This week, the friendly Parkland real estate owners’ movie group met to discuss and view the modern classic, The Big Lebowski. Screening the piece and holding the discussion at Dr. Gene Clark’s Fort Myers luxury home, film buffs and critics shared their opinions on the 1998 comedy adventure.
Mindy Ryan was the most vocal Parkland real estate owners in the group. The woman with more than one home for sale in Fort Myers chatted all about Joel and Ethan Coen, the master filmmakers behind Raising Arizona and the Oscar Award winning No Country for Old Men.
The woman with a few Fort Myers homes for sale said The Big Lebowski chronicles an unemployed pothead and recreational bowler named Jeffrey Lebowski, aka “The Dude,” played memorably by Jeff Bridges. The Big Lebowski contains hilarious and idiosyncratic characters, surreal dream sequences, a superb soundtrack, and unconventional dialogue within its complex plot. The other Parkland real estate owners were intrigued by Mindy’s vast Hollywood knowledge.
Just about every Parkland real estate owner laughed at Oscar winner Bridges portrayal of a middle-aged slacker whose identity is confused with a millionaire sharing the same name. The fun starts when The Dude returns home from the grocery store and is assaulted by two thugs demanding money for a pornographic filmmaker named Jackie Treehorn. A Parkland real estate owner named Chris Sean joked that he most own some of Jackie’s work in his personal library.
The Parkland real estate owners learned that Lebowski’s wife, Bunny, owes a large sum of cash. One of the men even urinates on The Dude’s rug before they realize he is not the same Lebowski who they are looking for. The burnout has been mistaken for someone else named Jeffrey Lebowski, a disabled philanthropist who is the real husband of Bunny, as well as a nasty old man.
None of the Parkland real estate owners liked the millionaire Lebowski when The Dude meets him and asks to be compensated for the rug that was ruined. Several of the Parkland real estate owners even booed at the old man when he yelled at The Dude.
Before long, the rich Lebowski’s trophy wife, Bunny, is kidnapped. The Dude is asked to act as a courier for the million-dollar ransom, as he is in the unique position of being able to identify the rug-soiling bad guys. But when Bridges gets his bowling buddy, John Goodman, involved, they decide that Bunny kidnapped herself. Goodman stands as many Parkland real estate owners’ favorite character in The Big Lebowski.
The bad guys don’t hand over the ransom, and it gets lost when The Dude’s car is stolen, and all hell breaks loose. In the end, the lazy men chock it all up to experience and simply go bowling.
Parkland real estate owners agree that everything from the memorable dialogue and superb acting to the vivid scenery makes The Big Lebowski a timeless film. The intimate crew of Parkland real estate owners looks forward to meeting up again soon to see a Scorsese work of art.
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