Movies that you almost or walked out on. It was that bad.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Same here.

Lost in Translation and The Big Lebowski both got cut at the 20-30 minute mark.

Originally Posted by AzTheta

You made it further than I did on both those. I do not get what the deal is about The Big Lebowski. It's just weird.

Thank you! What IS it about this movie that people love so much? I saw it years ago, shortly after it was released to rent... so.. 12 years ago? I was about 15. Within the last year, I've had a bunch of people quote the movie and say how hysterical it is. I remembered that I hated it when I was younger, but I thought maybe it'd be like asparagus.. I couldn't stand it as a kid, but now I love it. So I gave it another shot..

I got 30 minutes in (after contemplating since minute 10 whether or not I should turn it off), and I just couldn't take it anymore.

I don't get it.

[KSig RC]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

I don't get it.

The Big Lebowski occupies a weird place, because it's both an auteur work and an oddball (semi-stoner) comedy. It may be the Coens' weirdest film, which is saying a lot given their catalog.

It's definitely, definitely a polarizing movie - I think it's an insanely clever combination of disparate forms (heist/mistaken-identity tales, anti-hero noir, slapstick, a sort of faux Americana, and to top it off, the story itself is an adaptation of Chandler's The Big Sleep).

At the same time, the film is bizarrely reliant on mood/atmosphere, and the characters are quixotic at best - I can completely see why some wouldn't be able to embrace any of the individual elements, particularly when one of the keys is the soundtrack.

[AOII Angel]

I just saw one yesterday. "Drive" with Ryan Gosling. It was so bad. I think the script was 5 pages...maybe. So little dialogue. The worst part was, he didn't even take off his shirt.