First Time Watching THE BIG LEBOWSKI - Reaction and review 

I used to work with a guy like the dude when I worked at a gym. He would open the building every morning for 5 years at 4 am. When a new manager took over they let him go because they didn’t like how relaxed he was about everything. I felt so bad for him but he said don’t feel bad for me feel bad for the poor sob that now has to come in at 4am. 10 days later he was rehired by the OWNER for more money because the new 4am person quit.

Walter telling "Donnie to shut the F*ck up" is a bit of a inside joke by the Coen Brothers. They added it because Steve Buscemi's character in Fargo talked so much.

Best description I’ve ever heard about this film, “it’s a movie that is trying its hardest to have a plot, but the main character can’t be bothered”

When he looks at the guy, and says "Obviously you're not a golfer ... " I always lose it! 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

Most recent cassette players were able to play both sides of a cassette without needing it to be taken out and turned. So they were able to play in an infinite loop, at least as long as the batteries had juice left.

When I saw this back in the day, I got in to a really bad habit of saying to my friend in school, "Donnie, you are out of your element" and it just so happens that my friends name was Donnie. He hated it, untill he seen the film. Then he found it funny. 😆

15:18 "Phone's ringing, dude." might be the funniest line in the entire movie IMO.

Fun facts: the F-bomb is dropped 260 times and you never see the Dude bowl!

The Duaffy abides.

25:32 "Walter is kinda extreme, but he was never wrong at any time" lolol, we did just saw him throw someone with a spinal injury on the ground ^^ btw, cute purring of your cat

The Narrator is Sam Elliot, he stars in Mask with Cher & Eric Stoltz and Roadhouse with Patrick Swayze. You would love Mask, probably wouldn't like Roadhouse.

My first time on this channel with this host, and it was a genuine pleasure seeing this movie through a European's eyes. Duarry's analysis at the end also highlighted some deeper aspects that I hadn't fully appreciated before now. Gracias y buena suerte.

My all-time favorite movie! I can’t watch it without a perpetual smile on my face.

Mozart's Requiem, that's the 'dramatic' music you were referring to.

Next Coen watch: O Brother, where art thou?, and their Best Picture Winner, No Country for Old Men. They're both terrific.

Fargo was also a comedy IMHO. "Based on a true story" was part of the joke.

I didn't like this movie, at first. But friends kept on quoting it, so gave it another chance and realized: this is the quintessential "shaggy dog story" (from wiki: "an extremely long-winded anecdote characterized by extensive narration of typically irrelevant incidents and terminated by an anticlimax.") It somehow clicked and I can appreciate this gem of a film!

The Coen Brothers are the best at creating iconic background characters, with very little screen time, they show up and they're instantly memorable. This movie is amazing because I really don't care about the plot at all, the Rogues Gallery of the cast is just endlessly fun to watch.

I’d start with the Coen Brothers’ movie that most of us saw first: Raising Arizona. A very funny, character-driven story. The thing that really unifies Coen Brother movies is the characters. Each are lovingly crafted and acted. The stories are hard to predict because they generally rely on the capriciousness of humans and the chaotic nature of life to influence the arc of the story. (Edited to correct a typo - thanks).

First: props on your dedication and filming this when you were sick and then getting yourself up to film the outtro after you were feeling a bit better. I really respect dedication in people and definitely appreciate your drive. Secondly: one of the things I appreciate about your channel is how insightful you always wind up being. There's a lot going on in this movie and a lot of people don't get it the first time through. But you picked up on some important themes with it on your first go around, despite not feeling great. So that's really cool. Finally: this is definitely one of those films that gets better with subsequent viewings. So even though this is a style of comedy that you say you're unfamiliar with, I thing you'll find yourself appreciating more and more about it with each vieiwing. The Coen brothers are playing around with a bunch of different kinds of satire in this one so I definitely think you'll come to find it funnier and funnier as the film and what its trying to do opens up to you in subsequent viewings. At least I know it did for me. The first time I watched it I thought it was an interesting but rather strange film. And now I find myself laughing throughout almost every scene. So I definitely recommend watching this film at least another time or two down the road for yourself. Anways, I'm sure you're better by now, but wishing you well regardless. Nice reaction. :)

The dude is based on a real guy the Cohen's met while trying to get funding for their first feature film. He drank White Russians, was a member of the Seattle Seven and preferred to be called "The Dude".

The Big Lebowski isn't based on a true story, but the characters were based on real life friends of the Coen brothers. The Dude was based on anti-war activist Jeff Dowd, and Walter was based on screenwriter John Milius.

There is no need to apologize whatsoever. In fact, watching your reaction to this movie has reinvigorated my love for The Big Lebowski and I'm going to re-watch it frequently now. Keep up the great work! Your videos are a bright light in this dark world and we all love what you do ❤

11:34 ...."Is there a way to identify if somebody does something like that?".... Well, if you catch him with his pants off in front of a schoolyard, I think that's a pretty good lead......

It’s heartbreaking that you don’t do reactions anymore. You were a legend.

