Fargo (1996) First Time Watching! Movie Reaction!!
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2 жыл бұрынFargo (1996)
So, that was Mrs. Lundegaard on the floor in there. And I guess that was your accomplice in the wood chipper. And those three people in Brainerd. And for what? For a little bit of money? There's more to life than a little money, you know. Don'tcha know that? And here ya are, and it's a beautiful day. Well. I just don't understand it.
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@TBRSchmitt 2 жыл бұрын
The level of pain and disappointment to find out this was not a True Story! Haha still an amazing movie though! And Sam and I continue to talk to each other with a Minnesota accent... Thank you all for the support!
@victorsixtythree 2 жыл бұрын
Haha - that accent definitely sticks with you for a few days after seeing the movie (speaking from experience)!
@samantha_schmitt 2 жыл бұрын
❤️ Marge & Norm ❤️
@lordoftoxicity 2 жыл бұрын
When this came out I was 19, working at a Bar and we all watched it after hours and for the next month, everyone was talking in that accent and quoting lines
@marcossoriano8383 2 жыл бұрын
The one true detail is the most outrageous one, the body in the wood chipper.
@nickschnider9191 2 жыл бұрын
Lol the accent is not accurate for most of Minnesota but definitely exists, also goes into some of north Dakota as well.
@robincraft4682 2 жыл бұрын
Frances McDormand won a well deserved Oscar for her performance. You betcha!
@shanenolan8252 2 жыл бұрын
Ya . Lol first of two Oscars. ( you betca )
@mrkelso 2 жыл бұрын
@@shanenolan8252 Well, ya know, let's make that three, there.
@shanenolan8252 2 жыл бұрын
@@mrkelso lol mark
@Yora21 2 жыл бұрын
Yah...
@txlyons2937 2 жыл бұрын
@@Yora21 Oh yah.
@shiner6523 2 жыл бұрын
Having lunch with Mike broke the case wide open. After talking with her friend on the phone about Mike, you see a little light bulb go off when she’s having lunch at Arby’s. She realized someone could be lying to her face and she wouldn’t pick up on it. That made her second guess herself. That made her go back to the dealership to interview Jerry the second time.
@themourningstar338 2 жыл бұрын
This.
@docsender4579 2 жыл бұрын
Correct.
@marcuscato9083 2 жыл бұрын
Great comment. Well explained.
@ghostofyourmom 2 жыл бұрын
I just made a similar comment, but I think mine explains it a bit better. Find my comment!!!
@mapesdhs597 2 жыл бұрын
Hence the "true story" tag for the viewer at the beginning, the Coens are encouraging us to think about our own blind trust in such things we see, but also perhaps to consider why one would feel disappointed at finding out the events didn't happen; we ought to be happy it wasn't a true story, it doesn't detract from the quality of the film. Some have said the opening is just a dramatic device sometimes used in movies, but the Mike subplot makes me suspect it was a bit more than that, it was the Coens making the entire movie its own subplot in how we the viewers respond to what we're seeing. Maybe...
@conureron3792 2 жыл бұрын
Next up: No Country For Old Men?
@Slevencolevra 2 жыл бұрын
Fuck yeah
@bellicose4653 2 жыл бұрын
Old Country For No Men?
@conureron3792 2 жыл бұрын
@@bellicose4653 - I screwed up the name, ha! Corrected it
@ciao9149 2 жыл бұрын
Fuck yes
@samantha_schmitt 2 жыл бұрын
Coming soon!
@tomshea8382 2 жыл бұрын
One of the seven million reasons this is the best film of its generation is that the Hauptmanns, Norm's duck-stamp rivals, are a real pair of brothers. They're like the Babe Ruth of duck paintings
@johnnybags2324 2 жыл бұрын
Recently saw this on cbs “Sunday Morning” kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gsdjgZmo0NivkZs.html
@sabalos 2 жыл бұрын
Mike Yamagita is the spur for Marge to go back and talk to Jerry a second time. I think in the first interview, she had Jerry pegged as just a normal guy - a little nervous to be being asked questions by a police officer, but just a normal, good guy, middle class job etc. The Mike Yamagita incident makes her realise that even 'normal-looking', sympathetic people might just be lying. So she goes back to challenge him some more.
@steveshute3810 2 жыл бұрын
Frances McDormand knocked it out of the park - one of the greatest character portrayals in film history. She totally deserved the Oscar for this. The thing that always cracks me up is that she cracks this heinous crime, and her conversations at home are all about 3 cent stamps, hahahaha!
@mdiddio Жыл бұрын
Exactly. She was by far the smartest character in the movie, for sure. Her handling of the initial homicide scene was so well written. The juxtaposition of it with how everyday Jane and nice she was what made it beyond brilliant.
@sunnyjim1355 Жыл бұрын
"..one of the greatest character portrayals in film history". 😂 Steady on now.... and go and watch more film, from the past. 🤣
@SorendeSelbyBowen 7 ай бұрын
@@sunnyjim1355 I've watched many of the classic films of the past, and "one of the greatest character portrayals in film history" is exactly right, and your "steady now" comment is, you know, condescending and exactly wrong. Cheers.
@Cinerary 2 жыл бұрын
Margies husband plays one of the prime suspects in Zodiac. Crazy how he can be so menacing in one and so lovable in the other.
@dude-man Жыл бұрын
He was also Drew Carey's gay brother that dated Mimi 🤢
@alistairkentucky-david9344 2 жыл бұрын
I think the point of the Mike story was that she was initially so trusting of everyone and Jerry, but being mugged by reality with Mike’s lies, she was prompted to explore her lingering doubt and discomfort with Jerry, thus going back to investigate further.
