Dude, this is funny

Rating: Null/10 (1 June 2004)

The plot of this movies is pretty dumb and doesn't ever seem to go anywhere.
At the end of the movie one of the characters says something to the effect that he hopes the story was worth telling and I'm like, "Dude, what story are you talking about man?"
However, it is a very funny, nostalgic and even thought-provoking character study and for that it is definitely worth a gander. The Dude (as Lebowski calls himself and insists everyone else call him), is perpetually annoyed and irritated and at the world around him. In the opening scenes a couple of strong men break into his house and plunge his head in the toiled in order to obtain information from him that he has no way of possessing and his response is something like: "Dude, what is your problem?" Where a more natural reaction would by fury or terror. I think that sums him up pretty well. He doesn't care enough about all the stuff people normally care about, so his interactions with events and people are intriguing.
And then he has the typical (perhaps even clichÃ©, but you never get tired of that type of character) friend who will get you in the worst kind of trouble because of his utter lack of sense.
Very funny.