How much time passed over the course of the movie?
- For a number of reasons it was difficult to track. However, depending upon how much time elapsed between Donnie’s death and the scattering of his ashes, I am going to say 2 weeks. And yes I spent some time on this. A lot went down in 2 weeks.
Alcohol/Drug Regimen
- 1 Miller Lite
- 7 White Russians
- 5 joints
- 2 unidentified beers
To be fair that's all we saw. I'd say it's safe to assume that he smoked and drank more. A lot more.
Unanswered Questions
- Did he buy the carton of half and half he drank from or an unopened carton in the opening scene?
- What is the police response time in LA? Following the confrontation with Smoky Walter had enough time to finish the match, leisurely stroll out, and avoid the police.
- How thorough was the league’s investigation into the gun incident? I assume there were numerous witnesses, as it occurred during league play. And yet the Dude and company made it to the next round. Similarly how thorough was the police investigation?
- Was The Dude violated when guy in the short jean shorts knocked him out and when Jackie Treehorn drugged him? Based upon Maude Lebowski accompanying the guy in jean shorts and Treehorn’s general aura, I’d say no to the former and yes to the latter.
- Did Walter ever buy new underwear? Did he go commando for more than half of the movie?
- What happened to Walter’s Uzi? Did he leave it in the street? Was it in the car when Larry Sellers stole it?
Most Ironic Moment
Tara Reid appeared in Logjammin. I’m still a little surprised that she was never in a real porn.
2 Most Forced Moments
- The Dude wrote a check for 69 cents. Haha I get it, 69.
- In response to Sam Elliot’s request that he cut down the profanity the Dude said, “what the fuck are you talking about?”
My top Ten Favorite Quotes/Exchanges
I'm going to run these in no particular order and point out that the scenes with Donny, Walter, and the Dude in the bowling alley are elite. Their interactions were superb.
“Lord. You can imagine where it goes from here.” - Maude
“He fixes the cable?” – The Dude
“Jesus Christ!” – The Dude
“Tomorrow vee come back und cut off your chonson.” – First Nihilist
“Excuse me?” – The Dude
“I SAY VEE CUT OFF YOUR CHONSON!” – First Nihilist
“Just sink about zat, Lebowski.” – Second Nihilist
“He looks like a fuckin' loser.” - Woo
“Hey. At least I'm housebroken.” – The Dude
What the fuck are you talking about?! This Chinaman is not the issue! I'm
talking about drawing a line in the sand, Dude. Across this line you do not, uh--and also, Dude, Chinaman is not the preferred, uh. . . Asian-American. Please.” - Walter
“Say what you like about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it's an ethos.” – Walter
“Yeah.” – The Dude
“And let's also not forget--let's not forget, Dude--that keeping wildlife, an amphibious rodent, for uh, domestic, you know, within the city--that isn't legal either.” – Walter
“What're you, a fucking park ranger now?” – The Dude
“When he moved down to Venice he had to go door-to-door to tell everyone he's a pederast.” - Walter
“What's a pederast, Walter?” - Donny
“Shut the fuck up, Donny.” – Walter
“And you know Smokey has emotional problems!” – The Dude
“You mean--beyond pacifism?” – Walter
“It's all a goddamn fake. Like Lenin said, look for the person who will benefit. And you will, uh, you know, you'll, uh, you know what I'm trying
to say—“ – The Dude
“I am the Walrus.” - Donny
“That fucking bitch!” - Walter
“Yeah.” – The Dude
“I am the Walrus.” – Donny
“Shut the fuck up, Donny! V.I. Lenin! Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov!” – Walter
“Well, okay, you're not privy to all the new shit, so uh, you know, but that's what you pay me for. Speaking of which, would it be possible for me to get my twenty grand in cash? I gotta check this with my accountant of course, but my concern is that, you know, it could bump me into a higher tax...“ – The Dude - The accountant thing killed me.
“Fucking Germans. Nothing changes. Fucking Nazis.” - Walter
“They were Nazis, Dude?” - Donny
Come on, Donny, they were threatening castration!” – Walter
“Uh-huh.” - Donny
“Are you gonna split hairs?” – Walter
“No—“ - Donny
“Am I wrong?” – Walter
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Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Monday, July 7, 2008
The Dude Abides
It’s hard to deal with any number of life's unfortunate events/developments such as theft, pink slips, sickness, death, etc. Yet outside of the major ones they are often not as bad as we make them out to be. And if that is not solace enough step back and consider how many bad things happened to the Dude in the Big Lebowski. One disclaimer. This is really for people who have seen the movie, as I imagine most ROOMOFZEN readers have. And if you haven't, well it's been 10 years. You've had time.
1. He was jumped from behind in his apartment due to a case of mistaken identity, forced into the bathroom, and had his head dunked in the toilet four times while the intruder interrogated him.
2. Woo urinated on his rug.
3. Woo’s associate dropped the Dude’s bowling ball, breaking a few tiles in the bathroom. It's a testament to the list that this one is weak and probably does not deserve a mention.
