (Just like The Big Lebowski)
I think I’ve commented this on several of your videos, but I can’t get over how much I love your sun and moon/cat and dog energy. It’s so joyous to watch!
Philip Seymour Hoffman (RIP) as the go-getting, overfriendly, stuck-up assistant to Mr Lebowski is my favorite supporting actor in this one. He was such a great actor. Cheers!
"You know...has it ever occurred to you...that...uh...instead of..uhh...you know running around...uh...uh...blaming me you know given the nature of all this new sh*t...you know eh eh eh eh this could be uh...uh...uh a lot more uh...uh...uh...uh...uh...uh complex...I mean it's not just...it might not be just such a simple...uh, you know?" I die laughing at this scene every time.
The scene where Walter and the Dude confront Larry and Walter goes "You're killing your father, Larry!" And then it gets real quiet and you can hear his dad breathing in the background cracks me up 😂
IMO this movie has the most realistic depiction of the LAPD. I love how long it took them to come to the bowling alley after Walter took out his gun. They finished the game and casually strolled out before the cops got off their ass.
Here's a shot at something no other achiever has yet pointed out.... Smokey, who was famously "over the line!" was played by the great Texas singer songwriter Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Adore the Big L, one of the most quotable films ever made. One of my favourite watering holes in the entire world is a Lebowski themed pub in Reykjavik, Iceland. If you are ever in country give it a look, well worth a visit, also a decent Lebowski bar in Edinburgh (Scotland) too if you ever make it across the pond to HMS United Kingdom.
I worked in a video store when this came out on VHS and never paid much attention to it. I was into Star Wars and South Park and stuff like that at the time. A few years later, my buddy made me watch it and I instantly became a fan. It started my love for White Russians. Also, without Sam Elliot, this would have been a very different movie.
To me Sam Elliot's character in this movie, is God of that world (that's why he's the narrator and broke the 4th wall), and The Dude peaked his interest so much that he descended into the human world, just to experience and watch what the Dude is going to do next just for curiosity.
The most memorable theatrical experience I’ve had was while watching this; a local arthouse theater was hosting the movie with an art exhibit inspired by the film out in the lobby. When I got there, there’s two Senior Citizen Center buses outside; the auditorium was filled with a bunch of people who were all 60 and over, and they were some of the most riotous people I’ve ever seen a movie with! The kind of laughter and enthusiasm you see at midnight shows or big superhero movies! Then after the show, I spoke with one of the few people under 50 and he talked about how he was a psychology student who was putting together a profile of Walter as part of an assignment; in short, Walter is a war vet suffering from PTSD and possibly multiple-personality disorder, and Donnie is one of those personalities manifesting as a hallucination (perhaps inspired by someone Walter saw get killed in “Nam).
This was a really good time! The Mrs continues to surprise as she is always sussing out the truth (she could tell it wasn't Tara Reid's toe? Who knows what Tara Reid's toe even looks like? The Mrs apparently... ). You guys laughed the whole way through, and I was laughing with you. I would love to see more comedies on the channel. I always thought the Burbs was underrated, and Planes, Trains and Automobiles and My Cousin Vinny are great if you haven't seen them.
I totally randomly saw this in the movie theaters, saw no ads for it, and had no idea what to expect. Which is pretty much the best way to watch any Cohen Brothers movie..
My late mother thought Sam Elliott was sexy. My Sister thinks Sam Elliot is sexy. My ex-wife thinks Sam Elliott is sexy. My ex-girlfriend thinks Sam Elliott is sexy. I'm starting to think that Sam Elliott might just be sexy. I wish I was Sam Elliott.
Amid all the "fun facts" I'll add another: Goodman used to do radio commercial voice-overs for In N Out for several years back in the late 80s/early 90s. "Walter" flipping out about Donny's insistence on In N Out - and Walter's refusal to say the name of the place - was an inside joke just for Southern Californians. The Coens are great. :)
There are movies that bear rewatching (because they're that good), movies that require rewatching (because maybe they're confusing, like every other Nolan flick), and then there are movies that reward rewatching. These are movies where you either catch something new or your enjoyment changes each time you see it. Off the top of my head, I know 3 in this category: Big Lebowski, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and Princess Bride.
