I Can't Believe I Forgot About The Big Lebowski When I Was Recording This Video.... That's My Favorite Coen Brothers Movie
@nopewmopan3 жыл бұрын
I gotta go with Fargo as my favorite of theirs. Frances McDormand is so good.
@TheGhost-rp3ko3 жыл бұрын
I recommend "Brother Where Art Thou" which is also been directed by the Coen Brothers
@Carandini3 жыл бұрын
You need to watch their gangster movie, 'Miller's Crossing.'
@kellynembhard88103 жыл бұрын
You will love William H. Macy in the Showtime series Shameless.
@governorboltz3 жыл бұрын
This, and Raising Arizona
@gggooding3 жыл бұрын
Legend/Rumor: the Coen brothers bet each other if they said a film was "based on a true story" (which it ain't) that they'd finally win an Oscar. Which they did.
@joconnell81453 жыл бұрын
It's not a true story as it is, but a culmination of several true events.
@pete_lind3 жыл бұрын
True part is that these type of crimes have happened in USA . They did win 3 oscars with , No country for old men .
@davidebele12843 жыл бұрын
@@joconnell8145 The disclaimer at the end clearly states that it is a work of fiction and any resemblance to ...
@garylee36853 жыл бұрын
@@joconnell8145 well, kidnappings happen and murders happen so yeah, a culmination of true events.
@CRAZYHORSE196820033 жыл бұрын
There were two different real life crimes that inspired Joel and Ethan Coen to write, direct, and produce Fargo the movie. Unlike in the movie, these real life cases weren’t connected in the slightest. The first was a man who defrauded the General Motors Finance Corporation. The second was a murder in Connecticut where a man killed his wife and disposed of her body in a wood chipper.
@gasperdn3 жыл бұрын
I believe the reason why Walter always was telling Donny to "Shut the Fuck up" in The Lebowski was because Steve Buscemi's character in Fargo would not stop talking so they made that the running joke in The Big Lebowski.
@silentandcliche3 жыл бұрын
Ha! I've never thought of that. Would be cool if it was true.
@AutoPilate3 жыл бұрын
He talked a lot in Miller’s Crossing too. The joke between the three movies is that he ends up in smaller and smaller pieces in each one. I can’t remember if he died in Barton Fink or not.
@tmpreardon42003 жыл бұрын
The Coen Brothers balance comedy and crime very well. Raising Arizona is one of their funniest.
@servantofmelian99663 жыл бұрын
We released ourselves on our own recognizance.
@madmammoth90223 жыл бұрын
It's genius how a movie can trick you into believing a story is real just by saying it is lol. Probably one of my favorite movies ever.
@krautgazer3 жыл бұрын
This is one of my 4 all-time favorite movies ever. It's just a perfect movie from beginning to end. To this day it's the only movie that I've watched 2 times back to back. It's interesting how some people get so serious watching this movie when it's basically a comedy. I laugh at almost every scene of this, lol.
@lizd29433 жыл бұрын
Oh yaaaahhh?
@donkfail13 жыл бұрын
Yea, but the Coens usually trolls the audience in some way in most movies. Their interviews before release are often funny to watch after you have watched the movie. They just lie and make things up. :D I never trust them.
@eldeano99643 жыл бұрын
A Japanese woman did think it was real, she went looking for the money and died.
@mohammedashian80943 жыл бұрын
When I watched it for the first time last week and I didn’t believe it was true because I already watched their later movies before Fargo and was familiar with their work so I knew it wasn’t true
@shainewhite27813 жыл бұрын
No, it's not based on a true story, but it's inspired by real events that happened it 1963 and 1987. The Coen Brothers were just messing with the Audience. Lol!
@tritiumH33 жыл бұрын
Oh the Coen brothers. They also claimed that "O Brother Where Art Thou" was based on the Odyssey.
@miou-miou-3 жыл бұрын
it did fool some woman from japan though, who went to look for that money and ended up dying.. or something like that, cant remember the details.
