I was lucky enough to watch this in the theatres and yes I didn't know what to think of it either. The main reason for watching it was because bowling was involved and at the time I was really into bowling. It wasn't until it was on DVD that me and my friends watched it again and became obsessed with it. It really is a masterpiece!
I remember seeing this at the theater with my wife and I seemed to be one of the only people laughing. I was surprised but not surprised some years later to find out it had finally found its footing with audiences in VHS and DVD form.
That scene when the dude sees that pervy rich guy scribble something down on a pad then leaves the room letting the dude run over to make a carbon copy is the most hilarious thing I've ever seen. It gets me every time, just the perfect gag and so well set up, pulls you in, then reminds you what movie your watching.
John Goodman was still doing Roseanne shoots while doing this too,.. watch Roseanne's last few episodes with Dan in them,.. he has the Big Lebowski Hair cut :P
So did I! That exactly happened to a friend and I when we were scattering another close friend's ashes! We figured it was just his way of1 final gag on us
"God dammit, has the whole world gone CRAZY?!? Am I the only one who gives a shit about the rules?? Mark it zero!" "But--!" "You think I'm fucking around here, Smokey? --MARK IT ZERO!!! Mark it zero!"
I remember that the first time I watched it I realized that it was special without knowing what it was. So it's save to say I was aware it went straight over my head. The promise of brilliance was immediately apparent but would take several views to materialize.
Saw Lebowski just out of college with a group of friends who loved Coen brothers films. Within minutes I think we were all in love with the film. We ended up laughing hysterically for most of it, and I distinctly remember most of the theater simply didn’t get it. I remember a lady staring at us and I was like “Are you watching the same film??” 😂
Yeah, that's it! I was wondering where he played such a defining role. He played in a lot of movies but that's were a lot of us will remember him from. I can finally rest now.
I think the rug was a perfect MacGuffin because until you just mentioned the alternate ending I honestly never noticed or cared that we don't find out if he gets it back. At least 20 times I've seen the film, and I just followed the story as it's meant.. enjoyed the adventure and interactions, only noticed the rug when it's specifically mentioned, totally forgot about it at the end.
I fell in love with this movie the first time I watched it. I’ve seen it several several times, and the scene that cracks me up the most has got to be when Walter dumps the ashes of his friend out at the cliff..... classic.
Yes , I think that about sums up the entire premise of the movie, Its like This is life , you can plan all you want but its still all random Life goes the way it wants a sudden unexpected gust of wind makes your wish to be scattered all over the pacific a f*ckin parlor joke.
@@williamgainford9332 It was a 'Jump the Shark' moment for sure, but they lamp-shaded it PRECISELY into 'back-around' HILARIOUS COMEDY WRITING with PERFECT timing. I think that scene with 'The Drink', the 'That's a pretty decent f*cking kitty right-there!' & 'Rae-kens', 'Jalap-Peno chips' & 'BLUE-IAN' & 'The Sh*t-hawk Speech' are ALL Golden Moments in Cinema Comedy History. I got to see The Crew (Boys, Lahey & Randy) before Lahey passed on at the Cleveland Ohio (Traveled from Columbus) 'Dear Santa-Jesus-God, GO F*** YOURSELF Winter World Tour'. It was magical, seeing a Sold-Out crowd in this GIANT, FANCY, GUILDED ANGELS WITH VIEWING BOXES for Operas & World Class Musicians now having The Crew doing Imrov with a Running-Story about X-Mas for 2 hours. Everyone was drunk 90% of the Crowd, the Bouncers were having to help people to the bathroom & from standing & weaving on the railings. & At the end, when Bubbles played his Acoustic version of Liquor & Whores EVERYONE got their phones, lighters, & Vape pens out & the WHOLE DAMN PLACE smelled like a Burning Skunk f***ed a burning Tire at the end & LIT THAT PLACE UP during the Finale.
@@Claymann71 they played dublin too - and i wouldnt go - in case i had to get into it with one of the cast - i heard the show was interactive - so avoided it lol - regretted it after wards - sounded like a gr8 night when u seen them - closer to the heart episode is my fave - being a rush fan - gimme a fuckin R !!! lol
@@jlarrybrewer1149 Me, too! You know that Jeff Bridges must have had personal experience with that to bring it off so well. He is so mellow before and after but in the moment, he is terrified. With the time-stretching effect of weed, it must have seemed to last for minutes instead of seconds.
