A Good Year for the Outlaw

For some reason, I’ve been seeing a lot of Jeff Bridges on the tube lately, and you know what? That’s a good thing. Dude is talented.

11-year old Emily rented “Stick It” a couple weekends ago, and the best part of this teen chick flick was Jeff Bridges. (When Emmy rents a movie, we watch it with her, I’ve got an entire “Princess Collection” of chick-flick DVD’s sitting on the shelf just to the left of me).

The other night, “The Last American Hero” came on, with Bridges as the thinly-disguised Junior Johnson of NASCAR and moonshine fame. He was so cool in that one. Earlier this week, THE Jeff Bridges movie, “The Big Lebowski”, shows up on air. That’s one of my fav movies of all time, with Bridges sharing the comedic genius with the hilarious and underrated John Goodman. There is no doubt that “the Dude abides”. Simply a classic.

So with that in mind, I’m walking through the Evil Empire, er, Wal-mart, the other night and come across a copy of “Tucker” on DVD, in the bargain bin, for $4.88. Um, duh. A steal. So that’ll be on the agenda here soon. As will “Seabiscuit”, “Arlington Road” (another underrated gem), “Wild Bill” (he nailed it), “K-Pax” (I like Spacey, too) and whatever else I can find.

We never think about Jeff Bridges when we think of the big names on screen. He’s WAY up on my list.