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(The New York Times) Cool What movie became the decade's most venerated cult film. Well, if the phrases "Nice marmot," or "You're entering a world of pain," mean anything to you, then have a White Russian on me, Dude   (artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com) divider line 122
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jpallan [TotalFark]
2010-01-02 03:10:22 PM
farm5.static.flickr.com


AM I THE ONLY ONE LEFT WHO GIVES A shiat ABOUT THE RULES? MARK IT ZERO!
 
robmilmel [TotalFark]
2010-01-02 03:31:40 PM
i180.photobucket.com
 
Mentat [TotalFark]
2010-01-02 03:37:28 PM
Nihilists? Fark me. Say what you will about the tenets of national Socialism, Dude, but at least it's an ethos.
 
yogaFLAME [TotalFark]
2010-01-02 04:13:52 PM
It really tied the room together.
 
T.M.S.
2010-01-02 04:22:10 PM
That's really just his opinion, man.
 
the Mole of Production
2010-01-02 04:45:16 PM
To be clear: it may be the cult film most venerated during the course of the last decade, but it was released in 1998, so it is OF the 90's.

/semantics nazi
 
The Rev. Numbers [TotalFark]
2010-01-02 04:53:54 PM
You pull any your crazy shiat with us, you flash a piece out on the lanes, I'll take it away from you and stick it up your ass and pull the farking trigger till it goes "click".
 
Raiden333
2010-01-02 05:01:48 PM
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the alps? THIS is what happens when you feed a stoner scrambled eggs!
 
robsul82 [TotalFark]
2010-01-02 05:16:09 PM
Lebowski was released in 1998, Smokey. This is not 'Nam, this is compiling lists about films, there are rules.
 
Somacandra [TotalFark]
2010-01-02 05:32:40 PM
I am the walrus.
 
Mentat [TotalFark]
2010-01-02 05:35:32 PM
Somacandra: I am the walrus.

SHUT THE FARK UP DONNY! YOU ARE OUT OF YOUR ELEMENT!
 
Somacandra [TotalFark]
2010-01-02 05:37:24 PM
i46.tinypic.com
 
Somacandra [TotalFark]
2010-01-02 05:42:48 PM
img188.imageshack.us
 
torch [TotalFark]
2010-01-02 05:55:35 PM
Also, let's not forget - let's *not* forget, Dude - that keeping wildlife, an amphibious rodent, for uh, domestic, you know, within the city - that aint legal either.
 
Fabric_Man
2010-01-02 06:00:25 PM
No love for the Room? You're terwing me apaht, mods!
 
gridlocksammy [TotalFark]
2010-01-02 06:03:07 PM
robsul82: Lebowski was released in 1998, Smokey. This is not 'Nam, this is compiling lists about films, there are rules.

From Wiki:

The movie was not an immediate commercial success (its budget was about US$15 million, and the film grossed US$17 million in the United States), but it received generally positive reviews from critics. The film, noted for its idiosyncratic characters, surreal dream sequences, unconventional dialogue, and eclectic soundtrack, has become a cult favorite[1] and has been called "the first cult film of the Internet era

I'd have to say that cult status has nothing to do with the decade it was made in but more to do with the decade it dominated in.
 
FunkOut [TotalFark]
2010-01-02 06:04:13 PM
Mentat: Somacandra: I am the walrus.

SHUT THE FARK UP DONNY! YOU ARE OUT OF YOUR ELEMENT!

Just take it easy, man.

*proceeds to drink half and half straight out of the carton*
 
groverXIII
2010-01-02 06:06:53 PM
Don't be fatuous.
 
Planterz
2010-01-02 06:12:31 PM
And proud we are of all of them.
 
what_now [TotalFark]
2010-01-02 06:13:40 PM
Dude, chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature. Asian-American, please.
 
Japancakes
2010-01-02 06:13:44 PM
Speaking of films whose charms wholly elude me...

I'm being utterly sincere here when I ask if a fan of this film will please explain to me just what appeal this film holds?

And I ask this as someone who really, really likes damn near every other movie in the oeuvre of the Brothers Coen (excepting both "The Ladykillers and "Intolerable Cruelty").
 
el_mocoso
2010-01-02 06:15:42 PM
Japancakes: Speaking of films whose charms wholly elude me...

I'm being utterly sincere here when I ask if a fan of this film will please explain to me just what appeal this film holds?

And I ask this as someone who really, really likes damn near every other movie in the oeuvre of the Brothers Coen (excepting both "The Ladykillers and "Intolerable Cruelty").

Have you watched it more than once? I found it to improve greatly on second viewing. It really hits its stride around viewing no. 11
 
robsul82 [TotalFark]
2010-01-02 06:15:47 PM
gridlocksammy: robsul82: Lebowski was released in 1998, Smokey. This is not 'Nam, this is compiling lists about films, there are rules.

From Wiki:

The movie was not an immediate commercial success (its budget was about US$15 million, and the film grossed US$17 million in the United States), but it received generally positive reviews from critics. The film, noted for its idiosyncratic characters, surreal dream sequences, unconventional dialogue, and eclectic soundtrack, has become a cult favorite[1] and has been called "the first cult film of the Internet era

Um, I'm aware.