@herbyragan78013 жыл бұрын
@@tritiumH3 it was
@LordHoth_903 жыл бұрын
@@tritiumH3 it… it kinda was
@tritiumH33 жыл бұрын
@@herbyragan7801 only very vaguely. Joel Cohen later confessed to never actually reading The Odyssey
@reservoirdude923 жыл бұрын
Of the many things to praise Joel and Ethan Coen for, they've crafted some of the most truly evil antagonists in film.
@vinnygi3 жыл бұрын
And some of the most stupid…
@gluuuuue3 жыл бұрын
@@vinnygi, @Maurice Lee: I mean, apart from Peter Stormare's psycho killer character (which was great carryover to his character in Prison Break), what I find so engaging is how non-(overtly)-evil-more like just really greedy-and how plausibly ordinary mosta the rest of the characters are (and why the "based on a true story" claim was so believable): it's fictional crime that *feels* like reports you read of actual crimes. Jerry's character is probably most fascinating 'cause he's not at all hostile or super aggressive, really rather meek and milquetoast, yet his slimy, weasely, and half-assed incompetence sets the other characters on their paths, getting most of them and his own wife killed Then he just tries to run. Buscemi's char's personality is such a petty, penny-pinching tightwad, to a fault, that he snatches defeat from the jaws of just taking the cash and running. An' would Crazy Killer have that likely gotten caught had he not stuck around to intentionally feed Buscemi into the woodchipper?
@derickalsept3 жыл бұрын
I don't see if anyone posted the "Why Jerry needs the money" answer: We don't know why he did it, but the scene where GMAC calls asking for serial numbers to match for loans tells you that he forged financing paperwork to get the payment from the financing company. He's hatched the plot to kidnap his wife for ransom to cover his tracks. You're left to infer that he feels very inferior in his life, so he likely faked the financing to get the check so he could look like he was a successful car salesman...which he's not.
@diogenesagogo3 жыл бұрын
Basically his business was failing & he forged invoices for non-existent sales to try & keep it afloat. He got in deeper & deeper ... I suspect he was trying to impress his father-in -law with his business acumen (equally non-existent). A sad & pathetic individual.
@nicolewilliams34343 жыл бұрын
Exactly . Simple !!!!
@flibber1233 жыл бұрын
My thoughts on the money are that he wanted to do that $750k deal. He had little hope that his father in law would loan him the money. He scammed the 300k+ money with the car fraud thing, thinking the company auditors would just accept the partly smudged numbers and assume it was legit. Then he comes up with the kidnapping plan to get the remainder of what he needs. Everything starts unraveling though. The auditors know their job and he's going to get busted for fraud or embezzlement. His father in law is going to steal the big deal he was counting on. Then to make things really bad, his father in law won't let him take the money so Jerry never even gets to so much as touch the money. Jerry is as cold blooded as the psycho dude though. The proof is how he never thinks of his son's reaction until someone mentions him. Other people really mean nothing to him, even if they are his wife and son.
@santaonthecross3 жыл бұрын
Well said. Side note, GMAC does not fuck around when it's payment time.
@freespeechchampsusanwojcic25283 жыл бұрын
@@flibber123 Correct. I don't know why everyone's having such an issue with this, it was pretty well obvious the entire movie.
@zeke63193 жыл бұрын
This movie is an unforgettable experience and the cast played their parts perfectly. I had a thing for Frances McDormand after this. Now William H. Macy played the biggest A-hole in this movie but if you watch the film "The Cooler" you will not only have sympathy but will root for him in the end.
@LiveAlcheme3 жыл бұрын
Peter Stormare!!! God, he’s phenomenal.
@scottlee74583 жыл бұрын
I really liked him in 8mm
@MFSeaMen3 жыл бұрын
Loved him in Dancer in the Dark
@shainewhite27813 жыл бұрын
Nominated for 7 Oscars including Best Picture but won: Best Original Screenplay Best Actress for Frances McDormand. The film that won Best Picture was The English Patient taking home 9.
