THE BIG LEBOWSKI (1998) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | Reaction & Commentary | The dude abides!
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- This week we're watching THE BIG LEBOWSKI for the first time!! Woah I feel changed by the dude...anyone else? Watch my commentary then stick around for some Lebowski trivia and then let me know where you were when you first watched THE BIG LEBOWSKI!!
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"It's a movie about a rug kinda!"
The rug really ties the plot together.
It underlies the whole story and provides the hook.
It really ties the plot together! Am I wrong?
@@fireheart6267 You're not wrong, fireheart, you're just an.... 8-)
Was just thinking, " The rug is a McGuffin."
Chekov's rug
Sadly, every reactor seems to leave out my favorite bit:
Maude: "The story is ludicrous. Lord, you can imagine where it goes from here."
Dude: "He fixes the cable?"
I can't remember any of them including that either.
I have seen at least one reactor have that part. :)
📺🔧🤣
😂 So good!!!
"Don't be fatuous, Jeffrey."
6:53 “Walter is REALLY into the rules.”
It’s a league game, Shanelle.
Am I wrong?
It certainly isn't 'Nam.
“This isn’t Vietnam, Shanelle”…:)
I am the walrus.
Am I the only one around here who gives a shit about the rules?!
Yeah, Well, You Know, That's Just, Like, Your Opinion, Man.
this movie was made for this channel
I know! I know! So many glorious commas!
Me and my friends used to argue over weather Big Lebowski or Stepbrothers was more quotable. Lebowski hands down imo
Excellent quote!
You're out of your element!
John Goodman's performance as Walter Sobchack is one of the greatest supporting performances in the history of comedic cinema.
talk about commitment, sheeeesh...
@callmecatalyst Difficulty: King Ralph. But that was fairly early in his career so he gets a pass. And for the record he *was* "in" a Disney film, but it was arguably their best animated movie of the last 50 years (The Emperor's New Groove). We won't speak about the direct-to-video sequel. Nor about Jungle Book 2. Oh, and he did have a (voice) role in two Transformers movies.
You know what? He is indeed a fine actor, and you can't hate a guy for paying the bills from time to time.
His best part
In cinema period
"Hey, careful man, there's a beverage here!" is the line that always gets me.
My favorite bit is when Dude's landlord pesters him for the rent. Dude blows him off. But the landlord does invite him to his dance program. And THE DUDE ACTUALLY SHOWS UP! Not only that, he brings 2 friends! If you ever been invited to a "friends" recital that is Groovy!
knowing the coen brothers and their love of almost roundly unredeemable characters, this is such a standout thing for characters they devote so much to!
" Dude blows him off. " Well, he doesn't exactly blow him off. He acknowledges he hasn't paid yet and nods
@@foljs5858 to a landlord, the way they are in real life...
And then he says 'we'll go there after the....what have you...' funny funny stuff...
"Is the tumbleweed talking?" Well to be fair, that is an accurate assessment of Sam Elliott's voice.
A tumbleweed wearing a hat and sporting a moustache.
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One of your fellow reactors described this movie perfectly when he said that the movie keeps trying to form around the Dude, but he refuses to let it.
I loved that analysis. Its a movie trying very hard to have a plot but the main character can't be bothered to pursue it.
Yeah i saw that one from James. Interesting to think about but I'm not sure I fully buy it
Very true.
"Jackie Treehorn treats objects like women, man" - my favorite line. lol
There's just so many! Most are from Walter. But I also love: "The story is ludicrous". 😂
"Well that's just like, your opinion, man..." is the best line ever, simple as it is!
Also, the license plate, "LAPIN" means "Bunny" in French.
Beat me to it. :)
@@wdomburg Which part? Lol
I always love how Brent is so serious, melodramatic, and professional that he call the dude "dude" like it were his given name. "Her life is in your hands, Dude". And the way he laughs when Bunny offers to blow the dude! It pops his bubble of professionalism.
