Arlo is correct. Once The Big Lebowski grabs you it doesn't let go.
Jeff Bridges
- Thread starter jimmyj
- Start date
THE PILGRIM
Member
It’s sort of like drinking Scotch or eating Vegamite.
I gave up on a small container of Vegamite made by Kraft.
Never thought I try anything made by Kraft that I didn’t like!
Not crazy about the dream- dance sequence, love everything else about Lebowski.
Especially love everything that happens at the bowling alley,
Big Sam Elliot fan!
joeintexas
US Veteran
Being a big Buddy Holly fan I'm still hung up on the video of Not Fade Away. Think I'll go watch it again just for kicks.
I think that dream sequence is hilarious! Got dinged for posting a YouTube link to it a coupla years ago though.... True story! (Now that oughta get some eyeballs on it!
)He really is a talented guy. Check him out singing “What a Little Bit of Love Can Do”: YouTube
Last edited:
Dang, that was good! Wish I had a scorecard for those I don't know.
Jeff Bridges, Sheryl Crow, Bonnie Raitt, Kris Kristofferson, Gary Clark Jr., Jimmie Vaughan, Alabama Shakes, Robert Earl Keen, Joe Ely, Doyle Bramhall II, Lloyd Maines and Grupo Fantasma.
What is fun to see with the internet and all the images that get put up is how many feature Sam Elliott's Cowboy character from The Big Lebowski with all the quotes and sayings. You have to wonder how many have seen those and never watched the movie The Big Lebowski.
Wyatt Burp
Member
"Wild Bill" was a really dumb story, but the film's worth it because he was so good in it. He even had a certain accent that I bet is correct for a guy from Illinois during that period. He was equally perfect for True Grit.
Watchdog
Member
- Joined
- Apr 6, 2013
- Messages
- 12,511
- Reaction score
- 32,351
I loved his performance in 1984's Starman, and think Bridges was really good in Seabiscuit. He pulled out all the stops in Crazy Heart and won the Academy Award for his performance.
His portrayal of Rooster Cogburn in True Grit left John Wayne in the dust. Frankly, the 2010 version of the film makes Wayne's film look like a cartoon to me.
I watched Hell or High Water last year sometime. Actually bought the DVD because I thought it was gonna be good, and I'd missed it at the theaters. What a disappointment. The film reminds me of those cheap cult films from the nineties like Love and a .45 or Freeway, or something I might have seen in a double-feature at a drive-in back in the early seventies. I think Bridges's attempt to imitate a West Texas dialect is simply ridiculous. Everyone raves about this film, though, so maybe I need to watch it a few more times, who knows?
I do admire his skill as a photographer. He uses a Widelux swing lens camera that makes panoramic shots...it's a film camera. And he's been making behind the scenes photos at his film locations since around 1984 I think. I heard he gives a sort of memory book of photographs to the cast members of his films. The photo below is one he made of Texas Ranger Joaquin Jackson while on the set of Hell or High Water. Jackson passed away in June of 2016 at the age of eighty, about a month before the film's American premiere in Austin, Texas.
His portrayal of Rooster Cogburn in True Grit left John Wayne in the dust. Frankly, the 2010 version of the film makes Wayne's film look like a cartoon to me.
I watched Hell or High Water last year sometime. Actually bought the DVD because I thought it was gonna be good, and I'd missed it at the theaters. What a disappointment. The film reminds me of those cheap cult films from the nineties like Love and a .45 or Freeway, or something I might have seen in a double-feature at a drive-in back in the early seventies. I think Bridges's attempt to imitate a West Texas dialect is simply ridiculous. Everyone raves about this film, though, so maybe I need to watch it a few more times, who knows?
I do admire his skill as a photographer. He uses a Widelux swing lens camera that makes panoramic shots...it's a film camera. And he's been making behind the scenes photos at his film locations since around 1984 I think. I heard he gives a sort of memory book of photographs to the cast members of his films. The photo below is one he made of Texas Ranger Joaquin Jackson while on the set of Hell or High Water. Jackson passed away in June of 2016 at the age of eighty, about a month before the film's American premiere in Austin, Texas.
I always remember John Goodman in this Lebowski scene. I won't post the gif with the language...
shouldazagged
Absent Comrade
He was good in "Tucker", an excellent flick that didn't get enough attention.
gman51
Member
I don't think I ever saw a movie that I didn't like his acting. He is one of the best that has surely made his mark in entertainment. The Bridges family all had their place as talented actors.
Similar threads