No the funniest scene is when mr lebowski is in seclusion in the west wing and ask “wha... what makes a man, mr Lebowski” and then is shown the ransom note which is done with the cut out and taped letters and most importantly it was faxed to mr Lebowski
You forgot the best fact about this film’s directors. The Cohen Brothers, who don’t give many in-depth interviews, were offered to be a feature piece in a carpet magazine for carpeting professionals. Since the carpet was so important the film the magazine thought what do they have to lose? So they gave one their most candid interviews to a carpet magazine. It’s so freaking good!
Saw this movie 3 times when it first came out...luckily had a small theater in my town with an old lady who worked the box and thought i was 18, when i was 16, back in 98. Love this film. One of my favs to this day.
Yes, it's *all* of those things and more. The Big Lebowski is a mirror-laden chameleon. Intelligent people will see it as philosophical and deep-----while the more common folk will see it as an inconsequential, shallow and straight forward comedy. Whether it be your fluctuating mood or your permanent personality-----these are all factors that lead to the differing experience that people have in watching The Big Lebowski. If you watch it while in a docile and peaceful mood, you'll pick up on things that a bad mood would otherwise miss (and vise versa). This movie really is an anomaly. It's lightning in a bottle. It cannot be reproduced.
My friend took a women's studies course at GW and they deconstructed it from feminist angle. All the men in the movie are idiots or emasculated like the other Lebowski. All the women are smart, powerful or manipulating men. In short the men are useless except for their sperm. Underlines the theory that if our species survives long enuf, the y chromosome will completely disappear and woman will be able to procreate themselves. Interesting deconstruction. Jackie Treehorn is the only male character that doesnt fit..
Watched the movie in the theater spring break 1998. I remember walking out if the (mostly empty) cinema perplexed and amused, letting it sink in. We honestly didn't know what just happened to us, and whether or not that was a good thing. We debated and analyzed, we were film students after all, some dismissing it altogether. None of us could have predicted the cultural impact of the film.
My friend took a women's studies course at GW and they deconstructed it from feminist angle. All the men in the movie are idiots or emasculated like the other Lebowski. All the women are smart, powerful or manipulating men. In short the men are useless except for their sperm. Underlines the theory that if our species survives long enuf, the y chromosome will completely disappear and woman will be able to procreate themselves. Interesting deconstruction. Jackie Treehorn is the only male character that doesnt fit..
Fun fact 11... Jeff Bridges was sober and doobie free during filming and did not ad-lib, virtually every line was carefully crafted and rehearsed... which makes the bowling alley scenes, the meeting of the two Lebowskis and the Larry homework scene even more incredible. Great actors, great script, great directors... this movie is truly a legend.
The Cohen brothers are famous for VERY exacting dialogue. I read elsewhere the "big Swede" in Fargo thought it was a mistake to say "pancakes" (plural not singular) ... and they yelled CUT! He said "I thought it was a typo," to which they replied THERE ARE NO TYPOS IN OUR SCRIPTS.
This is one of my all time favorite comedies. It's also worth watching the edited for TV version for lines like "That's what you get for meeting a stranger in the Alps!"
I like that joke in End Game but I kinda got a nitpick with it when Tony calls Thor "The big lebowski" he should of just called him the dude, they totally dropped the ball on the joke like The Dude says in the film no one calls him "Lebowski" so he does Tony call him by the films name? He should of just called him The Dude
"Look, let me explain something to you. I'm not Mr. Lebowski. You're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the Dude. So that's what you call me. That, or His Dudeness … Duder … or El Duderino, if, you know, you're not into the whole brevity thing."
This movie truly is cinematic art at it's finest....A masterpiece!! People are over thinking it if they're confused about the movie's premise....There just isn't one and that's the beauty of it!!
Not sure how this fits into the timeline of movie releases exactly, but... In the Big Lebowski, Bunny ran away from her family farm outside of Moorhead MN. Moorhead happens to be just across the Red River from Fargo ND. You can literally play catch with someone in the other city even though you are in different states, they are that close. It would be interesting to find out if the reference to Moorhead was added after making the film Fargo as a hidden throwback to their other movie.