My favorite quotes are all from Brandt: "This is our concern, Dude." "Well Dude, we just don't know." "We've been desperately trying to reach you, Dude." Brandt has such equal respect for everyone, that he has no problem calling the Dude the Dude. I feel the same. Whatever you tell me to call you, that's what I'm going to call you, out of respect. Love Brandt. :)
Brant can watch, but he's gotta pay $100
"That had NOT occurred to us, Dude."
Your reaction really tied the video together.
Fuck that was funny. I literally got teary eyed laughing.
@@jainelson8840 alright, there's no need to be passive aggressive
@@winstonmarlowe5254 no passive aggressive, although I think you meant sarcastic. I truly cracked up at that comment. It was really funny to me.
WELL LIKE thats just your opinion ...... man ,😅.
No expense was spared for “The Dude” wardrobe in this film…Really, no expense!
So the expense was spared. Thats the meaning. All expense spared.
@@jonathanpark7245 Can't help myself from this unnecessary nerd explanation of the joke: "No expense" is treated as a single positive object rather than the negation of an object. So it's not "didn't spare an expense," it's No Expense (treated as if it were a thing) was indeed spared.
@@dudermcdudeface3674 ok. It was free, so any expense that would have incurred was spared.
Some of the clothes, the stupid shoes for instance, were actually Jeff's in real life.
@@bzbzob He certainly knows how to dress casual.
One thing I love is that The Dude never has his own thoughts on the situation until he figures out what was going on.
"They're gonna kill that poor woman" Walter walking through the bowling alley totally confident that Bunny kidnapped herself. that line kills me, John Goodmans' performance in this movie is all time great!!!
"The Big Lebowski" is technically a classic film noir, but with a comedy center. Instead of a detective, some Film Noir invlolved an "everyday man"(aka the Dude) who gets stuck in the middle of a complicated situation. There is a great TH-cam video showing how The Big Lebowski fits all the major parts of a classic Film Noir movie. Here's the link :
th-cam.com/video/nj0JC8N7S-U/w-d-xo.html
I once heard this movie being described as "What happens when a slacker walks into a Film Noir". So that perfectly tracks.
It should be considered an "annotated" film noir. In other words the film has various characters enter and exit but instead of being characters per se they embody other film worlds/genres, and deliberately clash with and "taint" the standard mainline film noir mood plot and twists.
David Lynch sort of does this too, he loves forming characters adorned in an entire other genre and bump up these genres against each other within the same project
"Somehow...I feel changed." I know that feeling! This may be my favorite movie of all time.
John Turturro is the under appreciated character in this classic. Every time I see him in anything else, I always picture him as “Jesus” from here. Side note: I literally found out yesterday there was a spin-off movie with him (in this character) made three years ago. It’s titled “The Jesus Rolls”
th-cam.com/video/rLAmpku4fyg/w-d-xo.html
I wanted so bad to like that movie. It was an abortion
@@EJBing Sadly, you’re correct. Still a funny character though. Just wish it didn’t suck so bad. 😂
@@EJBing Yep. The writers tried to imitate the 'shaggy dog story' type of humour in this, but didn't understand how to pull it off and they ended up with heap of dog shit that they called a movie.
Now that you've seen this, the best way to reply to negative comments you get on the Internet (or anywhere) is by saying "Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man." 😊 Great reaction, Shanelle! This is such a wonderfully chaotic movie and I'm glad you liked it.
The Coen Bros. filmography has so much gold. Treat yourself to watching more of their work!
my fav movie of theirs is actually alsoJeff Bridges work with them! True Grit! I really love most of Roger Deakins work and he really rocked that movie!
@@bernhardtsen74 "The jakes is occupied!" 😄
3 Billboards outside Ebbing Missouri
I am an ordained minister in the Church of Latter Day Dude. Also, Bunny’s family farm outside of Moorhead, Minnesota is in Fargo.
I can't believe the Flea is in this, Suburbia, the Outsiders and the Back to the Future series. Dude has been in a lot
First time I saw this I thought it was dumb. Years later a good friend of mine and his gf were talking it up and convinced me to rewatch it with them over a few drinks and it totally changed my opinion. It gets better every time I see it and now it’s a absolute classic for me. Too many great quotes to settle on just one as a best quote. But “you know dude I myself dabbled in pacifism once. Not in ‘Nam of course” is definitely a favorite.
