The Big Lebowski – 20th Anniversary Edition 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital [4K UHD]

Reviewer: Mike
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: CULT CLASSIC – FANTASTIC Performances – A PERFECT MOVIE
Review: So dang funny and quirky with hysterically funny performances by some of the best talents of their generation. IMPECCABLY written, directed, edited and acted. Music/score is right on. Even the Foley work is perfect and has a character of its own, getting plenty of laughs. Visual effects are … impeccable. I keep using that word – and am realizing that is part of the Cohen Bros. brilliant direction lies in the juxtaposition of the chaotic, sloppy world of Jeff Lebowski and company against the razor sharp precision of all production elements. Just a brilliant, brilliant film. Some people don’t like it on the first viewing and grow to love it over time.

Reviewer: Williams
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Classic Movie
Review: My friends and I have been quoting lines from this movie for years. It’s worth it to me to have purchased this for viewing whenever we want a collective laugh.

Reviewer: MomOfaSon
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: I don’t even watch women’s basketball
Review: and I didn’t love the Big Lebowski when I saw it the first a couple of decades ago or whenever but people grow up and appreciate things differently etc now I’m a Dudeism enthusiast who still doesn’t really care for the WNBA.

Reviewer: Rich
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: The Big Lebowski: The Must Watch Movie
Review: As a college student with a very busy schedule, life can be very stressful at times. For me, when I get stressed I watch films. This has been my favorite pastimes for many years and, in those years, I have seen many movies. Some of the movies have been entertaining and well made, while others have been complete failures. One film that is among the more memorable is the Coen brothers’ film The Big Lebowski. This 1998 comedy is certainly one of the best, and most hilarious, films I have ever watched. The hilarious dialogue, enthralling story, and great acting are what make The Big Lebowski one of the most influential films in recent years. The dialogue is one of the most effective pieces in this film. It is certainly a film that I, and many people around me, quote frequently. One of the most memorable lines in the movie is the classic, “The rug really tied the room together,” (The Big Lebowski), which is repeated numerous times throughout the film. This is funny because the rug, that is so frequently mentioned, was urinated on at the very beginning of the movie and, it is the only reason why the Dude pushes on through the madness during the film. Another, and equally memorable, quote in the film is at the very end of the film when the Dude utters, “Yeah? Well, the Dude abides,” (The Big Lebowski). This laid back comment is so comical because the Dude has gone through so much at this point in the film, yet he is still content with the way things ended up. The memorable dialogue in The Big Lebowski is credited to the movie’s brilliant writers Joel and Ethan Coen, who also directed the film. Another great component of the Coen brother’s writing can be seen in the film’s outrageous story. There are so many twists and turns in this movie which just adds to the hilarity of it all. The film starts with a bang when the Dude returns to his home, after grocery shopping, and is attacked by two men asking, “Where’s the money Lebowski?” (The Big Lebowski). The comedy in this scene comes from, the Dude getting mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, and being the inciting incident that throws the Dude immediately into his absurd quest for a new rug. Another hilarious part of the film is when John Goodman’s character, Walter Sobchak the Vietnam War vet, destroys a Corvette he mistakenly thought was a young boys’, with a crowbar, which resulted in the car’s true owner smashing the Dude’s car. In any movie, no matter how good the writing is, the actors must be able to deliver it in a way that is believable. In the case of The Big Lebowski, it must also be funny, and that is exactly what the actors were able to accomplish. The acting is by far the most important aspect of the entire movie. Everyone who was cast in The Big Lebowski was able to deliver every joke with great timing, yet make their character believable even though the story is so off the wall. Jeff Bridges’ portrayal of the Dude could not have been better because he was able to make the absurdity going on around him completely believable. A great example of Bridges’ ability to do this is in the scene where the Dude gets one of his friends ashes thrown in his face while spreading them in the ocean. What makes Jeff Bridges’ acting so funny in this scene is his stoic face and almost non-existent reaction. John Goodman also did a fantastic job as Walter in this film. As his character, Goodman had to go from being completely calm, to being furious, back to acting completely calm in an instant and that’s exactly what he did. The scene that Goodman demonstrates this best is when he pulls a gun on one of his friends for not marking their foul while bowling. To this day, whenever I see Bridges in a film, I immediately think of the Dude. While there are many fans of the film, it is, of course, not for everyone. The biggest complaint I have heard from the people that I have recommended the movie to has been that, while there are many surprises in it, the film doesn’t really go anywhere, which is exactly what I thought the first time I watched the film. Although I do see their point, I think the reason why somebody would say something like this is because, what the Dude is trying to do is get a new rug, since the two men from the beginning of the film peed on his first one. This, to most people, is not a story worth telling or watching, but the movie is more about the Dude’s journey than what he is seeking.I would recommend The Big Lebowski to anybody looking for a good laugh. The one piece of advice I would give, though, is that if you don’t like it the first time give it at least one more chance, if not two chances, all the way through. Because of the film’s memorable dialogue, ridiculous story, and great acting, I would give The Big Lebowski a whole hearted A+.

Reviewer: KT
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great Funny
Review: Funny movie for kids of all ages.