@ShortyLongstrokin 2 жыл бұрын
That's exactly it. The Coen Brothers even said so in later interviews because so many people were confused about the whole Mike Yamagita side story.
@pigpiggypigbigpig681 2 жыл бұрын
And also why the movie lies to you in the beginning of this being a True Story. The movie lies to you. It's up to you figure out you just can't trust something on face value.
@lizmil 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, and it also shows How’s Marge’s humanity, how she empathizes with Mike so much as he tells his sob story.
@RottenDoctorGonzo 2 жыл бұрын
And she was tempted to cheat on her husband.
@pigpiggypigbigpig681 2 жыл бұрын
@@RottenDoctorGonzo Agreed! She was certainly being dishonest with her husband, that much is obvious, but I don’t think she was planning on cheating on him. She obviously hid from her husband that she was meeting another man for dinner. I think she was teasing, or flirting, with the idea of cheating without any intention of follow through. Fargo is way more realistic in that even pure people like Marge are susceptible.
@Slevencolevra 2 жыл бұрын
"No country For old men" on a list? Probably one of the best villians in movie history. 🎥
@Madbandit77 2 жыл бұрын
Javier Bardem is brilliant in that.
@mynameisnotearl4383 2 жыл бұрын
I prefer the comedy coen bros movies like this, big Lebowski and burn after reading.
@SouthernAssault 2 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest movies ever!!!
@monsteras90 2 жыл бұрын
Anton Chigurh! "Call it... Just call it!"
@MrMuzj 2 жыл бұрын
@@monsteras90 You've been putting it up your whole life, you just didn't know it.
@thunderstruck5484 2 жыл бұрын
I always laugh when Jerry goes to Wade’s office and doesn’t even have a place to sit down because of how the furniture is arranged, no respect whatsoever haha classic!
@macjack5978 2 жыл бұрын
Fargo reaction... Oh you betcha, yay!
@TBRSchmitt 2 жыл бұрын
oh geez.. you betcha!
@peterretep4009 2 жыл бұрын
The fact that she was so completely misled by Mike, helped her reconsider initially believing Jerry. So that aspect of the movie might indeed be the least relevant, but it still serves a purpose (incl helping show that Marge is an amazing cop, but not completely flawless).
@rodchavoya 2 жыл бұрын
WOW!!! I've watched this movie so many times, and never picked up on that! I use Mike Yanagita's "you're a superlady" all the time
@jrdrury0879 2 жыл бұрын
Also this is Margie's morality test. The entire film is about bad decisions snowballing. She learns later Mike is an absolute creep. If she had made a different decision with Mike, her entire life would have fallen apart, including the perfect relationship with Norm. Goodness is in the simple joys of life.
@googlesucks2449 2 жыл бұрын
@@rodchavoya "I always liked you SO MUCH!".
@originalhgc 2 жыл бұрын
@@jrdrury0879 I don't think Margie was ever interested in Mike in high school, or ever. Can you imagine he was any smoother as a teenager than he is as an cripplingly awkward adult?
@NYC_Goody Жыл бұрын
An amazing cop that's a complete naive dunce loll. Guess it's just leaning into that Minnesota stereotype heavy "everyone's too nice"
@Gengrel 2 жыл бұрын
Since you mentioned seeing Steve in The Big Lebowski you should recognize his partner Peter Stormare. He was the leader of the Nihilists in the movie. The 'friend' of Bunny and sometime cable repairman.
@TheJoujou5555 2 жыл бұрын
And pretty much every villain that had have foreign accent since the 90's, Stormare... My favorite is Dino Velvet from 8mm...
@hannahl8 2 жыл бұрын
I thought for sure they'd recognize him! Great actor.
@Scott_Forsell 2 жыл бұрын
Aimee Mann as the woman who gave up her toe. And they were eating at a "pancakes haus". Lol
@TheJoujou5555 2 жыл бұрын
I bet that Log Jammin' is a beautiful movie...
@JPDillon 2 жыл бұрын
@@TheJoujou5555 And don't forget those awesome VW "Un-Pimp my ride" commercials! Oh, Schnapp!
@poiballs425 2 жыл бұрын
haha, based on a true story...ultimate troll by the cohen brothers.....the part of mike was put in there to remind marge that what people say might not be truthful. she went directly back to the dealership after that to question jerry again.
@LaCheeserie 10 ай бұрын
It took them years to come clean on that
@Col_Fragg 2 жыл бұрын
"Fargo" is fictional. The whole "true story" thing is a dramatic device. If the audience thinks they are watching a true story, it makes everything scarier. RE: Marge's lunch with Mike Yanagita, when Marge met with Jerry at the Dealership, Jerry seemed truthful and Marge accepted what he told her at face value. Likewise, when Marge had lunch with Mike, he seemed truthful and Marge accepted what he told her at face value. Upon learning that Mike had lied to her face, this caused Marge to think about her conversation with Jerry and influenced her to look deeper into the story he told her. It's subtle but it's a great scene to explain why Marge returns to the dealership after having received what seemed like satisfactory answers from Jerry. A lesser film would have hit the audience over the head with the significance of this scene.
@tomarnold7284 2 жыл бұрын
A lesser film would have show Marge explain to someone verbally why she returned to the dealership, or a flashback of Mike's conversation in black & white for the sake of reminder just in case viewers couldn't make the connection. It's a way to show the Coens respect the audiences of their intelligence.
@Col_Fragg 2 жыл бұрын
@@tomarnold7284 Well, yeah, that's what I said.