I'd have to say that cult status has nothing to do with the decade it was made in but more to do with the decade it dominated in.

I think release date has to be factored in. We just can't ignore when it came out. Lebowski began to take off in 1999.
 
Cake Hunter [TotalFark]
2010-01-02 06:15:57 PM
Vagina.
 
Mentat [TotalFark]
2010-01-02 06:17:51 PM
Japancakes: I'm being utterly sincere here when I ask if a fan of this film will please explain to me just what appeal this film holds?

It's just a nifty parable about post-Cold War America. It's mythic in scope but still goofy enough to swallow. It's a movie that makes you think.
 
the_be_sharps
2010-01-02 06:19:10 PM
groverXIII: Don't be fatuous.

You mean... Coitus?
 
BigMax
2010-01-02 06:21:20 PM
what_now 2010-01-02 06:13:40 PM

Dude, chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature. Asian-American, please.

These aren't the guys who built the farking railroads, Walter.
 
Patterson
2010-01-02 06:24:22 PM
Mentat: Somacandra: I am the walrus.

SHUT THE FARK UP DONNY! YOU ARE OUT OF YOUR ELEMENT!

V.I. Lenin! Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov!
 
GoteamVenture
2010-01-02 06:24:50 PM
simply put, the dude abides
 
Spaztictacular
2010-01-02 06:29:20 PM
Japancakes: Speaking of films whose charms wholly elude me...

I'm being utterly sincere here when I ask if a fan of this film will please explain to me just what appeal this film holds?

And I ask this as someone who really, really likes damn near every other movie in the oeuvre of the Brothers Coen (excepting both "The Ladykillers and "Intolerable Cruelty").

I know for me it's more about the one-liners and dialogue between some pretty well-developed characters (The Dude, Walter, and Jesus to name just three)

Example:

Jesus Quintana: You ready to be farked, man? I see you rolled your way into the semis. Dios mio, man. Liam and me, we're gonna fark you up.

The Dude: Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

Jesus Quintana: Let me tell you something, pendejo. You pull any of your crazy shiat with us, you flash a piece out on the lanes, I'll take it away from you, stick it up your ass and pull the farking trigger 'til it goes "click."

The Dude: Jesus.

Jesus Quintana: You said it, man. Nobody farks with the Jesus.

But I also like the fact that it's essentially a stoner version of The Big Sleep (The Big Lebowksi... The Big Sleep)... a noir movie that still confuses people to this day. I'm pretty sure that the Coen Brothers, who obviously love film noir (Blood Simple, Miller's Crossing, The Man Who Wasn't There, etc...) wanted to do their own little spin on the genre.

Plus... I mean... the cast is just gangbusters ... Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, John Tuturro, Julianne Moore, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Sam Elliot, etc...
 
Japancakes
2010-01-02 06:30:12 PM
el_mocoso: Japancakes: Speaking of films whose charms wholly elude me...

I'm being utterly sincere here when I ask if a fan of this film will please explain to me just what appeal this film holds?

And I ask this as someone who really, really likes damn near every other movie in the oeuvre of the Brothers Coen (excepting both "The Ladykillers and "Intolerable Cruelty").

Have you watched it more than once? I found it to improve greatly on second viewing. It really hits its stride around viewing no. 11

I usually only give films one chance to connect. There are so many films out there that I want to view for the first time that I usually don't revisit them unless they really dig their hooks in the first time.

I gave it my initial viewing about 2 years ago after having it be hyped to the gills. Even keeping in mind that nothing ever meets excessive pre-release hype, the film left me thinking "is that it?" as the credits rolled.

Maybe I should make a exception and give it a second viewing for this.
Maybe being sober when viewing was my undoing?
 
Pump_ThePurpleWarrior
2010-01-02 06:30:30 PM
He fixes their cable?
 
Dafatone [TotalFark]
2010-01-02 06:38:58 PM
Japancakes: el_mocoso: Japancakes: Speaking of films whose charms wholly elude me...

I'm being utterly sincere here when I ask if a fan of this film will please explain to me just what appeal this film holds?

And I ask this as someone who really, really likes damn near every other movie in the oeuvre of the Brothers Coen (excepting both "The Ladykillers and "Intolerable Cruelty").

Have you watched it more than once? I found it to improve greatly on second viewing. It really hits its stride around viewing no. 11

I usually only give films one chance to connect. There are so many films out there that I want to view for the first time that I usually don't revisit them unless they really dig their hooks in the first time.

I gave it my initial viewing about 2 years ago after having it be hyped to the gills. Even keeping in mind that nothing ever meets excessive pre-release hype, the film left me thinking "is that it?" as the credits rolled.

Maybe I should make a exception and give it a second viewing for this.
Maybe being sober when viewing was my undoing?

I had the same feeling. Then in retrospect, I kinda liked it a little. Saw it for a second time and loved it. The ending is very "so what?" So I felt let down. But second time through, loved pretty much the entire thing.
 
the_be_sharps
2010-01-02 06:47:21 PM
Japancakes: I gave it my initial viewing about 2 years ago after having it be hyped to the gills. Even keeping in mind that nothing ever meets excessive pre-release hype, the film left me thinking "is that it?" as the credits rolled.

