The Big Lebowski (1998) *First Time Watching Reaction!! 

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The Dude’s Rug not only tied the room together, The Dude’s Rug tied all of us together. 🍸

When Walter tried to commit Donnie's ashes to the water, the wind blew them into the air. Even in death, Donnie was out of his element.

This is one of those movies where the first time you watch it it’s pretty funny and the more times you watch it the funnier it gets…

This movie is like…a classic, man. Quoting this movie is how guys become best friends.

Fun Facts: The F-bomb is dropped 260 times and you never see the Dude bowl! Also, I will always love this movie for giving us the best quote to reply to someone with when they disagree with you and it's not worth having a conversation about it. "Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man."

The rug really did tie the room together.

The 1st time I saw The Big Lebowski, I thought it was Okay. The 2nd time I saw it, I thought 'This is genius'... Never had that experience with a Comedy film before.

The woman at the restaurant missing her toe is Aimee Mann singer/song writer for the group "Til Tuesday". Steve Buscemi's character was written specifically with very little dialog and was told to shut up a lot in the movie because Steve Buscemi received a lot of criticism of his character in "Fargo" never shuting up.

Jeff Bridges and John Goodman were quite the dynamic duo in this movie

One little touch that many folks miss is that the one time you see Donny not bowl a strike foreshadows his demise.

"His name is Lebowski?, that's your name Dude."

The best little detail in this film (there are many) is the check that the Dude writes in the beginning of the film is dated the 11th but then a few days later (in the film) we learn from the Dude's landlord that it's "almost the 10th". So that means the Dud was not only writing a 67¢ check for the half and half, but was kiting the check for it. Brilliant.

At John Goodman’s Hollywood Walk Of Fame ceremony Jeff Bridges turned up complete with cardigan and delivered a Eulogy as the Dude to his friend.

Walter Sobchek is one of the best characters in cinematic history. Glad you watched this.

Michelle looks into the mirror, instantly Time magazine’s person of the year. 🤗

I bought this movie on VHS in a discount bin at a truck stop. I was not in the right frame of mind the first time I watched it. I did not enjoy this movie...until they spread the ashes. I started laughing so hard I was crying. It was enough to get me to watch it again and it became one of my regulars I would pop in.

One of the great things about this movies is for all it's great dialog, every body is almost always speaking over each other, not listening or speaking at cross purposes. Fantastic! There is almost no actual true communication between any of the characters.

The walter character is a parody of John Milius. He directed Conan and Red Dawn and wrote Dirty Harry and much of Apocalypse Now.

The writing in this one - all of the characters are expertly written and this movie is an absolute treasure.

Just a little bit of trivia, Steve Buscemi used to be a firefighter before acting. He was at ground zero on 9/11

A friend and I walked out...... Just bewildered. Didn't understand it until I bought it. A great movie!

and remember: the best part of waking up is donny in your cup

The Big Lebowski is the best Film ever👍

This movie is loosely based off of 'The Big Sleep' a crime noir starring Humphrey Bogart. Instead of a character like Bogie, they wanted a protagonist that was the opposite personality wise. The whole mystery was a convoluted mess that ended up going nowhere when we find out Bunny just skipped town for a few days lol. Masterwork of the comedy genre! Also, the dude's clothes were actually Jeff Bridges personal clothes.

Walter Sobchak is one of the best and most loved characters in the Coen Brothers film.

Maude: What do you do recreationaly? The Dude: Oh the usual... I bowl, drive around. The occasional acid flashback.

This is one of the funniest movies I have ever experienced. I am thrilled you both had a good time. As far as I am concerned, this was John Goodman's greatest performance.

One of the best comedies of all time

"I was just helping her conceive, man".

The old man was in an iron lung. Used for several decades for people unable to breathe.

That guy in purple is John Turturro. The funny guy is Steve Buscemi. Buscemi is a volunteer firefighter. His station was at Ground Zero in 2001.

Goodnight sweet Prince 😅😂 And The Dude's just standing there like, "Of course," as the wind blows the ashes into his face. 💨😎

Thank you so much, #ForceOfLightEntertainment, for uploading this awesome movie reaction. I love you both so much, especially you, Natalie, and I'm still continuously supporting you because your content is absolutely amazing, and also because I really enjoy watching your reactions to different movies.

