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@dr.burtgummerfan4392 ай бұрын
When Walter tried to commit Donnie's ashes to the water, the wind blew them into the air. Even in death, Donnie was out of his element.
@shainewhite27812 ай бұрын
The Dude Abides.
@gotyouatissue2 ай бұрын
“He fixes the cable?”
@DAMIENDMILLS2 ай бұрын
A big reason why Steve Buscemi doesn't talk in this movie is because it's an inside joke between the directors. Their previous movie, Fargo, Steve played a motor-mouth who would annoy everyone for talking too much. So they thought it would be funny if he did a character that barely talked and everyone kept telling him to shut up.
@flarrfan2 ай бұрын
And of course the silent psycho from Fargo is the sword-wielding Nihilist.
@riada49962 ай бұрын
He talks in this movie, just gets told to shut up alot. 😂
@pigeonboy9582 ай бұрын
He only gets told to shut up if he's talking to the dude I think. But anytime Walter asks him a question he's free to speak.
@DAMIENDMILLS2 ай бұрын
@@pigeonboy958 "Those are good burgers, Walter"
@AwesomeUSMovies2 ай бұрын
Love that little detail thanks
@matthewmaas90312 ай бұрын
I love the fact that you go into these movies completely bind. Too many reviews read the box or synopsis, or even look at a poster first, which can spoil things. It's a lot more fun when people go in completely blind.
@thatswhatcheesehead2 ай бұрын
Jellies!not sure if anyone else said it but Jeff Bridges was wearing shoes called jellies, very popular in the 80s and 90s. They were also his personal shoes! A lot of if not all of his wardrobe in fact
@user-wr9ej6xe4j2 ай бұрын
The Dude abides!
@accordgolfer2 ай бұрын
It really tied the room together
@AlienDenzil852 ай бұрын
This movie really ties the channel together
@AwesomeUSMovies2 ай бұрын
That whole rug gag was really funny. I kinda brought the whole film together
@adion242 ай бұрын
@@AwesomeUSMovies All the dude ever wanted was his rug back.
@StephenLWilsonАй бұрын
@@AwesomeUSMovies My actual opinion is that, while the rug tied the room together, the car tied the movie together. 8-)
@alanneel13692 ай бұрын
the first reactor that knew that was an iron lung
@laudanum6692 ай бұрын
That Iron Lung came from a surplus company I used to work for.
@mikeyt37842 ай бұрын
"Smokey, this isn't 'Nam, it's bowling. There are rules." 😂😂
@veggiesarefruitsАй бұрын
One of my all time favorite lines! That and, "you want a toe? I can get you a toe by 3:00 this afternoon...with nail polish". 😂😂😂
@mikemath95082 ай бұрын
chair against the door that opens the wrong way is the best joke in coen brothers history probably
@AlienDenzil852 ай бұрын
Bunny (Tara Reid) was in American Pie
@scipioafricanus58712 ай бұрын
Bunny LaJoya was also in "Logjammin'". The script was ludicrous.
@AwesomeUSMovies2 ай бұрын
REALLY?? I totally didn't recognize her.
@TheWaderick2 ай бұрын
@@scipioafricanus5871 The guy never even fixes the cable. 🙁
@katrinacash63932 ай бұрын
The guy with the beautilful deep voice who narrates the film and has the fabulous mustache is Sam Elliott. He played Virgil Earp in the movie "Tombstone". Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare (one of the Germans) were both in the movie "Fargo", another Coen brothers film. All great movies!
@zedwpd2 ай бұрын
and Sam Elliot is married to Katharine Ross from The Graduate
@helloweener20072 ай бұрын
"Sam Elliott. He played Virgil Earp in the movie "Tombstone"" And General John Buford in "Gettysburgh" and the Marlboro Man in "Thank You for Smoking"
@laudanum6692 ай бұрын
Sam Elliott is also in "Road House" and so is Ben Gazzara who plays "Jackie Treehorn" in this movie.
