THE BIG LEBOWSKI is WILD | First time watching!

[@Constantine-316]

This reaction really ties the room together

[@andrewparfrement8583]

Well yeah,that’s your opinion man.

[@Gumblethebear]

I am the Walrus

[@Smokie_666]

@@Gumblethebear stay out of this, you're out of your element. This reaction really did tie the room together, am I wrong?

[@Mark-xx3gh]

She reacted to herself, man.

[@enkilqc]

Lets make sure no one pee on it....

[@JackOiswatching]

"The Dude didn't ask for any of this!" You've summed up the plot masterfully with that one observation.

[@TehCream]

One of my favourite physical jokes in any movie is The Dude bailing the board and barricading the door only for it to open the wrong other way.

[@Sairin13]

It's like the dude abides in the middle and a movie happens around him.

[@reconsoldier135]

I don’t think Addie has ever had so many expressions of utter confusion in a reaction before 😂

[@tularjaggs334]

She had the same look on her face as Brandt there at one point, lol.

[@jonesey251]

The Cohens described this movie as a complex Raymond Chandler style noir-mystery with the least equipped to deal with it character imaginable at the centre

[@josephwallace202]

The Coens have always been huge Raymond Chandler fans, it's always kind of bewildering to see how many fans of this movie are apparently totally ignorant of that source of inspiration on their work.

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

As someone who’s read a few Raymond Chandler stories, that really is a perfect explanation🤣

[@Hexon66]

Chandler is an author (and one could throw in Hammett and Cain and others, as well) who begs to be improved upon. Just like Bogart did with Huston and Hawks for the first two, and Wilder did for the last, the Coens were able to refine a rather crude, churlish character and adapt it into a relatable, contemporary story, while maintaining all the necessary noirish atmosphere.

[@DW.Strangeman]

​@@Hexon66yeah, agree. This is kind of a re-imagining of The Big Sleep', with a bit of Maltese Falcon, both Boggie, Chandler and HH, and Wilder(assuming Billy?) although made the archetypal noir (Double Indemnity) I think this has more in common with Sunset Boulevard. Would love to see a reaction to Barton Fink, one of my favourites, but everyone has their own when it comes to the Cohen Bros. Which is probably why they stand out as great film makers, so many good films.

[@brucemangan3807]

i still laugh that the Lebowski speech while he's in front of the fire place was word for word redone in a scene in The Power Puff Girls 🤣

[@zbennalley]

21:01 I use to always see this film on TV, and it had one of my favorite edits. "This what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps!!" God, the number of times I quote that is unhealthy.

[@pattyg8464]

Oh, that is too funny. I may have to add that phrase to my repertoire too! 😅

[@d4mdcykey]

If there has ever been a film that will reward you with repeated viewings, this one is it. The Coens wrote a brilliant script that at first appearance seems simple and straightforward but when you rewatch you will notice the subtleties and nuance that make it a comedy masterpiece.

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

That reaction really tied the channel together. Addie's a good reactor, and thorough. When Walter tries to commit Donnie's ashes to the water, the wind blows them into the air. Even in death, Donnie was out of his element.

[@sobski]

Damn..

[@kenlangston3451]

Fargo, O Brother Where Art Thou? And Raising Arizona are must for other Coen Brothers movies to check out, but all are great.

[@Paul_Waller]

Raising Arizona is hilarious 😂

[@find2hard]

The Hudsucker Proxy is also very funny.

[@kenlangston3451]

@@find2hard Miller’s Crossing too. Not a lot of people have seen it but it is fantastic as well.

[@jeffbrehove2614]

Inside Llewyn Davis is criminally underrated

[@christianlepabic7346]

I would add Burn After Reading, Intolerable Cruelty and Hail Caesar

[@Andrew04291]

“Well y’know, strikes and gutters, ups and downs.” I say this almost every day.

[@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710]

Hello Addie, my favorite part was the dance recital. I think Donnie liked it too.