The Raymond Chandler storytelling approach is the one I would always favour over any other! Actually, I think everyone into the art of movies should be forced to read Chandlers Marlowe novels, and, in addition, study the aspects on the protagonists evolution over the years. Doing that is of highest importance to have one understand the importance of the rhythm and music of dialogue, or even monologue, as proven by the off-narrative monologues of Marlowe, or, for instance, Sterling Haydens monologue in Dr Strangelove. These views are underlined heavily by the works of Shakespeare, Orson Welles, Michael Curtiz, Stanley Kubrick, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Zemeckis, and many more. All of the works by the above are only remembered and referred to as being classics due to what is said. If one is not able to remember any dialogue/monologue of a certain movie, it will never be referred to as being a true classic. And this even includes the silent years, when dialogue was delivered via text panels.
I was afraid that Minty tackling Lebowski would be out of his element. So glad that *that* is not the case. How nihilistic would that potentially be????
Oh man you've always been able to pull my my day back into perspective! You help me by bringing a laugh and a smile to my whole day thanks for your time and efforts. Also I've watched this movie eight times! That's how much I liked it, even though years later the copy I had of it was ripped off by a bit of a git !
Here’s a little known “Big Lebowski “ trivia. The woman who sacrificed her toe so that the nihilists could convince Jeff Lebowski that they had “kidnapped” Bunny was Aimee Mann. She was the singer for the 80’s band Til Tuesday who had a big hit in the 80’s with their song “Voices Carry”. She briefly cameos at the end of the movie sitting with the nihilists at a restaurant
This movie was a hidden gem. I don't even know when it was released in theaters but it was a cult classic on home video. Same with Boondock Saints. Great movies that should have gotten more love in the theaters if they were known about.
I saw this in a theatre during it's initial run, there was so much laughter from the audience that I had to watch again just to see the jokes I missed during the laughing...definitely one of my top 5 movies.
Ordained Dudeist Priest here, and many Dudely thanks, Minty. You did right my absolute favorite film. To all my fellow Mintiacs, (is that the term? It needs to be!) remember: the secret to life can be expressed in one word... *Abide.*
This movie really found it's audience on home video, I remember renting this movie and watching it at least 3 times in one night before i had to take it back the next day. Like you said it leaves you wondering, wondering what did I just watch ? Rewind it an play it again lol. Thats how people fell in love with it, through mutiple viewing.
Hi Minty. Somehow I watched a number of your vids a while ago (a couple years back?), and haven't seen anything for a while. Upon re-finding you, I ENJOY your work, and have subscribed so I won't miss future content.
I saw a recent interview with Jeff Bridges and in the scene when he's sliding down the bowling alley and the girls are standing over him. Well, apparently none of those woman were wearing underwear! 👀 👀 👀
The actor who played the older Jeffrey Lebowski was also in BLAZING SADDLES and had that great line NOW WHO COULD ARGUE WITH THAT! At lease that's what I remember about that guy! David Huddleston is his name! He had other great lines too!
It’s funny how the Coen brothers both incessantly pick at their nails here in those shots. I’ve seen the full interviews of them and they both do it the whole time.
Alright minty subbed last week and love your vids! Have you ever considered doing a video about movie posters on there own, I love drew struzan and guys like that! Anyway keep running a tight ship, not a shite tip! ! All the best from Edinburgh, Scotland
I was lucky enough to watch this in the theatres and yes I didn't know what to think of it either. The main reason for watching it was because bowling was involved and at the time I was really into bowling. It wasn't until it was on DVD that me and my friends watched it again and became obsessed with it. It really is a masterpiece!
Same here my dude. Only a few other people in the theater. People didn’t get it then.
"the dude abides"
I remember seeing this at the theater with my wife and I seemed to be one of the only people laughing. I was surprised but not surprised some years later to find out it had finally found its footing with audiences in VHS and DVD form.
That scene when the dude sees that pervy rich guy scribble something down on a pad then leaves the room letting the dude run over to make a carbon copy is the most hilarious thing I've ever seen. It gets me every time, just the perfect gag and so well set up, pulls you in, then reminds you what movie your watching.
