The Big lebowski

Here goes my first post - after reading the previous review the movie that immediately came to my mind was the 98 comedy flick-The big Lebowski by the Coen brothers(rings any bells- ya the guyz who made No Country For Old Men) about a total loser Dude(the protagonist's name in the movie is indeed the"Dude").While "Knocked Up" had a Loser transform into a good guy this movie celebrates joblessness and The "Dude" from the beginning to the end of the movie stays a loser(but a winner in my mind for his shear attitude to life).

I watched the movie a couple of months back so don't clearly remember the plot completely,but here's the link.

Basically its an adventure where The "dude"(jeffrey lebowski- play by Jeff Bridges) gets mistaken for some other guy called Lebowski and lands in all sorts of trouble. He is accompanied by his friend walter(John Goodman) and donny(played by the brilliant Steve Buscemi- u must have seen him in The reservoir Dogs). The "dude" despite all his efforts and advice from his pals screws up badly in all he does . In all this a quite a wierd movie a different kind of comedy that all of u guyz must try. This movie also celebrates friendship(The relationship btw The "Dude" & Walter was something that personally touched me & was beautifully shown & enacted).

Now coming to the technicalities,this being an IMDB Top 250 movie(as most of my posts wud be i gess) one can expect a brilliant script and direction. I would say the script is not brilliant its mind blowing,i mean who other than the Coen brothers cud have come up wid such a wonderful plot. the lead character(Lebowski) has been played very spontaneously and dynamically by jeff bridgess well supported by John goodman & steve Buscemi. The direction is crisp and the dialogues are fantastic and comic(warning:u'll get a really heavy dose of the "F" word all thru the movie ). i highly recommend this movie to everyone irrespective of your taste this is a movie i gess each one of you would love. The"dude" is in fact one of my favorite characters of all time.

Rating:*****

A few memorable quotes:
Walter Sobchak: I told those fucks down at the league office a thousand times that I don't roll on Shabbos!
Donny: What's Shabbos?
Walter Sobchak: Saturday, Donny, is Shabbos, the Jewish day of rest. That means that I don't work, I don't get in a car, I don't fucking ride in a car, I don't pick up the phone, I don't turn on the oven, and I sure as shit
[shouts]
Walter Sobchak: don't fucking roll! Shomer shabbos!
The Dude: Walter...
Walter Sobchak: Shomer fucking shabbos.
The Dude: Oh fuck it.

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Walter Sobchak: I'm saying, I see what you're getting at, Dude, he kept the money. My point is, here we are, it's shabbas, the sabbath, which I'm allowed to break only if it's a matter of life or death...
The Dude: Will you come off it, Walter? You're not even fucking Jewish, man.
Walter Sobchak: What the fuck are you talkin' about?
The Dude: Man, you're fucking Polish Catholic...
Walter Sobchak: What the fuck are you talking about? I converted when I married Cynthia! Come on, Dude!
The Dude: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah...
Walter Sobchak: And you know this!
The Dude: Yeah, and five fucking years ago you were divorced.
Walter Sobchak: So what are you saying? When you get divorced you turn in your library card? You get a new license? You stop being Jewish?
The Dude: It's all a part of your sick Cynthia thing, man. Taking care of her fucking dog. Going to her fucking synagogue. You're living in the fucking past.
Walter Sobchak: Three thousand years of beautiful tradition, from Moses to Sandy Koufax...
[shouting]
Walter Sobchak: You're goddamn right I'm living in the fucking past!