[@darkphoenix2]

Addie's expressions in this one are great

[@billbabcock1833]

The reason for Walter constantly telling Donnie to shut up has to do with a previous Coen Brothers movie, Fargo. In Fargo, Steve Buscemi's character talked constantly. So the Coens gave Buscemi, who played Donnie, almost no lines. So every time Donnie started to say something, Walter told him to shut up.

[@donotevenbegintocare]

So, about Donny getting told to shut up constantly.....in the Coen Brothers's previous movie (Fargo) Steve Buscemi played a character that the audience complained talked too much. So they went back to this script which they had already basically finished and crowbarred in the Donny character that does nothing but get told to shut up, then invited Buscemi to play the part.

[@brom00]

The Coen Brothers are great. Two of their films I think you'd really enjoy are Raising Arizona and Fargo.

[@flarrfan]

O Brother Where Art Thou is right up there with them...

[@chrisnorman1902]

And Garfield The Movie

[@tomcolby5821]

RAISING ARIZONA!!!!

[@mainmac]

Miller's Crossing was their best film, though not as popular

[@RSidd]

I have a spiritual connection to this movie. I take 'er easy for the Dude whenever life doesn't seem to be going too good.

[@moonlitegram]

If you need to describe the film, you can tell people that the Coen Brothers basically took the archetypes of old noir films and turned all the tropes on their head in order to make a satire of American culture and character types. I love the fact that the role of a hardened savvy private eye gets thrown onto The Dude, an aloof stoner that just wants to get his rug back and bowl with his buddies. And the one time he employs an archetypal private eye move and finds out what Jackie Treehorn was writing on the pad, it just winds up being a drawing of a dick. This movie is one of a kind.

[@patrickmcevoy5080]

I think you nailed it.

[@Turambar88]

"Fargo" and "O Brother Where Art Thou" are fantastic if you want to watch them sometime.

[@mranster]

Smokey, who was "over the line!" is played by a musician named Jimmie Dale Gilmore, who had an album come out shortly before the movie called Braver Newer World, and it had a song called Outside the Lines. That's the joke, he's over the line.

[@JustLouIt]

That part when they spread Donny's ashes always makes me LOL

[@blueboy4244]

it has always reminded me of 'waiting for godot' in a way

[@cappaman73]

Poor Addie.... you didn't know what rabbit hole you were going down ! It's a crazy movie, but I love it

[@sca88]

This is one of those films that gets better every time you watch it.

[@karlbecker8775]

The first time I watched this, I shut it off. A friend talked me into giving it a second chance. Since then, I have probably seen it 40-50 times, and I quote it on a daily basis. Great movie, great cast, great writing...

[@MattKittredge2112]

Probably my favorite description of this movie that I ever saw was “It’s a film that tries to have a plot, but the main character couldn’t care less.” Lol

[@McBeelzebub]

“A fever dream, “ may not be the absolute best description of the film but I’d say it’s the most accurate and efficient three words could hope to get you.

[@ice-iu3vv]

the woman sitting in the diner, missing a toe, is played by aimee mann, best known as the singer of the 1985 hit single "voices carry".

[@russellward4624]

I never recognized her before. That's funny they've got Flea and Aimee in this rogue German criminal organization lol

[@sinizin]

I'm 44 and this is still my favorite movie of all-time. Only movie I seen 4 times while it was in the theater. Definitely a movie that gets better over the years with rewatches. They do festival called Lebowskifest in California ever year where you bowl and have white russians etc. The dude abides

[@joemiller7082]

Me too. And it keeps getting funnier the more you watch it. I picked up on jokes I missed the first time when I watched again, and then even more the next time.

[@itzakpoelzig330]

Nobody ever recognizes that Maude's giggly friend is Professor Lupin.