I had a pretty similar experience, myself! I didn’t hate it on my first viewing, but it just didn’t strike me in the way it did for others who love it.
It is an all time classics, for sure.
Well, that’s just like, your opinion man. 😎
I saw the beginning and thought it was a mob movie. Or something having to do with a loan shark.
this movie HAS to be re-watched to be fully enjoyed
@@ph8429 And, once/if you find it hilarious, it keeps that hilarity forever.
The rug, once activated by the intruders void, become a 'flying carpet' , carrying the plot, the characters and our beloved Duder through his life changing events . ..."oh, and it tied the room together rather well."
hahaha loved the review 🤠 "No Donny , these men are nihilists. There's nothing to be afraid of" love this line 🤣🤣🤣
“The Dude abides” might be my favorite line.
I have watched this movie once every year for over 15 years now. The more you watch it, the more you see and notice and get from it. I hope you watch it again for yourself and you will laugh at so many other minor details you miss the first time (everyone misses them)!
In the entire movie, you NEVER see Jeff Bridges bowling. LOL
“The Dude abides.” My favourite line of the movie. Also one I have used personally in my life. Lol
You're right about the locations. This movie, along with Michael Mann's "Heat", provide a window into the lesser known locations of Los Angeles. This one stays around lesser seen places in Hollywood and the Valley; "Heat" spends a lot of time in South LA and woolly places like Hawthorne. I keep hearing South LA is hip now, I don't know.
Heat is so freaking good.
"The Rug tied the Room together." And the whole "Is that your homework, Larry?" Is my favorite in the Movie. Such a weird and funny Movie. 🤣
There’s a pub in Edinburgh called Lebowskis which is a Big Lewbowski themed bar. They show the film on a constant loop
A good one with Buscemi is Ghost World. Also included: Thora Birch and a young Scarlett Johansson.
If you ever saw the documentary on Robert Crumb, Ghost World seems like it stole most of its ideas from that doc.
Great suggestion. I love Ghost World, seems a forgotten film nowadays.
@@eximusic Well, Ghost World is based on a Daniel Clowes book by the same name. Clowes and Crumb knew each other. The book and the doc came out the same year.
@@eximusic Terry Zwigoff directed both works.
“The Dude abides”
Words to live by
16:07 I rewatched this at least 5x. The exaggerated way she says “beaver picture” is hilarious. 🤣
I like the fact that half of the movie is at the bowling alley and they're talking about bowling and how they're in a bowling league but we never see the dude bowling
Fun fact: One of the most famous quotes from this movie, isn't actually in the movie -- "This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps!" is the edited-for-TV version of John Goodman's line when he busts up the red car that isn't Larry's, and it's become its own kind of catchphrase with t-shirts and everything.
That's almost as good as Burt Reynolds waking up saying "Gosh darned son of a buck!" in the TV version of The End.
Or as John McClane famously said, "yippy-ki-yay, melon farmer"
@@Dylan_Platt I associate melon farmer with TV dubs of Repo Man.
"This is what happens when you feed a stoner scrambled eggs!"
The commercial TV version of 'The Sopranos' kept making references to the "mother-forgetters". :-)
I've been enjoying this channel for a month now, and you know what I love? Her sharp wit and the fact that she speaks in a nice normal tone, and doesn't do that hyped-up yell-speak that so many youtubers feel the need to employ.
I saw this in the theater in 1998 with my parents (I was 18)… I hated it, they loved it. I watched again a few months ago and surprisingly enjoyed it. Your reaction is my third watch through and I think I’m in love. Also, I now realize. The rug ties the whole movie together.
I just hit pause 1 second in because the first thought that came to mind when I saw this pop up on TH-cam is “Shanelle was made for this movie and this movie was made for Shanelle.”
Hey, how about Mallrats? Would love for you to continue your journey through the View Askewniverse.
One of my all time favorite movies. Love it. So many quotable lines and Jeff Bridges does a stellar job portraying the laid back every man.
P.T. Anderson's INHERENT VICE is probably the best follow-up to this movie. That or the Coens' TRUE GRIT.
