This is one of those rare comedies that keeps getting funnier the more you watch it. A true masterpiece.

@positivelynegative9149

6 ай бұрын

Just like The Exorcist (1973). 🤣

@sparksdrinker5650

6 ай бұрын

Most good comedies get funnier on 2nd and 3rd watch

@johnplaysgames3120

6 ай бұрын

The first time I watched "The Big Lebowski," I wasn't into it. I was coming from "Raising Arizona" and was expecting more of that, leading to me being kind of disappointed, tbh. And I think the fact that the plot was so much in the background and wasn't really consequential threw me off (though now, after reading interviews with the Coens, I understand why they wrote it that way). But, weirdly, I kept thinking about the movie for the next couple of days and certain lines kept popping into my brain. Then I found myself wanting to go back and watch it again for some reason I couldn't quite understand. When I did go back and watch it again a few days later, it completely clicked and "The Big Lebowski" suddenly became one of my favorite movies. Now, it's a movie I go back to over and over and, yeah, like you said, it just gets funnier every time. Such a classic and another piece of Coen genius.

@johnplaysgames3120

6 ай бұрын

@@positivelynegative9149 Beetlejuice has entered the chat.

@dosnostalgic

6 ай бұрын

@@johnplaysgames3120 I saw the same thing happen to several people over the years. Which is why now if I someone tells me they didn't enjoy their one and only viewing of it, I always suggest they give it another shot.

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.

@stevegyles3190

6 ай бұрын

This guy gets it.

@FreedomAtRisk

5 ай бұрын

new shit has come to light

@Johngradycole

6 күн бұрын

Haha that’s an awesome insight. That’s what I love about this movie, the layers of comedy are endless

"Smokey, this is not 'Nam. This is bowling, there are rules." Might be my favorite line in all of cinema lmfaoo

@brandothecatmeow

Ай бұрын

I completely agree

The film was written by the Coen Bros, and Bridges has addressed the fact that there was essentially no improvisation or deviation from the script. Every dudeism was written as is, so it's not just a testament to the writing but the caliber of acting as well.

@bluesrocker91

6 ай бұрын

I think Jeff Bridges did contribute the "human paraquat" line.

@kbrewski1

5 ай бұрын

The fact that these dweebs didn't even know who the Coen Brothers are is frightening. Major Fail. They should stick to Disney movie reactions. This was out of their league.

@billymuellerTikTok

3 ай бұрын

@@bluesrocker91 he also changed the line from "obviously you're not a bowler" to "obviously you're not a golfer" when the rug peers asked what the bowling ball was

The yelling at Donnie is a meta joke as Steve's character in Fargo never stopped talking.

@billymuellerTikTok

3 ай бұрын

and every Coen Brothers movie Steve is killed and ends up in smaller and smaller pieces

I have watched this film more times than I can count and I never tire of it. It’s endlessly quotable and so well acted. Phillip Seymour Hoffman is so great with his facial expressions. Walter is an absolute legend. Such a fantastic film!

"Yeah, well, you know, that's just like, uh, your opinion, man." Fun Fact: With the exception of The Dude (Jeff Bridges) helping Maude (Julianne Moore) bowl in a fantasy, The Dude is never actually seen bowling once. The Real Dude Fact: A lot of the Dude's clothes in the movie were Jeff Bridges's own clothes, including his Jellies sandals, which he reportedly still owns and uses to this very day. Big Paraquat Fact: In an interview with Rolling Stone Magazine, John Goodman stated that The Dude (Jeff Bridges) referring to The Big Lebowski (David Hiddleston) as a "human paraquat" was one of the only improvised lines to make it into the final film. Virtually every other line was scripted.

@dollykins100

6 ай бұрын

the "you human PARAQUAT" line made me die with laughter when I first heard it. the delivery is just gold and to find out it was improvised has had me laughing all over again 😂

@izzonj

6 ай бұрын

Young folks don't know what paraquat is. For those who don't, it was an herbicide that the US government sprayed on marijuana fields (maybe they payed Mexico to do it). The plants that didn't die were harvested but had a residue on them that caused lung injury in those who smoked it. It was the harshest buzz-kill known to weed smokers back in the day, so calling the Big Lebowski a human paraquat was a very big insult.

"Thorough" was correct for that old-timey transatlantic dialect of English.

@wynnyification

5 ай бұрын

They say thorooooo

Maude has what was called a Mid-Atlantic accent. It used to be something that was learned and spoken by old, blue blood money from the North East. It was especially reinforced at the fancy boarding schools such people would send their kids to. Watch episodes of the old Gilligan's Island show. The old rich people on the island spoke with a Mid-Atlantic accent. Someone once said this is a story that keeps trying to form around the Dude, but he's just not interested in playing along.