[@AbrahamdeLacy-xm8sb]

Walter was inspired by the legendary screenwriter John Milius which the Coen brothers knew personally. John Milius was a completely over the top personality and the one who wrote the script for Apocalypse Now. Cheers 🍺

[@billbabcock1833]

Milius was quite the character. It wasn't unheard of him to pull a gun out at unexpected times, though I don't think he ever shot anyone.

[@josephwallace202]

​@@billbabcock1833he was a barbarian reactionary, but he produced his fair share of decent films

[@moneyball7908]

The dude abides

[@ThomasTreece-mp8md]

"Oh, are they coming for your johnson?" Best line from you in your channel history. I'm still laughing! Great job, Addie!

[@tsogobauggi8721]

Your reaction really tied the movie together. :)

[@frugalseverin2282]

This movie grows on you with repeated viewings, it's very quotable. My favorite Coen bros. movies are "Raising Arizona" and "The Hudsucker Proxy". "Fargo" is another must-see film of theirs.

[@erich.1355]

Glad you got to take the ride! I didn't like this movie until my 3rd watch, when I realized what it actually is: A 'shaggy dog story' -- "an extremely long-winded anecdote characterized by extensive narration of typically irrelevant incidents and terminated by an anticlimax." Then, I considered it the quintessential 'shaggy dog story' and I could embrace it for it's wild, chaotic nature, and it's become one of the movies I quote most.

[@reecedignan8365]

Best way I’ve heard this movie described is, its a story that’s main character doesn’t want he apart of the story.

[@pasteye1671]

Such a pretty girl. Addie, you picked up the importance of the carpet so quickly! Let's go bowling.

[@irakopilow9223]

This movie was like the opposite of Fargo, in that Steve Buscemi's character did all the talking, but here, he barely gets a word in elsewhere. Uli's character in Fargo was the the sidekick that fed Buscemi's character into the wood chipper. The short guy with the helmet in the fight scene was Flea, who is the bass player in Red Hot Chili Peppers.

[@gabrielarredondo3825]

I feel like I can see the future. I watched The Big Lebowski for the first time yesterday and then all of a sudden, the very next day, Addie uploads a reaction to The Big Lebowski.

[@axr7149]

My favorite Coen Brothers movie is A SERIOUS MAN (2009). The multi-layered screenplay for this is nothing short of phenomenal, and absolutely hilarious too. RAISING ARIZONA (1987) comes really close.

[@y00t00b3r]

A SERIOUS MAN (2009)

[@martinbraun1211]

Fun facts: the F-bomb is dropped over 260 times and you never see the Dude bowl!

[@AddieCounts]

Woah! I didn't even think about the fact that we never see him bowl hahaha

[@kenlangston3451]

I have read that the Coen Brothers dropped a subplot where the Dude was the heir to the Rubik’s Cube fortune and he lived off the royalties.

[@mbpoblet]

Another one: the Dude's clothes (and a lot of his general style) came out of Jeff Bridges' own closet.

[@hulkslayer626]

Wtf!! Never realized he never bowls! 🤯

[@not_cicero]

I think you see him teaching Maude to bowl in one of his dreams, but that's just like, dream bowling, dude. I don't even think he does end up rolling the ball

[@katskillz]

"A beautiful place" That scene of dispensing Donnie's ashes into the Pacific was at "Sunken City", San Pedro CA. Pretty wild site, fun to climb around there back in the day. Neighborhood that literally eroded and collapsed into the ocean.

[@alainvachon6255]

Great reaction! The Coen Brothers did some great comedy... I would suggest Burn after reading (2008).😎

[@AddieCounts]

Thank you for your support!!

[@izzonj]

Addie, fun reaction! The essence of the Coen brothers is that they like to take on all the genres of movies and twist them up their own unique way. its funny that Everyone who reacts to this tries to cut all the F-bombs but a few always slip through!