John Goodman was still doing Roseanne shoots while doing this too,.. watch Roseanne's last few episodes with Dan in them,.. he has the Big Lebowski Hair cut :P
The first time I saw the ashes scene I laughed out loud for a good ten minutes.
So did I! That exactly happened to a friend and I when we were scattering another close friend's ashes!
We figured it was just his way of1 final gag on us
The Dude’s face when Walter shakes the ashes and the wind blows it back in his face is comedy gold.
@@UlyssesSGrant-de9pn 🤣🤣🤣
I still see the dude religion as more legit than scientology
Any religion is more legit than scientology!
OMG Minty has finally covered The Big Lebowski.
Ordained Dudeist here.
Any other Dudeists watching?
Ordained dude
We're here brother. 1/31/08
Abiding, brothers.
The Dudes abide, always! 😂😎👍🏻🇺🇸
As a Dudeist I abide man.
This is my favorite Cohen Brothers film
My favorite comedy of all time, ive watched it at least a hundred times and its still funny every time
Same
Walter/John Goodman stole this movie, I love "is this your homework Larry?" scene.
“You see what happens when you feed a stoner scrambled eggs.”
"God dammit, has the whole world gone CRAZY?!? Am I the only one who gives a shit about the rules?? Mark it zero!"
"But--!"
"You think I'm fucking around here, Smokey? --MARK IT ZERO!!! Mark it zero!"
Little prick is stonewalling me!
‘’You’re killing your father Larry’’...
Agreed! Let's not forget his role in Raising Arizona. The jail break!!😂🤣😂🤣
“You see what happens Larry, you see what happens when you find a stranger in the alps. “ LMAO!!!
Hahaha, I laughed at that TV version and always wondered who came up with that one. #
Never seen that edited version, without the reply fro 'Yogi' i wouldnt know what ur on about Noel.......
I reckon I'm privileged to have seen it in the theatre back in the day
You lucky fucker
@@EmperorPrinc3 I saw it in a theater lol it was a theme night and they served food based on the film
We are indeed!
RIP Philip Seymour Hoffman and David Huddleston.
Not only is that authentic frontier gibberish. it expressed a courage little seen in this day and age.
...and John Polito.
and Jon Polito!!!
@@KenAdams426 ... Oh, blow it out your ass, Howard! 😉
Yes yes
⚡These 10 facts⚡
Really tied the Movie together
Btw, that's just like your opinion, man...
Truth Be Known Revolution shut the fuck up donny!
I remember that the first time I watched it I realized that it was special without knowing what it was. So it's save to say I was aware it went straight over my head. The promise of brilliance was immediately apparent but would take several views to materialize.
Saw Lebowski just out of college with a group of friends who loved Coen brothers films. Within minutes I think we were all in love with the film. We ended up laughing hysterically for most of it, and I distinctly remember most of the theater simply didn’t get it. I remember a lady staring at us and I was like “Are you watching the same film??” 😂
" Jackie Treehorn treats objects like women, man! "
Im sorry I wasn't listening ...
Fuckin' fascist!!
Need this as a shirt
Yeah,well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
So stay out of his beach side community, deadbeats.
I don't understand how you do not have more subscribers! Every episode is brilliant man! Love your content!
Your Wrong. David Huddleston is best known for playing the Mayor Of Rock Ridge in Blazing Saddles.
Yeah....well, you know, that's just like your opinion man
Yeah, that's it! I was wondering where he played such a defining role. He played in a lot of movies but that's were a lot of us will remember him from. I can finally rest now.
The sheriff is near!
He also played an outlaw opposite a young Jeff Bridges in an 1972 western called “Bad Company”.
@@JEEDUHCHRI I saw him play Benjamin Franklin in the play 1776 at Ford's Theater.
All the dude wanted...
Was his rug back...
I'm not greedy..
It really...
Ties the room together...
"You can imagine what happens next." " He fixes the cable?" Make me laugh every time. Cheers!
I think the rug was a perfect MacGuffin because until you just mentioned the alternate ending I honestly never noticed or cared that we don't find out if he gets it back. At least 20 times I've seen the film, and I just followed the story as it's meant.. enjoyed the adventure and interactions, only noticed the rug when it's specifically mentioned, totally forgot about it at the end.
