Forever "The Dude"

I'll admit that I'm happy for Jeff Bridges. After all these years and all those movies, he did deserve to finally win an Academy Award. I didn't see the movie, but I've read that the award can be looked at as more of a Lifetime Achievement honor than actually being the best lead actor. He played an aging country singer in the movie, Crazy Heart, that landed him the hardware – but he will forever be associated with El Duderino. The Big Lebowski made him someone of notoriety in my movie-watching mind. And he'll be remembered for much longer into the future for that role than the one that got the golden naked guy. To this day I can't understand my obsession with The Big Lebowski (future blog entry?), but it's obviously a movie of great popularity, witnessed through its cult-like following (see Lebowski Fest, which is next in Los Angeles, April 2-3). For now, I'll just continue to enjoy the hijinks of The Dude, Walter and Donnie with the fandamonium.