'Raising Arizona' and 'O Brother Where art Thou' are two other great comedies by the Coen Brothers. You two need to explore the Coen Brothers as they have a very unique writing style with very very interesting characters and dialects.

@norwegianblue2017

6 ай бұрын

Loved 'A Serious Man' as well.

@MrKrayer

6 ай бұрын

Don't forget Fargo, Millers Crossing and Barton Fink. All with some similar actors in their own very memorable roles.

@thehumandirigible4882

5 ай бұрын

Hudsucker Proxy is also fantastic. "Y'know! For kids!"

"We wanted to do a Raymond Chandler kind of story - how it moves episodically, and deals with the characters trying to unravel a mystery, as well as having a hopelessly complex plot that's ultimately unimportant" - Joel Coen

I am an ordained minister in the Church of The Dude. True story. Shotgun weddings are my specialty if you need to get married in a hurry.

Yes! Glad you all watched this. I love this movie so much! lol Absolutely timeless. I love the bantor between Walter, Donnie, and the Dude in the bowling alley. It seems so much like it's improv, but is actually 100 percent written. Brilliant acting!

That rug really tied the room together....

I've never noticed before that the check written at the beginning is ten years, to the day, before 9-11

There are three brilliant singers/songsriters/musicians in this film. Flea (Nihilist) of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Aimee Mann (owner of the pinkie toe) of Til Tuesday and Jimmie Dale Gilmore (Smokey) of The Flatlanders. Look them up. You won't be disappointed.

You see what happens, Larry? You see what happens when you FIND a stranger in the ALPS?

This film is an homage to, and in the style of, Raymond Chandler, who wrote all those paperback Private Eye crime melodramas in the '40s set in L.A.(The Big Sleep, The Long Goodbye, Farewell My Lovely, etc.) and his protagonist, Phillip Marlowe, who is repeatedly roughed up by cops and hoods alike, gaslighted, beaten, drugged, and occasionally left for dead, and his plots tend to get convoluted. Here, The Dude's 'condition' was like an acid trip (the Wagnerian Opera setting showed the Heroine Brunhilde as the fat lady who sings - as in ' the opera ain't over until the fat lady sings'). Another early Coen Bros. film is RAISING ARIZONA (1987) with Nicholas Cage, Holly Hunter, John Goodman ... btw, Donny can't get a word in because when Steve Buscemi appeared in FARGO (1996) his character wouldn't stop talking, LOL!

@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344

6 ай бұрын

You are only partly correct. It's not an homage. It's a remake of The Big Sleep, without the Coen Brothers having to pay royalties to whoever owns the copy right.

@otherstar1

6 ай бұрын

Yes, and The Dude himself was based (at least in large part) on Jeff Dowd, who was part of The Seattle Seven, liked to drink White Russians, and was known as The Dude.

@Davis190

6 ай бұрын

Yep, this movie is full of symbolism and reference. The 'mark it zero' scene for example is a joke about America's relationship with Zionism, starting with a direct quote from Theodore Herzel. Walter's ex-wife has him watching over an ill-behaved german (pomeranian) lapdog, and Walter dives deeper into his converted religion to feel proud of the situation. It goes without saying that The Dude was really the one who was 'over the line' from Walter's perspective, but because Walter is so loyal to his treaties and relationships, he has to direct his aggression towards a nearby hippie Smokey for an unprovable or imagined violation, lol. Also Jesus doesn't care about the Sabbath, ha

What a movie/review to start of 2024!

I know you edited it out but as a baseball fan, “3,000 years of beautiful tradition from Moses to Sandy Koufax” is one of my favorite lines in cinema history

The movie is one of my favorite. Jeff Bridges is absolutely fantastic as the Dude, but the one who really chews up every scene he's in is John Goodman as Walter. Steve Buscemi in the previous Coen Brother's film (Fargo) was always yapping around so for this movie the Coens thought of giving him a role where he says almost nothing. The true highlight of the film is how mundane and real the interactions between The Dude, Walter and Donny are. They're hilarious. The way Walter always shuts up Donny cracks me up. This is definitely a movie that benefits from repeated viewings and only grows with time. Undoubtedly one of the classics of modern cinema.

Love the acting on the ashes scene. The dude just stands there gettin coated with ashes. 😂

@vesuvianvillain

6 ай бұрын

It’s like he’s saying “This might as well happen now.. I give up..” 😂

FYI: Walter is based on John Milius. He wrote Apocalypse Now (and the Quint story in Jaws) and directed Conan The Barbarian and Red Dawn.

