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The Big Lebowski’ Turns 20, But Why Are People Still Obsessed?
Indie Wire ^
| 03/06/2018
| David Ehrlich, Michael Nordine, Kate Erbland
Posted on 03/06/2018 2:16:39 PM PST by Kid Shelleen
On March 6, 1998, a little movie called “The Big Lebowski” opened in half-empty theaters across the country, and anyone expecting the Coen brothers to get serious for their follow-up to the Oscar-winning “Fargo” was in for a very chill surprise. A dopey but profound slacker noir about a guy — a conscientious objector to all human conflict — whose quest to avenge a soiled rug unravels into a wild goose chase involving all sorts of inherent vice, “The Big Lebowski” may not have been much of a hit at the box office, but it took on a life of its own after that.
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‘The Big Lebowski’ Turns 20, But Why Are People Still Obsessed with the Coen Brothers’ Super Chill Classic?
To: Kid Shelleen
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posted on
03/06/2018 2:18:14 PM PST
by
freedumb2003
(obozo took 8 years to try to destroy us. Trump took 1 to rebuild us. MAGA!!)
To: Kid Shelleen
I’ve never seen it but have watched a fair amount on YouTube excerpts.
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posted on
03/06/2018 2:19:34 PM PST
by
ifinnegan
(Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: Kid Shelleen
4
posted on
03/06/2018 2:20:07 PM PST
by
TomServo
To: Kid Shelleen
Because they have no brain nor anything better to do?
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posted on
03/06/2018 2:22:18 PM PST
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: Kid Shelleen
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posted on
03/06/2018 2:22:20 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
To: Kid Shelleen
Fargo
Oh Brother where are Thou
Great stuff
but Lebowski - I just did not get it.
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posted on
03/06/2018 2:22:39 PM PST
by
Jolla
To: Kid Shelleen
"Why Are People Still Obsessed?"
Because it's about bowling, man. I mean like, who doesn't enjoy a movie about bowling?
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posted on
03/06/2018 2:24:06 PM PST
by
Garth Tater
(End the Fed. Return to Constitutional governance.)
To: Jolla
You are not supposed to get it. You are just supposed to enjoy it.
It’s a fun movie with no socially redeeming themes.
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posted on
03/06/2018 2:25:00 PM PST
by
Fai Mao
(I still want to see The PIAPS in prison)
To: Jolla
It was just a bit of weird fun, there was no meaning.
To: Red Badger
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posted on
03/06/2018 2:25:19 PM PST
by
KC_Lion
(If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
To: Kid Shelleen
Well, because man...it’s like, the best movie ever man.
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posted on
03/06/2018 2:25:46 PM PST
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18)
To: Jolla
You’re not supposed to ‘get it’, you’re just supposed to enjoy it.................
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posted on
03/06/2018 2:25:58 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
To: Garth Tater
Because it's about bowling, man. I mean like, who doesn't enjoy a movie about bowling? "Kingpin" was better.
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posted on
03/06/2018 2:26:03 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: Fai Mao
GMTA!!!!!!....................
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posted on
03/06/2018 2:26:46 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
To: Fai Mao
“It’s a fun movie with no socially redeeming themes.”
None.
But a work of comedic art.
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posted on
03/06/2018 2:26:56 PM PST
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18)
To: Jolla
Yeah, well, you know, that’s just, like, your opinion, man.
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posted on
03/06/2018 2:27:02 PM PST
by
deadrock
To: Kid Shelleen
Like many Coen Brothers movies,
The Big Lebowski doesn't seem to have a strong central story or plot, but manages to capture the quirkiness of everyday life with their characters.
The way The Dude and Walter play off each other is at the heart of the charm of this movie. They are quite different personalities, and fight through most of the film, but they seem to reflect many real life friendships that are complicated.
A lot of the movie is silly, or downright weird. And Jeff Bridges and John Goodman are always fun to watch.
To: dfwgator
I liked that one too!.................
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posted on
03/06/2018 2:27:28 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
To: Kid Shelleen
It was Southern California neurotic apathy to a “T.”
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posted on
03/06/2018 2:27:54 PM PST
by
TTFlyer
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