@MST3Killa 2 жыл бұрын
While that may be the case according to directors or producers or something (though I've never heard them say it, but I don't know)... I've seen Fargo probably 50 times over my life and I've never felt Marge accepted what Jerry told her at face value. That seems very out of character for her considering she's so damn good at her job when piecing together clues and such. It would be a pretty huge gap in her police work if she simply took people she's interviewing at face value and I don't see why that would suddenly be the case here. Besides, Shep Proudfoot lies to her, she sees right through him. Jerry is just as evasive and sketchy... I find it really hard to believe she just goes along with it for no reason when she had just demonstrated she isn't easily susceptible to lies. Really what I see happen is she sees Shep as the prime suspect/accomplice and since they still couldn't place the car, she went back to the dealership to follow up since that was the only connection they had at that point. It was just by chance that Jerry was even more snippy with her and even at that point she lets him go out alone to do a lot check unaccompanied and is surprised to see him flee... which means she was again willing to 'go along' with what he was saying. So...this whole "The scene with mike shows Marge that people will lie" etc etc... I just don't buy it.
@Hexon66 Жыл бұрын
@@Col_Fragg Yet neither of you two seem to possess the self-awareness to recognize the irony of opining that a "lesser film" would have overtly explained the scene.... while overtly explaining the scene.
@theaikidoka 2 жыл бұрын
Frances McDormand is fantastic in this (and indeed, many other roles). I think it's her subtler expressions that make it for me, when she talks to the other characters. Just little moves of the face that do so much to make you believe in Marge. Overall it's an amazing movie and you two covered it really well (sorry, but Sam's change in expression when Peter Stormare comes running up with his axe was hilarious. Never change Sam!).
@squ34ky 2 жыл бұрын
The beginning title card blatantly lied to you. This was **NOT** a true story. If you watch the end credits until the very end, it says that this movie was entirely fictional.
@desireetaylor7015 2 жыл бұрын
Yes....It's not a true story.
@bunpeishiratori5849 2 жыл бұрын
It was truly "a story".
@mapesdhs597 2 жыл бұрын
Many people here have commented on the importance of the Mike subplot in helping Margie realise that people can convincingly lie, and hence it was worth her going back to Jerry. And *that* is why the movie begins with the "true story" tag, to show the audience how *they* can be likewise so trusting of some simple words on a cinema screen. Consider how this modifies viewer reactions as each scene unfolds, and note how people react when they find out it's not a true story: they are usually upset or disappointed (TBR's pinned comment literally cites this), but why?? Surely they should be happy that these horrible events didn't happen? In which case, what does this say about how we the viewer find entertainment value from these kinds of stories? Note that Sam said several times she loved the movie. It is indeed a very well made film, one of my favourites too. All of which proves that it is possible to portray terrible things with supreme artistic skill, to show horror in a beautiful way, as it were. As a sideways example, imagine if the movie "Seven" was infact based on true events (or had initially claimed it was); would that make it a 'better' movie in the minds of viewers? One would hope not, given the quite horrendous nature of the depicted events, yet comments here suggest people would have 'enjoyed' it more (I use the word loosely) if "Seven" was based on real events. We need to ask ourselves how we can be convinced to react this way, because it surely isn't healthy. We should not, in the name of artistic quality, be expressing a preference for bad things to be taking place just for our own entertainment. I think that's why the Coens did it, to encourage the audience to not just consider how they were so blindly trusting of words on a screen (as Margie initially was of Mike's words), but also the fact that as a viewing experience people literally express a preference for the events to have been real rather than fictional, which is kinda messed up when you think about it...
@bamabluesman 2 жыл бұрын
The only true story was that a car salesman pulled the 'undercoat' thing that happened to them when someone bought a car from what I hear.
@SouthDakotaFacts Жыл бұрын
Your right. Shit like that could only happen in South Dakota
@potterj09 2 жыл бұрын
Hahaha the fact TBR knows the term lot lizard had me in stitches. He reminds me of some of my friends who seem all well spoken, all working respectable professional and managerial jobs, but we all still have abit of a "where we grew up" street vernacular.
@zackcross7190 2 жыл бұрын
The opening scene in the bar is a good hint as to how badly the plan was gonna fall apart.
@matthewdelaney6826 2 жыл бұрын
This is why I like movie reactions. I wish I could watch Fargo again for the first time, it’s so good!
@kschneyer 2 жыл бұрын
Literally today, the author Adam-Troy Castro summed up Fargo this way: “FARGO, the (claimed) true-crime nightmare that pits monsters with no regard for human life against an unassuming lady sheriff who happened to be pure life force.” I think “pure life force” is the best possible description of Margie.
@trhansen3244 2 жыл бұрын
It's not a true story, though.
@peterolbrisch8970 8 ай бұрын
Every video of a drunk girl getting arrested for DUI uses the word "literally." And your comment will age badly because it will no longer be " literally" today. 🙄
@kschneyer 8 ай бұрын
@@peterolbrisch8970 I was commenting on the coincidence between my happening to watch this reaction on the same day Castro made his independent comment elsewhere. “Literally,” in that context, serves me well.
@peterolbrisch8970 8 ай бұрын
@@kschneyer Not when you sound like a girl being busted for DUI. Watch enough of those videos and you won't be using that word anymore.
@BullyoTook 2 жыл бұрын
Raising Arizona is my favorite. Not quite as serious as Fargo, but way more fun imo.
@milostewart8738 2 жыл бұрын
Yes!! Sooo funny
@thething1710 2 жыл бұрын
Son, you got a panty on your head...
@stobe187 2 жыл бұрын
Raising Arizona is like a live-action cartoon, so fun
@TTM9691 2 жыл бұрын
definitely Raising Arizona is one of their greatest
@AutoPilate 2 жыл бұрын
Unless round is funny.
@kristin1533 Жыл бұрын
Huge props to Frances McDormand ! Loved the character Marge and how FM played her.
@JordanOrlando 2 жыл бұрын
William H. Macy talks (on the disc special features) about how aggressively he campaigned the Coens to get the part - when he read it, he knew it was the role of a lifetime.