Reviewer: John Martinez
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: One of the strangest time-travel movies constructed… or is it just a good old-fashioned farce?
Review: I’m still not sure how to characterize this film, so I’ll try to keep it short and sweet, but with this film, I don’t think I can.To the outright disgust of many people I’ve talked to about it, I’m maintaining this is a pretty mediocre science-fiction film. Give me a chance to explain it to you without boring you to death like the other endless gushing/hating reviews.”The Stranger” (Sam Elliott) narrates throughout, and even his introduction tells you right off the bat this is HIS story, and it’s his re-telling of it: “Now this here story I’m about to unfold took place back in the early ’90s – just about the time of our conflict with Saddam and the Iraqis.”His main focus, however, is on Jeff “The Dude” Lebowski (Jeff Bridges). Now seeing as how the film was written about that time and filmed in late 1997, why use a cowboy to narrate this film? Because he is a traveler, a literal stranger to the entire film, therefore he has no name and is as removed from the rest of the cast as anyone else could be. Everyone else is from that time, singularly and with a linear time line and time frame.(It’s interesting that a copy of “Being and Nothingness” by French existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre is on his nightstand near his bed, a reminder by the Coen Brothers that all of this is nothing, and empty exercise, all created by nothing and going back to nothing. Sartre also wrote a novel titled “The Stranger,” about confusion, unresolved feelings and sexual confusion between men and women.)At one point The Stranger even decides to step in twice: halfway during the movie for a one minute interaction with The Dude at the bar in the bowling alley, to quickly compliment him and to chastise him (“Do you have to use so many cuss words?”), then easy as a summer breeze leaves the frame. In another 1 minute sequence he quickly appears and is happy for The Dude and even goes so far to say take it easy, and then says “I know that you will,” to which The Dude says “The Dude abides,” then walks away.It leaves The Stranger to end the film with a monologue about the future, how “the human comedy keeps perpetuating itself,” “across the sands of time until we…” and then he stops himself. And with that, the film is over.To be honest, the rest of the film in between the beginning and the end is a farce of sorts, and as the Coen Brothers have said in some interviews it’s a tribute of sorts to Raymond Chandler’s “The Big Sleep,” about double-crossing, the abuse of power and the sudden introductions of absurd characters for distraction purposes. The Dude and his friend Walter (John Goodman) go a little overboard on these points, but it’s understandable.This story is for the benefit of The Stranger, who as the narrator has told it his way, and is relaying it to an audience who accepts his version as the truth. It seems he has told the story before to others and is fascinated with character of The Dude, almost to the point of it being a worship. He even says at the end “It made me laugh to meet the man.”Is The Stranger a metaphor and nothing more? Is there a religious theme? Is The Dude a modern-day God and his “little Lebowski on the way” on the way his “only begotten son” by a woman who has obvious father issues?It can be said yes, and no, and both, but I still maintain at the center of the film is The Stranger, a Sartre-created no one, to take the whole of the story and shift it and tell it as he sees it, as if only an time traveler could tell it, as only someone who can back up and look at it over and over. Is he from the future, or the past? Does he purposely take on the persona of the American cowboy as the honest hero, to symbolize he is really telling a great story? In the end, does it matter?Time travel or not, this story leaves a lot more questions than answers, no matter how linear and simple the tale is told, there are so many scenes within the film which almost make zero sense (his hallucinations, the introduction of the German minimalist/porn stars) but within the context of the telling by The Stranger simply work.There are many versions out there, on DVD, on Blu-Ray, some good, some bad, and apparently a 10th Anniversary “bowling ball” case version sucks, so avoid that.What matters is that you open your mind to what may be one of the most mediocre time-travel movies ever made or an amazing retro romanticist/drama/comedy you’ve ever looked at. I’ll stay with my explanation, it makes the absurdity easier to swallow.

Reviewer: richiet9
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Incredible movie
Review: Talk about a movie that’s wide right and off the cuff. This movie takes you on a crazy mental ride. The dude is awesome. I’m telling you a lot happens and a short brief time. For sure 100% you’re going to enjoy the movie.

Reviewer: Moisses
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: 10/10
Review: 10/10

Reviewer: Patricio C.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Primero que nada debor decir que si no has visto esta película quizás no te parezca que valga la pena comprarla en 4K y no te culpo. No es de esas cuya fotografía valga la pena pero oigan, es que se ve excelente en 4K.Es una comedia de culto de los hermanos Coen con las grandes actuaciones de Jeff Bridges, John Goodman y Steve Buscemi. Hace un par de años salió un spin-off de un personaje que interpreta John Turturro en la película pero no tuvo el mismo impacto y la verdad es que tampoco la he visto.Esta es una película que vale la pena ver al menos una vez en tu vida, no importa el formato y si te atrapa tenerla en tu colección, no importa el formato pero si es en 4K y la consigues a buen precio adelante.

Reviewer: Sebastian S
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Ohne Worte… einfach nur gut!!!

Reviewer: Heribert Huber
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Ich kenne nur zwei Filme die noch lustiger sind: Ein Fisch namens Wanda und das Leben des Brian.

Reviewer: Micka77
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Livraison rapide et bon état. Belle qualité de blu-ray a un prix très intéressant. Film culte à avoir dans une collection

Reviewer: Giuliaus
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Mi fa schiantare da quanto è bello codesto film!