@terrancebrown873 жыл бұрын
Props for giving us who they lost to.
@smokeyverton79813 жыл бұрын
@@terrancebrown87 The English Patient was pretty awesome
@DavidVines19913 жыл бұрын
The English Patient sucks
@googlesucks24493 жыл бұрын
Fargo and Sling Blade are both superior to The English Patient.
@aadams10062 жыл бұрын
I'm with Elaine on the English Patient and all similar movies. "Quit telling your stupid story about the stupid desert, and just die already! DIE!"
@krautgazer3 жыл бұрын
This is one of my 4 all-time favorite movies ever. It's just a perfect movie from beginning to end. To this day it's the only movie that I've watched 2 times back to back. It's interesting how some people get so serious watching this movie when it's basically a black comedy. I laugh at almost every scene of this, lol. Oh, and Frances McDormand won her first of many Oscars for this movie! She is incredible. William H. Macy was also absolutely incredible in this and their 2 scenes together are a masterclass in acting! One thing that many people don't get is the purpose of Mike Yanagita in the story. As soon as Marge learns she has been lied to, that's the moment she drives around with her car and realizes she might have been lied to by Jerry as well, so she goes back to him and finally solves the puzzle. Oh yeah, and the reasoning to get the money through those means is not important. That's the message of the movie. At the end, it's just a MacGuffin to move the story forward but the Coen brothers not telling us the reason is also part of the message of the movie, where money shouldn't be that important as to put your family's life in such a high risk, so it doesn't matter at all how much you need the money, don't do stupid shit like Jerry Lundegaard. Be content with your 3 cent stamp and enjoy your family and spouse. :)
@AlexG10203 жыл бұрын
ah jeez
@porflepopnecker43763 жыл бұрын
It's a black comedy AND a drama. Much of it is genuinely serious, even when laced with dark humor.
@krautgazer3 жыл бұрын
@@AlexG1020 Ya!
@krautgazer3 жыл бұрын
@@porflepopnecker4376 Yeah, there's a bit of drama in there too, especially in its overall themes, but it's mostly a subtle comedy.
@aadams10062 жыл бұрын
A lot of people think the Mike Yanagita storyline is unnecessary and pointless but I think it shows how Marge dodged a bullet by marrying Norm. She chose well in her marriage and her career and as long as she continues to choose well she'll be rewarded for it. Whereas it's shown that Jerry is a fundamentally selfish man who may have married his wife in the first place because she "comes from money."
@mr_k4tz3 жыл бұрын
So stoked you did this and can’t wait to watch. How brilliant is Francis McDormand?! One of the greatest actresses of our generation. Carter Burwell is one of my favourite film composers. This film is definitely on my Mt Rushmore.
@philjones38243 жыл бұрын
She really is.
@heidi_d2 жыл бұрын
I love her so much!
@sonofstan22513 жыл бұрын
Fifth element, the Hobbit and fargo? You are killing it today. Keep up the good work.
@gluuuuue3 жыл бұрын
6:06 When Jerry brings the deal to his father-in-law, the reason the dad’s friend (Stan?) keeps repeating: “We’re not a bank, Jerry” is because Jerry doesn’t understand investment. He’s got some sort of real estate deal involving a parking lot, which he probably wants to flip/convert to some more profitable use, develop, whatever. And the deal itself we’re meant to take as lucrative enough.. with debt financing to the tune of $750k. Jerry’s problem is he takes the deal to his father-in-law and friend who aren’t lenders, which is what Jerry needs: a bank. They’re investors themselves. They make their money doing deals like that, which is why they talk about his finder’s fee. Jerry wanted to be the sole equity investor. But even for Jerry to be able to do that, he would need his own capital to put up (or a partner willing to provide equity, which is hard if he has neither experience nor a track record of his own). Where would Jerry get his own capital from? Well, if I heard correctly earlier on the phone, he was already apparently trying to borrow something like $300k by putting up cars as collateral somehow, cars that he himself didn’t own (they belonged to his dealership, which was already his father-in-law’s), and those cars apparently didn’t even have legit identifying numbers of some kind. In effect, Jerry was trying to hustle a real estate deal with 100% debt financing and none of his own equity. Trying to do it with his FIL’s vehicle inventory, fake information, then also trying to borrow it again from his FIL directly..