"I'm calmer than you are." 🤣

The Big Lebowski is one of my favorite films of the Cohen Brothers. Their formula, whether it's a comedy or drama, is that it revolves around the same theme: a fiasco. The protagonist makes a series of bad decisions that spiral out of control until they come out of it at the other end. Sometimes it turns out well, sometimes not. Either way, the journey is what makes it great. Espero que te mejores pronto!

12:07 Some cassette players had auto-repeat or would flip to the other side and keep playing. I don't think this one did though.

This is one of those weird movies that gets better every time you see it. When I first saw this movie, I didn't quite get why so many people found it funny, but every time I watched it since, it got funnier to me. It all comes down to the characters and the dialog. So many quotable lines.

Wishing you a full and speedy recovery 🤞

TBL is a history movie. Seriously! I know someone who lived in the Hollywood area in the early 1990s and she said she knew someone exactly like everyone in the movie.

I'm Glad you're feeling better!

By the way, that's flea from red hot chilli peppers. Who gets hit in the chest with the bowling ball.

Two movies about time travel you should see; How Long Will I love You? Is from China about two people from different years,1999 & 2017, forced to share an apartment with the front door connected to both timelines depending on which of them opens it. In Love Stoppage Time from Japan time stops every day at the same time for an unspecified length and only two people experience it until time jumps back to that moment it stopped and continues again until the next day and repeats.

Hope you feel better soon! Love your reactions!

they say the rug is the soul of the room, that's why Walter keeps saying it really "tied the room together". Also why it's such a big deal that the henchman pissed on it. And the series of unfortunate events leads to the death of Donnie... so it was all planned in a way? like a ritual rite of passage into adulthood

I have a sweater jacket just like The Dude but mine's blue. People tell me I remind them of him, the laid back way I talk is near identical and I'm stoned every waking moment. In high school everyone said I was like Spicoli in Fast Times and in my 20s got compared to Ted "Theodore" Logan from Bill & Ted. I'm like a real life stoner stereotype.

Great reaction. Thanks for doing it in your condition! :)

Look after yourself flower. Wishing you a speedy recovery.

You don't need to apologize for being sick. Just get to feeling better.

The date on The Dude’s check is September 11th❗Hoping you feel great again soon, Sweet Duaffy‼☕💜🍸

Another underrated Coen bros movie, that not many have reacted to is “the Hudsucker proxy”. It’s one of my favorites.

The humor in this movie seems newer that it actually is; great reaction.

Many cassette players had "auto reverse" which played the other side of the tape without flipping it over.

"What if that's not his car?..." I lost it! 🤣🤣🤣 All in all, a great movie. And I know I'm not the only one who hated seeing Donny go.

This is one my favorite comedy movies, one of my friends here in Norway do watch this movie or The Room every New Years Eve as a tradition. I also watched this movie on the local bowling alley, arranged by the local movie club. Which was quit fitting, since the main characters were most of the time in the bowling alley

For years, I thought that this movie and the Woody Harrelson movie "Kingpin" were the same thing. This was my roommate's favorite movie and he forced me to watch it (I couldn't have cared less at the time). He made White Russians and everything. I laughed the entire time. Watch this movie at least once a year now.

i lost my 65 year old father to cancer, this month. and the funeral was waaaay more expensive than this^^ ok, nobody was throwing my fathers ashes at me, but still^^

If the Dude 'abided', he would have just shampoo'd his dam rug. It would have cost him, like, 10$.

Hi Duaffy, I'm so glad you watched this movie! To get a deeper appreciation of this movie please watch The Maltese Falcon (1941) on which it's style and story is based. What few people today realize is that this movie is structured and plotted like the hard-boiled detective novels by Dashielle Hammette or Raymond Chandler. But instead of a Sam Spade you get the Dude, and instead of San Francisco you get LA. Both story are not so much concerned with the plot, but with exploring the hidden strange stories of the city that find their way to the detective, the interesting characters, and the secret plots and machinations one encounters when trying to solve a mystery. If you watch The Maltese Falcon (1941), you'll understand The Big Lebowski a whole lot better. After all, The Dude does solve the whole mystery, doesn't he? He is our detective. :) Also if you're looking for the next Coen Brothers movie to watch - please consider the only romantic comedy they ever directed: Intolerable Cruelty. It's one of my favorite movies. It's also based on a movie-type of the 40's: The Screwball Comedy.

Enjoyed the reaction Duaffy, hope you get to feeling better soon.

You should watch Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. It's a comedy based on a book that is inspired from the author's own adventure in Las Vegas.

Awww get well soon god bless 🙏❤️🙏 I always watch comedy movies late at night when I’m a little tired and sloppy/silly... better affect lol

Man if you watch Fargo, and at no point do you think "Hmmmmm, I'm guessing this didn't actually happen." I have a bridge to sell you.

I remember the first time I saw this movie. My reaction was similar to yours. I was confused thinking, "What did I just watch?" The second time I watched it, I laughed continuously. Now I've seen it hundreds of times and I laugh harder every time.

Donnie rolls a strike every single time in the film *EXCEPT* right before he has a heart attack.

This movie is based on a mostly untrue story. I hope you feel better soon. Take ‘er easy.