The cast members are all top tier dramatic actors. The Coens really knew how to get what they wanted from their actors, and everyone wanted to work with them. I bet they had a blast filming this.

One of my top ten movies. Endlessly quotable. Beautiful nest, Zay.

"You're out of your element Donnie!" This is essentially a quote fest occasionally interrupted by bowling. But that's just like, my opinion man! 😂

One of my favorite movies of all time. And with the CCR soundtrack, how can you go wrong?

I’m so damn glad, and always will be, that 17 year old me saw this in the theater opening weekend in 1998. Such a damn wonderful and endlessly rewatchable movie.

Her life is in your hands, Cam & Zay.

Gotta love Cam's reaction.

Oh HECKS yes!!! Just started & *can't wait!!*

I’ve seen this movie a dozen times and never made the connection with the flying carpet. LOL!😂

@highstimulation2497

6 ай бұрын

ditto, me either!

@Ivy94F

6 ай бұрын

I was IMPRESSED because that never occurred to me either! 😂

The film is very quotable. Walter is based on film director John Milius. Watch any interview with Milius and you can see Walter clearly. Donnie is told to stfu so much as a gag related to their previous movie, Fargo, Steve Buscemi's character in that film can't stop talking. The Germans are loosely based on German electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk. Kraftwerk had an album called "Autobahn," which is the name of the band the Germans in Big Lebowski belong to before they became extortionists. The style of the film is Raymond Chandler pulp/crime fiction where there are mysterious women, money, extortion, detectives, the central character trying to unravel it all, and undercover corruption and crime.

@internetidentity3917

6 ай бұрын

Ahah, thanks. That is immediately noticeable upon watching Milius with Coppola.

@laudanum669

5 ай бұрын

@jkorshak I scrolled thru the comments to see if anyone else got the reference to the band "Kraftwerk" and their album "Autobahn". Well done!

@jkorshak

5 ай бұрын

When the Dude looks at the "Autobahn" record album and the cover art is a take on Kraftwerk's Man-Machine album - between "Autobahn" and that and the nihilists being German, any Kraftwerk fan would pick up on it.

Check out the Cohen Brother's movie O'Brother Where Art Thou. They were in the same head space when they wrote bother movies. It's just as funny and very strange. They could almost be in the same universe separated by time.

Welcome to the cult! We abide. You are definitely, _definitely,_ going to rate this a 9.9 after subsequent viewings.

You need to watch Raising Arizona. And as many Coen Brothers films as you can. They have a couple not so good ones, but most of their films are masterpieces.

"This is our concern Dude." Is the most hilariously underrated quote from this movie.

There's a movie that keeps happening around The Dude, but he's completely oblivious to it.

Her life was in our hands, man!

The secret to most Cohen Brothers films is it's not about the plot. The plot is only there to get interesting and wacky characters to interact.

It's commonly accepted that Sam Elliot is The Dude's guardian angel.

Well now you have been introduced to The Coen Brothers! This is my personal favorite BUT I’ve seen them all and they are all great, not a bad one in them all! You could take a list close your eyes and point and you would pick a movie that you would really enjoy! Please react to more!

@USCFlash

6 ай бұрын

Intolerable Cruelty & The Ladykillers are really not very good....but everything else is.

What a group of insane characters. It's like one human tragedy over another. I loved it! Labowski inhaling Donnie on the mountain top got me too! Hilarious! What a great reaction. You don't know how many times I've wanted to throw a coffee cup at a passenger. 🤪😬🤣

so glad you guys liked it. its usually hit or miss for most folks

Walter is the best man anyone could ever call a friend. Great reaction, thank you.

This one is great but it has a deeper meaning many dont understand until. They get under the influence with mind altering substances

And yeah, in several other Coen Brothers (I think) films, there's a scene where John Goodman is basically screaming for several minutes, just like in this film:)

It's genuinely a brilliant comedy. John Goodman should have been nominated for an Oscar. I own this movie on blu-ray and watch it at least 3xs a month.

The Folgers can scene w Donnie ending up all over the dude might be the funniest scene I've ever seen. John Goodman is so great as Walter.

It's a good movie, and thorough

@0okamino

6 ай бұрын

Thoroughly unable to get its main character to commit to it, which is beautifully hilarious.

Two years after the Oscar-winning thriller satire "Fargo", Joel and Ethan Coen (--> writers, directors, producers) once again proved their unique sense of humor with "The Big Lebowski": they juxtaposed the lovingly drawn anti-hero with a multitude of crazy characters and absurdities to create a modern classic. It's really great to see how different the reactions are to the humor in this sensational film. While some viewers burst out laughing at every funny scene, others are often completely shocked, as you can see from their open mouths and wide-open eyes. 😁

An all time classic, one of the best comedies ever.