@Misericorde93 жыл бұрын
IIRC Jerry had GMAC providing financing for vehicles that didn’t exist, allegedly sold to customers who did not exist. He was then pocketing what GMAC payed the dealership for the vehicles.
@gluuuuue3 жыл бұрын
@@Misericorde9 lol, so straight up trying to defraud both GMAC and his FIL then. And getting both his FIL and own wife killed in the process..
@Misericorde93 жыл бұрын
@@gluuuuue It worked for a guy named John McNamara, until it didn’t. He was a rather more competent swindler than Jerry, though that is... not a difficult achievement.
@PB-tr5ze3 жыл бұрын
Yeah it was an embezzlement scheme, probably to get out from under his father in law. Its clear he wants his own money and is resentful of the fact he has to both work for his father in law and is looked down on by him. I think his plan was to repay the embezzled money then use the difference to buy the lot and use the profits to show his family that he wasn't a loser.
@Jeff_Lichtman3 жыл бұрын
Jerry also misjudged his relationship with his father-in-law. Wade despised him. If Wade had liked Jerry even a little bit, he might have been willing to give him a loan (although he'd probably have required Jerry to have some equity).
@ProkNo53 жыл бұрын
I'm from the upper midwest and I think they did a fantastic job capturing the language. The accents are a little strong, but there are definitely people with accents that strong up there...but the real gem is how they captured the delicate passive aggression in the midwest. So many subtle things that are EXACTLY the way people communicate up there.
@billhicks64493 жыл бұрын
Lol. I live in Minneapolis. The accents are certainly overstated for comedic effect, but as the Coen Brothers are ones of us we take it as a bit if an inside joke since we all have or had family that had a bit of the "yubetcha's" to em.
@JoeMama4103 жыл бұрын
A bit has been made of the fact that they were two Jewish kids growing up in the land of Lutherans. They probably noticed the accent more than we Scandinavians.
@leonstrand3293 жыл бұрын
Um..... actually it's not that overstated, I dont think you've met my sister.....
@LostButBroken3 жыл бұрын
@@leonstrand329 anyone that says it's exaggerated have never been outside of the cities.
@leonstrand3293 жыл бұрын
@@LostButBroken lol yea, my sister who lives in little falls, has a thick Minnesota accent
@mohammedashian80943 жыл бұрын
@@leonstrand329 oh Yeah?
@jamielandis43083 жыл бұрын
Loved that you noticed Accordian King! Be sure to check out “Raising Arizona”.
@mtn_linda3643 жыл бұрын
"Yah, funny looking," was a tag-line in our house for years after seeing this movie.
@caralayne5033 жыл бұрын
You betcha! [for a Jersey gal, whom visited the Dakota’s] this was spot on … and we get made fun of more than anyone in this country with how we speak lol!!! #JerseyStrong
@garycharboneau42193 жыл бұрын
No, the White Bear Lake teen said "He was a little guy, kinda funny looking, ya know"
@billolsen43605 ай бұрын
Don't forget, "he wasn't circumcised"
@tyinyvr3 жыл бұрын
It's based on two different cases. One in the 1960s is about a husband who kidnaps his wife. And one case in the 1980s where a husband uses a wood chipper to get rid of his wife.
@TKinfinity013 жыл бұрын
I highly recommend the Fargo TV show. It’s one of my favourites of all time.
@charlesderosas55773 жыл бұрын
Is it really that great?
