I mean, what is this?
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Robbmonster — 10 years ago(March 15, 2016 09:04 AM)
Every single film ever made - bar NONE - is manipulative. Name a single one that isn't. Just one.
While you're at it, name a few of Fargo's cliches. Because a LESS cliched film I can barely think of.
Never defend crap with 'It's just a movie'
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vincent-27 — 11 years ago(October 17, 2014 01:33 PM)
If you are a fan of character based movies, then this could be the best one ever made. Coen brothers always have great characters in their movies, I could watch this over and over. All the performances are top notch.
I think the accents are a little overdone, they kind of beat you over the head with it, but other than that it's great.
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minhal92 — 11 years ago(October 27, 2014 11:32 AM)
I agree OP. The movie is defiantly overrated.
I did watch Trainspotting, enjoyed it immensely, this movie not so much (its a 7/10) in my opinion - decent but overrated.
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TRhett — 10 years ago(May 20, 2015 04:18 PM)
Can't avoid the trolls on IMDb forums though
THAT'S a mouthful, considering IMDb is becoming nothing BUT trolls. I've just about stopped visiting . . .
I swear if I see, "The most overrated movie EVER" ONE MORE TIME!!! I'm no wilting flower, but these boards have just gotten entirely too nasty.
They're MOVIES, folks. They're meant to evoke different reactions in different people. You CAN express an opinion without calling someone a "dcheb-g" or "retard."
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velocirrober — 10 years ago(February 17, 2016 10:53 AM)
I agree with you on everything, except for "American Beauty". I can watch that movie over and over again, and I will always love it.
That said, I love "Fargo" as well.
And, by "you", I meant
TRhett
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subase — 11 years ago(December 18, 2014 10:06 PM)
Coen brother films are basically "style over substance".
I'm not saying Coen brother films are shallow, just that they are not deep.
They combine not being that shallow with brilliant film technique. Certainly they are the best directors working today on a technical and storytelling level.
Anyway, I like Coen brothers films I think they are great, but certainly no masterpieces or really that emotionally substantive. Just because all their films are secretly comedies doesn't change their content, it merely demonstrates their mastery of style.
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coolbrett — 11 years ago(January 08, 2015 06:06 AM)
I chuckled a few times, but mostly I was just bored. It didn't interest me. No Country For Old Men is clearly their best, cos it was their most serious and they weren't trying too hard, like Fargo. I find William H Macy annoying also
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Mudsharkbytes — 11 years ago(January 27, 2015 08:52 AM)
Fargo is an amazing folds-in-on-itself Chinese-puzzle-box of a movie that continues to deliver fresh entertainment value every time I watch it, and I've watched it many times. Every time I notice something new.
It's difficult to find another movie quite like it that combines so many cinematic storytelling techniques with unique, memorable characters and interesting plot twists dontcha know?
Fargo is a high water mark in the art of cinema. Anybody that can't see that, too bad for them.
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!!!deleted!!! (49761343) — 11 years ago(January 30, 2015 03:55 AM)
Fargo is not the most overrated film of all time, but it is overrated, IMO. It's a knockoff Tarantino film with none of the signature whimsy and quirkiness that the Coens are known for.
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!!!deleted!!! (49761343) — 10 years ago(September 12, 2015 04:14 PM)
It's nothing like a Tarantino film
That's exactly right. Fargo is a bad attempt at capturing the feel of a Tarantino film, so it's not like one at all. If it were like a Tarantino film, the attempts at dark, edgy humor would've been a thousand times better and audiences would've felt some kind of sympathy towards the hoodlum characters. As it stands, the Coens had such a hard time "getting" how Tarantino ticks that all of their attempts to capture his twisted sense of humor completely misfire and come across as cruel, if not sadistic.
and it's got the Cohens quirkiness all over it.
Raising Arizona has the Coens' signature quirkiness, which was always marked with a certain charm. Not this movie. No one and nothing is charming in this movie. The characters are just annoying or unlikable and many of the scenes are cruel.
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CptHowdy87 — 10 years ago(September 24, 2015 09:04 AM)
That's exactly right. Fargo is a bad attempt at capturing the feel of a Tarantino film, so it's not like one at all. If it were like a Tarantino film, the attempts at dark, edgy humor would've been a thousand times better and audiences would've felt some kind of sympathy towards the hoodlum characters. As it stands, the Coens had such a hard time "getting" how Tarantino ticks that all of their attempts to capture his twisted sense of humor completely misfire and come across as cruel, if not sadistic.
Except they weren't trying to capture the feel of a Tarantino film. I've seen most of the Coen Brothers movies and Fargo was exactly their signature quirky style. You're the only one who thinks it's some sort of Tarantino rip-off. I've never read any reviews of this movie accusing it of being a Tarantino rip-off. -
CptHowdy87 — 10 years ago(October 23, 2015 05:25 AM)
And the reason why is that it simply isn't.
Not even remotely
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SnoozeAlarm — 10 years ago(October 23, 2015 07:47 AM)
they aren't even remotely similar
Well that's certainly not true. If we compare R. Dogs or P. Fiction with Fargo, we have in common that both center around criminals.
I would also say that both are "small time". What I mean by that is that unlike a movie like The Godfather or Heat or Goodfellas, which are quite grand in scope, these involve a small group of individuals.
Also, in both, there are very few side plots the movies are pretty focused around the criminals and their crimes.
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