Can I just say you are very nice to look at? That's not why I watch, but it don't hurt.

Man is in an IRON LUNG....before portable or movable oxygen.👍🏼

THERE'S "LEBOWSKI FESTIVAL" EVERY YEAR IN VARIOUS CITIES. BOWLING TOURNEY, ITS A GREAT EVENT!!!👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼💜❤💛💚💙

That rug really tied the movie together.

John Candy! Hahaha awesome, great movie seen many times, thanks y’all!

probably the most ridiculous Cohen movie made. Was perfection. i miss Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Top 10 greatest movies ever!!! Generously made

Yeah, well, you know, that’s just like, uh…your reaction man

He's my presidential candidate! Lebowski 2024 "...this aggression will not stand, man!"

Michelle, your laughs to this movie made my night😍we have so much we laugh together at lmao

That weasel-like animal was a mink. They're semi-aquatic.

This is literally my favorite movie. I can't decide on a #2... but #1 is EASY. The more you watch it, the more the mundane buffoonery becomes hilarious. It's so good!

I love all the cussin. It's who they were. There are people who cuss that much in real life. It took nothing away from this classic....I thought. "Do you have cuss so much?" And the dude's line of the movie for me was "What the f**k you talking about?" But enough about the cussin. This comedy is right up there with Airplane, and Monty Python and the Holy Grail. And as always, in a Coen Brothers movie, nothing is ever resolved. Which I love. Great reaction guys.

This channel basically describes my feelings when I saw those movies 20 years ago 😂 I love this channel ❤

One of the greatest comedies ever

What I like about these women is they pick up the subtleties of these movies on first watch.

Great reaction! To me personally I watched this movie when it came out when I was young and didn’t like it that much. Over the years I watched it a few more times and it grew on me. Now I think it’s amazing! It’s one of those movies you have to watch a few times before you really start to appreciate it

Smokey is played by the excellent singer songwriter Jimmy Dale Gilmore.

The only other movie that reminds me of The Big Lebowski is Raising Arizona.

Really fun watching these ladies laugh through the movie! Great job!

Big Lebowski is the definition of a cult classic! Please check out the film “True Romance” (1993) This is a film a lot of people feel passionate about that I think you both will love!

The "Greek chorus" at the beginning tells the essence of the movie as the Dude being a tumbleweed blown by the winds of chance. Also, one of the most repeated lines was based on Steve's character in Fargo.

Great reaction! The Big Lebowski is definitely a movie that gets better with rewatches. A lot of people are kind of lukewarm about it the first time they see it but end up loving it with multiple viewings. I think part of the issue is that it only has a loose plot and people try to follow what's happening when, honestly, not much actually happens. It's all about the characters interacting with each other. Part of the inspriation for the film was the old Raymond Chandler detective novels that were known for convoluted plots that didn't really amount to much if you looked too close at them because Chandler was really only interested in throwing interesting characters into scenes with each other, much like what The Big Lebowski did. I hope you'll keep going with the Coen Brothers films. They're all excellent and in a variety of genres. They specialize in sharp dialogue, but the swearing isn't usually at the level of The Big Lebowski so you'll probably enjoy it more. I can recommend True Grit (2010) if you want to see Jeff Bridges team up with the Coen Brothers again in a much more serious film. There's also No Country For Old Men with Tommy Lee Jones, if you haven't seen that one. Steve Buscemi worked with the Coen Brothers in Fargo if you wanted to see him again, but with more lines of dialogue. If you want another quirky comedy with more John Goodman and less swearing, and Nic Cage as well, check out Raising Arizona.

Fun fact: look at the date of the check at 2:31, while Bush Sr. is talking about Operation Desert Storm. Coincidence?

This Is One Of My All Time Favorite Movie's, Great Reaction Ladies

This is the first time seeing this movie. I'm pretty sure it was a ferret. That one gut is in and iron lung. I have a friend who after 3 cuss words, she's out and stops watching the movie. So I completely understand what you mean with the cussing. 5 Hoots to you ladies. Take care Michelle and Natalie!

Even after cellphones became popular, in the beginning, some people still carried a beeper too, because they didn't want to give their phone number out to everyone (phones didn't have caller ID yet). They would give people their beeper number, see who called, then either call them back or not, basically using the beeper for caller ID.