@Andre-kg6fu2 ай бұрын
I hated the narration parts. Especially when the narrator actually shows up. Took me right out of the movie - wouldn't it be better with a slightly straighter (regular) setup?
@katrinacash63932 ай бұрын
@@Andre-kg6fu To each their own. The narrator didn’t bother me a bit showing up. I have watched other movies where one of the characters is narrating the story. Seems normal to me.
@danielberg76442 ай бұрын
They could totally make a sequel to this movie. "The Little Lebowski".
@Paul77ozee2 ай бұрын
I’ve never noticed before. How did these 3 ever get together and form a bowling team ? You have Jeff who is a laidback hippie who protested and occupied campas buildings during the war. Then you have Walter. A guy who served in the army or marines in Vietnam who is very extreme. And last of all we have Donnie, Mr John Q Public.
@AwesomeUSMovies2 ай бұрын
Good point
@thewildgoose74672 ай бұрын
She's a rabbit not a deer.........as in Bunny not Bambi?😂
@rebo26102 ай бұрын
Sam Eliot (The Narrator) is in tons of my fave movies. Roadhouse and Mask come to mind.
@AwesomeUSMovies2 ай бұрын
Added to my list, thanks for the suggestion.
@surlycanadian2 ай бұрын
21:49 oh man. One fbomb slipped through the cracks and it’s the perfect one in the context of the scene.
@AwesomeUSMovies2 ай бұрын
WTH??? One did get through. Quack
@Markusewitz2 ай бұрын
BTW: One of the nihilists is Flea, bassist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers. And Smokey is US country singer Jimmie Dale Gilmore. 😊
@vincegamer2 ай бұрын
One is Peter Stormare, Buscemi's partner in Fargo
@cactaceous2 ай бұрын
@@Markusewitz The ‘nihilist woman’ that gives up her toe with the green nail polish is musician Aimee Mann.
@EricAKATheBelgianGuy2 ай бұрын
"He's fragile. Very fragile." "Hmm. I did not know that."
@StephenDukenski2 ай бұрын
Truly an awesome US movie! Fun watching with you.
@angelagraves8652 ай бұрын
Philip Seymour Hoffman as Brandt is my favorite part of this movie. So funny.
@mattpobursky8502 ай бұрын
"But Grant can't watch or he's gotta pay $100" 😆
@Markusewitz2 ай бұрын
@@mattpobursky850 "That's marvelous!" 😄
@justinrichards78222 ай бұрын
Well, dude, we just don't know.
@RemixedVoice2 ай бұрын
That's marvelous made me cry laughing the first time lmao
@scipioafricanus58712 ай бұрын
"Her life is in your hands, Dude"
@danielcameron98572 ай бұрын
Drinking game: Take a drink every time he says, "Bambi" instead of "Bunny" :)
@jasonm80172 ай бұрын
I have a good buzz goin’ 🍹
@alexhaas96532 ай бұрын
Great reaction to a great movie. Even the smallest role is written so well, so many great and unique characters. About Donny: Never missed a strike. Except the last one. Something was off then already, he felt something in his arm after the missed shot. A sign of an upcoming heart attack.
@Twisted_Logic2 ай бұрын
My absolute favorite move! I'm glad you had fun with it, even if parts weren't to your taste
@krisfrederick50012 ай бұрын
This is a literal quote fest occasionally interrupted by bowling. "You're out of your element Donnie!" Legendary. It will speak for itself. I'm going to finish my coffee....😂
@reservoirdude922 ай бұрын
"Do you SEE what happens, Larry, when you F*CK a STRANGER IN THE ASS!" The delivery of that line in particular never EVER fails to obliterate me 😂
@steffurness2 ай бұрын
"Yeah, well, that's just like your opinion, man." 😉😂💚✌️
@RemixedVoice2 ай бұрын
Careful man, there's a beverage here!!