I love how they charge in there with a ferret like it's a pitbull.

The ashes scene is one of the funniest thing's ever lol "Goodnight sweet prince"

SO thrilled that you guys got around to this!!!!!

Apparently the best part of waking up is donny in your cup

You guys had the best windy ashes face laugh yet, 😂😂😂, also Donnie is constantly cursed because he wouldnt shut up in the Coen movie Fargo, Coen brothers inside joke

My husband and his brother were the Dude and Walter for Halloween. Carried around a coffee can all night too lol

My 2nd favorite bowling movie. First is 'Kingpin' with Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid (Cousin Eddie on Christmas Vacation who plays an Amish man) and Bill Murray. Please check it out if you haven't. The funniest Amish bowling movie ever. Actually, the only one, I think. 😂

@Bothorth

6 ай бұрын

_Kingpin_ is clearly a golf movie, man.

@vesuvianvillain

6 ай бұрын

The aggressive energy of Bill Murray with the rapidly unraveling combover.. *chef’s kiss*

The rewatchability of this movie is off the charts. My favorite trope is how The Dude picks up little words or sayings from other characters throughout the whole movie, and then uses them as his own words later in the movie. It’s like it’s the first time he’s ever heard of these words/phrases before and he thinks to himself “that’s a cool saying, man. I think I’ll use it now”

“They’re calling the cops man, put the piece away”

When dude told that corny joke to start, I swear he looked like Matthew Lilliard at the end of Scream! "Peer pressure..." 😜

Got assigned to see this in the theater for a college film class. Best homework ever!

I'm so sad you were talking during the part where Walter says, "You want a toe? Hell, I can get you a toe by 3:00 this afternoon". 😂😂😂

@squ34ky

6 ай бұрын

Also, how fake is that laugh...

@veggiesaremurder

6 ай бұрын

@@squ34ky the one on the right, for sure.

BEST JOHN GOODMAN PERFORMANCE!!👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

My family had our own ashes story that was similar to this (funny because this is me and my dad’s favorite comedy)…my grandpa was a huge Ted Williams fan (famous Boston Red Sox player for those who don’t know), so when he died we took a small pill bottle of his ashes to Fenway Park when we visited. We were lucky enough to be able to see the Sox take batting practice from the top of the Green Monster, and we decided to spread the ashes from up there. Unfortunately we did not take into account that when wind hits a giant 37 foot tall wall, it blows straight up, so when we dumped the ashes they blew directly into the face of the lady next to us who had zero idea what happened lol. She thought it was just dirt and we never said a word…as bad as we felt, we thought grandpa would have laughed if he saw that happen…lol so we always think of that moment when we watch that scene

One of the most hilarious reactions you have made yet haha. Loved it!

John Turturro as JESUS, is my fave!!😀😅😄😃😂

It was written and directed by the Cohen brothers (Joel and Ethan) who created some of the most idiosyncratic and quirky movies ever. Other than “The Big Lebowski,” I also love “Barton Fink,” “The Hudsucker Proxy,” “The Man Who Wasn’t There,” “True Grit”(2010), “Raising Arizona,” and “Oh Brother Where Art Thou.” Most of their Oscars were for two other movies, “Fargo” and “No Country for Old Men,” which I appreciated but aren’t among my favorites.

Apparently the Coen Brothers wrote every word, including the ums & ahs & Jeff played it perfectly, wearing his own comfy clothes. Before every scene, he would find out how stoned the Dude was supposed to be & rub his eyes according to the desired redness. If you havent reacted to The Coen Brothers before, there are loads for you to enjoy, including Fargo (movie) Oh Brother Where Art Thou & Burn After Reading.

Great reaction guys, I laughed at this more than I have in years. You said the story took a backseat, but I've heard it described as the story trying to form around the dude's chaotic life, but failing miserably.

Study this screenplay. It’s very melodic and rhythmic. After dozens of viewings this is still in my top 3 comedies.

One of my favorite movies. The Coen Bro's always bring the singularly unique characters and the smart writing to every movie the make. Casting is impecable. Acting is fantastic. You will pick up on so much stuff in later viewings that you didn't prior. Little details in minor character interactions with the Dude become some of the funniest things. Every person, situation and plot point is important because of how the Dude stays the same. Endlessly quotable. One of those movies worth tracking down a revival showing where you can see it with 200 other fans.

@sweetwentworth

6 ай бұрын

Watching and scrolling. Noticed your comment is very recent. Maybe you would know. If this video was posted three days ago, why are there comments from three weeks ago? Is it you tube? Just curious.