Maybe I should make a exception and give it a second viewing for this.
Maybe being sober when viewing was my undoing?

It helps to understand it's not really a movie about anything in particular. It's just a "day in the life of this one dude" sort of thing. Also, drink lots before watching it again. Or smoke some weed, if you're into that sort of thing.
 
not enough pepper
2010-01-02 06:48:42 PM
Being in an altered state certainly helps you get into the mood of the movie. This is one of those flicks that if I'm channel surfing and it's on, I'll stop there and watch. Friends have pointed out that I have the movie on DVD and could just watch it that way with no interruptions or editing (though I do love some of the "safe for tv" dubs they have done) but getting up and putting in the DVD would ruin the flow. You know, man?

/abiding
 
Mentat [TotalFark]
2010-01-02 06:49:10 PM
God damn you Walter! You farkin' asshole! Everything's a farkin' travesty with you, man! And what was all that shiat about Vietnam? What the fark, has anything got to do with Vietnam? What the fark are you talking about?
 
tarballa
2010-01-02 06:49:42 PM
the_be_sharps: It helps to understand it's not really a movie about anything in particular. It's just a "day in the life of this one dude" sort of thing. Also, drink lots before watching it again. Or smoke some weed, if you're into that sort of thing.

Obviously you're not a golfer.
 
FunkOut [TotalFark]
2010-01-02 06:51:06 PM
the_be_sharps: Japancakes: I gave it my initial viewing about 2 years ago after having it be hyped to the gills. Even keeping in mind that nothing ever meets excessive pre-release hype, the film left me thinking "is that it?" as the credits rolled.

Maybe I should make a exception and give it a second viewing for this.
Maybe being sober when viewing was my undoing?

It helps to understand it's not really a movie about anything in particular. It's just a "day in the life of this one dude" sort of thing. Also, drink lots before watching it again. Or smoke some weed, if you're into that sort of thing.

I like to watch movies around 3 am. Brain is kinda weird then all on it's own and everything is dark and quiet. It was perfect for the first time I saw THX-1138.
 
DicksWii
2010-01-02 06:58:44 PM
bestofstupid.com
 
radioman_
2010-01-02 07:05:49 PM
And lest we forget TBL gave us the ripe Tara Reid, or Reid at peak ripeatudeness if you're not into the whole brevity thing.
 
Six_By_Nine
2010-01-02 07:08:03 PM
Aaargh, Mentat, not the "it makes you THINK" crap. I like the movie just fine. But I'm just sayin' I think about everything whether it's good or bad, whether it's awesome or it blows. I don't find myself selectively burdened by thought.

A good piece of entertainment is ALWAYS entertaining no matter how deep it is. So if I want to watch it again I don't have to do it with my brain switched on.

This movie? I just like the WTF-ness of it all. There are some movies that do it badly, this one was just fun.

Loves good intelligent entertainment but will never turn down a stupid good time, either.
 
AlanSmithee [TotalFark]
2010-01-02 07:13:23 PM
Mentat: It's mythic in scope but still goofy enough to swallow.

My girlfriend says that a lot.
 
Mentat [TotalFark]
2010-01-02 07:14:26 PM
Six_By_Nine: Aaargh, Mentat, not the "it makes you THINK" crap. I like the movie just fine. But I'm just sayin' I think about everything whether it's good or bad, whether it's awesome or it blows. I don't find myself selectively burdened by thought.

A good piece of entertainment is ALWAYS entertaining no matter how deep it is. So if I want to watch it again I don't have to do it with my brain switched on.

This movie? I just like the WTF-ness of it all. There are some movies that do it badly, this one was just fun.

Loves good intelligent entertainment but will never turn down a stupid good time, either.

This movie is both. You can turn off your brain and enjoy the witty dialog and absurdity, or you can contemplate the deeper themes. Whatever you're in the mood for.
 
Japancakes
2010-01-02 07:14:29 PM
Thank you all for your responses. I'll check it out at the library and give it another go next weekend (with proper accompaniment).
 
Six_By_Nine
2010-01-02 07:15:01 PM
Sorry, I meant "brain TOTALLY switched on".

FTFM
 
Somacandra [TotalFark]
2010-01-02 07:15:29 PM
That was the chief of police of Malibu. A real reactionary.
 
theorellior [TotalFark]
2010-01-02 07:16:07 PM
AlanSmithee: My girlfriend says that a lot.

Yeah, I know.
 
theorellior [TotalFark]
2010-01-02 07:17:10 PM
Cake Hunter: Vagina.

Yes, they don't like hearing it and find it difficult to say whereas without batting an eye a man will refer to his dick or his rod or his Johnson.
 
Mentat [TotalFark]
2010-01-02 07:17:26 PM
AlanSmithee: Mentat: It's mythic in scope but still goofy enough to swallow.

My girlfriend says that a lot.

About who?
 
the_be_sharps
2010-01-02 07:19:18 PM
tarballa: Obviously you're not a golfer.

It... it's down there lemme take another look.
 
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