Rip Hoffman, great character actor and the millionare actor, dont remember his name. He was in Blazing saddles, Another classic comedy. Mark it 8 is a name of a film quiz team in my home town(random comment).
my favourite scene is the time when the dude destroys his car a bit further while drinking and driving, followed by the build-up and pay-off for the door barricade... but there are ALOT of great moments, scenes and lines.... and i like "well, that's just like, uh.... your opinion, man." alot.
One thing about this movie that not a lot of people notice is that almost every line that seems slightly intelligent that the Dude mutters during this movie is something he has heard someone else say earlier in the movie. Like in the beginning scene at Ralph's, he hears President Bush say, "This aggression will not stand". Then he says it later. And when Maude refers to sex as "coitus", then he repeats it almost immediately. Also, the line the narrator says to him about sometimes you eat the bar, and sometimes the bar eats you. He is repeating that one at the bowling alley right before he realizes the drifter is sitting next to him. This movie only gets better the more times you watch it. My favorite movie of all time.
Love the reaction guys! This movie is amazing, solely on the amount of quotes you will start using in your daily life after watching it. The best to you and yours!
Interesting (to me) music-related trivia in this movie: Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers was one of the male nihilists; Aimee Mann, the singer of the band, Til Tuesday (Voices Carry), was the female nihilist who lost her toe; and the song that played during the dream-sequence after Jackie Treehorn drugged The Dude was by a band called "The First Edition;" the singer was Kenny Rogers, before his solo career.
Also, Smokey who Walter almost shot is Jimmie Dale Gilmore, a famous country singer who has three Grammy nominations for his music, Jeff Bridges himself has an album that did well ranking highly on Billboard, Harry Bugin who played "Arthur Digby Sellers" has played bass with Glenn Miller and Sammy Kaye and others. The woman who says "You must be here to fix the cable" in Logjammin played classical piano at Carnegie Hall at the age of 13 and has degrees in Law, Psychology and Special Education and is a very interesting person named Asia Carrera.
17:35 I like she immediately had a bad feeling about that envelope. 23:33 "This what happens!!" Lol :D 24:14 Well... what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. ;) 24:47 Visually that is my favourite part, when Jackie comes from darkness first in slow motion. 38:14 No mention of 'Barton Fink', it has John Turturro and John Goodman.
I remember my first reaction to this movie back in the day was: "Huh?". Over the years, I've seen it many more times, and each time I've liked it better than the last. It's now one of my all time favorites.
Love this movie.. watched it so many times since it came to video. My whole family lived it and I still think to this day its an amazing movie.. so funny and fun
There is a video on YT when John Goodman got his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Jeff Bridges pays tribute the best way he knew, the return of The Great Lebowski.
Most of the clothing Jeff Bridges wears was from his actual wardrobe, including the jelly sandals. His clothing looks really plain and comfy, but some of it is crazily priced stuff. I actually saw this the night it came out in theaters with my older sister, been a favorite since then. Extremely quotable film. I have a friend that loves this film too, and if it's been a while since we've seen each other, we'll greet each other with a quote from the film. It cracks him up every time when I yell, "the bums will always lose". I'm normally a quiet and reserved person, so its unexpected for me to yell, but it's worth the embarrassment.
Glad you liked this one! This, like a lot of Cohen Brothers movies, really requires multiple viewings. More and more layers are revealed each time you see it.
@@Scary__fun It's definitely zaniner. It's more cartoonishly funny than The Big Lebowski and I absolutely love it, but I wouldn't call TBL overrated. It's sort of like comparing apples to oranges. They're just tonally, very different types of films.
I once read a theory which said that Donnie wasn’t there the whole time: For the most time, it is mainly Walter who interacts with him, so according to the theory Donnie is supposed to be one of Walter’s war buddies who died back in ‘Nam. However, that theory goes right out the window near the end of the movie…
As some have mentioned, Flea, the bassist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, is one of the nihilists in this movie - the one who gets his chest caved in by Walter's bowling ball at the end. Another movie he's in - alongside Anthony Kiedis, RHCP frontman - and a lot of other celebrity cameos, is *_The Chase_** (1994)* starring Charlie Sheen. The movie is, after about 10 minutes of setup, one long car chase. Lots of hijinks.