I fell in love with this movie the first time I watched it.
I’ve seen it several several times, and the scene that cracks me up the most has got to be when Walter dumps the ashes of his friend out at the cliff..... classic.
Yes , I think that about sums up the entire premise of the movie, Its like This is life , you can plan all you want but its still all random Life goes the way it wants a sudden unexpected gust of wind makes your wish to be scattered all over the pacific a f*ckin parlor joke.
"There's a beverage here, man"
surely julian from trailer park boys is a homage to the dude - he even rolled a monte carlo over and never spilt the drink!!!
@@williamgainford9332 It was a 'Jump the Shark' moment for sure, but they lamp-shaded it PRECISELY into 'back-around' HILARIOUS COMEDY WRITING with PERFECT timing.
I think that scene with 'The Drink', the 'That's a pretty decent f*cking kitty right-there!' & 'Rae-kens', 'Jalap-Peno chips' & 'BLUE-IAN' & 'The Sh*t-hawk Speech' are ALL Golden Moments in Cinema Comedy History.
I got to see The Crew (Boys, Lahey & Randy) before Lahey passed on at the Cleveland Ohio (Traveled from Columbus) 'Dear Santa-Jesus-God, GO F*** YOURSELF Winter World Tour'. It was magical, seeing a Sold-Out crowd in this GIANT, FANCY, GUILDED ANGELS WITH VIEWING BOXES for Operas & World Class Musicians now having The Crew doing Imrov with a Running-Story about X-Mas for 2 hours. Everyone was drunk 90% of the Crowd, the Bouncers were having to help people to the bathroom & from standing & weaving on the railings. & At the end, when Bubbles played his Acoustic version of Liquor & Whores EVERYONE got their phones, lighters, & Vape pens out & the WHOLE DAMN PLACE smelled like a Burning Skunk f***ed a burning Tire at the end & LIT THAT PLACE UP during the Finale.
@@Claymann71 they played dublin too - and i wouldnt go - in case i had to get into it with one of the cast - i heard the show was interactive - so avoided it lol - regretted it after wards - sounded like a gr8 night when u seen them - closer to the heart episode is my fave - being a rush fan - gimme a fuckin R !!! lol
@@williamgainford9332 He's obviously based on Patrick Swayze...
The Big Lebowski includes the funniest scene ever filmed: the Dude crashes his car into the dumpster and the events leading up to the crash.
Yes!!! I totally agree!! That little shriek the Dude let’s out when he drops his roach on his crotch cracks me up every time!!!!
@@jlarrybrewer1149 Me, too! You know that Jeff Bridges must have had personal experience with that to bring it off so well. He is so mellow before and after but in the moment, he is terrified. With the time-stretching effect of weed, it must have seemed to last for minutes instead of seconds.
That scene gave me flashbacks 😁
No the funniest scene is when mr lebowski is in seclusion in the west wing and ask “wha... what makes a man, mr Lebowski” and then is shown the ransom note which is done with the cut out and taped letters and most importantly it was faxed to mr Lebowski
When he hit the dunpster. The way the car lurched up and stopped dead, Then driving with a bungee cord holding the hood down.
You forgot the best fact about this film’s directors. The Cohen Brothers, who don’t give many in-depth interviews, were offered to be a feature piece in a carpet magazine for carpeting professionals. Since the carpet was so important the film the magazine thought what do they have to lose? So they gave one their most candid interviews to a carpet magazine. It’s so freaking good!
"Coen."
@@HotVoodooWitch lol you just had to correct a 4 year old comment?
@@JL0ndon EXCUSE me for not looking at the date; regardless, I didn’t realize there’s a statute of limitations for commenting on posts.
@@HotVoodooWitch there isn’t, it’s just funny. No need to get all defensive
Saw this movie 3 times when it first came out...luckily had a small theater in my town with an old lady who worked the box and thought i was 18, when i was 16, back in 98. Love this film. One of my favs to this day.
I have NEVER clicked a video so fast before!! I’m so excited, as this is one of the greatest nonsensical movies of all time!
Yeah.... well.... that’s like , you’re opinion.
I love when the cop throws the coffee mug at his head.......
