That's because The Big Lebowski IS the greatest film ever made.

Is this your homework, Larry?

Top two favorites: The Departed and Fight Club
Others I thoroughly enjoy: Goodfellas, Casino, Dumb and Dumber, Superbad, Dodgeball, Anchorman, Blow, Donnie Darko, Party Monster, American History X, High Fidelity...

Lebowski is less a movie and more a way of life.

Our fuckin troubles are over dude.

As far as i know MacMoney is the only fag around here that doesn't dig Big Lebowski. Eight year olds, dude.

If for whatever odd reason I'm ever in New Zealand, were going bowling. And a round of White Russians on me. Fuck it, dude. 'russians fer everybody.

I think meeting DRD for a game of boglyft is a good reason to travel to NZ

you guys shouldn't google boglyft, nope, don't do it

Wayyyyyyy too far on a tight budget. Stowing away on an airplane(overseas at that) is pretty hard from what I hear

Actually 15 of us went bowling recently for a friend's birthday, and it was fantastic. I'm awful though. That was maybe the 5th time i've ever been :\ There are several places here but this one was awesome and very cheap. Bonus points for the eccentric, hilarious aged Chinese manager who insulted our party with an onslaught of gay and dick jokes. My jimmies were rustled.

Marry me ?

I told that kraut a fucking thousand times I DON'T ROLL ON SHABBAS!

The Big Lebowski is easily one of my top 10 movies of all time. That comment about it being a way of life isn't far off. One of the most memorable nights of the year was watching it while drinking rum at a friend's party earlier this year - not exactly White Russians but eh, it worked out.

I enjoyed Hobo thoroughly and DRD's evaluation of the film was pretty well in line with my thoughts on it. I wouldn't say people that don't like it "don't get it" so much as I'd say that kind of film is intended for a pretty niche market and regardless of whether people like a lot of gore and bad taste in their films you kind of have to be into all of the elements of those types of films in order to enjoy it. It's definitely a perfect example of a type of film that most people will either love or hate.

Also, this.

I enjoyed the hell out of Hobo With A Shotgun. Some of the dialoge was perfectly cheesey and Hauer's deilvery was awesome.

Girl: "You can't solve all the world's problems with a shotgun."
Hobo: "It's all I know!"

OK, saw the Amazing Spider-Man. Good not great. I liked the Peter Parker portrayal better in this one. I'm still extremely surprised Sony just went ahead and rebooted the whole franchise altogether especially since the first one was already astoundingly successful ten years removed and only a few years removed from the equally successful third sequel. Not to mention that it had to compete with an already saturated franchise blockbuster lineup at the box office i.e. Avengers, Dark Knight Rising and Harry Potter. A risky proposition from a financial standpoint but I guess the studio had money to burn. But yeah it was a good movie to go see.

I still haven't seen the latest Spider Man, next to Batman he's my favourite from the comic books.


It had a couple of good one liners, but as an overall movie it was pretty bad. That one scene in Drake's warehouse where

Hot Rod

10/10
5/5/

Best slapstick comedy in years.

Hobo With a Shotgun was truer to the Batman ideals than the last Batman movie was. There's some food for thought.

Don't get me started on the last batman

Well, I didn't actually see it. I fell asleep twenty minutes in. It was that boring

I watched The Wrestler today. It was good I guess? i can't put my thoughts together right now
it was interesting look at a self-destructive fuck up past his glory days, some pretty visceral fight scenes and good acting from the ugly dude whose name i forgot, and i actually felt some sympathy for Randy, which is a rare thing in this kind of movie, but i think it was melodramatic at some points
i liked that part where slices his finger and quit his job

No.

I've only seen bits and pieces of Hot Rod and what I could piece together is that the movie is incredibly stupid, but I laughed a lot. Normally this kind of thing fails hard but Hot Rod just frickin' works and I have no idea why.

Cos it's incredible.

While I think it's a good film and own a copy myself, I wouldn't give it a 5 out of 5.
The aggressive footloose inspired dance in the forest and cool beans scenes alone solidify it as a true work of art.

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid: A comedic take on film noir with clips from a lot of classics spliced into the film to form a... cohesive whole. Well, as cohesive as film noirs tend to be remembering the likes of The Big Sleep. Steve Martin is the private dick while Rachel Ward is the femme fatale and they have a lot of chemistry even if a lot of it is played for laughs. Like a lot of comedies, the story and themes are sidelined for laughs, but well, the laughs are numerous and some are absolutely hilarious so it is forgiven. Definitely worth a watch. While the movies is from 1982, the jokes haven't dated one bit, which is really surprising.

Let's Go to Prison: Watched from the corner of an eye for one reason or another. A full-blown, modern comedy about prison so don't drop the soap and watch out for the big black gay guy. So yeah... Not much fun really. While I don't like Arrested Development or that kind of humor, I must admit Will Arnett can really deliver that kind of stuff as he does on this film. Dax Shepard on the other hand should never be allowed to act. But yes, the humor is really cheap and well, the prison jokes are all the same old, same old.