Great reaction. Mr and Mrs movies, it's s great movie. I like all 3 characters, for different reasons. Sam Elliot was brilliant as well keep up the good work, btw Mrs movies your laugh was so good very entertaining❤️❤️❤️
Yeah, the McMuffin often gets lost or forgotten in a Coen brothers movie LOL. The money in Fargo, they money in Lebowski... and of course, the cat in Llewyn Davis.
LOL!!! You me and the boobies... LOL!!! I LOVED your reactions to this movie!!! I'm glad the Mrs. relaxed after a while. It's nice to kick back with a comedy. Like a well placed rug, you two really did bring the YT room together. I'm so glad the Mrs. loved it!!! And for the Mr. Thanks for not spoiling anything for her. It was so fun (and inviting) to laugh with both of you. You both bring Happiness and Hope to an otherwise bleak future (consider the virus that shall not be spoken...) Thank You!!!!!!
Interesting fact: Several key pieces of this movie are base on real-life events. There is a 'Dude' in the world, there was a rug that' really' tied someone's room together, and two people got stone walled interrogating a young man about his homework. And the check in the beginning is post-dated as well. Jeff Bridges still has those jelly shoes to this day. He also got actually hurt at the bridge where he dove out of the car. Him limping away is real.
Notice the date on the cheque, Sept 11, 1991. Bush made that speech in Aug 1990. Also, later in the movie Marty the landlord says tomorrow’s already the tenth. Meaning Dude either really post dated that cheque, or genuinely has no idea what day this is.
It's definitely more of a grower than a shower. I had the same experience. First watch: solid, but strange. Second watch: really damn good. Third watch and beyond: This might be the most brilliant film of all time.
Really? This was hilarious the first time I watched it. I couldn't breathe when Walter jumped out of the car with that Uzi and it went off and shot the tires out 😂
This movie also has one of the best "clean" edits ever :) "This is what happens Larry! This is what happens WHEN YOU FIND A STRANGER IN THE ALPS!!!" 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
The best way I've heard this described is that there's a movie trying to happen to The Dude but he just isn't having it
Perfect desciption.
The exact opposite of this happens in Under the Silver Lake. It's about a random bored dude who is desperately trying to find the plotline in a bunch of incidents that may or may not be connected.
@@martinvancura2176 haha great observation about a movie I love. The guy is like an inversion of the cool guy in a thousand other movies. Twisted into a more realistic unappealing and dark individual.
It is exactly a noir detective movie that keeps trying to start but keeps failing.
Yeah, he's the only main character in a movie who just doesn't want to be in the movie at all. He just wants to bowl, and relax in his apartment drinking white russians and smoking pot.
The one instance where The Dude tries to be proactive is with the pad of paper at Jackie Treehorn's party.
The joke I laughed hardest at when I first saw this movie was when the Dude hammered the board into his floor to help barricade the door, then IMMEDIATELY it fails.
Upon further watches though I always really enjoy how the Dude picks up on all the different characters' speech habits and repeats them another time in the movie, from "This aggression will not stand," to "really tied the room together", to "you mean coitus", to "in the parlance of our time," and "sometimes you eat the bear." The Dude is a sponge!
My favorite one probably is when he repeats the nihilists threat, "we're gonna cut your dick off, Larry."
Exactly - same.
The best part is some of those aren't even nails. Some are thumb tacks and he even hammers a rivet into the board 😀
"8 year olds, dude" always gets me
“You mean coitus” has me laughing out loud every time.
"Smokey, this is bowling not Nam. There are rules."
"Has the world gone mad" Walter says this as he pulls out a gun at a bowling alley because a guy may have stepped over the line.
@@joemckim1183 It's a league game, Joe.
@@Blutteufel It determines who enters the next round robin!
The cop throwing the coffee cup scene is still to this day one of the funniest things I've ever seen in a movie. I've seen it countless times and I still laugh every time.