@Little-Larry7772 ай бұрын
@@RemixedVoice one of my favorite quotes! 👍
@peterreist28822 ай бұрын
Sam Elliot’s character should be seen as “a higher power”
@Im_The_Dude2 ай бұрын
This reaction really ties the channel together man. Far out
@Little-Larry7772 ай бұрын
😐
@EricAKATheBelgianGuy2 ай бұрын
Trivia for The Big Lebowski: - Released in 1998; written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen (The Coen Brothers). - The Dude is based off a real-life friend of the Coen brothers, named Jeff "The Dude" Dowd. Walter is based off of a fellow filmmaker, John Milius, both in looks and politics. - The Coen brothers like their actors to stick to the script; according to John Goodman (Walter), the only improvised line in the film that made it in was The Dude's "human paraquat" line. Every other line was pretty close to the script, including the words "dude" and "man." - Jeff Bridges, who played The Dude, wore many of his own clothes for the film, especially the sandals, which he still has to this day. - The word "man" is used 147 times, almost 1.5 times per minute, and the word "dude" 161 times. - Jeff Bridges almost declined the role of The Dude because he thought it would set a bad example for his three daughters. But his middle daughter told him that they knew he was just acting. - The recurring joke of "Shut the f**k up, Donny" was a reference to Fargo, also done by the Coen brothers. There, Steve Buscemi played a character who wouldn't stop talking. - John Goodman said that Walter is his favorite role of his own, and the most fun he's ever had on a movie set.
@laudanum6692 ай бұрын
Uli's band "Autobahn" is a reference to a German band called "Kraftwerk" who had an album called "Autobahn". The album cover looks almost identical to the album in the movie.
@aredub18472 ай бұрын
Oh if you want to be confused, "Burn After Reading." Unless you have done that.
@AwesomeUSMovies2 ай бұрын
Added to my list, thanks for the suggestion.
@ktotheramer2 ай бұрын
💙💙💙💙 this is one of those rare movies that gets better every time you watch it!
@rx7dude20062 ай бұрын
One of my all time favorite movies, I put it on in the background all the time and it gets funnier every time:)
@joebalusikiii58112 ай бұрын
The female "nihilist" is Aimee Mann of Til Tuesday.
@jasonm80172 ай бұрын
OMG, I never noticed, seen this 100 times.
@scipioafricanus58712 ай бұрын
She got the part only cost her her right little toe.
@dvsreed2 ай бұрын
I didn't like this movie the first time I watched it but after a few viewings it became one of my favorites. I had a similar experience with Pulp Fiction
@cactaceous2 ай бұрын
I also was very confused and didn’t love it when I saw it at the campus movie theater my sophomore year of college. I oddly enough was high out of my mind when I saw it first. It wasn’t until maybe a year later that I saw it again when a flat mate brought the VHS from blockbuster video. I have seen it over 100 times since then.
@d.t.nelson88052 ай бұрын
This movie takes a page from the play Waiting for Godot and runs with it. Like the play it is a comedy about nothing. In The Big Lebowski there is a LOT that happens, but in the end none of it had any significance. The Germans were simply taking advantage of Bunny's absence to fake a kidnapping. The Big Lebowski took advantage of the "kidnapping" to steal the $1M and get rid of Bunny. They weren't working together. The screenplay is a masterpiece of writing. Every single pause and "uh" was written in the script. You saw Jeff Bridges (The Dude) in Iron Man as the main villain (Obediah Stane).
@flarrfan2 ай бұрын
He should see Jeff Bridges in the Coens' True Grit, an Oscar-worthy performance...
@lia532332 ай бұрын
Technically, a Caucasian is a person from the Caucasus region of Russia, so you could say that the drink called a White Russian could also be called a Caucasian. 😂
@tremorsfan2 ай бұрын
Someone actually took the script for the film and turned it into a Shakespearean play. And he didn't just cut and paste either. He even went as far as finding an Elizabethan word for golf.