4. The Dude stole a rug from Jeffrey Lebowski.
5. Bunny Lebowski propositioned the Dude for $1000 before Brandt ushered him out.
6. The Dude sat helplessly as Walter pulled a gun and threatened Smokey over a bowling dispute.
7. Due to a complaint filed by Smokey the league opened an investigation into said gun incident.
8. The Dude accepted a job as a courier in the Bunny Lebowski kidnapping fiasco.
9. He attended a bowling practice only to get threatened, along with his teammates, by a convicted sex offender – Jesus.
10. Was knocked out by a man wearing short blue jean shorts who was accompanied by a woman (Maude Lebowski) and another man. Awoke to find the stolen rug gone and his jaw sore.
11. Botched the ransom hand off due to Walter’s insistence on incorporating a ringer.
12. Walter rolled out of the Dude’s car, dropped his Uzi, and then watched it spin around in a circle. The Uzi shot out both taillights and possibly a tire as well before the car crashed into a tree.
13. Someone stole the Dude’s car.
14. Met with police officers in his home to discuss the stolen car and rug – separate incidents – only to learn via a voice mail that Maude Lebowski had taken the rug.
15. Went to Maude’s house where she was suspended from the ceiling, naked, painting, and listening to a woman chant and sing. While there he watched the start of Logjammin, and was offered $100,000 to retrieve the $1 million.
16. Driven home where he learned a blue Volkswagen followed him. However, before he confronted the tail, he was thrown into Jeffrey Lebowski’s limo where he was shown a toe. Jeffrey Lebowski and Brandt believed it was Bunny’s.
17. Was asked to leave a coffee shop due to Walter’s behavior.
18. While taking a bath three nihilists broke into his apartment, threw a marmot in the tub, threatened to cut off his Johnson, and broke his answering machine and another unidentified glass object.
19. The driver’s side door of his car would not open and the interior reeked of urine when it was found by the LAPD.
20. In perhaps my favorite scene in the movie the Dude drove his car while listening to Creedence, drinking a beer, and smoking a joint. He noticed a tail, dropped his joint, and crashed the car, finding Larry Seller’s (the car thief) homework in the process.
21. Attended his landlord’s bizarre interpretive dance performance.
22. Confronted Larry Sellers with Walter. It went poorly and ultimately Seller’s neighbor smashed every window in the Dude’s car with a crow bar.
23. The Dude tried to barricade his door with a chair and a piece of wood he shoddily hammered into the floor. Unfortunately the door opened out, which he forgot. As a result Woo and his associate walked right in and took him to see Jackie Treehorn.
24. Jackie Treehorn drugged The Dude’s White Russians.
25. Woke up from Treehorn’s roofie incicent running down a road. The police quickly took him into custody.
26. The sheriff of Malibu threw a mug at the Dude’s forehead, knocked him to the ground, kicked him, and then banned him from Malibu.
27. The Dude was thrown out of a cab for strongly voicing his negative feelings for the Eagles.
28. Found his home completely trashed and to add injury to insult, tripped over his ill-fated attempt at a barricade.
29. Had sex with Maude and learned afterwards that conception with a man who would not have anything to do with the baby was her goal. As a side note she was successful.
30. Confronted Jeffrey Lebowski about the fact that he never received $1 million to give the kidnappers in the first place. Watched as Walter attempted to prove that Jeffrey Lebowski could in fact walk. The attempt was unsuccessful.
31. Threatened by Jesus again.
32. Walked outside of the bowling alley with Walter and Donny only to find the nihilists had lit his car on fire (finally killing it) and were demanding money. He watched Walter beat the first with a bowling ball, bite off the second nihilist's ear, and beat the third with an unidentified object. Sadly Donny died of a heart attack in the process.
33. Retrieved Donny’s ashes from the funeral home. The wind foiled Walter’s attempt to sprinkle them in the ocean, blowing them all over the Dude.
To review he was robbed, knocked out, drugged, propositioned for sex, attacked by a sheriff, thrown out of a cab and a diner, covered in his friends ashes, shown a severed toe, tailed by a private investigator, and investigated by the league office. Furthermore, his car, which he crashed twice (once after a Uzi shot it up) was stolen and later burned, his friend died of a heart attack, an intruder urinated on his rug, a woman targeted him to aid her conception goal, and his house was trashed. Meanwhile, in The Dude's presence, Walter pulled a gun on a pacifist, rolled out of a car with an Uzi that fired on its own, beat the hell out of 3 nihilists, and threw a paraplegic to the floor. That's a hell of a lot of stuff. Personally I'd be thrown off a bit by a cab driver forcibly throwing me out of his car.
Drop by tomorrow when I’ll look at my favorite quotes/exchanges, ponder how much time elapsed in the movie, consider some unanswered questions, and tie up some other loose ends.
1. He was jumped from behind in his apartment due to a case of mistaken identity, forced into the bathroom, and had his head dunked in the toilet four times while the intruder interrogated him.