@MrKrayer

6 ай бұрын

I@@sweetwentworth I've seen it before on other videos. No clue how it happens but I think it's a bug in yt.

KING PIN is the greatest bowling move ever ✌️

As a fellow Brother Shamus, I like pointing out, Dude never even got his rug back lol.

Hidden underneath, this film is a Detective Noir. A Private Investigator must interview a number of shady characters in the underbelly of a city, with false leads and double crosses, to solve a crime. 😯

Biggest laugh in the movie is the char nailed to the floor to secure the door... but the door opens out. I let out a *massive* laugh in the theater.

40:30 yeah, spot-on. The plot gets more and more convoluted…but then we realize none of that really matters. Has these complex Chandler/Leonard-ish twisting situations & hidden motivations that get harder to keep track of…but then you realize it doesn’t matter and it’s just the comedic ‘ride’ of this laidback guy trying to navigate it lol

Every time you watch this movie it gets funnier and better. It is normal for movie lovers to watch this one over and over.

damn right about cursing, youtube! I feel that! the fuck ARE they talkin' about?:)

Finally a reaction to the ashes I’ve been waiting for. I fucking lost it on that part the first time I saw it. Just Dude standing there defeated, like “Fuck it.. this might as well happen now..” I probably never laughed so hard at anything in a movie that I had to wipe tears. Thank you Cam.

When you watch it again (and you will), look for Donnie's "Oh, no, here we go again" expression as he carefully stands up and sneaks out of frame as Walter tells Smokey he is "entering a world of pain."

Please please please watch Raising Arizona next ❤ Also a Coen Brothers movie

If you have ever passed out before, you know you have a like few hours long dream even though its only a few seconds.

"You must be here to fix the cable".

Jeffery Lebowski is a pasifist hero.

Good fun guys😊 thanx

If you want to see more Jeff Bridges, watch "Crazy Heart". It's Jeff as a has-been country music singer, seeing his career on the decline as his protege (Colin Ferrell) is on the rise, while he struggles with alcoholism and a romantic relationship with a younger woman (Maggie Gyllenhaal).

@otherstar1

6 ай бұрын

Didn't Bridges get the Oscar for that role? (I'm too lazy to go look it up right now)

You pick up new things every time you watch it. example: the giant scissors in the dream is from a painting in Maude's house.

i remember when this came out in the theatre. Nobody cared or talked about it. no buzz until it came out on DVD.

The Big Lebowski is a comedic noir film. It has all the elements: a femme fatale, a crime that isn't what it seems on the surface, a bunch of criminals each trying to double-cross the others, and an innocent man drawn into the middle of it. Maude (Julianne Moore) had a mid-Atlantic accent. This accent used to be taught to the children of the rich in the northeastern U.S., and was used on film and on stage to depict the upper classes. Katharine Hepburn had this accent. It was common in films in the 30s and 40s, but no one talks that way any more. One thing I love about the Coen Brothers is that even their bit characters are memorable. The two thugs who break into The Dude's apartment, Smokey, Little Larry Sellers, the funeral director, the cop at the impound yard, are all shown as individual people.

Making a good reaction video is not easy, especially when you're young because you have less experience by definition. But this was a really good reaction video.

When Walter says the word "frame" in the phrase "you have no frame of reference here, Donny," it has a double meaning because of bowling scoring.

7:00 It’s the guy from the “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” Christmas special

A classic and a hilarious, epic movie. It is the movie that "made" Jeff Bridges, pretty sure to this day he still gets approached and a fan quotes a line from this movie, as they should. I realized Walter kinda was like a mix of Alan and Marshall, who he ended up portraying in the 3rd Hangover movie. Awesome reaction dudes

Lebowski was the best thing to close out the 90's.

Hope you guys can do more Cohen bros. Raising Arizona and O Brother where art thou are also great

my favorite working theory is that donny is a figment of walters imagination. they were in the war together and now walters ptsd hallucinates him, and thats why the dude hardly directly interacts with donny lol

There's a backstory to Donny being constantly silenced. In the Coen brothers' previous film, Fargo, Steve Buscemi's character was constantly talking. They thought it'd be funny in this film if he couldn't get a word in edgewise.

This may be the #1 film of all time that demands, and rewards, multiple viewings. The Coen Brothers are brilliant scriptwriters and damn near every nuance in voice, each gesture, every single word is exactly how they write it. This movie above all their other excellent films has so many metaphors, within double meanings, within adaptation from one character early in the film to become the syntax of others, within... it goes on and on and it is all hilarious for its own reasons. Watch this one many times you'll be amazed at how that one little rug tied the entire film together, by intent.