😆😆😆
Stay the hell out of Malibu Lebowski !
"Its somewhere down there, let me take another look" made me laugh when I first saw the movie!
Obviously...you're not a golfer.
Yes, it's *all* of those things and more. The Big Lebowski is a mirror-laden chameleon. Intelligent people will see it as philosophical and deep-----while the more common folk will see it as an inconsequential, shallow and straight forward comedy. Whether it be your fluctuating mood or your permanent personality-----these are all factors that lead to the differing experience that people have in watching The Big Lebowski. If you watch it while in a docile and peaceful mood, you'll pick up on things that a bad mood would otherwise miss (and vise versa).
This movie really is an anomaly. It's lightning in a bottle. It cannot be reproduced.
Lotta $10 words for this $5 comment section
My friend took a women's studies course at GW and they deconstructed it from feminist angle. All the men in the movie are idiots or emasculated like the other Lebowski. All the women are smart, powerful or manipulating men. In short the men are useless except for their sperm. Underlines the theory that if our species survives long enuf, the y chromosome will completely disappear and woman will be able to procreate themselves. Interesting deconstruction. Jackie Treehorn is the only male character that doesnt fit..
That scene when buscemi's ashes are thrown in lebowski's face😆😆😆😆
Having had that exact experience... That scene means a lot to me. And also makes me laugh harder than anything
Watched the movie in the theater spring break 1998. I remember walking out if the (mostly empty) cinema perplexed and amused, letting it sink in. We honestly didn't know what just happened to us, and whether or not that was a good thing. We debated and analyzed, we were film students after all, some dismissing it altogether. None of us could have predicted the cultural impact of the film.
My friend took a women's studies course at GW and they deconstructed it from feminist angle. All the men in the movie are idiots or emasculated like the other Lebowski. All the women are smart, powerful or manipulating men. In short the men are useless except for their sperm. Underlines the theory that if our species survives long enuf, the y chromosome will completely disappear and woman will be able to procreate themselves. Interesting deconstruction. Jackie Treehorn is the only male character that doesnt fit..
This is one of my absolute favourite movies.
One of my favorite movies ever! Truly a masterpiece and it's awesome to see so many people showing some love. The Dude abides.
One of my all time favorite movies!!!!
We should have got ya Walters glasses for this review. Enlightening as always good sir✊🎬
Fun fact 11... Jeff Bridges was sober and doobie free during filming and did not ad-lib, virtually every line was carefully crafted and rehearsed... which makes the bowling alley scenes, the meeting of the two Lebowskis and the Larry homework scene even more incredible. Great actors, great script, great directors... this movie is truly a legend.
The Cohen brothers are famous for VERY exacting dialogue.
I read elsewhere the "big Swede" in Fargo thought it was a mistake to say "pancakes" (plural not singular) ... and they yelled CUT!
He said "I thought it was a typo," to which they replied THERE ARE NO TYPOS IN OUR SCRIPTS.
Minty, you are my Dude from another Brood! Love the channel and learning more about the pop culture that I Love!
Another Minty review?! Starting my Friday morning off proper. 👌🏾
Proper Twelve
Best entertainment while poo'ing
redwineisfine hahaha!
@@redwineisfine 🤔
Minty's reviews really tie Fridays together
This is one of my all time favorite comedies. It's also worth watching the edited for TV version for lines like "That's what you get for meeting a stranger in the Alps!"
That's almost up there with
"Flip you, mellon farmer!" (Repo Man)
Dude you are a national treasure (in all nations), thanks for all of your hard work to inform & entertain (great shows)..!
#12 - The first scene is set on Aug. 6 1990, the day Jonbenet Ramsey was born. The film was in production during Dec. 1996, when she was killed.
*Plot Twist:* Big Lebowski is actually Thor in his purest form.
Thor - or *Obadiah Stain* ?
82 Pythons shut up, man
Hate to say it, but I’m with Drew. You got an issue with the Marvel cinematic universe (or liberals), there’s always a doctor’s office.
I like that joke in End Game but I kinda got a nitpick with it when Tony calls Thor "The big lebowski" he should of just called him the dude, they totally dropped the ball on the joke like The Dude says in the film no one calls him "Lebowski" so he does Tony call him by the films name? He should of just called him The Dude
Chandler is one of my favorite authors. His work is spectacular.