And there's actually a Waterston in Inherent Vice. (However, really a radically different movie than BL)
Once you watch it 3-4 times, it gets even better.
The 'I don't like you, jerkoff' bit is probably my favorite piece of dialog in this movie but I often use 'Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.' in conversation. :D I really appreciate this movie for showing characters who are having plot done TO them but they're actively resisting it.
Ever since I saw this movie I've been waiting for the perfect opportunity to say "I'm sorry, I wasn't listening". Even if it means I get coffee cupped after it.
Sorry, I wasn’t listening.
@@mcjim256 **coffee cup**
(Gets a cup thrown HARDinto his forehead)
“I just want to understand this, sir… every time a rug is micturated upon in this fair city, I have to compensate the owner?”
Walter: "We can't do that, dude. It f*cks up our plan."
Dude: "Well, call them up and explain it to them, Walter."
So many great moments in this film. The whole we/us callback is great. The "what day is this?" line is perfect (weed and white Russians aside, unemployment will do that to you). It's pretty rare, even now, that I endorse a man in regards to anything without describing him as "a good man, and thorough." Also worth noting; immediately after Walter tells little Larry he's killing his father, he gives him this look to which words can't do justice. It's pretty subtle. I didn't catch it the first time I saw this, but now I can't unsee it, and it still cracks me up every time.
One of my favorite bits of trivia for this movie is in the scene with The Dude going down the bowling alley lane between the pin girls legs, they all wore fake bushes under their skirts so Jeff's reaction looking up at them is pure amusement.
His wife and daughter were on set when he shot that scene. He was kinda embarrassed.
Sweet! I can't wait to hear, like, your opinion, man.
This is my all-time favorite move. I'm so glad you got it on your first watch. It took me a couple times to understand how to take it. In my opinion, it gets better each time you watch. There are so many memorable lines in this movie. There isn't another one like it.
You have a pleasant arrangement and presentation quality about you that makes your concept delightful. Good for you Shanelle :)
This film is a bit like Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas where every time you watch it you notice something new and appreciate the effort that goes into the little things.
They both came out the same year. 😊
Hopefully she reacts to F&L it's definitely one of my favs
This is like a film that's trying to happen but the Dude keeps disrupting it. Goodman's Walter is one of those once-in-a-lifetime portrayals.
I think the Dude is trying to happen and the film keeps disrupting him.
@@sparksdrinker5650 Works both ways yeah.
I first saw this movie as a kid so my favorite line is actually in the edited version for TV, when Walter is smashing the car. "You see what happens Larry? You see what happens when you find a stranger in the alps?" Saw it later unedited as an adult and I thought that was a hilarious censorship.
28:30 - Yeah, I figured it would be your kind of movie. I listen to the podcast as well as watching your reactions. Don't know why everyone was telling you to temper your expectations for it. This was TOTALLY up your alley!
My favorite dialog is the rambling word salad that leads to the "What in God's name are you blathering about!" line.
This is one of those movies that reminds you of the preposterousness of life which we all need a reminder of once in a while. As the old saying goes "don't take life too seriously or you'll never make it out alive".
And yes, Jeff Bridges has pretty much transformed into The Dude as the years went by.
PS: "hey!!! Careful: There's a beverage here" as he's getting tossed into the limo.
"It really tied the room together" can be used for just about anything
Amazing pick.
On the subject of comedies, would you react to "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"? By Terry Gilliam with Johnny Depp. I promise you will stop the video due to exzessive laughing.
I think she would seriously appreciate that movie. Especially if she sees that Benicio lost work because people thought he was a real druggie lol
Maude Lebowski : Lord. You can imagine where it goes from here.
The Dude : He fixes the cable?
Maude Lebowski : Don't be fatuous, Jeffrey.
26:20 I used to work in a cemetery and I actually did bury cremated remains in a Foldgers coffee can! This scene always cracks me up b/c of that. As an aside, I also buried cremated remains that were in a film canister!
In a film canister? Perhaps it was from this actor: th-cam.com/video/oh7xwI_0huM/w-d-xo.html
The Coen brothers have said this movie was a tribute to their favorite film noir private detective movies from the 40's with The Dude in the private detective role. And if you look into that genre, this movie has all the standard elements.
