Wrenched my back just now while out shopping. Laid up on the couch, watching “The Big Lebowski” for the first time.

I think this movie is about to go down on my list of movies everyone loves that I can’t stand, along with “American Beauty,” “Waking Life,” and “Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind.” The common thread seems to be that these are movies that seem to have philosophical and deep things to say while really saying pretty much nothing deep, or nothing I agree with or believe is true.

Killer soundtrack, though.

EDIT, 11:56 Dec 23rd:

After reading everyone’s responses, I just want to make it clear that I won’t be watching this movie again, so there will be no chance to convince me otherwise; this isn’t a competition to change my mind; there’s no right or wrong.

I don’t like the movie. I’m not on the fence about it. You can think and feel about the movie and my dislike of it however you like. It’s fine with me.

Thought I’d pose a question I’ve been thinking about.

What 3 songs best define your particular favorite style of music for you, and why? I’ll give you an example of what I mean.

If I were to look at the three rock songs that made the biggest impression on me as to being statements about rock and roll, I’d pick the following:

1. The Who’s “Substitute” — captures that restlessness and “misfit-itude” that drives the greatest work in the genre

2. Chuck Berry’s “Johnny B. Goode” — the ultimate idealized version of the ultimate rock and roll fantasy

3. The Clash’s “Death Or Glory” — the downside of the rock dream, with some great social undercurrents and comments every self-proclaimed revolutionary in any genre ought to heed

What are yours?