@laudanum669 2 жыл бұрын
Growing up in Minnesota there are so many little things that are part of the past in this movie. The TV show Jerry's wife was watching was a real show. Also Bill Deil at Twin City Federal Bank was the biggest banker at the time.
@hartspot009 2 жыл бұрын
Frances is by far one of the best actresses of this generation. Also married to one of the Coens (cant remember which) PRISONERS is one of the best crime thrillers in recent memory, yet snuck under the radar. 10/ 10
@Purple_Buffalo 2 жыл бұрын
My cousins, aunts and uncles are from Owatana and YES! THIS. ACCENT. IS. ACCURATE! My Uncle and Cousins also worked at a car dealership! We would evem trip up to Brainard every summer, so when this film came out, it hit EXTREMLEY close to home. HaHa! Great reaction guys! Another PERFECT Cohen Bros film.......Please do RAISING ARIZONA next!
@TTM9691 2 жыл бұрын
YES! RAISING ARIZONA! they will LOVE that movie!
@tjchesney4997 2 жыл бұрын
This is not a true story. Great film, just not true. Loving your channel. The Marge and Norm of KZfaq! Sweet couple...
@samantha_schmitt 2 жыл бұрын
The greatest compliment! 🥰
@TBRSchmitt 2 жыл бұрын
So rough to find out the truth! Awesome! Haha thank you so much for the kind words and the honor!
@Anthony-kw4en 2 жыл бұрын
"Minnesota nice is a cultural stereotype applied to the behavior of people from the Midwest, implying residents are unusually courteous, reserved, mild-mannered and passive-aggressive."
@jamesmarjan5481 2 жыл бұрын
Tge actor who plays Jerry said this was his favorite role. He knew exactly how to play this guy. He said he was born for that role.
@kalewis7735 2 жыл бұрын
Despite what the intro states, it's not actually based on a true story. Other than Fargo is a real place. It's a great movie. The woodchipper scene has become iconic.
@douglascampbell9809 2 жыл бұрын
Brainard is real as well. I live about 30 miles from there.
@Mr-gg8ek 2 жыл бұрын
The wood chipper scene is based on the murder of Helle Crafts who was murdered by her husband and whose remains were concealed via wood chipper. She was identified by less than one ounce of hair and bone gathered by Dr. Henry Lee.
@charlesbaldwin3166 2 жыл бұрын
@@douglascampbell9809 Minneapolis however is fake.
@Fritz0id 2 жыл бұрын
LOL… I was scrolling through the comments wondering if anyone had the heart to tell them
@trhansen3244 2 жыл бұрын
@@charlesbaldwin3166 I wish it were fake. Liberals have turned the Twin Cities into the biggest sh*thole. Used to be a beautiful city. Thanks again, liberals!
@musiclistsareus1029 2 жыл бұрын
You really need to watch the TV show Fargo. It is tangentially connected to the movie and it is great. The creep who lied about being married and having his wife die of cancer made Marge reconsider whether what Jerry said was true; if one guy can lie, maybe the other guy was lying too.
@DAS_k1ishEe 2 жыл бұрын
I didn't watch Season 4. Season 1 was excellent but downhill from there for me. Did Season 4 turn out to be better?
@KlooKloo 2 жыл бұрын
@@DAS_k1ishEe Season 2 was even better than 1, which also ruled.
@AlexTheCynic 2 жыл бұрын
They just need to watch season 1.
@DAS_k1ishEe 2 жыл бұрын
@@KlooKloo Nah, the shit started creeping in at that point.
@killingmewillnotbringbacky9177 2 жыл бұрын
@@KlooKloo i tried watching season 2 but after that great first episode it was just dry as a dog turd for a long stretch. Season 1 started slow but got better as it went. I assume season 2 gets better, but man, it's a disappointment that Culkin's character was axed immediately because he was the best performance in the show. Although Dunst was pretty good too.
@francischainsawgremp 2 жыл бұрын
My all time favorite movie. Even went out of my way to restore a couple sun damaged fargo snow globes that came with the VHS special edition off of eBay (the turned over car scene and the wood chipper scene). Someone did a great write up about the importance of Mike Yanagita. Essentially his lie caused trusting Marge to go back and investigate Jerry again. If Mike could lie so convincingly about that then why wouldn't Jerry lie? Seems like a random sub plot but it's very important to Marge's story. Beautiful film! Great video, Thanks!
@arconeagain 2 жыл бұрын
The end scene with him screaming like a trapped, wild animal is a nice touch, very realistic. The score in this is quite good too. So you haven't done Raising Arizona? I thought you did.
@brucebieberly4166 2 жыл бұрын
I think it's a safe bet that Jerry will not do well in prison.
@arconeagain 2 жыл бұрын
@@brucebieberly4166 ha ha, no! He'd be the prison pet.
@emmab5370 Жыл бұрын
Yes - the contrast with the 'Minnesota nice' demeanor he has for the rest of the movie. It's like, this is the one time we get a true look at what's underneath all the politeness - and it's... that.
@markmurphy558 Жыл бұрын
Sorry to say, it was not based on a true story. The Corn brothers lied.
@arconeagain Жыл бұрын
@@markmurphy558 when did I say it was based on a true story, or that I believed it to be based on a true story because of the intro? I'm more than familiar with their work, and have watched this film several times. It did not take me long to figure out for myself, that this is not true, that their intro was rather tongue in cheek.