The older Lebowski is trying to avoid any responsibility for The Dude being attacked. Old Lebowski is a narcissist!

If you keep watching Coen movies, you'll see that you can never know what you get except a common theme of greed and that it doesn't pay. There is usually a big bunch of money involved that different persons want. They have covered almost every genre. Only later do they make movies similar to earlier ones. The only thing I haven't seen from them are sci-fi and horror. I think I've written this on your channel before, but if you want to watch a Coen movie that isn't a comedy Miller's Crossing (1990) is really good.

THIS !! Is my favorite movie of all time. Of all time

Loved the "This is a true story" open for Fargo. It sets a heavy tone for the entire film. The implied gravitas juxtaposed against the absurdity and outrageousness of the events makes the film all the more suspenseful.

this is my favorite Cohen film, Hail Cesar!, O'Brother Where art tho, Ballad of Buster Scruggs, and Fargo are all great, but this is their ultimate work PS: get over the Fargo thing, you are being too sensitive, I am sure there are much more important deceptions in your life to get upset about, emotions are part of life including the negative ones and the whole point of movies is to evoke feelings. Fargo did that, so nothing to complain about, real or not the story effected you, real or not doesn't matter

Hope you feel better. Take care of yourself, first. We'll wait. 😊

Feel better soon!

i do find that this movie have somewhat of a happy ending, because dude is indeed gonna get a baby and the baby is gonna most likely have a good life...

Get well soon Duaffy.

"Natural" Duaffy is stunning Duaffy :-)

Jackie Treehorn was also in a movie Roadhouse 1989.

Thanks for the great reaction DMS. Hope you're feeling better soon.

One Of My All Time Favorite Movie's, Great Reaction To This Great Classic Movie Sweetheart

I loved the opening clip. Perfect.

This is one of those where the next time you watch it in a couple years you will love it way more.

Hope you feel better soon Duaffy!

I always figured this was what would happen if you tried to force a loser to be the hero.

Yeah, I'm feeling a bit under the weather, too. Hope you get to feeling tip-top, very soon!

There are (or were) cassette players that would play one side, then switch to play the other automatically. Most often this feature was seen in automobile cassette players, so the driver would not need to compromise their hands to flip the tape over.

Please watch THE NEVERENDING STORY!

I recommend you watch "Black Hawk Down" and "Armageddon", both are super intense movies.

Please don't apologize. Even in sickness, you are so beautiful. Your outro, so sweet.

hope you are feeling better 💫

Hey Duaffy thanks for your thoughts. I'm glad you admitted how Walt was correct on almost all his predictions. Also, I hope you can rest up and don't feel pressured to watch these movies if you're feeling unwell

I feel like the dude sometimes, complete with cassette player. I had a walkman cassette player that had the ability to play the 2nd side of the cassette without me needing to flip it around and, conversely, it would start over from the beginning of side 1 when it reached the end. I killed so many batteries just listening to one tape over and over and over.

Jeff Bridges' dad was the guy with a glue-sniffing addiction in Airplane.

The Big Lebowski is an homage to the film noirs of the 1940s and 50s and is loosely based on The Big Sleep (1946).

1st, get well soon. 2nd, no excuse needed. Your health is way more important. 3rd, awesome movie and a great reaction :o)!

Hope you feel better soon!

That rug really tied the room together.

Hope your feeling better now. If you want to see the type of comedy you were expecting, try 1997's "Nothing to Lose". It is a very funny movie that I think you would enjoy.

Get well soon!

Good choice of movie. Good reaction. There are a lot of good quotations from this movie like "Mark it zero" and "Calmer than you are." You can buy either on a T-shirt. Someone ought to tell you that you look at least as good if not better with your hair combed casually, as at the end.

Walter was wrong about the Big Lebowski walking. Aside from that. Great reaction as always.

I have always liked quirky day in the life movies like this that don't follow a definitive plot. This reminds me of some very crazy weekends I've had in the past. Plus the fact almost all of the locations filmed are near where I live (Java lanes bowling alley, Point Fermin etc.) make it seem kind of personal. Plus the fact we were almost always in a drug induced haze as this movie seems to be brings it full circle.

i hope you feel better now . i love that Movie :)

You might want to check out "Hail, Caesar!" also by the Coen Brothers and also centers around a kidnapping plot but the main character is the opposite personality from the Dude. And it's set in old time Hollywood.

The Coen Brothers specialize in making a "Comedy of Errors". I highly recommend watching Burn After Reading

The Duaffy abides

Now you can see No country for Old man.

Vietnam vets are the best - whenever you see always thank them for their service.

Duaffy makes me watch movies i never otherwise would ever know about. That's what I call an influencer 💯 but maybe it's just the accent 🤷🏿‍♂️

Duaffy, if you watch any other Coen Brothers films, please don't over think them. Just let their dark, offbeat wackiness and bizarre and goofy characters flow over you. Relax and go with it. You will enjoy these stories so much better. They are unlike most any other films you will see. It's the world building and cinema techniques that are IMHO the most interesting things about them. Like with one of their best comedies, "Raising Arizona," it's almost like a live action cartoon and it's best to think of it that way.