The Dude Abides...

Who knew that such a nonsensical story could be so hilarious! This movie is great, really in every way that a comedy should be. As you may have noticed I bolded "should" because often comedies, though they may still be funny, rely on only one form of humor to get them through the entire film. Not this one. I think that this is truly one of the Coen Brother's best and constantly most underrated movie. The characters are so  over the top, with the Dude's belligerent and yet somehow charming friend, Walter, or the Nihilists, who continuously interject themselves in a funny and violent way into the life of the dude himself. And then there's the Dude himself, played by the honorable Jeff Bridges. He truly defines the word, Dude, or his Dudeness as he remarks various times within the story. He's not a typical hero; every twist in the story is befallen on him, and he seems quite unwilling to take part in most of it. Either way, the acting was perfectly offbeat and the movie itself is such a fresh take on dark comedies that you just gotta love it.