Yes, I finally watched it. Enough people told me that it was the best movie ever, so I downloaded it, watched it, and thought that it was overrated. What is the big hype over the movie? Yes, there is a story. Yes, the story is moderately funny (not hilarious, just moderately). Yes, the acting is good. Yes, it has some nice lines in it, but nothing I'd put into my quote book. I even looked online to see what got the people so excited and couldn't get it. I re-read the "best quotes" and reconfirmed that there isn't anything I'd put into my quote book.

It seems like that film is a memorial to all the people who live their lives like Jeff Lebowski. To complete losers who can't even make money in the one thing that they are good at. To people for whom The Dude becomes the role model. WHY???

The story, I must note, as good (?) as it may be, is as old as stories are. One moron, one million dollars and a crowd of even stupider hooligans. The story was better told when the main character was Percival of the Round Table, or his Russian equivalent Ivan the Fool. Among the children's classics we have Tolkien's "Farmer Giles of Ham". And this list could go on forever. I really don't see why does The Big Lebowski stand out.

Please explain this to me. I want to be proven wrong. :)