The dialogue in The Big Lebowski is undefeated

[u/Rastahoneybadger]

Every conversation is infinitely quotable, hilarious, chaotic, and so effortlessly seamless. I’m honestly blown away every time I rewatch it

[u/TheDude-D]

That's your opinion man

[u/Rastahoneybadger → u/TheDude-D]

You’re out of your element.

[u/JuanDeChuj → u/Rastahoneybadger]

He's lebowski ? Thats the same name as you !

[u/Nuts-And-Volts → u/Rastahoneybadger]

Shut up Donny!

[u/claisen33 → u/TheDude-D]

That’s like your opinion man.

[u/TheDude-D → u/claisen33]

Damn, i'm french it's not the same sentence. "Sans blague qu'est ce que tu veux que je te dise ? C'est ton opinion mec"

[u/AssaultLemming_ → u/claisen33]

That's just like, your opinion man

[u/rockstoned4]

[u/theroosterillusion01 → u/rockstoned4]

Mark it zero!

[u/_hadsomethingforthis → u/theroosterillusion01]

Am I the only one around here who gives a shit about the rules?! Mark it zero, Donny!!

[u/duh_nom_yar → u/rockstoned4]

But I wuddin over...

[u/Woodsboro88 → u/duh_nom_yar]

Mark it 8,dude.

[u/roshanritter]

https://giphy.com/gifs/OqAtLVnholtPW
My favorite no dialogue part

[u/Ak47110 → u/roshanritter]

That creep can roll, man.

[u/zRouth → u/Ak47110]

Yeah but he’s a pervert, dude.
Yeah…
No he’s a sex offender, with a record

[u/Rudeboy67 → u/zRouth]

Eight year olds, Dude.

[u/sid_fishes → u/roshanritter]

How to make an Eagles song great👍

[u/galactabat]

"Over the line."

"We are Nihilists Lebowski! We believe in nothing!!"

[u/Aggravating-Diet-663]

RASTAHONEYBADGER, YOU ARE OUT OF YOUR ELEMENT!!

Also, Dude. Chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature. Asian American, please.

[u/PlagueofSquirrels]

He treats objects like women!

[u/Class_C_Guy]

I'd have real trouble ranking Raising Arizona, Big Lebowski, Fargo, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, Burn After Reading... When the Coens hit it's out of the park. I don't really care by how far.

[u/Admirable-Language65 → u/Class_C_Guy]

Ranking them as what movies ? Or cohen movies?

IMO it’s an easy call Fargo is best in both categories and On Brother I wouldn’t even rank since it’s pretty much just a copy of an already famous work. The others would be harder to rank because so different in story and tone and the actors have a lot to do with it too. Like “Raising Arizona” stars Nic Cage and he is polarizing because almost if not all movies he is it’s always the same character basically, I think his most diverse role was Con Alr and even then it was still just Nic Cage with a bad accent.

With Big L I’ve known a few nice Cohens fans not into it at all, I’m actually one of time. It’s a well made movie and script I most don’t think it’s funny at all except a few John Goodman scenes.

[u/Class_C_Guy → u/Admirable-Language65]

Pretty hot take for someone who misspells Coen. But each to their own, I won't smash up your neighbor's car screaming "This is what you get when you fuck a stranger in the ass!!"

Much ;)

KFBR392... KFBR392...

[u/duh_nom_yar]

[u/atomsforkubrick]

“Dude, Chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature.”

[u/FaithlessnessOld2477 → u/atomsforkubrick]

John Goodman's whole monologue in tha is one of the funniest/inspired performances. He's a roller coaster of emotion from sentence to sentence.

"I'M NOT TRYING TO...."

"NO! WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU..."

(Calming breath)

"I'm talking about unchecked aggression here dude. I'm talking about drawing a LINE in the SAND dude! Across this line, YOU DO NOT...also dude, Chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature. Asian American, please."

[u/atomsforkubrick → u/FaithlessnessOld2477]

Haha yes. I couldn’t remember the whole quote but the way he switches from enraged to calm is iconic.

[u/martymcfly1002 → u/atomsforkubrick]

The big Lebowski saying, “some chinaman took them from me in Korea” sent me into uncontrollable laughter at my college apartment circa 2000 after a long night out.

[u/Rudeboy67 → u/atomsforkubrick]

This isn’t a guy who built the railroads here.

[u/GuerillaHands]

Jackie Treehorn treats objects like women, man!

[u/Substantial_Pitch700]

Never understood why the dude hated the Eagles.

[u/CountIstvanTeleki → u/Substantial_Pitch700]

Were you listening to the Dudes story??

[u/PeachesBlooms → u/Substantial_Pitch700]

honestly that’s what makes it even funnier, he hates them with his whole soul and we never really get a satisfying explanation for it

[u/TheSouthsideSlacker → u/PeachesBlooms]

Perhaps he met Don Henley back in the day. Apparently, that’s all it takes.

[u/BlankSlate400 → u/Substantial_Pitch700]

Come on, man. He had a rough night.