There are some great bits of physical comedy in this. The coffee cup flying is one of those. The way he pushes it so that it flies upright/vertical kills me every time.
Fascist!!! 😂
This movie has the best TV edit ever. "This is what happens, Larry. This is what happens when you find a stranger in the alps!"
I also like “my name is Buck, and I like to **PaRtY**”
The set up and reveal of Jackie Treehorn's doodle is one of the funniest things I've ever seen.
Only time The Dude tried to actively solve part of the mystery haha
One of the best comedies of all time. Sadly, a small, I mean SMALL, population of people get this specific kind of humor and fully appreciate it. This was made at a time in Cohen's career when they were making what they wanted and, essentially, giving a middle finger to the Hollywood business in general. An absolute classic and not surprised this is one of the Mr.'s favorite
Ironically the Coen bros didn't even like how this movie turned out. I think it's a perfect comedy.
To get an idea of how much they truly didn't give a fuck at this point, remember that the only reason Sam Elliott was in this movie at all is because the Coens really, really wanted to put him in it, but they didn't have a part for him, so they just made him a bizarre, omnipotent narrator character with no relevance at all to the plot. Just because they felt like it, no deeper reason. Even Sam Elliott said that he didn't really understand why exactly they wanted him in the movie or what he was supposed to be bringing to the table, but it resulted in one of his most iconic roles of all time.
I rented this movie on cassette back in the '90s and watched it with my dad. The phone never rang, no interruptions, very cozy movie and the most perfect viewing experience ever!
This is just the perfect movie. I can never get enough of it.
The movie is best enjoyed when you realize that the story means nothing at all. The plot basically resolves itself. It's all about the weird and quirky cast of characters and dialogue.
That's why it keeps getting better with repeat viewings. So rich and subtly detailed. You pick up new things every time you watch. The first watch, you don't know what's going on, and it seems so complex. When you know it's all for nothing, you realize how brilliant the dialogue and characters are.
Overrated. Over hyped Piece of Garbage
Oooh! Just like our (most of us) lives?
I love that about it. Every single major plot point in this movie would have resolved the same way, whether the Dude was there or not. Hell, even the minor ones. I also love that it's framed as being a movie about bowling, and yet, we never see the Dude bowl a single time. They make it seem like the whole thing is building up to the big bowling match, but then the movie ends right before the match is about to happen.
Walter is not only my favorite character of this movie, but one of my favorite movie characters ever
Mrs. Movies description of the first time she tried to watch the movie on painkillers put the strangers voice in my head before we even got going. "Darkness warshed over Mrs. Movies - darker'n a black steer's tookus on a moonless prairie night."
*tuchus
"Sam Elliott is the epitome of sexy." Now I understand why Mr. Movies is rocking that hat and 'stache.
Mr. Movies has the voice too, everything makes sense!
I take comfort in that ^.^
i like your style dude
"Are those womens jelly-sandals?"
"Yeah...well...you know, that's just like ah...your opinion men..."
And I believe those sandals were actually Jeff's. The majority of Jeff Bridges' outfits in this film were his own. Right? And that fantasy sequence with the ladies and him looking up at their business, Jeff tells a funny story on Conan and it's really funny who decided to visit the sit that day.
@@StandUpComedyFan28m There's actually a frequent customer where I work that wears those things lol
Jeff stated in an interview that when they did the scene with him floating under the girls skirts the girls had shoved a bunch of fake hair in their underwear so it looked like they had massive bushes as a prank on Jeff, so he had to stay in character while trying not to react to it 😂
You can see in his eyes the exact moment he sees it.
@@AutoPilate Right? 🤣 its great
that's hilarious
This is interesting too:
A lot of the Dude's clothes in the movie were Jeff Bridges's own clothes, including his Jellies sandals, which he still owns and uses to this day. - IMDb
Also in the same interview he said that his daughters were on set that day as well.
I love that the Dude and Walter are so different in every conceivable way, yet you completely buy that they're the best of friends
"Donny, you're out of your element!" Love it.
The woman missing the toe , with the carpet pissers , is Aimee Mann. An amazing singer songwriter. She was in the 80s one-hit wonder Til Tuesday. And still makes beautiful solo music.