13:27 Beepers were still a big thing in the US into the early 2000's. I visited the US from Europe in 2000. Our tiny new Nokia cellphones (think Zoolander) were smaller than the beepers that many people still had. After that cell phones took off fairly quickly. But not nearly as fast as in Sweden in the summer of 1995, when everyone and his brother got a cell phone overnight. I think a lot of it had to do with that in Sweden, you didn't pay a cent for incoming calls to your cell phone. In the US, people calling you cost money, so you didn't give out your number as freely.

Some movies are character driven; some are plot driven. This movie is both in one, which puts it over the top.

...my favorite moment in the movie..."He fixes the cable ." 🤣

They wrote this as a parody of, and an homage to Raymond Chandler, who wrote those '40s and '50s L.A. private eye crime melodramas (The Big Sleep, The Long Good-bye, Farewell My Lovely, etc.) featuring Phillip Marlowe, who frequently got knocked around by the cops, beatup and drugged by criminals, betrayed and used by his clients.

Lots of love from NM, ladies ❤

one of my all time favorites.... a true classic

I’m so enjoying both of your laughter. Glad you enjoyed.

Nice one, Ladies! Thanks for sharing it with us. 🙂

One of my favorite movies

The greatest modern film noir.

I never noticed before that the girl they took the toe from is Aimee Mann, the singer from 'Til Tuesday!

13:30 I had a beeper until 2002. My company then had us get cells, and even though it was their money, it still cost $400-$500 for a flip phone that didn't do all that much.

This reaction really ties the channel together

Loved this crazy flick😂😂😂 great cast😂😂😂, thanks for sharing 😊enjoyed it😊👍✌️🇺🇸🇮🇱

One of the Greatest Movies ever...Thank You for this Reaction, Ladies ...

The cowboy at the bar was Sam Elliott, he’s a legendary actor who’s been in alot of western movies. His trademark is his super deep voice

It was a ferret, even though the Dude called it a marmot. And Mr. Sellers was in what is known as an iron lung. It was fun watching you see this. Keep on abiding! 👍

For me this is the best movie ever made for repeated viewings, I always catch new twists and connections, and such a deceptively brilliant script.

That's just like, your opinion man, is a great comeback for pretty much anything.

great review as always ladies!

Its a Cohen Brothers movie. Its own Genre.

The movie gets better after repeated viewings where you start to notice things that you miss the first time watching, like when you picked up that alot of characters tepeat themselves if you go back and rewatch the film you can see that the dude is constantly repeating what he hears other people say during the film, like the "this aggression will not stand man" is him repeating what he saw George Bush saying on the tv in the opening scene

When I first saw this movie back in the mid 00s on DVD, I didn’t get the humor at all. I was used to comedies from the Farrelly Bros. and Kevin Smith. I remember wanting to return the DVD back to Best Buy and get a refund. Didn’t get it at all. Then every night because my Panasonic DVD player had a sleep mode, for some reason, I would play it. After 10x replaying it, it got better and better. After 50x, it’s become one of my top 10 favorite movies of all-time. It’s one of the most quotable movies ever. “What’s a pederast?” “Shut the f*ck up, Donny.” “Look, just stay away from my f***ing lady friend.” “Hey, I'm not messing with your special lady.” “She's not my special lady, she's my f***ing lady friend. I'm just helping her conceive.” “What the f*** are you talking about? The chinaman is not the issue here, dude. I'm talking about drawing a line in the sand, dude. Across this line, you DO NOT... Also, dude, chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature. Asian-American, please.” “I had a rough night and I hate the fuckin' Eagles, man!” The Larry scene. You see what happens when you f*ck a stranger in the ass? The Gutterballs dream sequence musical scene. The scene when Dude sketches and sees a figure with a huge penis. Jesus cleaning his bowling ball. The Dude having a Vons card as proof of ID. Dude getting kicked out of a taxi cab in the next scene. John Goodman’s funniest role ever as Walter buying a coffee can to keep his friend, Donny, inside. Walter always talking about ‘Nam. The Dude being so un-Dude. Two great songs in called “Ataypura” and “Just Dropped In”. The former is heard when you see a naked girl getting thrown up with a giant towel right when Dude sees Jackie Treehorn. It was sung by Peruvian singer, Yma Sumac back in the 1950s. The other is from the famous Gutterballs scene after Dude’s white Russian gets drugged that knocks him out sung by Kenny Rogers and The First Edition. Those two scenes with those songs playing has this weird stoner dream vibe to them. The Santana song after Dude’s car gets wrecked was perfectly dropped for that scene. The Big Lebowski is a f*cking classic that can never ever be remade. You can watch it for the 100th time, and it’s still hilarious every time because the quote is so flawless to that specific scene. The delivery is flawless by the actors. Most rewatchable and relistenable movie of all-time. Glad you enjoyed it, Michelle and Natalie. Love you too. Take care! 😘 “You thought that Bunny had been kidnapped and you were f*cking glad, man. You could use it as an excuse to make some money disappear. All you needed was a sap to pin it on. You'd just met me, you... you human paraquat! You thought, oh, here's a loser, you know, a deadbeat, someone the square community won't give a shit about...” “Well? Aren't you?” “Well, yeah, but...” Most hilarious and flawless screenplay of all-time.