[@charlesgill1177]

The Coen brothers produced some really incredible films, a lot of which flew under the radar. You probably won’t get a lot of viewers asking you to watch movies like Inside Llewyn Davis, Burn After Reading, or A Serious Man, but they’re genuinely masterpieces of cinema. Can’t recommend them more highly. Not the most popular of films, but they’re *so* worth watching.

[@KT-iy9vc]

Miller's Crossing is possibly my favorite film but I just can't find many people who have even seen it.

[@joegreene7619]

Inside Llewyn Davis is stunningly brilliant.

[@josephwallace202]

Barton Fink is about as perfect as films come, and it was literally just a side project they squeezed out while doing Miller's Crossing. Genuine legends of global filmmaking.

[@thgeremilrivera-thorsen9556]

I absolutely love Inside Llewyn Davis. Oscar Isaac is so good as the main character.

[@themoviedealers]

Or The Hudsucker Proxy.

[@Hexon66]

Part of the beauty in Coen Brothers' movies is the minute attention given to detail. Some examples have already been posted here, but I've always liked the cassette tape with the bowling tournament audio on Side A, and just the name 'Bob' on Side B. He's punched by Maude's thug and goes into the first dream sequence with the flying carpet. The music throughout the dream, is what's playing on cassette as he wakes up. 'The Man in Me' by Bob Dylan, which is also the title track.

[@Hexon66]

I'd add, that title 'The Man in Men' is intriguing also, in that I've always interpreted the characters of Walter, Donnie and The Dude as representative of the id, superego and ego. Walter being the impulse, Donnie being (shouted down and ineffectual) moral center, and The Dude left to negotiate the world under such conditions as 'ego'.

[@Smokie_666]

Donny doesn't get the last strike because one symptom of a heart attack is numbness and/or pain in the arm. After he sits and listens to them talk, you can see he has some discomfort in his arm.

[@timboxall8936]

Addie. The Big Lebowski. Put 'em together and the result? Perfection. Just the tonic I needed on a cold and rainy Wednesday. Thanks, Addie!

[@jeffsherk7056]

This movie is so much fun, and I never, never get tired of it.

[@johnbowersox738]

This is one of those movies where no matter what you expect, you're wrong. I almost died when he was talking to the sheriff. I can't say how many times I've thought "I'm sorry, I wasn't listening".

[@floretion]

Another endlessly quotable Cohen Brothers movie is "Raisin' Arizona". My brother has more or less memorized the entire movie over the years.

[@goldean5974]

John Turturro very nearly steals the entire film out from under everyone. His character, The Jesus, appears in a spinoff movie called The Jesus Rolls.

[@adventuresinAI1982]

He's a good man... and thorough.

[@vilefly]

What is great about Walter's character, is that he is wrong about everything except the kidnapping. We've all met the guy that was wrong about everything except one thing.....and you couldn't believe he got that one thing right, considering his past misses. I have an older brother like that. Cannot read people at all, but he swears he's right about them. It is amusing, but only at a distance so that one does not cringe hard enough to get a backache.

[@Hexon66]

He's not right about the kidnapping, either. He merely repeats the Dude's assertion (one of the few times the Dude is repeated, and not the Dude repeating others) that Bunny engineered the kidnapping. And even that didn't turn out to be true. There was no kidnapping.

[@user-su3zn2xt3z]

Walter was right about Donny having a heart attack. But other than that not much.

[@maxducoudray]

An interesting thing about the Coen Brothers is the huge contrast between their comedic and dramatic movies. Now you've seen one of each!

[@sk_lurks]

"nothing happened!" is the kind of review that both feels like an insult to the film but is also totally a correct description of it's events. Just a total hangout vibe. The Big Lebowski might be the most "its the journey, not the destination, that matters" film to ever exist.

