Am I really the only one that thinks the Big Lebowski is the funniest movie known to man? Almost everyone else seems to despise it, but I can watch it five times in a row and laugh every time! I throw a party at least once a month to watch it. It has acheived true cult status with me.
Are there any other fans out there? Any fanatics? Any favorite lines?
Mine is “Larry, sweetie, the man is here”.
Oh dear I am laughing my arse off already!
No, I liked it , too. No particular line I can think of ( it’s been a while since I saw it), I just thought the whole damn movie was funny.
WAY under-rated.
Me! me!
“We are nihilists. We believe in nothing.”
“This is what happens when you F*** A STRANGER IN THE ASS!”
“You want a toe? I can get you a toe, believe me. Hell, I can get you a toe by 3 o’clock this afternoon–with nail polish.”
“I mean, say what you like about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it’s an ethos.”
“Let me tell you something pendejo, you pull any of your crazy shit with us, you flash your piece out on the lanes, I’ll take it away from you and stick it up your ass and pull the fucking trigger 'till it goes click.”
“Jesus.”
“You said it man. Nobody fucks with the Jesus!”
“My art has been commended as being strongly vaginal which bothers some men. The word itself makes some men uncomfortable. Vagina.”
“<pause> Oh, yeah?” (The delivery is priceless and just doesn’t fit into text.)
I love that film.
“Hey, careful, man, there’s a beverage here!”
It’s enough to make a guy to want to switch from beer to White Russians.
In the TV version (I didn’t see it, but I can imagine what it was liek) they apparently changed “Do you see what happens when you f*** a stranger in the ass”! with “Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps!”
When you find a stranger in the Alps?!?!?!?!
Hehehehehhe
“You’re obviously not a golfer.”
Classic. One of the best movies ever.
this movie. wow. this movie is like one of the best pieces of cinema ever. it was such an oversight at the Academy Awards that year. hell, john goodman went on snl and complained about it, in passing. anyways, my favorite quotes.
“nothing is fucked.”
“nothing is fucked!? the plane has crashed into the goddamned mountain!”
“chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature. asian-american, please.”
“they were nazis?”
“of course they were nazis. they were threatening castration.”
“also dude. exotic animals…city limits…for domestic…that aint legal either, dude.” (not sure on accuracy of this one, but im sure you all know.)
and you cant forget the walter’s special way of communicating with donny.
“donny, shut the fuck up.”
“shut the fuck up, donny.”
“donny you’re out of your element.”
ps. this is my first post on straight dope.
I enjoyed the movie. I don’t exactly qualify as a fanatic, but I got a few good laughs out of it.
I really got into Goodman’s character. The whole ‘VietNam vet who deludes himself about the war’s “pivotal” role in US history’ thing was really great.
I can’t remember the exact line, but it was something like:
“Listen, lady, I’ve had friends dive face first in the mud so that you could eat that sandwich.”
I thought that was priceless.
My housemates and I got rather disturbingly into the concept of saying “SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FUCK A STRANGER IN THE ASS!” to eachother for trivial things. Unfortunately this started manifesting itself at work (we worked together).
That was not a good thing.
And don’t forget - nobody fucks with Jesus!
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First of all, welcome, Black Dog!
I love this movie. I laughed my ass off in the theater, and I was the only one. I have never been able to listen to CCR sing “Lookin’ Out My Backdoor” since without thinking of this movie. Superbly twisted, and the “dream sequence” to “I Just Dropped In to See What Condition My Condition Was In” is priceless.
This many posts and nobody’s mentioned;
“That rug really brought the room together, man.”
“I fuck you! – I fuck you!” (complete with bad karate stance)
Hee!
A friend of mine owns the DVD. I’ve probably watched it… 20 or so times? It is sheer genius.
“Shomer shabbes!!!”
I always watch Liam (Jesus’ bowling partner) carefully. He never speaks and is supposed to keep a complete poker face, but you can see him almost lose it a couple of times. It very funny, actually.
Also – Donny always bowls well (I’m throwing rocks tonight!) except in the scene right before he dies. hmmmmm…
“I don’t need sympathy, man, I need my fucking johnson!”
“What do you need that for, Dude?”
I’ll second the “Obviously you’re not a golfer” line, and add the whole “let me have another look” moment in the toilet bowl.
Calling the landlord’s dance number a “what have you” was inspired.
The opening sequence of Logjammin’ had me in stiches.
The noise of the Malibu police coffee mug hitting the Dude’s forehead is priceless.
I usually manage to get a quote a day in - usually without trying. Sad, really. I’ll never get tired of watching that movie.
The movie ended so abruptly though. It was over and I was sitting staring at the screen going, “But he didn’t get the girl, and he didn’t get the money. How can it be over?” It did sort of feel like there was no ending. His life was pretty much the same at the end.
Jimmie Dale Gilmore as Smokey is just the coolest casting ever.
Four nominations and Bridges still doesn’t have an Oscar–he certainly was entitled to it this year (1998)
The Dude Abides
Definitely one of my favorite movies.
“You can imagine where it goes from here.”
“He fixes the cable?”
“Hell, I can get you a toe by 3 o’clock this afternoon–with nail polish.”
“I’m the Dude. So that’s what you call me. You know, that or, uh, His Dudeness, or uh, Duder, or El Duderino if you’re not into the whole brevity thing.”
“So what are you saying? When you get divorced you turn in your library card? You get a new license? You stop being Jewish?”
“Three thousand years of beautiful tradition, from Moses to Sandy Koufax-- YOU’RE GODDAMN RIGHT I’M LIVING IN THE FUCKING PAST!”
can’t believe no one has mentioned “You’re entering a world of pain”
And my favorite…
“They’re all a bunch of FUCKING AMATEURS!”
I bought my dad a DVD player for his birthday last week. And since I couldn’t give him just a DVD player, I had to get a couple DVDs too. I chose The Usual Suspects and The Big Lebowski. My dad was absolutely thrilled. TBL is one of his favorite movies - he loves it so much he rented it twice. I have only seen it once and so can’t quote lines, but it was pretty hysterical.
I had a coworker who had a keychain that said “I (heart) Jesus” on it. Yup, Jesus the bowler. (I had to ask, since she was not a Christian.)
There’s a local band called Shut Up Donny.