And here I thought she was an actual German (as opposed to ethnically). She sure looks like one.
@@leroylowe5921 You should check out her albums The Forgotten Arm and Lost in Space. She's amazing , but never got really big.
Favourite line:
“Calmer than you are.”
I can get you a toe…
So sad Philip Seymour Hoffman left and the way he left, especially. Unbelievable amount of talent in one man. Hope he is resting easy and that hes found what he couldn't find down here.
The Dude Abides!
Having been born in Moorhead, the picture of the Knutson family farm, flat as a pool table, with no trees around... "They think that this will make her homesick..." LOL
"O Brother Where Art Thou" is one of the best Cohan Brothers films. True Grit, by them is a masterpiece.
Their remake pales in comparison to the John Wayne version
@@15blackshirt Sorry, but hard disagree on that one. The remake is pretty much better in every way in my opinion. The acting is excellent from the entire cast, the cinematography by Roger Deakins is gorgeaus and might be his best work, the music is fantastic and the ending is a lot better than the original.
I still liked the original though, but nowhere near as much as the remake, which gets better every time I see it. (Just like The Big Lebowski)
Love how the dude adopts words and phrases from others throughout the movie and scenes in his dreams or an amalgamation of what he’s heard and seen.
just like Tony Soprano
This aggression will not stand, man
It's incredibly well written and clever. Pretty much zero improvisation from the actors.
I love that Flea, the bassist from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, is one of the three nihilists.
I guess the Coens were fans of his work as Needles in Back To The Future Part 2 and 3. 😋
@@glennwelsh9784 He was so great in Penelope Spheeris' "Suburbia", I didn't think he was acting.
I never noticed until now that all three nihilists all speak in sequence but sounds like one person is talking when they break into the dudes place 😂
Maude "I want a child"
The Mrs "With him?!!"
Lmmfao!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I think I’ve commented this on several of your videos, but I can’t get over how much I love your sun and moon/cat and dog energy. It’s so joyous to watch!
Of note; one of the nihilists is played by Flea, the bass player for Red Hot Chili Peppers (who's been in a surprisingly large number of films).
Also plays bass in his birthday suit on the occasion!
I liked him in Penelope Spheeris' "Suburbia".
Miller's Crossing is an early CB flick that's really good.
A criminally overlooked classic.
Yes! Agreed!
Philip Seymour Hoffman (RIP) as the go-getting, overfriendly, stuck-up assistant to Mr Lebowski is my favorite supporting actor in this one.
He was such a great actor. Cheers!
"You know...has it ever occurred to you...that...uh...instead of..uhh...you know running around...uh...uh...blaming me you know given the nature of all this new sh*t...you know eh eh eh eh this could be uh...uh...uh a lot more uh...uh...uh...uh...uh...uh complex...I mean it's not just...it might not be just such a simple...uh, you know?"
I die laughing at this scene every time.
The scene where Walter and the Dude confront Larry and Walter goes "You're killing your father, Larry!" And then it gets real quiet and you can hear his dad breathing in the background cracks me up 😂
IMO this movie has the most realistic depiction of the LAPD. I love how long it took them to come to the bowling alley after Walter took out his gun. They finished the game and casually strolled out before the cops got off their ass.
Plus they had a team of crack detectives working around the clock on that stolen car, dontcha know.
This is my favourite comedy! Wishing jeff all the best recovery!
Here's a shot at something no other achiever has yet pointed out....
Smokey, who was famously "over the line!" was played by the great Texas singer songwriter Jimmie Dale Gilmore
I keep wondering how he ended up in this movie. Maybe the brothers are fans of his?
Adore the Big L, one of the most quotable films ever made. One of my favourite watering holes in the entire world is a Lebowski themed pub in Reykjavik, Iceland. If you are ever in country give it a look, well worth a visit, also a decent Lebowski bar in Edinburgh (Scotland) too if you ever make it across the pond to HMS United Kingdom.
"I've had a bad night, and I REALLY hate the fuckin' Eagles!"
I worked in a video store when this came out on VHS and never paid much attention to it. I was into Star Wars and South Park and stuff like that at the time. A few years later, my buddy made me watch it and I instantly became a fan. It started my love for White Russians. Also, without Sam Elliot, this would have been a very different movie.