@MarcosElMalo22 ай бұрын
For the amount of laughing you did while simultaneously experiencing shocked disbelief, this movie deserves better than 7/10. You rolled pretty well with the dream sequences. And you’re right about one thing: the kidnap schemes don’t make sense. Did the Nihilists know Bunny was going out of town? Did the Big Lebowski know or did he think she was really kidnapped? I do not think they were working together. I don’t know. You could construct a reasonable explanation, but it hangs together poorly. But ultimately it doesn’t matter, because the story is not the point. All the weird people having strange and funny interactions was the point.
@Tygorgon122 ай бұрын
One of my favorite movies of all time, I feel like it gets better with each watch! Feels like they had a lot of fun making the movie too.
@hawkeyegeorge2 ай бұрын
James, several years ago there were Dude-a-Rama parties at the AMF Bowling Alley that used to be just north of E 14th & Euclid. Fun times! Won the best Walter costume contest 2 consecutive years!!
@AwesomeUSMovies2 ай бұрын
that's funny I can totaly see bolwing allys doing that. didn't the owner burn that place down? got convicted I think
@hawkeyegeorge2 ай бұрын
@@AwesomeUSMovies I'm not really sure, but that place was a dump!
@marcpoitras17852 ай бұрын
Watch this movie again and your rating will go up. After a few more viewings, it will be a 10/10. I hated this movie the first time I watched it. I didn't get it. Now, it's one of my favourites. It ties all the other movies together. Oh, and bambi is not the preferred nomenclature. It's bunny.
@MissAmy1082 ай бұрын
Please consider reacting to Burn After Reading!
@AwesomeUSMovies2 ай бұрын
Added to my list, thanks for the suggestion.
@WithTwoFlakesАй бұрын
Love the bowling related details in this movie. Using the hand dryer on the ball return. Using the ball polishing bag. The poster of Richard Nixon bowling at the White house lanes. The Dude listening to a cassette tape of what perfect strikes sound like. Donnie's luck changing and a seemingly certain strike delivery was instead a 9 - foreshadowing his demise. Some of it doesn't make sense, but sometimes life doesn't make sense. Still hysterically funny, one of my favourite movies.
@justinrichards78222 ай бұрын
Where are all of my Ordained Dudeist Priests? I'm abiding legitimately since November 2017.
@philmakris85072 ай бұрын
Hey James, as a book guy you will be interested to know that t h e movie is based on the wildly popular detective novel THE BIG SLEEP (1939) by author Raymond Chandler. The novel has been adapted many, many times into movies, radio and TV shows and even comic books
@0okamino2 ай бұрын
It’s as though the story itself was looking to be adapted yet again, but got the wrong address, and ended up with a main character who was completely uninterested in being hardboiled or a detective, no matter how much the story insisted on being told.
@philmakris85072 ай бұрын
"Oh no, no he haz de 'ealth problams" lol
@laudanum6692 ай бұрын
"Good-night, sweet Prince" is from William Shakespeare's play "Hamlet. "Now cracks a noble heart. Good-night, sweet Prince; And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest."
@ferdinandfischer7602 ай бұрын
Follow your Channel for a time now and im really happy see you react to one of my favorite movies ^^ Keep going and greets from Germany
@AwesomeUSMovies2 ай бұрын
Awesome! Thank you!
@Slendergraham2 ай бұрын
This is my favorite movie of all time!!!
@sollatzo2 ай бұрын
Careful there’s a beverage here
@Lazbros6662 ай бұрын
Super exited to see reactions to this movie. This is one of my favorite movies becuase of all of its killer one liners.
@rpg72872 ай бұрын
First time watching this movie: What was that? Second time watching this movie: It’s pretty funny. 10th time watching this movie: This is the funniest movie I’ve ever seen!
@hollywhite74492 ай бұрын
I love your reactions (and your laugh) I'm so happy that you landed on one of my alltime favorites!!!