Still makes me giggle anytime I see it
The Big Lebowski is one of my favorite movies of all time!
Thanks for the review, Minty!
I'm not Mr. Lebowski!
You're Mr. Lebowski.
I'm the dude.
Could you at least call me dude or El duderino?
"Look, let me explain something to you. I'm not Mr. Lebowski. You're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the Dude. So that's what you call me. That, or His Dudeness … Duder … or El Duderino, if, you know, you're not into the whole brevity thing."
Mind if I smoke?
"What day is this?"
Looks exhausting
Shaine White “EL DUDERINO” sounds like something from “THE SIMPSONS”!
One of my all time favorite movies! Thanks for this one Minty!
PLEASE PLEASE do the Sleepaway Camp movies!
YES. a video on Sleepaway Camp would be great!
“Where’s that Money Lebowski?!”
This movie truly is cinematic art at it's finest....A masterpiece!! People are over thinking it if they're confused about the movie's premise....There just isn't one and that's the beauty of it!!
Great video about one of my top 25 all-time favorite films. Thanks, keep up the good work.
Why did cult classic usually bon in the box office? I find this movie really good. I still watch it periodically.
When the dude passes out in front of the police man. Classic
Not sure how this fits into the timeline of movie releases exactly, but...
In the Big Lebowski, Bunny ran away from her family farm outside of Moorhead MN. Moorhead happens to be just across the Red River from Fargo ND. You can literally play catch with someone in the other city even though you are in different states, they are that close. It would be interesting to find out if the reference to Moorhead was added after making the film Fargo as a hidden throwback to their other movie.
Greystone Mansion always makes me think of the pilot for Knight Rider, Knight of the Phoenix. Just my two cents worth. Great one as always, Minty.
The Raymond Chandler storytelling approach is the one I would always favour over any other!
Actually, I think everyone into the art of movies should be forced to read Chandlers Marlowe novels, and, in addition, study the aspects on the protagonists evolution over the years.
Doing that is of highest importance to have one understand the importance of the rhythm and music of dialogue, or even monologue, as proven by the off-narrative monologues of Marlowe, or, for instance, Sterling Haydens monologue in Dr Strangelove.
These views are underlined heavily by the works of Shakespeare, Orson Welles, Michael Curtiz, Stanley Kubrick, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Zemeckis, and many more.
All of the works by the above are only remembered and referred to as being classics due to what is said.
If one is not able to remember any dialogue/monologue of a certain movie, it will never be referred to as being a true classic.
And this even includes the silent years, when dialogue was delivered via text panels.
Great list but..."Thats just like your opinion man" The Dude would be proud of this vid!
I was afraid that Minty tackling Lebowski would be out of his element. So glad that *that* is not the case. How nihilistic would that potentially be????
The dude abides
Oh man you've always been able to pull my my day back into perspective! You help me by bringing a laugh and a smile to my whole day thanks for your time and efforts. Also I've watched this movie eight times! That's how much I liked it, even though years later the copy I had of it was ripped off by a bit of a git !
incredible analysis! love your work.
I don't know exactly why this film captivated me as a youth.
I do know it's a wonderful film
BTW minty rules.
Here’s a little known “Big Lebowski “ trivia. The woman who sacrificed her toe so that the nihilists could convince Jeff Lebowski that they had “kidnapped” Bunny was Aimee Mann. She was the singer for the 80’s band Til Tuesday who had a big hit in the 80’s with their song “Voices Carry”. She briefly cameos at the end of the movie sitting with the nihilists at a restaurant
Saw this in the theater. Such a great movie. Jeff's still shots are great. Thanks for covering this.
This movie was a hidden gem. I don't even know when it was released in theaters but it was a cult classic on home video. Same with Boondock Saints. Great movies that should have gotten more love in the theaters if they were known about.
LOVE your channel and am beyond excited you covered "the dude" -- keep up the great content!!!
THE SUPREME COURT HAS ROUNDLY REJECTED PRIOR RESTRAINT!
Life does not start and stop at your convenience, you miserable piece of shit!!
