MovieChat Forums > The Big Lebowski (1998) Discussion > Is there anyone who has the courage to s...

Is there anyone who has the courage to say this movie is stupid and sucks?


Is there anyone who has the courage to say this movie is stupid and sucks? I've tried watching TBL several times, and have seen many clips of it. I think this is the kind of movie that a big aggressive crowd acclaims greatness too that is not really that great ... kind of like Trump supporters.

reply

Congrats on outing yourself as the idiot in the room. Now let the adults get back to talking.

reply

Well I don’t like it. To much cussing for me. Got about half way.

reply

The profanity is a legitimate reason for not watching the movie. That's not the same as saying it's "stupid and sucks".

reply

Ok the profanity is stupid and it’s sucks there is so much.

reply

👍🏻

reply

That's very childish. Maybe you'd prefer the lil' Mudmaid starring Awkwafina.

reply

"Do you have to use so many cuss words?"

reply

What the f*** are you talking about?

reply

I think every scene from this movie is quotable, isn't it? One of the many reasons it's so great.

reply

Dude... it is actually one of those movies in which the cussing is actually appropriate (in this amount). It is part of the characters, it builds them, give them depth and is a point in the narrative. If you are attentive, you'll notice how some characters swear while other don't.

There's even the Sam Elliot's character who asks to The Dude if "all the cussing is necessary", only to get the answer "I don't get it, what the fuck are you talking about?" This shows two things: first, The Dude or Walter for instance don't even seem to realize how offensive their way of talking can be for other; and second, it shows how they are from a different background and how their lifestyle fits with this way of speaking.

But the way I see it, is that more importantly, without the cussing it wouldn't be so obvious that they are outcasts of the society, that they don't really fit in their time and place. Walter is a war veteran who clearly went through some trauma and is frustrated against society. The Dude is what we can call a "loser", a guy who clearly doesn't take any responsibility and simply wants everything to come easily to him. They cuss a lot because they don't care about the norms, and society gave up on them a long time ago.

I too tend to find the movies that overuse profanities unnecessarily annoying. It often just sounds like the writers and/or actors simply wanted to be edgy. But there are instances when it works, and The Big Lebowski is one of these cases.

reply

I wouldn't say TBL is "stupid and sucks", I'd say it's "silly and endearing"

reply

That's how I see it, too

reply

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

reply

Seconded.

reply

And that's well, you know, that's just like, uh, your opinion, man.

This is fun! It seems to say something in a brain-dead kind of way, just like the movie.

reply

I love this movie! It's eccentric and odd, involving and full of unexpected moments, and it does a Busby Berkeley bowling alley fantasy.

And it has Jeff Bridges. Wow. At every possible level. I want to be him, I want to watch him, I want to do him.

reply

I like this movie but one thing I would say about it is that for a comedy it could do with being funnier. Or maybe I'm just a cynical bastard and hard to make laugh. I only ever find it slightly amusing in places.

reply

I knew a guy just like The Dude. Only funnier. Much, much funnier.

reply

Humour is really personal. I personally rarely laughed so much at a movie. This and My Cousin Vinny are the funniest comedies I've ever seen.

reply

I have the courage to tell you that you are a quarter-wit. "The Big Lebowski" is a great movie.

reply

The Dude does not abide to your stupid ass comment!
PS: Trump rules, you suck!

reply

How stupid do you have to be to still support Trump today?
Testing causes coronavirus?
Drink bleach?
Shine a UV light up yer butt?
Wash your hands in boiling water.
I would be ashamed if I was as stupid as you.

reply

You just outed yourself as believing everything the liberal media tells you.

reply

You just outed yourself as a right-wing nut job who has been conditioned by liars to hate investigative reporting that threatens their agenda to create an even greater plutocracy, even when it's not in your own self-interest.
rump has such an easily verifiable and long list of ridiculous statements it's impossible not to lampoon him as a blithering buffoon.

reply

AWKWARD.

reply

And again someone who decides what to bring politics even though it is totally uncalled for..🙄

reply

STUPID PEOPLE WHO SUCK...

reply