all this talk of jeff bridges

[paulsby]

he's great and all , but let's not forget the jesus...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If9I1P6-hgw

granted, he's more of a character actor, but damn is he good at it.

has HE ever done a bad role? if so, they are few and far between.

it's also such a great use of music in a movie (i hate the term "film". it always sounds pretentious to me).

i think scorcese was one of the pioneers, but god knows (and jesus does too) the coen brothers are masters at it

[edbermac]

1. He was in King Kong and Heaven's Gate

Can't say he was that bad, but those movies were.

[paulsby]

2. true dat

also, as a character actor you'd expect him to be in more bad movies, since he's in so many movies in bit parts

[notadmblnd]

5. He was also in The Fabulous Baker Boys and Star Man

He had leading roles and I thought he did well in those?

[paulsby]

6. he has played lead roles, but he's primarily a

character actor, much like steve buscemi.

buscemi has also starred, but usually doesn't

[izzybeans]

3. For me it all began with Tron.

[lame54]

4. I loved him in the Baker Boys

[Oceansaway]

7. Arlington Road & Against All Odds

are my favorites.....

[azmouse]

8. You've got to see 'The Amateurs'.

A small town makes a porn movie. One of the funniest movies I've seen.

[MarjorieG]

9. Great in Last Picture Show but buzz he was too young. Nowadays young wins.

[villager]

10. No one ever speaks of "Rancho Deluxe" anymore

...his great 70's anti-western made with Sam Waterston...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__tbYd-GcBg

[Warren DeMontague]

11. The Big Lebowski just gets better and better.

that movie is simply pure genius. Not only Bridges and Turturro, but John Goodman, Steve Buscemi-- Philip S. Hoffman, Julianne Moore- even Flea and the other Nihilists "Ve cut off your johnson- zen ve shtomp on it" ; there is just comedy gold all the way through that movie. :rofl:

[Mike K]

18. The Big Lebowski is one of the best movies I've ever seen.

[loqqy]

19. agreed

The dude abides.

[proteus_lives]

12. Tron and The Dude.

Jeff Bridges is the fucking man.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

13. You're talking about Tutturro(sp) now.....

...I love him, but he was in Transformers or some shitty CGI flick like that and I'm wondering if he was bad in that.

[Toasterlad]

14. He Was a Little Over the Top In Iron Man.

But I still like him, although Crazy Heart looked like a snooze fest to me, and I didn't see it (nor do I intend to). But seriously, how stoned was he on Oscar night?

[fishwax]

15. dupe -- delete

[fishwax]

16. He was in Transformers 2

I'm think the guy is great, and since he's a character actor rather than a leading man I'm happy to overlook some of the clunkers he's been in. Transformers 2 was pushing it. But that's far outweighed by his work with the Coen Brothers, with Spike Lee, and as Adrian's brother on Monk. :D

[Onceuponalife]

17. How come he didn't mention brother Beau in his speech?