Big Lebowski movie 27 years later

 

   Sometimes, it takes a while to understand a certain movie. Directed by both Ethan and Joel Cohn, The Big Lebowski deals with one poor man caught up in a situation that he gets the help of his friends to get out of, even if it means having certain people wanting him dead.

     What is this movie about, and....why is it still memorable today?

  The Cohn brothers are known for movies that are hilarious and shocking at the same time. They came up with a movie called "Fargo" in 1996 starring Frances McDermond in one of her best hits as an officer trying to find a killer.

   With the Big Lebowski, Jeff Bridges plays a character named Jefferey Lebowski who is mistaken for a crippled millionaire who owes a lot of money for some bad people. 

   What do the thugs do when they find out their mistake, they pee on Lebowski's rug. Actually, his name is 'the dude; He never went by his full name.

   Even his landlord fears him. There's so much going on in this movie that you have to watch it more than once to understand what is going on, and Lebowski ends up in a tangled web of confusion. Just like some of the audience.

   Because of this movie, bowling became popular again. A lot of people, before the internet was a thing, Bowlarama and arcades were the place to go.

   A lot of people started bowling again because of this movie. Bowling isn't as great as it was back in the late 90's, but for a while, it seemed to be the cool thing to do. I haven't bowled in years.

   There are so many intersting characters besides Lebowski, His friend Walter, played by John Goodman who said that this was his favorite role in any movie he was in, helps him out. But sometimes, he goes a little too far. 

    When the real Lebowski's hot wife ends up kidnapped, the dude helps him find her, but feels he's being sent on a wild goose chase, and he is.

   Apparently, his girlfriend, who looks more like a hooker, ends up kidnapped by Germans or Russians or somebody that Lebowski knows, and the dude has to help find her.

    Walter feels that Lebowski is being played for a fool as he believes she kidnapped herself. The Dude also meets Maude. She is the daughter to the real Lebowski. She even finds a way to not only hurt the dude but have sex with him as well.

   Steve Buscemi portrays another friend of the Dude called Donny. His main concern is to fit in as well as bowl a perfect strike when he is there.

    He tries to find out what is happening with not only the Dude, but why they are being targeted by people that never had the girl to begin with.

    I also feel that Steve Buscemi ends up dead in every Cohn brother movie he's in since his character, Donny, dies of a heart attack near the end of the movie.

 

  There is some other interesting tidbits I learned while watching this movie. The word 'Dude' is used over 100 times. The clothing Lebowski wears if from Jeff Bridges own wardrobe. 

    There are many known famous quotes that are still used today. Sad the next generation doesn't know what we're saying, but they lived when I was teenage in 98, they would enjoy this movie like they would any other.

   Sam Elliot portrays the narrorator as he explains about Lebowski and his interesting journey that only happened because he shared the same name of a billionaire.

    He even has a cameo near the end of the movie where he asks, "do you have to cuss so much?" Other quotes like: "Well that's like...your opinion, man" and many others that you can find online are remembered from this one movie.

   By the way.... "The dude abides."