I can't explain it, it just is.
There's something about a food that moves all by itself that gives me the heebie-jeebies.
Joyce ,'Never Leave Me'
Buffista Movies 5: Development Hell
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megan walker - Nov 06, 2006 8:29:05 am PST #5484 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Polter-Cow - Nov 06, 2006 8:29:36 am PST #5485 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I am intrigued that it is paired in the podcast with The Big Lebowski, which I loathe (I know, I know).
Oh, yeah, I do remember reading that The Big Lebowski is supposed to be sort of a noir parody. As far as loathing, I fell asleep the first time I tried to watch it with friends, but years later, I gave it another shot in another mass viewing and really enjoyed myself.
megan walker - Nov 06, 2006 8:35:24 am PST #5486 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
MY SISTER!!! Thank you, for I have felt so alone.
Plus, Journey.
Ailleann - Nov 06, 2006 8:37:30 am PST #5487 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
I didn't really like Lebowski either. I laughed at some parts, but for the most I think I Just Didn't Get It.
Hayden - Nov 06, 2006 8:40:00 am PST #5488 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
The Big Lebowski is completely a noir parody. The Dude is Marlowe as a stoner/draft dodger instead of a WWII vet. Like Marlowe, he bumbles about the city trying to solve a mystery no one cares much about, gets thrown around like a punching bag, works angles that he doesn't really comprehend, watches people die for stupid reasons, and only gets to the end by accident. Oh, and he learns WHAT IT'S LIKE TO FUCK A STRANGER IN THE ASS, DO YOU HEAR ME?
My wife always says that she hates the movie whenever I'm watching it, but then sits down and laughs her ass off.
And, as long as we're talking Coens, what's Miller's Crossing if not noir?
Frankenbuddha - Nov 06, 2006 8:40:46 am PST #5489 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
The Big Lebowski, which I loathe
I understand the words individually...
Oh, yeah, I do remember reading that The Big Lebowski is supposed to be sort of a noir parody. As far as loathing, I fell asleep the first time I tried to watch it with friends, but years later, I gave it another shot in another mass viewing and really enjoyed myself.
I will say that while I found it amusing the first time I saw it (and some individual setpieces sublime), I mostly thought it was a ginormous shaggy dog joke. On rewatch, the movie gets funnier and funnier every time I see it.
Hayden - Nov 06, 2006 8:42:57 am PST #5490 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I'm with y'all. The first time I saw it, I didn't connect much with the movie (and, to be fair, I was high as a bat at the time). Over time, it's become my favorite of theirs.
DavidS - Nov 06, 2006 8:43:33 am PST #5491 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
what's Miller's Crossing if not noir?
Dude! (so to speak) It is a gangster movie. Which really is a genre.
Sean K - Nov 06, 2006 8:44:04 am PST #5492 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
The Big Lebowski, which I loathe (I know, I know).
::shuns megan and Plei and Alieann forever::
Frankenbuddha - Nov 06, 2006 8:44:22 am PST #5493 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
The Big Lebowski is completely a noir parody. The Dude is Marlowe as a stoner/draft dodger instead of a WWII vet.
Of course, Altman had kinda already done this in THE LONG GOODBYE, albeit with more of a hipster/beatnik Marlowe, and somewhat less overtly parodic (though ultimately probably much more subversively).