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Can't stand John Goodman in this movie


Twice now I've attempted to watch this thing and twice now I've turned it off because of John Goodman's obnoxious character. Just terrible. Nothing but yelling and swearing. I'm out.

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He was the funniest thing in this movie. I read his character was based on John Milius.

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ha i believe that. i can't unsee it now.

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What!? He was hilarious! One of the funniest characters in cinema history!

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"You want a toe? I can get you a toe."

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This movie would suck if the Goodman character wasn't there.

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This movie did suck.

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What a little pansy you are getting offended by some yelling and swearing. It's a movie, grow some balls.

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Oh honey, I wasn't offended. I was annoyed. And incessant swearing for the sake of swearing--where it adds absolutely nothing to what the character is trying to convey--comes across as forced and desperate. You often see this occur in movies that try really hard to appeal to teenagers. Are you a teenager, by chance?

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You are talking absolute bullshit because he did not swear that much, certainly no more than any other character. And he only raised his voice a few times.

It seems like you either skimmed through the movie, or you are basing your opinion on specific scenes or clips you may have watched.

Because that is such a ridiculous summation of Goodmans performance in the movie, if you had bothered to watch it all the way through.

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I suffered all the way through. It took me multiple attempts, but I eventually made it. NEVER AGAIN.

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This aggression will not stand, man.

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You didnt like it, fine. I still maintain that your assertion that Goodman's performance was 'nothing but yelling and swearing' is completely false.

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I personally thought old man Lebowski was a much more obnoxious character than Walter to be honest with you, at least I was able to sympathize with Walter because he has been through a lot, I sometimes wonder if Walter was a real life character how would he feel about the Covid 19 pandemic.

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Why would you wonder about that?

Who cares?

Why bring up "the Covid 19 pandemic" on this board?

Unfunny poster, unfunny poster!

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I was just asking out of curiousity, sorry if I offended you.

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I'm gonna guess you've never been to a bar.

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Do you see what happens pepetoony?!

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