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I really can’t understand those people who always want to find a sense in things. I think the Big Lebowski is a beautiful non-sense. Maybe Coen brothers’aim wasn’t the creation of a coherent comedy, with a linear structure and predictable laughs, but to create a gallery of characters having surreal features and throw them into a story that has the same development. And that doesn’t need a sense at all. Anyway if we look at the Dude, we see that he’s got the most mature, careful and full of sense way of thinking among all the characters and that he has to face all those weird situations despite himself, for that reason he’s not my favourite one. I do prefer those fucking mad freaks, like Walter (above all), Donnie, Jesus, the nihilists, all those meaningless people (looking them with the ordinary society’s eyes, off course). All actors give us very great performances, and, if I can say that, Philip Seymour Hoffman is one of the biggest and most underrated actors of the last 20 years.

I’m really sorry for my awful english!

No matter how many times I give it a chance, The Big Lebowski angers me beyond most films. I just really hate watching it. I think what enrages me most is that it’s not a badly made movie. I can’t really pick anything out of the cinematography or directing that I hate, but I think the story is incredibly dumb and pointless. I don’t find it funny or cute or even amusing. I can see why people love it and I understand why it is the way it is, but I personally find it torture to sit through. I think it’s a very particular comedy made for a very select audience, I just don’t happen to be one of them.

There’s nothing to be said that hasn’t already been heard, or read, an infinite number of times. This film is absolute, hands down, unbeatable, brilliant, comedic perfection.

Writing so good it’s painful – this is afterall one of the most constantly quoted & celebrated movies (few films have their own “Fest”.) And it’s equipped with some of the most beloved, well-crafted characters in cinematic history.

With such gorgeous cinematography, it made bowling beautiful – it made a slacker a timeless hero, it gave movie-lovers a reason to party.

And like a countless number of other fans, I catch something new every time I see it… and It continues to make me laugh, while astounding me even more with every viewing

“Yeah, well, that’s just, like, your opinion, man.”

The Dude. A man among men. Jeff Bridges might be regarded as the best American actor (Fisher King, Fearless, etc.) if only he showed off a bit more. But he always makes you forget it’s him. His dude is pure gold. A priceless classic performance. Another hapless hero, another Marlowe who is both victim, accomplice and shamus. John Goodman delivers the duet performance of a lifetime, as his unlikely buddy. Nuts and smart and vulgar and very very funny. Some people hate this movie. Fuckin’ fascists. I think it might be the best movie ever made. I mean: bowling, kidnapping, lost toes, Busby Berkeley, anarchists, ransom, ringers, rugs, porno, avant garde dance, cowboys & white russians, pederasts & Corvette abuse, ironlungs & wheelchairs, Creedence & The King—it definitely covers all the bases. And that Dude. He really ties the film together.

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