@AwesomeUSMovies2 ай бұрын
Yay! Thank you!
@bethdealmeida67892 ай бұрын
To sum up, the Dude is put in all kinds of weird, awkward situations but nothing affects him - he continues being the nonchalant, chilled out Dude! You need to watch more than once! :)
@sandorclegane81642 ай бұрын
It's like the universe is trying to build a movie around the Dude and he just isn't having it lol
@dr.burtgummerfan4392 ай бұрын
The Dude abides
@joe-gs5bx2 ай бұрын
Your laugh is contagious 😂❤ enough jibber jabbing lol
@greghartshorne66212 ай бұрын
I love how Flea and Aimee Mann were in this
@LordVolkov2 ай бұрын
"Look at Phillip! He's all prim and proper like!" RIP to PSH He's so funny as Brand. His awkward laugh by the pool is classic.
@wonderweasle22122 ай бұрын
It's about time they need a small lebowski movie
@niconiemi342 ай бұрын
It needs all the odd moments to be the crazy idea that life is crazy.
@Iamtheiguana2 ай бұрын
I was watching your Talladega Nights reaction last night before bed and was wondering if you had reacted to this. This worked out well
@AwesomeUSMovies2 ай бұрын
Great timing
@philmakris85072 ай бұрын
They backstory is the dude inherited a lot of money when his mom passed away. She had invented liquid paper
@3DJapan2 ай бұрын
Is his brother Mike Nesmith from The Monkees? His mom invented Liquid Paper. Edit: My mistake, it was Peter Tork from The Monkees.
@glowormrdr61832 ай бұрын
@@3DJapan I was going to say the same thing. 🐒🙉🙈🙊
@dr.burtgummerfan4392 ай бұрын
RIP Nez!
@scipioafricanus58712 ай бұрын
Jeff Dowd is the Dude.
@RaymondvanGelderen2 ай бұрын
This movie is so much fun James. I’m honderd to see this with you.
@MisoSilly2 ай бұрын
I love everything John Goodman has done ❤
@helloweener20072 ай бұрын
"Tell me why..." This is of course from Weird Al. ;) "Tell me why I need another pet rock Tell me why I got that ALF alarm clock Tell me why I bid on Shatner's old toupee They had it on eBay"
@sandorclegane81642 ай бұрын
Awww yesss here we go boys
@trevorsmith91622 ай бұрын
For the list (Reign of fire 2002).
@AwesomeUSMovies2 ай бұрын
Added to my list, thanks for the suggestion.
@chimpinaneckbrace2 ай бұрын
You’re killing your father, Larry!
@flashxdoe2952 ай бұрын
those sandals hes wearing are called jelly shoes
@TikiRainbows2 ай бұрын
For John Goodman movie, you've got to see King Ralph!
@cog4life2 ай бұрын
14:02 un-dude 😂😂😂
@PaulWinkle2 ай бұрын
I would pay the 1000 bucks
@pricemoore20222 ай бұрын
Awesome reaction of my favorite movie!!!!!😊😊😊😊😊
@RemixedVoice2 ай бұрын
Careful man, there's a beverage here!!
@KrissyFace2 ай бұрын
Sam Elliot, the narrator, made many gals swoon back in the day ❤
@AwesomeUSMovies2 ай бұрын
Oh I bet with that voice
@lindataggart90762 ай бұрын
Hey James been waiting for this one all day..Needing your great laugh..Hope you loved it..
@AwesomeUSMovies2 ай бұрын
Hope you enjoyed it!
@glowormrdr61832 ай бұрын
You need to see Jeff Bridges in Starman, and K-PAX. John Turturro: O Brother Where Art Thou. John Goodman: King Ralph. Phillip Seymour Hoffman: Scent of a Woman. Julianne Moore: Hannibal.
