Would I Like Fargo?

[surfdude12]

i LOOOOVE this film, and just because of accents or violence.

look at the cinematography for example:
-a huge zoom out shot at the beginning of a car driving through the snow. the car is about the size of a bottle cap on my DLP. genius.
-amazing shot of marge leaving one morning to go to work: you can see her husband on left side of shot, and see her on right side go out the door and try and start the car...all in the same shot...then she comes back in, and you see the husband sitting down on left side of shot get up saying "yokay margee?" . just masterful shooting

[bytor_one]

Originally Posted by MrRoy

Personally, I found it to be one of the dumbest movies E-V-E-R. Right there with The Burbs.

Im done trying to sell this movie to people. I love it, but your response there is the same thing everyone always tell me. Im starting to question my taste in movies. Maybe this really is a bad movie, and I just like bad movies?

[M and J]

Originally Posted by bytor_one

Im done trying to sell this movie to people. I love it, but your response there is the same thing everyone always tell me. Im starting to question my taste in movies. Maybe this really is a bad movie, and I just like bad movies?

It's not because some people don't like our taste in movies, that will make it bad.
The movie is great (not the best ever), but i love it too, and no one will change my mind!!

[Steve46]

It's in my top 10 of all time. Excellent combination of humor and drama and Buscemi is always worth watching. Macy and McDormand also do great work.

[thePhoenix]

Good movie. Check it out!

[slick1ru2]

Its different for sure. I liked it, but its not a buy for me. Its different like No Country For Old Men. It has some shocking gore in it. And it has the quirks of people that live in that area, that talk like Canadians, eh. I would say a must see for sure. But blind buy? Dunno.

[dcowboy7]

Didnt like it, very slow, too cold n snowy, the accents drive u crazy after awhile.
Do they really talk like that ?

[amarster]

this is the only coen bro film i wasnt sure if i liked after the first viewing, upon the second viewing it was confirmed...i loved it

the coens are allergic to making bad movies, period.

[SquidPuppet]

Originally Posted by dcowboy7

Didnt like it, very slow, too cold n snowy, the accents drive u crazy after awhile.
Do they really talk like that ?

Yah, dey do.

[MikeZ.]

My very FIRST Blu Ray ! Which was an upgrade from the DVD. hOURS BEFORE, MY SON HAD CALLED FROM sAM'S..." Dad, found a Samsung Blu player for $ 150.00 ! You want it and we can work out the cash later ? "
So then, when we needed the optical cable for the necessary connection to my 5.1 system, we went to Best Buy. Of course, I HAD to pick out my first Blu title, and after about 45 min. of very picky looking, I saw one of my Coen Collection. So even though my original intent was 1.) EASY RIDER & 2.) The Tom Petty/Heartbreakers Audio-only Blu...FARGO broke my cherry.

[Gremal]

Originally Posted by MikeZ.

FARGO broke my cherry.

Haha...you betcha. Couldn't have picked a better inauguration.

[MikeZ.]

Oh, and EASY RIDER blew my mind too !!!! 2wice in the theater in 1969...VHS in 1989...first DVD 2003...35th Anniversary repackaging rip-off 2004...then the gorgeous, pristine print with LOSSLESS DOLBY TRUE HD in 2009.

And Tom Petty...was listening to it just this morning...sounds a-w-e-s-o-m-e.

[kurtis21]

The real question is...How could you NOT like Fargo!?!

[stroudenov]

Originally Posted by Valkyr47

Never seen this movie before but i read the review on this site just the other day. Sound interesting but i still cant gather from the review if its a serious crime movie more along the lines of their film "No Country For Old Men" or if its more of a comedy such as "The Big Lebowski"

im a huge fan of the two aforementioned films, so im interested in watching more of the Coen brothers work

while i already have this topic open, how is Burn After Reading?

Thanks a lot!

Only if you are awesome

[ArmyOfDarknessAW]

Originally Posted by amarster

the coens are allergic to making bad movies, period.

Yeah Coens seem to be a love em or hate em. I am on the love em side, but know many people who cant stand their movies. Some of my favorite films are Fargo, No Country for Old Men, and the Big Lebowski. They really don't know how to make a bad movie.

[Steve]

Originally Posted by kurtis21

The real question is...How could you NOT like Fargo!?!

Personally I couldn't stand it. I'm trying to block that two hour span of time from my memory. It had a hilarious scene at the end where

[Show spoiler]the guy put Steve Buscemi through the limb grinder

, but it didn't make up for the rest of the movie.

[Dr. Ian Malcolm]

Fargo is superb in my opinion, but I enjoy most of the Coen Brothers' work. Fargo and The Big Lebowski are my two favorites, though. I have not yet seen A Serious Man, The Hudsucker Proxy, The Man Who Wasn't There, Intolerable Cruelty, or The Ladykillers.

Fargo does an excellent job of combining dark crime drama elements with quirky humor. It is very well written and presents multiple memorable characters, which I think are the key components of any great film. Furthermore, the film has a very interesting structure with the way it shifts protagonists.

I am a huge fan of blind-buying films, especially when you consider how much you would normally pay to see a new movie at the cinema. I think Fargo can be had for fairly cheap so I would recommend it, even if you haven't seen it yet. I currently own the film on DVD, and I am trying not to double-dip yet with BD, because there are many films I do not have any version of which I still want on Blu-ray. That is the only reason I don't have Fargo on BD.

As for Burn after Reading: I found it to be a fun, comical film that was rather enjoyable, but definitely not on the same level as Fargo, The Big Lebowski, No Country for Old Men, or Blood Simple. I found it very funny because it's the kind of film that can make one laugh without necessarily having any jokes or gags. Just vintage Coen Brothers-esque situations and misunderstandings leading to events spiraling out of control. In addition, I found the dark, tense, over-the-top music when paired some of the ordinary situations in the film (such as Clooney jogging or buying stuff at the hardware store), to be hilarious. The Coen's definitely had fun while making Burn after Reading. I recommend you see that as well.

[sasquatch]

I love this movie because of the characters. The story and all is great but it's the actors/characters that really drives it. And a lot of funny dialogue and crazy sh1t that goes on too ta boot.

[amarster]

Originally Posted by ArmyOfDarknessAW

Yeah Coens seem to be a love em or hate em. I am on the love em side, but know many people who cant stand their movies. Some of my favorite films are Fargo, No Country for Old Men, and the Big Lebowski. They really don't know how to make a bad movie.

my 3 favorites...Miller's Crossing was good too

[Gremal]

My top five Coens
1. Barton Fink
2. No Country
3. Fargo
4. O! Brother
5. Big Lebowski

These are all top-notch films. If I had to pick an honorable mention it would be Burn After Reading.