6:37 - This scene has that "the longer you watch it, the better it gets" quality to it.
That's pretty much the whole movie.
@@LumpyAdams Well, you know, I mean, RELATIVELY speaking. LOL
It ages like a fine white russian... (better smell if the cream in the carton has gone bad)
@@scipioafricanus5871 LOL!!
@@scipioafricanus5871 Or if it lands in the toilet.
A little trivia about this movie, John Goodman character is based on the hollywood Director John Millus who was known for being a kind of a wild man in Hollywood. John Milus is known for directing Conan the Barbarian.
"Let me explain something to you:
I'm not Mr Lebowski. You're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the Dude. You can at least call me Duder, his Royal Dudeness or El Duderino?" Lol!!
I think that's my favorite line from the movie, never fails to make me laugh.
There is a Shakespearian styled stage production titled 'Two Gentlemen of Lebowski'. That's how much people love this film, and I am among them.
You have to realize that the film's plot means nothing, it essentially resolves itself. The whole film is about the strange, quirky characters and endlessly quotable dialogue.
One of my favorite little details is that The Dude hates The Eagles, and his bowling rival The Jesus is introduced with The Gypsy Kings' Spanish cover of "Hotel California".
That cover is on my playlist.
My favorite description of the plot: the entire movie is the protagonist refusing the call to action
19:16=The camera is the eyes of The Dude. Though Treehorn is looking into the lens, it's not a 4th wall break (which acknowledges the audience). 27:25=Classic 4th wall break, speaking directly to us. Sam Elliot's opening narration follows the tumbleweed as it drifts along, almost like the feather in Forrest Gump.
its a bit of both
@@Nick_CF He’s partially speaking to the viewing audience while saying, “Hello, Dude”?
YES I IMMEDIATELY CLICKED ON THIS THE SECOND I SAW IT. Btw great reaction lol
Saaame
great reaction this movie is one of my favorite comedys ever its got great performances Jeff bridges is great but John Goodman steals the show for me his performance was Walter was incredible
Fun Fact: neither Walter nor The Dude is shown actually bowling. Only Donnie is shown bowling and he always rolls a strike except for the last time he rolled and left one pin standing. He died a few minutes later.
You can see him playing with his right arm right after when he sits down. A heart attack symptom.
The rug really ties the whole movie together.
I've been enchanted by this movie from the first night I saw in the theater (Gainesville, FL). It's an all time favorite. You nailed it with "somehow I feel a bit changed". This movie does somehow feel like you just went through a thing, but in a good way. To steal from "That 70s Show", like the whole world shifted two inches to the left.
Brother
Go Gators
I didnt get this movie at all the first time I watched it, but as soon as I turned it on for the second time and you get the shots of the tumbleweed with the harmonized singing and the cowboy narrating I instantly got it! It’s one of my favorites now
My favorite quote: "Also, let's not forget - let's *not* forget, Dude - that keeping wildlife, an amphibious rodent, for uh, domestic, you know, within the city - that ain't legal either." - Walter
"Ampibious rodent" gets me every time.
What, are you a fucking park ranger now?
A friend introduced me to The Dude over a decade ago and like so many of the Coen films, it took a few watches to really "get" it, but now I take comfort in knowing that The Dude Abides.
I'm actually an ordained Dudeist minister myself.
The title is a reference to old film noirs, like The Big Sleep or The Big Heat. A few film scholars even call it the last true film noir.
Other terrifying performances from John Goodman include the underrated Barton Fink (also from the Coens), and 10 Cloverfield Lane (you don't need to watch the other Cloverfields to understand it).
Your story about misunderstanding "Caucasian" is actually a joke in Hunt For The Wilderpeople, directed by Taiki Waititi. If you haven't seen his stuff, I highly recommend him. Very quirky humor, and a distinct visual style almost reminiscent of Wes Anderson. Hunt For The Wilderpeople, Jojo Rabbit, and What We Do In e Shadows are his best. He also did Thor Ragnarok and the upcoming Love & Thunder.