Jerichow: A German film on an outcast of society (a dishonorably discharged soldier) who befriends a rich Turk with an impoverished, German criminal for a wife. It's a drama with a love triangle between three damaged people. The soldier can't grasp the hold of a normal life after coming back from the war, sleeping on a mattress on the living room floor on his family's old home, not really touching anything. The Turk owns a chain of restaurants, but doesn't trust any of his workers, or his wife. He has lived his whole life in Germany and yet feels - perhaps rightly so - that he isn't wanted there and wants to move back to Turkey, where his brother runs their family farm. Though the Turk has to send him a whole lot of money every month to support it. The Turk's criminal wife owes over a hundred thousand euros to the government and agreed to the marriage just for the money. Damaged people without trust or loyalty.

Auf der anderen Seite or The Edge of Heaven: An intertwining story of the deaths of two women: One a Turkish immigrant who has turned to prostitution, but takes up the offer of another Turkish immigrant to move in with him. The other a German woman who falls in love with a Turkish illegal alien. The illegal alien is the daughter of the prostitute so it all kinda plays out rather nicely, but that's beside the point. The story is more about the people surrounding the deaths of the two woman: A father and son in the former, the German woman's mother and the illegal alien in the latter. The people and their forgiveness. From one to the other, but also from the other to him/herself, for they are responsible for the deaths even if it isn't intentional. Forgiving oneself for causing the death of a loved one.



I don't know about not liking it, but I don't hold it to such great esteems as people tend to do. It's a fun romp, sure, that provides some laughs and it is well directed, but that's about it. It doesn't even begin to hold a candle to the better films by the Coens such as Barton Fink or The Man Who Wasn't There.

^ Good call on That Steve Martin pic. I remember it being good as. Noir fan, Steve Martin fan and all.

Re: Big Lebowski: come on dude i don't think people are holding BL in the same space as the Coens' more serious pieces. Though BL is a very sleek, multi-tiered comedy with brilliant production values, acting and writing, I think if any longtime Coen aficionado were to show a film of theirs in conjunction with an in-depth analysis on why it's artistically brilliant in a stack of ways, it'd be Barton Fink or something along those lines. Actually, to be quite bold I'd say that Barton Fink is the "best" film they've done. Considering I like their entire catalogue including Intolerable Cruelty, The Ladykillers (but especially Blood Simple, BAR, Fargo, Barton Fink, Hudsucker, BL), i'd say that's a pretty strong reflection on that film.

Re: Hot Rod: actually enjoy this film. One of the better 2000s comedies (can't think of more than 2-3 other ones even worth a damn). Good soundtrack, explored some very familiar and oft'-trodden (though also very relatable) issues, some really original vibes, and ideas as well though. I recall expecting to hate it before seeing it, but watched it just as it came out and found it pretty tolerable.

I saw part of Hot Rod years ago and liked it, should go back and see the whole thing sometime.

Who just bought Cabin in the Woods? I fuckin' did. Oh yeah.

It was different, but some other people that i know who saw it thought it was stupid.
I just watched some of Snowwhite and the Huntsman- I probably wouldve fallen asleep if I saw it in theaters.

Then those people are simply wrong.

Yeah, Cabin has been my favourite movie this year.

I got about 15 minutes into Hot Rod and I turned it off because it was terrible.

A Cabin in the Woods was great. I went into it thinking that I knew where everything was going but it completely surprised me.

12 Monkeys: Well I certainly liked it, though I'm still not sure if I can explain why.

Probably because Terry Gilliam.

Watched a few movies recently.

Face-Off: Haven't seen this since I was really young, the surgery scene had freaked me out. Seeing it now, what can I possibly say about this movie? The action is awesome and it's fun (with this Director, both of these are expected.) The acting though. Yeah, Cage is in it so you know he's going to be bad, but it seems like every single person in this movie was on drugs. There's more overacting than I've ever seen in a high budget movie like this. It's insane. Somehow though, it didn't detract that much from my overall enjoyment.

Escape From LA: Haven't seen the first one, but this is just awesome, dumb fun. An incredibly unlikely plot (suspend your disbelief, people) and epic characters. Buscemi is weaselly as only he knows how to be and Russel basically hisses his lines (hence the name snake) . Watch it if you haven't if you want to kill 2 hours.

I watched The Machinist yesterday. I could see the main twist coming from a mile away, so yeah. I still enjoyed it because I'm a sucker for movies about crazy people.

Oh, also rewatched Zoolander.
Now THAT'S how you do an incredibly stupid but hilarious movie. Blue Steel, I feel like I'm taking crazy pills, they won't be looking for not us, Duchovny's cameo, etc...
The classic moments pile up.

YOU CAN... READ MINDS?!?!

But why male models?

pshhh I can't think of a single funny moment in Zoolander. Ben Stiller never was and most likely never will be funny.

Dude, you need to change that asap! Escape from NY is fantastic!

I finally watched The Warriors which has been on my hard drive for ages. Damn, the acting isn't too great but it's fun at every turn.

Can. You. DIIIIIIIG ITTTTTTTT