To me Sam Elliot's character in this movie, is God of that world (that's why he's the narrator and broke the 4th wall), and The Dude peaked his interest so much that he descended into the human world, just to experience and watch what the Dude is going to do next just for curiosity.
" Burn After Reading " is another Coen Brothers movie filled with quirky characters.
The most memorable theatrical experience I’ve had was while watching this; a local arthouse theater was hosting the movie with an art exhibit inspired by the film out in the lobby. When I got there, there’s two Senior Citizen Center buses outside; the auditorium was filled with a bunch of people who were all 60 and over, and they were some of the most riotous people I’ve ever seen a movie with! The kind of laughter and enthusiasm you see at midnight shows or big superhero movies! Then after the show, I spoke with one of the few people under 50 and he talked about how he was a psychology student who was putting together a profile of Walter as part of an assignment; in short, Walter is a war vet suffering from PTSD and possibly multiple-personality disorder, and Donnie is one of those personalities manifesting as a hallucination (perhaps inspired by someone Walter saw get killed in “Nam).
If you like the Cohen brothers you will like O brother where art thou which is a weird spin on Homer's Iliad and the Odyssey!
True Grit is an often forgotten Coen Brothers movie that's worth watching.
I binged y'alls channel last week while I was on vacation, and yeah, this is becoming one of my favorite UA-cam channels.
This was a really good time! The Mrs continues to surprise as she is always sussing out the truth (she could tell it wasn't Tara Reid's toe? Who knows what Tara Reid's toe even looks like? The Mrs apparently... ). You guys laughed the whole way through, and I was laughing with you. I would love to see more comedies on the channel.
I always thought the Burbs was underrated, and Planes, Trains and Automobiles and My Cousin Vinny are great if you haven't seen them.
One really great Coen Brothers movie that everyone seems to have forgotten about is "The Ladykillers" with Tom Hanks.
I totally randomly saw this in the movie theaters, saw no ads for it, and had no idea what to expect. Which is pretty much the best way to watch any Cohen Brothers movie..
Hopefully "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" is next on the Cohen checklist!
My late mother thought Sam Elliott was sexy. My Sister thinks Sam Elliot is sexy. My ex-wife thinks Sam Elliott is sexy. My ex-girlfriend thinks Sam Elliott is sexy. I'm starting to think that Sam Elliott might just be sexy. I wish I was Sam Elliott.
Fave line; It's down there somewhere, let me take another look 😂
Amid all the "fun facts" I'll add another: Goodman used to do radio commercial voice-overs for In N Out for several years back in the late 80s/early 90s. "Walter" flipping out about Donny's insistence on In N Out - and Walter's refusal to say the name of the place - was an inside joke just for Southern Californians. The Coens are great. :)
There are movies that bear rewatching (because they're that good), movies that require rewatching (because maybe they're confusing, like every other Nolan flick), and then there are movies that reward rewatching. These are movies where you either catch something new or your enjoyment changes each time you see it. Off the top of my head, I know 3 in this category: Big Lebowski, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and Princess Bride.
Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz fall squarely in there too.
The Usual Suspects and L.A. Confidential.
"Bummer" 🤣🤣🤣
Really fun reaction you guys!
This is one of my favorite reactions from you guys.
Rip Hoffman, great character actor and the millionare actor, dont remember his name. He was in Blazing saddles, Another classic comedy. Mark it 8 is a name of a film quiz team in my home town(random comment).
David Huddleston.
I noticed that rug really tied the room together. Sam Elliot makes a great god figure.
Best Line -- "Went alright. Dude's car got a little dinged up."
my favourite scene is the time when the dude destroys his car a bit further while drinking and driving, followed by the build-up and pay-off for the door barricade... but there are ALOT of great moments, scenes and lines.... and i like "well, that's just like, uh.... your opinion, man." alot.