+1 for 10 Cloverfield Lane
Just for fun, checked the replay...
Smoky wasn't over the line, and the "Sensors" which light up if you cross the beam were unlit.
The story of a man and his rug. Too many quotes to list them all here but firmly in my top ten all time. This is film making at the highest level. Sounds like you're a Lebowiski convert - welcome to the club Shanelle. "The Dude abides."
5:25 "I love that there was a whole scene about a rug" 😄
When I first saw this, I didn't get that it was a period piece, even though the narrator says it is. In 1998, 1991 still didn't feel like "the past", because we had all just lived through it and it was still normal to see entertainment from 1991 on TV. But as time goes on, it's definitely a period piece, and they made a lot of choices to root it in a particular past; the obsession with Saddam (which faded by the mid 90s and didn't come back til 2001), pagers instead of cell phones, the "forward thinkers" talking about the internet as the coming thing (which kind of existed in 1991, but wasn't everywhere until around 95), all the 1970s cars (which were pretty common among more price-sensitive people in the late 80s and early 90s, and tended to outlast cars from the 1980s which were at a low point), the old Vietnam-obsessed guy (everybody knew one around 1990, but they were mostly pretty obscure by the mid 90s)...
The Big Lebowski is about a past which none of us in 1998 actually separated from our present, or viewed as "past". I wouldn't have even separated 1991 as it's own period, but its got little in common with the 80s, or with anything after about 1993.
This is the kind of movie that no matter how much you like it the first time you watch, it gets better on subsequent viewings. (I’d love to see you do a rewatch in like a year)
Definitely my favorite quote of the movie "Forget it Donny, you're out of your element". lol
Favorite dialog: "This aggression won't stand, man!" or "He's a good man... and thorough."
"Well that's just like your opinion man" is probably my favorite because it's easy to quote.
12:11 That rug really tied the movie together. :)
Never has a movie pivoted around adverbs and adjectives as much as this one.
Saw it on VHS rental. Loved it first viewing. And it gets better and better on each viewing. It's impossible to pick a best line, but I'm kinda partial to bits like "You're obviously not a golfer", "Yeah, well, you know, that's just like, your opinion, man" "Mr. Treehorn treats objects like women, man." "You mean coitus?" "Sometimes you eat the bar, and sometimes, well, he eats you." "He fixes the cable?"
The best description I've read of this movie is that it is a movie desperately trying to have a plot, but the main character can't be bothered.
I posted on FB one time, "I got a new rug. It really ties the room together." It was funny seeing who got it and who didn't.
13:45 It is super quick but when the Dude empties his pocket contents onto the table, there's a joint among the change and as soon as it's on the table, the Dude immediately snatches it and puts it back in his pocket.
I enjoyed watching that with you and hearing your insights. The Coen Bros said it was inspired by Raymond Chandler novels, and Chandler said "that scenes were more important than plot".
I recommend watching it again. I found that it got even better after a few viewings.
I’ll recommend something a little different here: Fiasco, a roleplaying game of “powerful ambition and poor impulse control”. It’s basically a light framework for improvising your own Coen Brothers type plot and characters, specifically including “halfway through, things get *much* worse”, with people’s final fates ranging from “completely and utterly screwed” to “you got the million dollars *and* the girl, go you!” to “you went through *all that* just to end up right back where you started”.
First time I watched this I knew it was quotable and fun. However, I was a bit upset that there was no big event or resolution. Moments later I realized that was the point. The Dude essentially does nothing the entire movie. Once I got it, I was convinced. What a brilliant idea for a film.
My favourite piece of Big Lebowski dialogue is one that wasn't even in the actual movie. It's one of those cases of changing dialogue on an "in flight" copy of the movie and it's "This is what happens when you FIND A STRANGER IN THE ALPS!!"
"OVER THE LINE!" I can't help but yell it any time I play any kind of game like darts, bowling, corn hole, horseshoes, etc.
Back in the early nineties I was living in Los Feliz and studying film at AFI. Used to bowl at Hollywood Lanes all the time. By the time this came out, I was living in NYC.
Right from the opening I recognized the neon, I was blown away and it brought me right back.