@shanenolan8252 2 жыл бұрын
Hope samantha enjoyed her breakfast.. oh i highly recommend millers crossing. ( crime movie set in prohibition Irish vs Italian mafia) ( coan bros ) lots of the usual coan brothers cast ( including frances mcdormand, well she has a cameo) gabriel Byrne. Stars ( 20s 30s )
@magnusengeseth5060 2 жыл бұрын
Seconding the rec for Miller's Crossing. For some reason it does not seem to be as well remembered as some of the other Cohen brothers movies, but in my opinion it's one of their best.
@shanenolan8252 2 жыл бұрын
@@magnusengeseth5060 agreed completely Magnus. ( not sure why ) it was the one that made them famous. Or their first hit movie
@erikjohnson3859 2 жыл бұрын
Im from Northern Minnesota, couple hours from Canada, and I can tell you the accent isnt very far off. You betcha.
@RussellCHall 2 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah?
@TBRSchmitt 2 жыл бұрын
@@RussellCHall yeah!
@jefmay3053 2 жыл бұрын
You two are my Margie n Norm :-)
@samantha_schmitt 2 жыл бұрын
Maybe the nicest thing anyone has ever said to us! ❤️
@TBRSchmitt 2 жыл бұрын
Wow... that may be the greatest honor we have ever received!
@hannahl8 2 жыл бұрын
Excellent! I hope Blood Simple is on your list. It's the Coen bros directorial debut & Frances McDormand's first movie. A great & underrated film. Nice to know Sam is a true crime lover like me!
@lilyl8014 2 жыл бұрын
Yes!!! Everyone forgets about that movie, but it's amazing.
@TTM9691 2 жыл бұрын
blood simple is fantastic, one of their greatest. their first two films have only been surpassed by Fargo, imo. and all three have similarities. Love Blood Simple
@bunpeishiratori5849 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, Blood Simple was great. There are only about six characters, so the plot is simple enough to follow. But at every moment, you have to think what the other person thinks is happening. All the characters have different interpretations of what's going on, and that helps things spiral out of control. Great flick.
@sirrobin4394 2 жыл бұрын
William H Macy in an interview said he wanted that role bad, and he had to kind of fight to get the part. It's a cool little story.
@donreid6399 2 жыл бұрын
This film was SOO good. The accents...the Minnesota feel...and I adore Margie! :)
@NoelMcGinnis 2 жыл бұрын
I saw this movie about three weeks after it was released. I guess I’m one of those people who doesn’t believe it when everyone goes crazy about a movie. So I resisted. But I managed to see it before it ended it’s initial run. I was shocked at just how amazing it really was. This is the movie that changed my thinking about rejecting a movie just because everyone else seemed to say it was great. Now, if a movie makes waves and seems to generate a huge buzz (or a series) I pay a little more attention. Hence, when Squid Game came out, and my instincts said “nope”, I ignored it… and both this movie and Squid Game both turned out to be absolutely AMAZING, I no longer deny simply because the masses say something is amazing. I love this movie. It’s one of my top ten movies. And of course, Squid Game is one of my all time favorite series. Good lord… how in the hell did I just make an analogy between Fargo and Squid Game…. It’s embarrassing. But they are both just SO good.
@TimDownsAnimation 2 жыл бұрын
There's a lot of Coen Bros films I think you'd love! They can be both hilarious and disturbing, but always so creative and well executed. I think Raising Arizona is kind of an underrated gem of theirs, really quirky and silly.
@luckymustard 2 жыл бұрын
Raising Arizona is my favorite Coen Brothers movie, and in my top 3 of comedy films off all time.
@TimDownsAnimation 2 жыл бұрын
@@luckymustard “okay then!” 🤠
@fad2679 2 жыл бұрын
Notice at 7:13 they didn't even provide him with a seat, just highlighted how no one respects Jerry. I love those little details in this film.
@levenkay4468 2 жыл бұрын
You didn't touch on one of the charmingly incongruous scenes that I particularly liked: the one where the person helping out the deputy with a tip about the funny looking guy who boasted about having killed someone. After delivering his tip, the citizen, dressed in a fur-lined snow parka about eight inches thick scanned the sky and remarked that it seemed to him that it was likely to "turn cold soon"...
@blopblop7311 2 жыл бұрын
You guys really really need to do the show Fargo. It is absolutely fantastic, every season is a different story and time period, well acted, well written, amazing casts. Well worth a deep dive. I’ve rewatched every season a couple times already
@tidepride86 Жыл бұрын
I couldn't live in a place like that. Could you imagine having to shovel snow every morning THEN go to work? What a pain in the arse!
@FireMunki63 2 жыл бұрын
Never change guys, I love the way you interact without overtalking each other. Everything is just so relaxed. When I see a new TBR video I go straight there and always enjoy it
@gsparkman 2 жыл бұрын
Me too. These two are so adorable.
@JackOiswatching 2 жыл бұрын
"Just shoot first, dontcha know!" got an actual, prolonged LOL from me, great work!
@paulklenknyc 2 жыл бұрын
Also, I LOVE you guys! Please watch some Woody Allen -- Radio Days and The Purple Rose of Cairo are both sweet, smart, and very "Woody Allen" without the uptight NYC vibe. Also, Crimes and Misdemeanors, and Hannah and Her Sisters are good choices after one of the first two.
@otisroseboro5613 2 жыл бұрын
Everyone in this movie should have won an award's, Best performances
@paulklenknyc 2 жыл бұрын
The tiny King of Hearts bar in the beginning was a location shot in Minneapolis, just over the Hennepin bridge, north of “downtown.” It occupied a sliver of a triangle block at an intersection. I doubt it’s still there.
@BattleMatt 2 жыл бұрын
Peter Stormare is a brilliant and underrated actor. Every film he's in he puts you on edge, especially as Satan in Constantine.
