The Big Lebowski (Widescreen Collector's Edition) DVD | The Big Lebowski [VHS]

You are not a golfer, are you? | The Big Lebowski [VHS] | Jeff Bridges, John Goodman

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	• The Big Lebowski [VHS] Jeff Bridges, John Goodman Gramercy Pictures, 1999 average customer review:based on 742 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

One of the great comedies

I loved this movie from the first time I saw it, and bought the 10th anniversary DVD to replace the VHS tape I have owned for some years. The extras are nice, but not essential to the enjoyment of the movie.

The Big Lebowski (Widescreen Collector's Edition) DVD

This is the best edition for the money if you don't already own a different version of Lebowski, and the best edition if you are buying simply to enjoy the feature, the Coen brother's interview, and Jeff Bridges' nice black & white photo gallery, but not any collector's trinkets. Check out the reviews for all the other editions out there before you decide to buy.

This edition has the best cover art, even though I always cut them down to disc-size to fit in a soft-case pouch. The bizarre separate introduction on this disc has a ring of validity as well. Stay away from any Full-Screen versions of any features that were originally produced in a wide aspect ratio like this one.

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You are not a golfer, are you?

Hard to believe, but this is only the second time that I watched this marvellous shapeless flawed jewel of a failed master piece. I thought I must have watched it a dozen times. How else can I have told and quoted scenes and dialogues for the last 10 years? Imagine the surprise when details turn out differently from expectations, or rather from imagined recollections.
This is surely not the best movie ever made by the Coens, but it is such great fun.
What did the Dude say after 5 dips of his head in the toilet bowl, asked where the money was? Let me have another look, it must be in there somewhere. Or something like that.
What did he say when the gangster shows him the bowling ball and asks: what is this? No, he does not say: can't you see it is a golf ball. He says what I put in the headline.

What made me watch it again today? First of all, watching Bridges as Bad Blake yesterday reminded me that I wanted to revisit Lebowski since some time. Second, I had a discussion in a comment thread around here about the fact that comedies age. Some that I remembered as hilarious from decades ago, like Polanski's vampire joke, or like Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein, have on revisit turned out to have become stale. I wanted to check if Lebowski is stale already. Good news: it isn't! But it is a mess of a movie. Never mind, invest two hours of your time and enjoy it!

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That's not the Issue Dude.

A film with a deserved "classic" status and a amusing treat from start to finish.
I was originally intrigued by this film even though I had not seen it because my best mate kept saying I was like the John Goodman character.
Now after watching it four times in four days, I will be contacting my lawyers.

After the tight plotting and quirky intensity of Fargo, this casually amusing follow-up from the prolifically inventive Coen (Ethan and Joel) brothers seems like a bit of a lark, and the result was a box-office disappointment. The good news is, The Big Lebowski is every bit a Coen movie, and its lazy plot is part of its laidback charm. After all, how many movies can claim as their hero a pot-bellied, pot-smoking loser named Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski (Jeff Bridges) who spends most of his time bowling and getting stoned? And where else could you find a hairnetted Latino bowler named Jesus (John Turturro) who sports dazzling purple footgear, or an erotic artist (Julianne Moore) whose creativity consists of covering her naked body in paint, flying through the air in a leather harness, and splatting herself against a giant canvas? Who else but the Coens would think of showing you a camera view from inside the holes of a bowling ball, or an elaborate Busby Berkely-styled musical dream sequence involving a Viking goddess and giant bowling pins? The plot--which finds Lebowski involved in a kidnapping scheme after he's mistaken for a rich guy with the same name--is almost beside the point. What counts here is a steady cascade of hilarious dialogue, great work from Coen regulars John Goodman and Steve Buscemi, and the kind of cinematic ingenuity that puts the Coens in a class all their own. Be sure to watch with snacks in hand, because The Big Lebowski might give you a giddy case of the munchies. --Jeff Shannon

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