What is your absolute favorite line/moment from Fargo?
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mpoconnor7 — 9 years ago(December 23, 2016 07:03 AM)
A favorite line of mine is when Jerry is pitching his business deal to Wade and how this could be good for Jerry and Jean and Scottie, and Wade says, "Jean and Scottie never have to worry."
I also love the scene when Jerry goes up to Wade's office to meet with Wade and Stan, and Wade has that unusual looking thing for Jerry to sit on, not exactly a couch or a chair, a piece of furniture I have never seen before and I wonder if it was especially designed for the movie. It's almost like a very tall ottoman. I think you are supposed to lean your butt cheeks against it while you stand. You can see in Jerry's eyes he's thinking, "What the heck is this?". -
FearlessOneDay — 9 years ago(January 08, 2017 07:06 AM)
I think Fargo is a classic, but that scene is one of the cruelest in the movie. It's supposed to be funny, but I never laugh because I've seen the movie several times and I know she ends up dead, crushed like an insect. Fargo strips its victims of their humanity for comic effect. When you do that you eventually end up with.. the recent Live Facebook Torture video from Chicago. The young torturers thought their friends would think it was cool. Maybe even fun and entertaining.
Perhaps that scene in Fargo is a Rorschach test for audiences, kind of a humanity check. Or maybe the Coen brothers just have a sick sense of humor -
simonsays246 — 9 years ago(January 09, 2017 09:37 AM)
Totally different things! That Chicago video was sick and disturbing.
The Fargo scene was hilarious, just like it was suppose to be. This thread doesn't have to be and shouldn't be political.
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FearlessOneDay — 9 years ago(January 13, 2017 05:44 PM)
I wasn't making a political comment at all. You don't think there is any similarity between the sociopathy of the kidnappers in Fargo and the kidnappers in the Chicago video? Actually, the torturers in that video didn't kill their victim. Maybe they were more humane than the Fargo kidnappers, who were both murderers.
Hilarious, huh? Okaaaaaay. -
FearlessOneDay — 9 years ago(February 08, 2017 04:30 PM)
Haven't read this entire thread, so I don't know if this has been mentioned, but when Jerry tries to talk Wade into financing his plan, Jerry says this could be a sweet deal for him, Scotty and Jean.
Wade says, "Jean and Scotty never need to worry."
I just realized how ironic that line is. Within a few days, Jean would be dead and Scotty would be made a virtual orphan. Oh and Wade.didn't work out too well for him either.