SAR STUDDED CAST-- JEFF BRIDGES JOHN GOODMAN STEVE BUSCEMI JULIANNE MOORE SAM ELLIOT PHILLIP SEYMOR-HOFFMAN BEN GAZZARA PETER STORMEYER AND A FEW MORE👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼😎😎😎😎😎😎

Thanks ladies. The dude abides , love the Kenny Rogers song.. ( dresm sequence)

Great reaction, as usual. So going forward you now have to close every reaction with, "yeah well, that's just, like, our opinion, man." I think that would go over very well. 😁😁

The check for .67 cents is dated 9/11/ 1991. Ten years before the 9/11 Twin Towers attack. Just one of the little things I noticed while watching it dozens of times.

😄👍 If you are at all interested in seeing (or at least hearing) John Goodman and Steve Buscemi in a far more wholesome context (i.e. without any cussing at all), check out Disney/Pixar's "Monster's Inc," which came out three years after this movie. Their roles are completely reversed in it. Goodman voices the hero and Buscemi voices the villain.

One of my family's favorite movies next to big trouble in little china.. watched so many times! So qouteable! The dude abides... I always think its funny my friends favorite is "ur obviously not a golfer"

Just the right amount of cuss words!

I really enjoy your videos. Your reactions are fun because of your insight and humor and overall appreciation of good films. You're also both charming and beautiful!! I hope this latter comment doesn't offend you. Peace and love, ladies. ❤😊

Great pick ladies, you definitely found a great comedy by the coen brothers. Saw it in Theaters twice, Jeff Bridges is great in this roll, you should see him the Tron movies. Disney’s not so favorite sci-fi series compared to all the Starwars projects. Also if you want more Coen brothers movies like this, I recommend Raising Arizona and Oh Brother, Where Art Thou

I love how Steve Buscemi is "that guy" from the Adam Sandler movies 😂

I thought it was wierd at start. Got funny , And bridges andgoodman tied the movie good together..

The cussin is what makes this a guys cult movie. This is the way guys interact.

The plastic on the furniture is just like us now with all the phone cases.

Its always fun to see these cuties laugh and enjoy these movies. They make the experience fun on a different level. I do have to say though, my own experience with this movie did not meet expectations. I put off seeing until about 2 or 3 years ago. A lot of people I know really talked it up and I was pretty hyped to see it finally. Unfortunately, it just didn't land with me, and I watch a lot of off the wall stuff. I think I only laughed out loud at the scene where John Goodman loses their friend's ashes to a gust of wind. Other than that, the movie just didn't work for me. Maybe I'll try again sometime. I had this same problem with Bladerunner. Everyone says that Bladerunner is the best scifi movie ever made, yet I tried watching it on two occassions and fell asleep both times. Sometimes, you just don't know how a movie will resonate with a person.

So I didn't see an answer but, They call the animal a Marmot in the movie --- But it is a Ferret lol --> A marmot was originally planned to be used in the bathtub scene but a ferret was swapped in once the Coen Brothers realized that a marmot would be too large for filming purposes. I mean a marmot can be over 24 lbs while a ferret is around 3-5 lbs

This movie is even funnier if you've read some of Raymond Chandler's novels, because not only is it a wild comedy, but it's also a parody (and homage) to the film noir era and Chandler's twisted plots.