[@ThistleAndSea]

Fun one, Addie! My favorite Coen Brothers film is O Brother Where Art Thou. Thanks for sharing this one. 🙂

[@I_ll_beer_back]

"Why is he doing this?" That's why you watch movies: to be surprised and to be carried away by the content of the movie. If everything was always the same, you wouldn't have to watch movies. 😁 Great movie, terrific actors, superb script, fantastic reaction. 👏

[@seanodonnell8001]

There is an entire movie trying to happen around The Dude, and he's having none of it.

[@jackburton1455]

The Dude abides.

[@Hexon66]

Yet, his actions are what propel the story... so yes he is having it.

[@moonlitegram]

18:41 LOL you're one of the few reactors I've seen get this joke / keep it in their edit. Its one of my favorite call-back jokes in the film.

[@whotookmikey]

OMG YES!!!!!!! this has been my favorite movie of all time for many years! so happpy too see you watch it! Im glad you enjoyed!! its def a movie that gets better with each watch so I hope you check it out again in the future on your own time! Addie abidesss~~

[@zacharythomasrobertson8471]

You can watch this a hundred times and notice something new each time.

[@maximillianosaben]

P.S. Watching more Coen Bros. movies would not be a bad thing! They have hysterical comedies and fantastic dramas.

[@asmrhead1560]

There are so many quotes from this movie I still use to this day. Honestly I think you'd enjoy pretty much all of the Coen Brothers films.

[@CommadoreGothnogDragonheart]

The best description I've heard for The Big Lebowski is "a movie keeps trying to happen to the Dude, but he's just not having it."

[@jollyrodgers7272]

RAISING ARIZONA (1987) should be your next Cohen Bros. movie - then FARGO (1996). This is an Homage to Raymond Chandler, who wrote those pulp crime melodramas featuring L.A. Private Eye Philip Marlowe in the '40s and '50s, like "The Big Sleep", "The Long Good-Bye", "Farewell My Lovely", etc. Marlowe was always harassed by cops, getting beat up, or drugged by bad guys, and even rousted by his own clients. I'll also recommend an early Jeff Bridges film where he co-stars with Clint Eastwood in THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTFOOT (1974).

[@luvlgs1]

I'd add Miller's Crossing for another excellent change of pace.

[@standoughope]

Such a great film... endlessly quotable. "Just because we're bereaved doesn't make us saps!" 🤣One of the only movies that gets better upon rewatching.

[@matthewhillyer1914]

hey Addie, very cool to see you on the Poppies yesterday, cheers

[@alextan1478]

Now I suggest the romance movies that she presented including Overboard (1987), Blast from the Past (1999), It Could Happen to You (1994), Fools Rush In (1997), The American President (1995) and Return to Me (2000). #MoreRomanceMoviesForAddieCounts

[@reconsoldier135]

Her and Cassie should definitely do a collaboration

[@standoughope]

18:22 That's David Thewlis! I never caught that until now. He was great in Fargo s3 and Harry Potter

[@drumaticpageofmusic4148]

Some fun facts about this movie: Apparently on average one of the three words “dude”, “man” and “fuck” is said every 12 seconds. There’s a fan theory that The Dude is actually rich and just lives a super lowkey lifestyle. Donny being told to “shut the fuck up” every time is an inside joke because in Steve Buscemi’s other roles in the Coen Brothers’ movies he doesn’t ever stop talking 🤣

[@Dubnoreix]

This is one of my favourite movies, so I’m glad to see you’re reacting to it, Addie.

[@MrDMF567]

You’re a good reactor. And thorough.

[@brandonflorida1092]

I loved your surprised/amused reaction to the absurd comedy. You were fun to watch. Thanks!

[@JonathanFaber]

Other great Coen brothers films to see; Raising Arizona, Fargo, Hudsucker Proxy, and my favorite, Miller's Crossing.

[@abeartheycallFozzy]

Not many people talk about Miller's Crossing when recommending Coen movies. It is one of their best but takes a couple of watches to comprehend the plot.

[@internetsideshow]

Geez, watching Addie's face was journey in and of itself.