One thing about this movie that not a lot of people notice is that almost every line that seems slightly intelligent that the Dude mutters during this movie is something he has heard someone else say earlier in the movie. Like in the beginning scene at Ralph's, he hears President Bush say, "This aggression will not stand". Then he says it later. And when Maude refers to sex as "coitus", then he repeats it almost immediately. Also, the line the narrator says to him about sometimes you eat the bar, and sometimes the bar eats you. He is repeating that one at the bowling alley right before he realizes the drifter is sitting next to him. This movie only gets better the more times you watch it. My favorite movie of all time.
I love this movie, every time I watch it I notice something new.
Love the reaction guys! This movie is amazing, solely on the amount of quotes you will start using in your daily life after watching it. The best to you and yours!
Interesting (to me) music-related trivia in this movie: Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers was one of the male nihilists; Aimee Mann, the singer of the band, Til Tuesday (Voices Carry), was the female nihilist who lost her toe; and the song that played during the dream-sequence after Jackie Treehorn drugged The Dude was by a band called "The First Edition;" the singer was Kenny Rogers, before his solo career.
Also, Smokey who Walter almost shot is Jimmie Dale Gilmore, a famous country singer who has three Grammy nominations for his music, Jeff Bridges himself has an album that did well ranking highly on Billboard, Harry Bugin who played "Arthur Digby Sellers" has played bass with Glenn Miller and Sammy Kaye and others. The woman who says "You must be here to fix the cable" in Logjammin played classical piano at Carnegie Hall at the age of 13 and has degrees in Law, Psychology and Special Education and is a very interesting person named Asia Carrera.
Favorite line: "Well that's just like, your opinion, man." LOL
Donny, Walter & the dude are just the most beautiful trio in cinema, the yin, the yang and donny the dots in each
Endlessly quotable with a helluva cast, man. Those jellies were Jeff's own personal footwear. Abide!
This movie ties my rug together.
17:35 I like she immediately had a bad feeling about that envelope.
23:33 "This what happens!!" Lol :D 24:14 Well... what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. ;)
24:47 Visually that is my favourite part, when Jackie comes from darkness first in slow motion.
38:14 No mention of 'Barton Fink', it has John Turturro and John Goodman.
24:16 Was kinda disappointed they let that one slide :P
Yeah, the (magic) rug really tied the room together. He travelled on it in his dreams and used it to meditate. Very important. :)
The jelly sandals were Jeff Bridges own actual sandals. In fact - most of his wardrobe for this film was his own personal leisure-ware. Lol
This movie has some of the best visual gags ever. So damn good.
...the Autobahn group is based upon famous German electronic group Kraftwerk...
I remember my first reaction to this movie back in the day was: "Huh?". Over the years, I've seen it many more times, and each time I've liked it better than the last. It's now one of my all time favorites.
The first 2x you watch this film you like it. You won't realize it's a masterpiece and a perfect movie until about the 3rd time.
"Raising Arizona" should be next, classic Coen brothers, almost starring former boxer Randall Tex Cobb.
Love this movie.. watched it so many times since it came to video. My whole family lived it and I still think to this day its an amazing movie.. so funny and fun
There is a video on YT when John Goodman got his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Jeff Bridges pays tribute the best way he knew, the return of The Great Lebowski.
Fav Line: "Yeah? Well, you know, that's just like, uh, your opinion, man." Vicious burn.
Her passion for bowling and his competitive spirit means somebody needs to go shoot some some bowling footage.
Most of the clothing Jeff Bridges wears was from his actual wardrobe, including the jelly sandals. His clothing looks really plain and comfy, but some of it is crazily priced stuff. I actually saw this the night it came out in theaters with my older sister, been a favorite since then. Extremely quotable film. I have a friend that loves this film too, and if it's been a while since we've seen each other, we'll greet each other with a quote from the film. It cracks him up every time when I yell, "the bums will always lose". I'm normally a quiet and reserved person, so its unexpected for me to yell, but it's worth the embarrassment.
Glad you liked this one! This, like a lot of Cohen Brothers movies, really requires multiple viewings. More and more layers are revealed each time you see it.
Great reaction! I love this one. You guys should do Raising Arizona.
I've always felt The Big Lebowski is overrated. Sure it has chuckles here and there but Raising Arizona is way funnier IMO.