@vincegamer 2 жыл бұрын
Yes. Best serious Satan ever. (best humorous Satan being Peter Cook in Bedazzled)
@TTM9691 2 жыл бұрын
i always knew you would love this movie!!!!! the other two Coen Brothers movies that are most like this are their first two: Raising Arizona and Blood Simple. You will.LOVE those. Burn After Reading, also. Frances Mc Dormand is in all three! Raising Arizona you will especially love!
@bluegypsy71 2 жыл бұрын
😅🦎When you said “lot lizard” I cracked up, haven’t heard someone say it in years and it was so spot on😅🦎
@dolphenwulf2431 Жыл бұрын
You have to love how Norm and Mage love each other.
@charlesdrake3125 2 жыл бұрын
The Cohen's did a Western anthology film for Netflix a few years back, The Ballad of Buster Shrugs that I thought was excellent but for some reason was slept on. If you like their work, I recommend it. They are definitely genius level filmmakers.
@billhicks6449 2 жыл бұрын
Coen.
@charlesdrake3125 2 жыл бұрын
@@billhicks6449 my bad lol
@Madbandit77 2 жыл бұрын
"Scruggs" is an odd yet interesting duck of a film.
@yup486 2 жыл бұрын
It suffered from the same problem as most anthology films. Namely some of the sections were great, some weren't.
@charlesdrake3125 2 жыл бұрын
@@yup486 which one's weren't great? I have my faves but thought all of them were well done.
@roberthasse7862 Жыл бұрын
Recently (yesterday) discovered your show, and I've now seen several of your review! It's great to see y'all watching really cool movies, so many from before your time! (I saw this one in the theater when it came out.) That said, FYI: One of the jokes pulled by the Coen Brothers on this one was that it was a scrupulous retelling of a true story. Macy asked to see more background on the actual case. They told him that they'd completely made it up. Macy said that they couldn't do that, to which they responded that of course they could. It was a movie!
@lt.spears1889 Жыл бұрын
This was shot 5 Miles from my home in Northern Minnesota, and yes we talk like that
@lizd2943 2 жыл бұрын
Jerry was definitely always planning for $1 million. The deal he was hoping to get from his father in law would require $750,000 so he probably figured a round number would sound better. If he told the kidnappers the real figure they would want half so that way he gets almost all of it and can do his parking lot thing. But he never once thought about his son. Or about the questions that would be asked about where he got the money right after his very controlling father in law turned him down.
@rerushed8629 2 жыл бұрын
It's not a true story. Totally from the imagination of the Coen Brothers.
@STOCKHOLM07 2 жыл бұрын
New viewers are never going to stop falling for that.
@daveseesmovies 2 жыл бұрын
Just like when I saw it in theaters, ha
@victorsixtythree 2 жыл бұрын
@@STOCKHOLM07 I was certainly fooled the first time I saw it. I have seen one KZfaq reactor who was immediately suspicious - but who knows what's real when we're talking about KZfaq videos (just like when we're talking about Coen Brothers movies)?
@rerushed8629 2 жыл бұрын
@Brad1980 Too many conflicting stories to make that claim. Joel Coen said, "The story was completely made up. Or, as we like to say, the only thing true about it is that it's a story."
@Palmieres 2 жыл бұрын
According to the Cohens there is truth to the story, but it's the part about the guy paying extra for the treatment on the car at the dealership.
@hurricane1951 2 жыл бұрын
Frances McDormand has won FOUR Academy Awards. "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri" (2017)" is one of them (which also won for Best Picture and a slew of others) and is another Coen Brothers masterpiece, and she produces a totally different role.. Truly excellent, but I think the title keeps people away from reacting to it.
@Solodice 2 жыл бұрын
Martin McDonagh directed Three Billboards not the Coen Brothers.
@Scott_Forsell 2 жыл бұрын
Three Billboards should get added to the drama Patreon poll. A damn fine movie.
@michaeljames6817 2 жыл бұрын
@@Solodice Martin McDonagh movies would all make for great reactions.
@hurricane1951 2 жыл бұрын
@@Solodice Wow! I made a big mistake on that one.
@TTM9691 2 жыл бұрын
there is only one actor with four Oscars: Katharine Hepburn. EDIT: ah, I see, she has a fourth Oscar for production.
@ElaMongrella Жыл бұрын
The way Gaear reacted to that soap opera scene on TV showed that he does have some sympathy or maybe even respect for pregnant people. That's why he ran away, instead of just trying to kill Marge.
@Erixon55 2 жыл бұрын
Believing it’s a true story the first time around is all part of the experience of the movie 👍✌️
@trhansen3244 2 жыл бұрын
I knew it was fake. I grew up here. This story would have been all over the place. Today, we have BLM and liberals making the movie Fargo look like a folk dance.
@Erixon55 2 жыл бұрын
@@trhansen3244 I’m from MN too, and we don’t look kindly on you right wing cult members, dontcha know?
@trhansen3244 2 жыл бұрын
@@Erixon55 I know. You are allergic to civility. It's the one thing liberals can't stand. That and bathing.
@walterpanovs 2 жыл бұрын
Not really a "true story" in the strictest sense. It's just the Coens having some fun with us and using the "true story" idea to give them the liberty to create interesting/unusual scenes and dialogue that would be believed. I think there was a vaguely similar case somewhere but all the details and characters were made up by the brothers. Oscars for the script and Frances McDormand. Nominations for Macy, the film, the direction, cinematography, and the editing. Made the list at #84 of AFI's 100 Greatest Movies.
@cavalryscout9519 2 жыл бұрын
You guys would like the Fargo series as well. Each season is it's own story, but they are all in the same universe as the movie Fargo (and the Big Lebowski). Everyone has their favorite characters and seasons for the series, but they're all good. IMO, the 2nd season of Fargo might be the best season of anything on TV.