@TKinfinity013 жыл бұрын
@@charlesderosas5577 Yes, 100% YES!!! I highly recommend it.
@lindanicholson9503 жыл бұрын
Seasons one and 2 were good.
@TKinfinity013 жыл бұрын
@@lindanicholson950 I think 3 was good to. Season 4 was mixed but still better than most shows out there.
@lindanicholson9503 жыл бұрын
@@TKinfinity01 I didn't like 3 as well. I disliked the villain a lot. I didn't watch 4. It was in Kansas City I think and involved crime gangs. I would like to watch the series again. I have forgotten most of what happened.
@michellelamar89653 жыл бұрын
My dad (and of course his 5 siblings) where all born and raised in northern Minnesota. It definitely has its own culture! We would visit every year, and while the accent and culture is somewhat exaggerated/caricatured in this movie, at the same time it’s very accurate lol!! “Oh Jeez” “Yah, you betcha” “and adding “there “to things really is part of the dialogue I grew up hearing when visiting Bemidji.
@D123-f9k2 жыл бұрын
The accents match the Minnesotans I’ve met
@BloodylocksBathory3 жыл бұрын
I got to meet William H. Macy once. He grew up in my hometown, so he was visiting the high school back when I was still a student. Super nice guy. I believe his parents still live (lived?) around town too. He still has that big heavy coat from this movie too.
@wwk68tig3 жыл бұрын
I'm a newspaper editor, and the story about the "woodchipper" scene moved on AP wires. Beyond that, it's mostly The Coen Brothers having fun........
@rpg72873 жыл бұрын
I live in Connecticut. We had a real life case here in which a husband was accused of putting his wife through a wood chipper to dispose of the body. I believe I read that’s where the Coens got the idea for the wood chipper.
@wwk68tig3 жыл бұрын
@@rpg7287 i don't remember the dateline, but............oy.
@sonofmoss3 жыл бұрын
I love the way the cheeriness leaves her voice and the authority enters it when she says “you have no call to get snippy with me. I’m just doing my job.”
@okradiohead74303 жыл бұрын
The husband is a loser. The family he married into was wealthy. His father-in-law looks down on him. His wife is a sweetheart but does not look at him like he's someone in her father's league. His motivation was getting success and respect when he was not outfitted to get any. He's a "Fredo" type character in a way. He is willing to cheat to get out of it and get that little bit he needs to fool his family and those around him that he's a man after all. The fact that he put his wife's life in the balance suggests he married into the family for all those reasons. Perfect weak character in how he is written. Now, contrast that with Margie's husband.... There are great contrasts between characters in this movie. These modern day archetypes that the Coen Brothers give us are not much unlike those presented by the Greek playwrights and Shakespeares of times past. There is something fresh (or Minnesota-boring simple folk kind of thing?), but strangely mythological about the people in this story.
@unconditionalluv3 жыл бұрын
Well said.
@aadams10062 жыл бұрын
Speaking in archetypes I think Margie is the "Madonna" character, representing the maternal archetype. She is nurturing and supporting but that does not make her weak. It is, in fact, her strength. No one in the movie that touched Jerry's scheme got out unscathed but I figured Marge would survive the movie because of what she represents. The willingness to see the bad but choose the good.
@franklerch10123 жыл бұрын
watching you with the serious look at this in the beginning is hilarious. The Coen brothers really know how to play with expectations and to take the fool for a ride. Love them.
@kevink15753 жыл бұрын
Just saw your No Country video yesterday and was hoping you'd watch this one soon. Great timing!
@mgeek13 жыл бұрын
Two words for you: "Miller's Crossing," the Coen Brothers underrated masterpiece from 1990 and my favorite movie of all time. I really hope you react to that one someday.
@AutoPilate3 жыл бұрын
My favorite gangster film, which is saying a lot because I love gangster films.
@mckenzie.latham913 жыл бұрын
Isn’t that the film with john goodman shouting sig heil and heil hitler before he kills people with a shotgun?