[@fakecubed]

Definitely watch more Coen Brothers movies. I've never seen anyone react to Burn After Reading which is another favorite of mine from them.

[@GetMeThere1]

I recently learned an interesting bit of trivia. The guy who played the funeral director in this was also the voice of Reilly Diefenbach in Fargo -- who kept calling Jerry for the VIN numbers of the cars GM loaned the money on. You should DEFINITELY do a reaction to Fargo. It would make for a good reaction, and, overall, it's probably the best and most highly acclaimed Coen Brothers film.

[@Smokie_666]

When this got a home release it was pretty much on constant repeat in my apartment for months.

[@David-j9h9g]

one of my top 10 movies all time....

[@glawnow1959]

Every ball rolled in the film is a strike...until Donnie rolls his last ball. He then checks his fingers...a sign of an impeding heart attack.

[@Hexon66]

I think you forgot Smokey. It's either an 8 or a Zero. Even if it's a foul, it is a roll.

[@glawnow1959]

LOL! He crossed the line, man! I'll go back and check.

[@glawnow1959]

Smokey says, "Mark it an 8, dude!" Great catch, there! 😮

[@jinchoung]

nice! you totally GOT the tone and style even though you totally didn't know what to expect. i saw this when it came out when i was in college and i HATED it. i didn't understand it at all. i only got "got it" decades later.

[@matthewyoung2519]

That was fun 😄 And Fargo a must-watch. Yah, it's real good there.

[@thethesaxman23]

Absolutely love this movie! And great reaction! If anyone ever asks you to explain the plot of this movie, all you've got to say is it's about a guy trying to get his rug back.

[@justinmorgan7564]

It has occurred recently that this movie has been out long enough that the little Lebowski could now be a big Lebowski.

[@UncleCharlie111x2]

Great job Addie this was fun to watch!

[@michaelhoward142]

I HIGHLY recommend "Fargo". It's got some darker humor but is a similar story of a crime that gets way out of control. Starring William Macy, Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi (who played "Donnie" in this) and some other actors you may recognize.

[@philmakris8507]

You were great on the Poppies 🍿 👍

[@UncleCharlie111x2]

Here we go! Time for abiding!

[@MrGadfly772]

This movie is a fever dream as you say. It is hilarious and it's hard to explain why.

[@80s_kid]

2:14, 2:27 Knowing the dialogue coming soon in the movie, Addie's comment is epic. :)

[@Plaidman86]

5:38 course it was necessary! It was a league game!

[@patrick86806]

ah! so good! my favorite Coen Brothers movie! I saw it 3 times in theaters! these guys are very close to David Lynch's kinda style! the Twin Peaks series would be a very cool thing to watch! I think they were influenced by it! anyway! awesome reactions!

[@madamimadamimadam]

In the Coen Brothers' previous movie, Fargo, the guy who plays Donny (Steve Buscemi) played an unbearably talkative character. So the fact that he barely speaks in this movie is something of a tongue-in-cheek reference to how different Donny is from Buscemi's previous character.

[@jeffpope3221]

For more Coen Brothers magic, watch "Fargo" and "Oh Brother Where Art Thou?"

[@TheMajestyD]

one of my favorite films

[@briangreen9677]

I'm glad you enjoyed this bizarre film. If you’re looking for more odd or bizarre films that will make you think and question everything you know about films, I’d recommend these: “Twin Peaks” by David Lynch “The Cell” starring Jennifer Lopez “The Fountain” starring Hugh Jackman “Pan’s Labyrinth” by Guillermo del Toro

[@edsonpacheco294]

I recommend O Brother, Where Art Thou... anothet Coen Brothers classic

[@marksullivan7766]

awesome reaction

[@backforblood3421]

FYI, that was Kenny Rogers (who was a massive mainstream country pop music star in the latter half of the '70s and '80s, with occasional singles into the late '90s) singing that acid rock song during the hallucination that ended with "The Dude" running from the police cruisers.