John Goodman is such an underrated actor, and while Jeff Bridges’ The Dude gets the lion’s share of the references these days, Goodman’s Walter Sobchak is a hilarious highlight of The Big Lebowski.
But the real highlight is when he gets home and deals with everyday situations, which, as we’ve seen, he’s ill suited for.
Full of bravado and paranoia, a Walter Sobchak film could follow the character during his Vietnam days and after, taking a darkly humorous angle with the war elements like Tropic Thunder or parts of Full Metal Jacket.
The bowler, Vietnam veteran and Jewish convert is an incredibly entertaining character as he goes from calm discussion to unrestrained aggression on the flip of a dime.