2. Woo urinated on his rug.
3. Woo’s associate dropped the Dude’s bowling ball, breaking a few tiles in the bathroom. It's a testament to the list that this one is weak and probably does not deserve a mention.
4. The Dude stole a rug from Jeffrey Lebowski.
5. Bunny Lebowski propositioned the Dude for $1000 before Brandt ushered him out.
6. The Dude sat helplessly as Walter pulled a gun and threatened Smokey over a bowling dispute.
7. Due to a complaint filed by Smokey the league opened an investigation into said gun incident.
8. The Dude accepted a job as a courier in the Bunny Lebowski kidnapping fiasco.
9. He attended a bowling practice only to get threatened, along with his teammates, by a convicted sex offender – Jesus.
10. Was knocked out by a man wearing short blue jean shorts who was accompanied by a woman (Maude Lebowski) and another man. Awoke to find the stolen rug gone and his jaw sore.
11. Botched the ransom hand off due to Walter’s insistence on incorporating a ringer.
12. Walter rolled out of the Dude’s car, dropped his Uzi, and then watched it spin around in a circle. The Uzi shot out both taillights and possibly a tire as well before the car crashed into a tree.
13. Someone stole the Dude’s car.
14. Met with police officers in his home to discuss the stolen car and rug – separate incidents – only to learn via a voice mail that Maude Lebowski had taken the rug.
15. Went to Maude’s house where she was suspended from the ceiling, naked, painting, and listening to a woman chant and sing. While there he watched the start of Logjammin, and was offered $100,000 to retrieve the $1 million.
16. Driven home where he learned a blue Volkswagen followed him. However, before he confronted the tail, he was thrown into Jeffrey Lebowski’s limo where he was shown a toe. Jeffrey Lebowski and Brandt believed it was Bunny’s.
17. Was asked to leave a coffee shop due to Walter’s behavior.
18. While taking a bath three nihilists broke into his apartment, threw a marmot in the tub, threatened to cut off his Johnson, and broke his answering machine and another unidentified glass object.
19. The driver’s side door of his car would not open and the interior reeked of urine when it was found by the LAPD.
20. In perhaps my favorite scene in the movie the Dude drove his car while listening to Creedence, drinking a beer, and smoking a joint. He noticed a tail, dropped his joint, and crashed the car, finding Larry Seller’s (the car thief) homework in the process.
21. Attended his landlord’s bizarre interpretive dance performance.
22. Confronted Larry Sellers with Walter. It went poorly and ultimately Seller’s neighbor smashed every window in the Dude’s car with a crow bar.
23. The Dude tried to barricade his door with a chair and a piece of wood he shoddily hammered into the floor. Unfortunately the door opened out, which he forgot. As a result Woo and his associate walked right in and took him to see Jackie Treehorn.
24. Jackie Treehorn drugged The Dude’s White Russians.
25. Woke up from Treehorn’s roofie incicent running down a road. The police quickly took him into custody.
26. The sheriff of Malibu threw a mug at the Dude’s forehead, knocked him to the ground, kicked him, and then banned him from Malibu.
27. The Dude was thrown out of a cab for strongly voicing his negative feelings for the Eagles.
28. Found his home completely trashed and to add injury to insult, tripped over his ill-fated attempt at a barricade.
29. Had sex with Maude and learned afterwards that conception with a man who would not have anything to do with the baby was her goal. As a side note she was successful.
30. Confronted Jeffrey Lebowski about the fact that he never received $1 million to give the kidnappers in the first place. Watched as Walter attempted to prove that Jeffrey Lebowski could in fact walk. The attempt was unsuccessful.
31. Threatened by Jesus again.
32. Walked outside of the bowling alley with Walter and Donny only to find the nihilists had lit his car on fire (finally killing it) and were demanding money. He watched Walter beat the first with a bowling ball, bite off the second nihilist's ear, and beat the third with an unidentified object. Sadly Donny died of a heart attack in the process.
33. Retrieved Donny’s ashes from the funeral home. The wind foiled Walter’s attempt to sprinkle them in the ocean, blowing them all over the Dude.
To review he was robbed, knocked out, drugged, propositioned for sex, attacked by a sheriff, thrown out of a cab and a diner, covered in his friends ashes, shown a severed toe, tailed by a private investigator, and investigated by the league office. Furthermore, his car, which he crashed twice (once after a Uzi shot it up) was stolen and later burned, his friend died of a heart attack, an intruder urinated on his rug, a woman targeted him to aid her conception goal, and his house was trashed. Meanwhile, in The Dude's presence, Walter pulled a gun on a pacifist, rolled out of a car with an Uzi that fired on its own, beat the hell out of 3 nihilists, and threw a paraplegic to the floor. That's a hell of a lot of stuff. Personally I'd be thrown off a bit by a cab driver forcibly throwing me out of his car.
Drop by tomorrow when I’ll look at my favorite quotes/exchanges, ponder how much time elapsed in the movie, consider some unanswered questions, and tie up some other loose ends.
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