I saw this in a theatre during it's initial run, there was so much laughter from the audience that I had to watch again just to see the jokes I missed during the laughing...definitely one of my top 5 movies.
I learned that the Coen brothers sit and pick their nails like crazy together.
Allright! The BIG LEBOWSKI!
more like 11 things. i didnt know that it took place in 1991
This is my favorite movie of all time! Thanks for doing a video on it Minty! Now on with the show.
Glad you did this review. Definitely in my top 5 movies. Seen it so many times. Now im off to watch the movie again!
That's just, like your opinion, man.
I periodically use that quote.
love the Big Lebowski, such an awesome film!
Cute, but film is a bullshit!
David Huddleston played the outlaw leader Big Joe in the 1972 western Bad Company, where he encounters Jake played by Jeff Bridges.
Nice job Minty. I too had it go over my head in 98 but have come to love it. I would love to see a 10 things about Kingpen.
"I just need to find an ATM."
Hands down my favorite movie of all time Donny you're out of your element and the Dude abides
Please don't stop making these vids, I absolutely love them #1
Ordained Dudeist Priest here, and many Dudely thanks, Minty.
You did right my absolute favorite film.
To all my fellow Mintiacs, (is that the term? It needs to be!) remember: the secret to life can be expressed in one word...
*Abide.*
"Dudism"!
I'm there.
"Far out" Minty 😎 The Big Lebowski my favorite movie 👍
This movie really found it's audience on home video, I remember renting this movie and watching it at least 3 times in one night before i had to take it back the next day. Like you said it leaves you wondering, wondering what did I just watch ? Rewind it an play it again lol. Thats how people fell in love with it, through mutiple viewing.
Hi Minty. Somehow I watched a number of your vids a while ago (a couple years back?), and haven't seen anything for a while. Upon re-finding you, I ENJOY your work, and have subscribed so I won't miss future content.
I saw a recent interview with Jeff Bridges and in the scene when he's sliding down the bowling alley and the girls are standing over him. Well, apparently none of those woman were wearing underwear! 👀 👀 👀
Actually, his wife had them all wear big hairy muffs, which makes it even more hilarious.
Ohhhh.....Yes that’s right!!! I knew it was something like that!
A ridiculously brilliant film. Probably my favorite comedy of all time and one of my favorite movies.
Half baked or the pest is funnier
@@206beastman the pest is funnier than the Big Lebowski? I'm guessing you also think Geico commercials are funnier, too.
@@xenos_n. "i can hear your gonads jingleing"
@@206beastman I agree, I love the pest!
Obviously, my favorite movie...
And as always Minty does a GREAT job!!!! ❤❤❤❤
The actor who played the older Jeffrey Lebowski was also in BLAZING SADDLES and had that great line NOW WHO COULD ARGUE WITH THAT! At lease that's what I remember about that guy! David Huddleston is his name! He had other great lines too!
Duuuuuuuuuuuuude
I’ve waited so long for this...
Literally since watching your first video
Way to go mint 🤘🤘
He's Minty. So that's what you call him.
Or Minter...
His Mintness...
Or El Minterino, if you're not into the whole brevity thing.
This is a crazy movie you have to see at least once in your life. Thanks for video, Minty.
It’s funny how the Coen brothers both incessantly pick at their nails here in those shots. I’ve seen the full interviews of them and they both do it the whole time.
Let's get a King Ralph list!
I heard a lot of the Cohen projects had roots in Homer’s Odyssey. This is hardly different.
They really hit that hard with O brother, where art thou?
I miss my old life .
Thank you my friend !
I see now what condition my
condition is in . 🌴✌️🌴
Loved the video, once again. Nothing like a Minty video during morning coffee.
One of my favorite movies of all time. I crack up every time I watch it.
"Hullo Miene Dispatcher zeys der est sumthing wrong with Dine Cable"
Zats why dey call me, I am ze exphert
Vee vants da muny Lebowski!!!!
hahahaha yeah brother's!
I saw this in the theater and I loved it. It might have been one of those ones I went to a couple times.
Alright minty subbed last week and love your vids! Have you ever considered doing a video about movie posters on there own, I love drew struzan and guys like that! Anyway keep running a tight ship, not a shite tip! ! All the best from Edinburgh, Scotland