@@Scary__fun It's definitely zaniner. It's more cartoonishly funny than The Big Lebowski and I absolutely love it, but I wouldn't call TBL overrated. It's sort of like comparing apples to oranges. They're just tonally, very different types of films.
I once read a theory which said that Donnie wasn’t there the whole time:
For the most time, it is mainly Walter who interacts with him, so according to the theory Donnie is supposed to be one of Walter’s war buddies who died back in ‘Nam. However, that theory goes right out the window near the end of the movie…
This is a *slice of life* story.
It starts from nowhere and it ends nowhere.
As some have mentioned, Flea, the bassist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, is one of the nihilists in this movie - the one who gets his chest caved in by Walter's bowling ball at the end.
Another movie he's in - alongside Anthony Kiedis, RHCP frontman - and a lot of other celebrity cameos, is *_The Chase_** (1994)* starring Charlie Sheen. The movie is, after about 10 minutes of setup, one long car chase. Lots of hijinks.
Great reaction. Mr and Mrs movies, it's s great movie. I like all 3 characters, for different reasons.
Sam Elliot was brilliant as well keep up the good work, btw Mrs movies your laugh was so good very entertaining❤️❤️❤️
Yeah, the McMuffin often gets lost or forgotten in a Coen brothers movie LOL. The money in Fargo, they money in Lebowski... and of course, the cat in Llewyn Davis.
The ballad of buster Scruggs on Netflix is another good Cohen bro movie
Yes!
The Coen Brothers have always been hit-or-miss for me, and The Big Lebowski is one I never managed to love. You guys made revisiting it fun, though!
Fun fact, the jelly sandals are actually Jeff Bridges and he still has them along with the sweater
What made this movie so great (to me) was the characters. High quality acting and I think for some, it was their best work.
LOL!!! You me and the boobies... LOL!!! I LOVED your reactions to this movie!!! I'm glad the Mrs. relaxed after a while. It's nice to kick back with a comedy. Like a well placed rug, you two really did bring the YT room together. I'm so glad the Mrs. loved it!!! And for the Mr. Thanks for not spoiling anything for her. It was so fun (and inviting) to laugh with both of you. You both bring Happiness and Hope to an otherwise bleak future (consider the virus that shall not be spoken...) Thank You!!!!!!
I feel this movie was ahead of its time.
It is so refreshing to see an actual reaction to a movie that I love.
Interesting fact: Several key pieces of this movie are base on real-life events. There is a 'Dude' in the world, there was a rug that' really' tied someone's room together, and two people got stone walled interrogating a young man about his homework.
And the check in the beginning is post-dated as well.
Jeff Bridges still has those jelly shoes to this day. He also got actually hurt at the bridge where he dove out of the car. Him limping away is real.
Burn After Reading is hilarious and underrated. Similar tone to lebowski but somehow funnier in my mind
Notice the date on the cheque, Sept 11, 1991. Bush made that speech in Aug 1990. Also, later in the movie Marty the landlord says tomorrow’s already the tenth. Meaning Dude either really post dated that cheque, or genuinely has no idea what day this is.
Well, the dude abides..
Yeah he does. At least he doesn't treat his objects like women. Man!
This movie grew on me over the years, I’m firmly in its cult following.
totally agreed...first watching im thinking WTF ??? over the years and many watches it cracks me up more and more....ages like fine wine
@@dturasky19 Same here. I didn't get it at all the first time. Definitely enjoyed it the second time and have loved it ever since.
It's definitely more of a grower than a shower. I had the same experience. First watch: solid, but strange. Second watch: really damn good. Third watch and beyond: This might be the most brilliant film of all time.
Really? This was hilarious the first time I watched it. I couldn't breathe when Walter jumped out of the car with that Uzi and it went off and shot the tires out 😂
I see John Goodman walking his dog sometimes. He lives very close to me in New Orleans. Very cool guy.
This movie also has one of the best "clean" edits ever :)
"This is what happens Larry! This is what happens WHEN YOU FIND A STRANGER IN THE ALPS!!!"
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"O' Brother Where Art Thou" next!!! C'mon!!!!! :D 💘💗💗💗💗💙