[PenultimateManStanding]

Twenty years ago the hippest and most interesting filmmaker was David Lynch, IMO. Since then it has to be Joel and Ethan Coen. They consistently make thoughtful, out there, and fun movies. Yesterday I watched The Big Lebowski again after many years and enjoyed it quite a bit. The gags are subtle, or blatant or just outrageous. The hero is a washed-out doped up ex-60s Radical played by Jeff Bridges who now spends his time drinking white russians smoking grass and bowling in tournaments with a crazed Vietnam Vet played by John Goodman and a funny looking skinny guy played by Steve Buscemi. After a run-in with some German Nihilist creeps who couldn't make it with their weird music album and so tried a fake kidnapping sceme, the Buscemi charachter has a heart attack and dies. So Bridges and Goodman are at the crematorium to take the ashes. The cheapest urn is $180 which Goodman finds preposterous so after intimidating the smarmy crematorium guy he goes to Ralphs and the next scene shows them taking Buscemi's ashes to a sea side cliff in a Folger's Coffee can where Goodman makes some heartfelt comments about 'the guys who die young' and Vietnam, and scatters the ashes over the cliff to the sea, whereupon it all gets caught in the breeze and blows back to cover Jeff Bridges. Funny as hell. If you haven't seen it, John Turturro plays a sex-offender prima dona bowler named Jesus in a role which is a riot. So these Coen Brothers have another one to add to an amazing run of terrific movies: 'Fargo', 'Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?', 'Raising Arizona', etc.

[Eli]

"I am the dude, man"

Very funny show.

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Eli', '"')I am the dude, man"

Very funny show.

[Colorado-Valley]

My favorite was their first film, "Blood Simple."

Unbelievably creepy and extremely entertaining.