@AutoPilate3 жыл бұрын
@@mckenzie.latham91 that’s Barton Fink.
@-Default.3 жыл бұрын
I think the “True Story” thing is saying it may not be 100% facts it’s more true in an abstract sense. It’s truthful in its depiction of human depravity to the point you could believe something like this happened.
@paulhewes73333 жыл бұрын
some similar stuff happened.
@sean4373 жыл бұрын
Once, a man wanted $1M. Based on a true story. 😐
@cf98443 жыл бұрын
It's cause they wanted people to be cool with the pacing.
@confucius120123 жыл бұрын
Wrong, but you are entitled to your opinion.
@TheNeonRabbit3 жыл бұрын
It snows a lot in Minnesota .... based on a true story
@sallyh54133 жыл бұрын
A truly perfect film in every way. ❤️ (The show is also great, different story and cast each season)
@iceman101293 жыл бұрын
Roger Deakins top of his game on this one!
@reikun863 жыл бұрын
He’s my favorite cinematographer and Birthday Bro. 👍🏽 Skyfall was just luscious
@logann79423 жыл бұрын
The accents are the best part. Everyone with a speaking role does an amazing job. My favorite is the old man who talks to the cop.
@Fast_Eddy_Magic3 жыл бұрын
Yah.
@FH-hu5vn3 жыл бұрын
Oh ja?
@CaptainTass3 жыл бұрын
@@FH-hu5vn Yah, youbetcha!
@PacDork3 жыл бұрын
Pancakes House guy was also in Lebowski...remember the scene where they reveal the girlfriend's toe? They're at Pancake House eating pancakes! :)
@adgato753 жыл бұрын
The girlfriend was singer/songwriter Aimee Mann. She's awesome.
@AutoPilate3 жыл бұрын
Karl Hungus!
@jrobwoo6883 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. to the legendary Norm McDonald. Please react to 1998’s Dirty Work Starring Norm McDonald and Chris Farley, featuring a hilarious cameo from Adam Sandler as Satan.
@blackdynamite50163 жыл бұрын
He was on a pretty funny movie with Dave Chappelle as well. I can't remember the title tho
@kingjellybean97953 жыл бұрын
Whaaaaat? How the fuck did I just hear this from a KZbin comment? Why are the flags not at half mast? Where's the nation wide moment of silence..... fuck😔
@billhicks64493 жыл бұрын
@@kingjellybean9795 short battle with cancer that was kept private (as Norm would). It sucks but in hindsight the signs were there. He'd really been looking a bit rough lately. I figured it was just age catching up to a man who didn't necessarily live the healthiest of lifestyles but it turns out he was on his way out.
@jrobwoo6883 жыл бұрын
@@blackdynamite5016 Screwed, it featured Danny DeVito.
@kevink15753 жыл бұрын
Carter Burwell is a living legend.
@coyotelong43493 жыл бұрын
Such a great movie- The plot of Fargo is like a sordid train wreck, you can’t look away Honestly the Cohens were ahead of their time with this. If it HAD been real it would probably be Netflix’s most popular true crime documentary today 😅
@AutoPilate3 жыл бұрын
I remember there was a “making of” featurette on the DVD in which William H. Macy talked about how he approached the Coen Brothers and asked them if these events really happened. Evidently they sort of laughed and said no, at which point he said that they couldn’t do that. Then they laughed again and asked him why not.
@AtomicVampire13 жыл бұрын
The wood chipper scene was inspired by a real case that happened right here in Connecticut. In the 80s a man put his wife in a chipper instead of getting a divorce.
@bkenwood883 жыл бұрын
Didn't watch the subsequent seasons, but the first season of the show version of "Fargo" was amazing. Didn't think anyone could top William H. Macy, but Martin Freeman just might.
@ulricaandrae43813 жыл бұрын
Yah!