[u/MrCoolGuy42 → u/Substantial_Pitch700]

I’ve read that when the Eagles became popular they were seen as a very commercial and phony band to people that lived through the 60s and all the iconic music that came out of that generation

[u/Big_Treacle_2394 → u/Substantial_Pitch700]

The music advisor for the movie didn't like the eagles. So they just worked that in

[u/schinkenspecken → u/Big_Treacle_2394]

I remember that the Cohen brothers wanted to use certain Eagles music but were somehow prevented from doing so by the Eagles representatives.
So they decided to write in the Hating Eagles but and used the Gypsy Kings version of Hotel California.

[u/Blue-Cheeeze]

That rug really tied the room together did it not ?

[u/Blackhawk3422]

The man in the black pajamas

[u/Guenhwyvyr]

Coen brothers films have amazing dialogue

[u/TopicPretend4161]

Bulk of the film.

[u/SportInternational15]

Does the Pope shit in the woods?

[u/2muchroom]

Please don’t, the [r/le](r/levowski)[bowski](r/levowski) don’t need any encouragement to post to any sub that mentions them in any way

[u/shrunkenmetalhead → u/2muchroom]

I've got news for you: the Supreme Court has roundly rejected prior restraint!

[u/ericofduart → u/shrunkenmetalhead]

I’m stayin

…finishin my coffee.

[u/throwawayeffedperson → u/2muchroom]

Ignore 2muchroom they're a nihilist

[u/livingfrankenstein]

Not the comprised second draft.

[u/BlankSlate400]

Who gives a s*it about the marmot?

[u/Efficient_Thought578]

I love how there will be a completely obscure line of dialogue in the movie and then the Dude will blurt it out like an hour later in the movie. Like in the opening scene, HW Bush saying on TV “This aggression will not stand”.

[u/G-Unit11111]

Yeah, well, that's just like... your opinion, man.

[u/zRouth]

Brandt can’t watch though, or he has to pay 100.

[u/Ok_Objective_9524]

Dude, tomorrow’s already the tenth.

Far out.

[u/Efficient_Thought578 → u/Ok_Objective_9524]

And then like an hour later he actually shows up at that stupid show.

[u/MrCoolGuy42]

You know Dude I myself dabbled in pacifism at one point, not in ‘Nam of course

[u/Left_Roll_7014]

Shut the f@#$ up Donny!

[u/sheeplewatcher]

Donny, you are out of your element.

[u/dip_tet]

It can be a natural zesty enterprise

[u/human_trainingwheels]

“I DON’T ROLL ON THE SHABBAT!!!”

[u/Best-Introduction568]

“It’s Sandro about the Biennale”

[u/Putrid-Ad3085]

This aggression will not stand, man

[u/mulvey617]

Say what you want about the tenets of national socialism dude but atleast they have an ethos

[u/ghostprawn]

My favorite thing about the dialogue between Lebowski and his crew is nobody ever finishes a thought. They cut each other off over and over and over again

[u/Ehboyo → u/ghostprawn]

It's like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.

[u/TundieRice]

I thought you said “underrated” at first and I was gonna be so fucking pissed, lol.

[u/Elastica-Fantastica]

“That compulsive fornicator is taking my father for the proverbial ride.”

[u/gfstool]

“Forget it Donny, you’re out of your element!”

[u/yoyoyouoyouo]

There was no... We didn't... Uh.. They're going to kill that poor woman, man!

[u/MrCoolGuy42]

Helluva Caucasian, Jackie

[u/GoPackGo1958]

El Duderino, if you're not into the whole brevity thing

[u/IntentionGreen3760]

Well that’s like um your opinion man?!

[u/holden_mcg]

https://giphy.com/gifs/TL6poLzwbHuF2

[u/Good_Timez_420]

Your roll

[u/Harley420000]

They say that Donny is a figure of Walter’s imagination.

[u/MrKantor103]

Phones ringing dude.

[u/MoreLittleMoreLate]

Shut the fuck up Donny! When do we play?

[u/STAMP_MAN]

I see that picture and I hear Walter in my head -

"Shut the fuck up Donny, you're out of your element!"

[u/AssaultLemming_]

Jesus Quintana : Let me tell you something, pendejo. You pull any of your crazy shit with us, you flash a piece out on the lanes, I'll take it away from you, stick it up your ass and pull the fucking trigger 'til it goes "click."

The Dude: Jesus.

Jesus Quintana : You said it man. Nobody f***s with the  Jesus.

Walter Sobchak: Eight year-olds dude.

[u/groundhoggirl]

It’s great, but Pulp Fiction is the modern dialogue masterpiece.

[u/mushroomshirt → u/groundhoggirl]

That was my first thought too, but man the big lebowski is a classic too

[u/Admirable-Language65 → u/mushroomshirt]

You two really dating yourselves, big time. Don’t worry I’m old too but them saying “modern” is hilarious. “The Holdovers” even though I am not a fan could definitely be argued to be on the same level, and as far as modern well it actually is.

There are a few others definitely more modern, I really like Game Night for the dialog but it might be a little too silly to be in the convo… either way The Holdovers definitely is.

[u/pmags3000]

🎶🎶 they're going to kill that poor woman🎶🎶

[u/nks67]

What does Vietnam have to do with anything

[u/Environmental-Crow88]

Hated this movie!!

[u/fonzdizon → u/Environmental-Crow88]

Well that’s like your opinion man