@PrimitiveFilmGroup 2 жыл бұрын
*Jerry Maguire* (1996) *Vanilla Sky* (2001) Both great films with Tom Cruise and directed by Cameron Crowe.
@kennethwilliams7731 2 жыл бұрын
saying! Actress that plays Marge is married to one of the Cohen brothers. She also stars in a terrific film that won an Oscar a few years back. It's called SEVEN BILLBOARDS! It's about her daughter being murdered and her paying for seven billboards that are at the entrance to her town,where she is questioning the local police departments incompetence and inaction on solving her daughter's murder. It is an excellent film and I'm certain you guys will enjoy it throughly!
@tomshea8382 2 жыл бұрын
Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing Missouri. She also won for Nomadland two years ago.
@mattman427 2 жыл бұрын
Mike's lie is what made her realize that she had to go back and talk to Jerry again.
@MST3Killa 2 жыл бұрын
Not sure why THAT would be the reason since, you know, they had the info on Shep Proudfoot, the kidnappers called the dealership, and Jerry was clearly extremely uncomfortable and Margie picked up on that. Maybe the Cohens said this but honestly, it doesn't do Margie much justice given how good she is at her job in general that she would need to be lied to like that to go back to Jerry.
@Scott_Forsell 2 жыл бұрын
S1 of Fargo the series is exceptionally great TV. Great acting and a great story and very crisp writing. Martin Freeman and Billy Bob Thornton are exceptional, and the rest of the cast nail it too. Top notch stuff, better than 99% of stuff you've seen. Really sharp writing. An all-time fave. Season 2 is pretty damn good. Kirsten Dunst nails the accent and the deer in the headlights vibe. Not as good as S1, but damned good.
@ayearinthelifeofanxietyjoe4413 2 жыл бұрын
Any idea where I can find the Series? Netflix?
@blopblop7311 2 жыл бұрын
@@ayearinthelifeofanxietyjoe4413 all the seasons are on Hulu, or you’d have to pay for it on Apple TV
@bunpeishiratori5849 2 жыл бұрын
@@ayearinthelifeofanxietyjoe4413 I just watched the first three seasons of Fargo. Got them from the local library. Easy peasy. Might be an option you didn't consider.
@fyleth7703 2 жыл бұрын
So glad, you enjoyed it that much! 😀 The Fargos series at this point is a must! I could bet a million you'd love it! 🙌
@goosefukulardeath7300 2 жыл бұрын
If anyone gets the reference , Mike Yanagita does a cameo in a Venture Bros episode . Can’t remember what the title was, but it’s the episode where Doc Venture attends the funeral of an old creepy college roommate named Mike and he’s voiced by the same actor in Fargo
@9876babyboy 2 жыл бұрын
William H. Macy plays his role to perfection...a guy who keeps digging himself deeper and deeper and his desperation jumps off the screen. Excellent writing and the acting is spot on..love it🤎
@TBRSchmitt 2 жыл бұрын
He was so good! Making it so easy to hate him lol
@_Some_Guy_ 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome movie and reaction! Just look at the other movies on the poll that this movie won. That's a testament to this movies greatness. Also, season 1 of the Fargo TV show is well worth watching!
@CathleenMJennings80 2 жыл бұрын
I'm so sorry but i just had to LOL when you said, at the end, when discussing how it was a true story: "You just can't write this!" haha
@jacobjones5269 2 жыл бұрын
Shawshank and this one are always fun reactions for me because I had no clue about either film when I saw them too.. Shawshank at the theatre with a couple friends, and this one on pay per view in my hotel room when I had been on the road for 6 months.. Funny thing is, I bought it and watched it again right afterwards.. lol..
@milostewart8738 2 жыл бұрын
OH!! Also, I’ve suggested that you two watch the movie Primal Fear because I know you will love it and I just remembered that the actress who plays Marge is in it along with Edward Norton. It isn’t a true story, but it is a crime/thriller movie. More incentive to watch it!! 😁😁
@peteyn.y.7960 2 жыл бұрын
Great Movie! 😎🍿
@TBRSchmitt 2 жыл бұрын
Primal Fear is coming soon!
@milostewart8738 2 жыл бұрын
@@TBRSchmitt yessss!!!! 😁😁
@scottjo63 2 жыл бұрын
If you notice Steve Buscemi did a lot of talking in this movie, hence in The Great Lebowski the running joke of John Goodman's "Shut the fuck up Donnie" was born.
@eschiedler 2 жыл бұрын
Hah hah. In slo-motion, when Norm shoots Steve Buscemi, he "misses" wildly but with a nice gunshot flame, then in the next frame the makeup is applied to create a bullet graze wound on Buscemi's face and he puts a hand to his face already covered in blood before it touches his wound. It works really well at full speed.
@tfpp1 2 жыл бұрын
Your Patreon poll is very good. All those movies (except maybe Natural Born Killers) is excellent. Looking forward to whenever you get around to ALL of those movies.
@FullMetalB 2 жыл бұрын
Just to double down on another comment, the fargo TV show is definitely something to get to if your ever looking at new shows! Each season is its own thing and the first and (especially) the second season are up there with the first season of true detective for me.
@marcuscato9083 2 жыл бұрын
Agreed. Just saw the first season a few weeks ago. Highly recommended. Also a couple interesting tie-ins with the universe of the film.
@kevinsmith4429 2 жыл бұрын
Agree on the 2 'nd show,freaking brilliant! A life or death struggle interrupted by a UFO! REALLY did love Billie Bob Thornton in the 1'st one.
@MrMuzj 2 жыл бұрын
One of the best drama shows of all time in my opinion. I really love the anthology style. I think each season has its own highlights and I don't think any of them have been a "dud". Season 5 will hopefully be as good when that gets released too.