@katwebbxo2 ай бұрын
I first saw this at a watch party in college where they made White Russians for everybody lol. The scene with the car "following" him while he's smoking gets me everytime. 😅
@pmbbmp2 ай бұрын
Also, his house got broken into 5 times Many Cohen Bros Movies are adaptations of ancient literature, including the bible
@zimnizzle2 ай бұрын
Movies you have to watch: Fargo (Steve Buscemi), Tombstone (Sam Elliot - the mustache guy), and O Brother Where Art Thou (John Turturro - purple suit bowler)
@AwesomeUSMovies2 ай бұрын
Already reacted to O Brother, go check it out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKKVnpZ-odN3jrc
@zimnizzle2 ай бұрын
@@AwesomeUSMovies Oh, that’s right! I went back and watched it again. Such a great movie - and your reaction was fantastic! I saw that you read the Odyssey. Hope you enjoyed it!
@thomask83452 ай бұрын
The see through sandals were actually Jeff Bridges'.
@wordygirlandco2 ай бұрын
😂This movie just gets better over time. If you love a kooky Philip Seymour Hoffman performance you would love Along Came Polly 2004 with PSH, Ben Stiller and Jennifer Aniston. It is hilarious.
@russellward46242 ай бұрын
The germans got into it through Bunny's costar from Logjammin.
@entropyfun2 ай бұрын
Beaver pictures!
@yetisburgeadress2 ай бұрын
James.. you need a pair of Jellies sandals like the Dude wears... while you settle in and watch jfk!😀
@MOS6502 ай бұрын
I highly suggest the comedy/ drama Life starring Eddie Murphy and Matin Lawrence with Bernie Mac. The emotional movie Radio starring Ed Harris and Cuba Gooding Jr… great classics.
@AwesomeUSMovies2 ай бұрын
Added to my list, thanks for the suggestion.
@philc27292 ай бұрын
Presumably, Bunnie was indebted to the P director for loans on the film but the film didn't succeed and/or narcotics while partying. Never made clear.
@BDogg20232 ай бұрын
This movie is about The Dude’s small role in the story of Maude and Jeffrey Lebowski’s power struggle over the money and control of the Lebowski Foundation.
@vanlifeoasis29212 ай бұрын
is car got crashed (multiple times), shot , stolen- joyride then B O , vandalized, then burned...
@aredub18472 ай бұрын
some of us just dont look at any notifcations.
@Andre-kg6fu2 ай бұрын
Anybody remembers what this movie starts with - the burnt film original intro?
@Andre-kg6fu2 ай бұрын
Also, IMDB used to have discussions on movies that I miss greatly - different times altogether...
@Bothorth2 ай бұрын
Now I can recommend the great golf classic, _Kingpin_ (1996)!
@flarrfan2 ай бұрын
I prefer the bowling movie with Costner, Tin Cup.
@AwesomeUSMovies2 ай бұрын
Added to my list, thanks for the suggestion.
@BDogg20232 ай бұрын
I woulda swore he did this before. Is this a reupload?
@philmakris85072 ай бұрын
Not Bambi -🦌 buy Bunny - 🐰
@flarrfan2 ай бұрын
The only Tell Me Why I know is by the Beatles! Yes, I'm old...
@vincegamer2 ай бұрын
You should also have recognized Jesus (John Turturro) as one of the three escaped convicts in o brother where art thou
@AwesomeUSMovies2 ай бұрын
Missed um
@vincegamer2 ай бұрын
@@AwesomeUSMovies you remembered him from Mr deeds. I just thought you might not have realized it was the same guy
@bsquizzle1002 ай бұрын
New shit has come to light
@michaeljlyons55652 ай бұрын
The rug really tied the room together, did it not?
@AwesomeUSMovies2 ай бұрын
It was a great setup for the movie. I love him stealing one.
@Redlife6662 ай бұрын
Half us aren't subscribed.... That's like your opinion man
@AwesomeUSMovies2 ай бұрын
you made me lol
@Redlife6662 ай бұрын
@AwesomeUSMovies my bad. I'll take ya bowling to make it up