@cadenstrampe42163 жыл бұрын
if you like William H Macy, he does great in Boogie Nights and Magnolia
@007wars63 жыл бұрын
Magnolia is GREAT. So is Boogie Nights. I’m a massive PTA fan
@cadenstrampe42163 жыл бұрын
so am I! that's why I recommended them lol
@007wars63 жыл бұрын
@@cadenstrampe4216 Awesome! Yeah I’ve gotta see The Master and Phantom Thread REAL soon
@cadenstrampe42163 жыл бұрын
@@007wars6 The Master was great. I've yet to see Hard Eight, Punch-Drunk Love, and Phantom Thread though.
@007wars63 жыл бұрын
@@cadenstrampe4216 Punch-Drunk Love is FANTASTIC. I haven’t seen Hard Eight either
@Hawk1701222 жыл бұрын
“Move the antenna around…”. Man your stock just went up!!
@fileani3 жыл бұрын
5th Element, Fargo and the Hobbit
@TheEMFB3 жыл бұрын
I could go on about specifics and details with this one. But it boils down to being one of the best mixes of tragedy, comedy, and suspense of all time. And Frances McDormand's performance was flawless. I love this film.
@he-man50493 жыл бұрын
RIP *Norm Macdonald* Died: September 14, 2021 At 61 from cancer. *Norman Gene Macdonald* was a *Canadian stand-up comedian, writer, and actor* known for his deadpan style. Early in his career, he wrote for the sitcom Roseanne and made guest appearances on shows such as The Drew Carey Show and NewsRadio. *Dr Dolittle* with *Eddie Murphy,* *Norm* play the voice of the dog, *Lucky.* 👼👼🙏🙏👼👼
@kurtrivero3683 жыл бұрын
This wasn't based on a true story. That was a typical Coen Brothers joke that many people fell for.
@gluuuuue3 жыл бұрын
Apparently the guy who played Mike Yanagita was actually a semi-famous stand-up comedian who was also in In Living Color for a season, so I think his bit was intended to be simultaneously hilarious yet in that cringey way, not unlike mosta the movie.
@reikun863 жыл бұрын
Steve Park is great. I remember him from In Living Color. His character in the movie was great because it showed Marge that people try to lie and take advantage of her good nature. That incident led to to interrogate Jerry again.
@HelloMellowXVI3 жыл бұрын
I knew he looked familiar
@logann79423 жыл бұрын
Margie and Norm are relationship goals
@smokeyverton79813 жыл бұрын
Anyone who brings me Arby's for lunch is tops
@shainewhite27813 жыл бұрын
7:29* this scene was William H. Macy's idea on what to say to his father in law after his wife was kidnapped.
@007wars63 жыл бұрын
YESSS ITS FINALLY TIME!!!! This is my 3rd favorite film of all time, I hope you enjoyed it!!
@smokeyverton79813 жыл бұрын
What are your top two?
@007wars63 жыл бұрын
@@smokeyverton7981 No Country for Old Men and Black Swan
@smokeyverton79813 жыл бұрын
@@007wars6 Black Swan did my head in. Had to watch a couple of times to understand. Wonderful movie. As for the other, can't go wrong with Tommy Lee Jones
@glennthompson11733 жыл бұрын
It's in my to 20 at least.
@007wars63 жыл бұрын
@@smokeyverton7981 hahaha, agreed on both of those statements
@ThisLoveIsSweet3 жыл бұрын
I appreciate the effort you put into your fun intros
@averagegalaxygamer4430 Жыл бұрын
I’m a Minnesotan and every time I visit out of state and tell someone I’m from Minnesota they always ask me if I’ve seen this movie 😂
@Salguine3 жыл бұрын
Not only has Frances McDormand been "killin' it lately"...She's been killing it since "Blood Simple," which came out in 1984 and was her first film, as well as the first film from the Coen Brothers.
@TheCrazyCanuck4203 жыл бұрын
He was trying to pay for a parking lot so he had the two knuckleheads kidnap his wife because he was short of the necessary funds. That's what set off the chain of events in the story. If you liked this check out Burn After Reading, it has the funniest gruesome death scene I've ever seen.