@michaeljames6817 2 жыл бұрын
3rd season is pretty good too. 4th season is awful.
@kevinsmith4429 2 жыл бұрын
@@michaeljames6817 THANK YOU. Not sure Chris Rock was the guy for that show. Hard to believe a man that funny could be a bad guy,I didn't I will say,the neighborhood they film the home scenes in is one of the oldest in the Chi.I lived there( Tinley Park)They totally renovated like 3 blocks out of about 50 & did all the filming there. I was amazed at how beautiful the homes were. Sure wish they looked like that when I was there.
@NoerLuin 2 жыл бұрын
The TV series is absolutely amazing as well. It really ups the ante with the additional time it has.
@fakecubed 8 ай бұрын
I prefer the TV series to the movie. There's more time to see the characters interacting. More time for crazy fiascos to develop and the consequences to flow from.
@Pengi_SMILES 2 жыл бұрын
Marge is probably the most competent cop in film history- she's just excellent at her job without bring the usual Mary Sue phenom you often get in films. And Frances McDormand is excellent as always. Love this film.
@Arkens 2 жыл бұрын
I loved your reaction. Fargo has to be one of my favorite movies of all time. Also fun trivia - one of the actors in the movie that Grimsrud was watching in the hideout, was Bruce Campbell ;)
@milostewart8738 2 жыл бұрын
Raising Arizona. That’s my favorite Cohen brothers film right next to Fargo. Raising Arizona is a super fun good time!! Also, Marge Gunderson was one of my Halloween costumes in 2009 and also in 2016 when I was really pregnant with my daughter. 🤣🤣
@TTM9691 2 жыл бұрын
agreed.
@tomj.7599 2 жыл бұрын
Fargo TV series season 1 is a masterpiece. You need to see it!!!
@DIDDLOTIC 2 жыл бұрын
This is in my top 5 movies for sure. OH YAH? YAH. YOU BETCHA.
@michaeljames6817 2 жыл бұрын
The crazy kidnapper kinda reminds me of Waingrow from Heat. I guess when you're dealing with professional criminals you're just gonna get some guys like that.
@imjonathan6745 2 ай бұрын
he looks like the love child of Till lindemann and Ryan gosling
@BigPete44 2 жыл бұрын
This is a classic! Have you guys seen *”NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN” From (2007)?* Another Coen Brothers Masterpiece! 🔥🍿
@samantha_schmitt 2 жыл бұрын
Coming soon!
@BigPete44 2 жыл бұрын
@@samantha_schmitt Ok! Thanks Samantha!
@mikethemotormouth 2 жыл бұрын
Wow some people just pay no attention at all, huh? 😂
@batmanvsjoker7725 2 жыл бұрын
Steve Buscemi talking a lot in this movie is the reason why they had him being told to shut up a lot in The Big Lebowski
@Bunke09 2 жыл бұрын
Quentin did him as well by making him a waiter in Pulp Fiction after making him complain about tipping your waitress in Resevoir Dogs.
@lalalarose8197 2 жыл бұрын
Inside Llewyn Davis is my second favorite Coen bros film. I don’t know, the folk scene of sixties New York really appealed to me.
@evelynne2846 2 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite movies. Went from comedy to drama fast. Frances McDormand won best actress Oscar for this role. Another movie that she won an Oscar for is Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri...... total drama. Directed by Martin McDonagh reminded me so much of the Coen brothers I thought they actually directed it. Excellent movie. Also acting in it was Peter Dinklage (Tyrion- small part), Woody Harrelson and Sam Rockwell. Both Woody and Sam were nominated for best supporting actor Oscar but Rockwell won it. Thank you for reacting to Fargo.
@mobilemechanics6565 2 жыл бұрын
I'm in the mood for a Minnesota accent
@TBRSchmitt 2 жыл бұрын
same
@123haninhk 2 жыл бұрын
I hope you'd continue with the television show Fargo! It's perfect. Like, Karate Kid and Cobra Kai, the Fargo franchise will surprise you often. Although each season is different, it still connects with all the seasons and the movie.
@johnw8578 2 жыл бұрын
Yes!
@michaelaldan4354 2 жыл бұрын
I went to NJ on holiday (im from South Africa)...and stayed with a family in Bud Lake,...they asked me if I like the US and the town and I responded "Ya Darn tootin'.. well...the look i got...lol...we all laughed about it...
@mhlevy 2 жыл бұрын
One of the GREATEST Coen brothers movies is "Raising Arizona," which is absolutely amazing and one of their very best!
@conureron3792 2 жыл бұрын
Got some great movies on the poll: need to do Momento - so unique in its construction. And The Usual Suspects. Plus, No Country For Old Men - it’s a must!
@toodlescae 2 жыл бұрын
Everyone is a Marge stan. 😁
@theytstowaway1483 2 жыл бұрын
Watching this from Paris is always kind of cool. Your guys seem genuine in your reaction amid an overcrowded ‘reactions’ marketplace on YT
@davidwilkins5932 2 жыл бұрын
My first viewing of one of your reactions, and it’s a good one. Such a classic movie. The Coens did mess with our minds framing it as a true story. But it was fashioned from a couple of real crimes in the region that weren’t as extreme as the Fargo story. The Coens are from suburban Minneapolis, and their take on the region is wonderful. I’ve lived here for 30 years, and it’s always fun to absorb the details of Fargo, having been shot in the region. Having loved the movie so much, I couldn’t imagine a series doing it justice. But after putting it off for a while, I’ve really enjoyed it. They manage to include just enough of the flavor, including Coen sensibilities, that it’s a surprising winner. Don’t expect much in the way of story parallels, but more just the spirit of it. The Coens are executive producers. Each season is a different story with a different cast, but the vibe is consistent.
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