By all accounts The Big Lebowski (1998) shouldn't work. The plot changes almost every 15 minutes, the hero is a stoner who doesn't want to participate in the story anyway, and the humour is a bit hard to grasp upon first viewing. Yet somehow over time this Coen Brothers comedy has not only had repeat viewings from many fans of cinema around the world, it has also earned a very strong cult status. Star Wars has a Star Wars Celebration day, but The Big Lebowski has Lebowski Fest in which fans dress up as The Dude (Jeff Bridges), go bowling, and drink White Russians. I think we can agree which film has the best fans. (Before going any further I just want to remind whoever might be reading this that I'm reviewing movies based on Empire magazine's 2008 list of the 500 Greatest Movies of All Time, and somehow on this list The Big Lebowski is exactly one spot above Schindler's List. Make of that what you will.) The first time I saw this weird comedy/film no