@blackdynamite50163 жыл бұрын
If that's the movie I'm thinking about, Brad Pitt got done dirty in that movie!
@PerfectHandProductions3 жыл бұрын
Burn After Reading is one of the best black comedies, I love it.
@terryyy1944 Жыл бұрын
Jerry needed the money because he got a large loan on vehicles that did not exist. The people who loaned him the money were about to be audited and the needed the serial numbers of the cars. That was what the two phone calls were about.
@gowkie39403 жыл бұрын
Nice chair man! Love this movie, one of my favorites of the Coen brothers.
@IntoTheWhite043 жыл бұрын
Obviously 10 hours of TV gives you more scope to flesh out a plot than a film does
@gowkie39403 жыл бұрын
@@IntoTheWhite04 I think you replied to the wrong comment chief
@tremorsfan3 жыл бұрын
Although most of the movie is fictional, the Wood Chipper scene really happened: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._Eugene_Thompson There's actually an old joke that every time Steve Buscemi dies in a Cohen Brothers movie you see less and less of him. In Miller's Crossing he has his face blown off. In Fargo you only see his foot and by the time you get to Big Lebowski you only see his ashes.
@IntoTheWhite043 жыл бұрын
Two words. Roger Deakins. Best cinematographer there is
@levenkay44683 жыл бұрын
You kind of skimmed past one of the vignettes that tickled me the most in the film: the sequence where the snow shoveler gives the detective some leads about the "funny-looking guy" down by the lake. Both men are dressed in eight-inch-thick Arctic parkas, with their breath practically freezing solid in the air, and casually agreeing that what they can tell of the weather signs points to a strong possibility of "it turning cold soon".
@lindanicholson9503 жыл бұрын
Front moving in. The buried money will be even more buried. Someone in the series finds it eventually.
@r6iqmain498 Жыл бұрын
19:45 I like how mellverse puts himself into the scene like that
@vinnygi3 жыл бұрын
Some of the best cinematography you’ll ever see.
@martinbraun12113 жыл бұрын
Please watch THE NEVERENDING STORY!
@DP-hy4vh3 жыл бұрын
After the end of the movie, some lucky farmer probably found that suitcase full of money while fixing their cattle fence.
@lindanicholson9503 жыл бұрын
It's mentioned in the series. I forget who found it but it was a big deal for him and I don't remember if he told anyone.
@peteyn.y.79603 жыл бұрын
Absolutely love this and ALL COEN BROTHERS!! GREAT TV SHOW ALSO!! At least the 1st Seasons!! 🔥
@als30223 жыл бұрын
GASP!!! Fargo, you betcha. A great movie that has the hero as a pregnant sheriff near her time of delivery. And she still totally kicks ass while remaining a good character despite that horrible wig. lol.
@lewlew8733 жыл бұрын
smoke goes thru the OPEN window.that's why you open the closest window.
@ernestitoe Жыл бұрын
Someone mentioned Raising Arizona (1987). It, too, is about crazy people doing crazy things. Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, Frances McDormand, John Goodman, and former heavyweight contender Randall "Tex" Cobb. There are accents, there's a landscape, and there's the kind of dialogue you like.
@jeffbassin630 Жыл бұрын
You did an excellent job of reacting to this film!
@ACinemafanatic3 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite movies that Frances did with the Coen Bros. She won an Oscar and she was also amazing in their first film Blood Simple
@smichelle653 жыл бұрын
So many satisfying comeuppances in this movie!
@shainewhite27813 жыл бұрын
3:42, Damn girl, okay! Lol!
@Sashimiburger3 жыл бұрын
Inside knowledge: Every Coen Brothers movie is a comedy.
@davidebele12843 жыл бұрын
I'm from Fargo, the accents are very good.
@paragonrobbie92703 жыл бұрын
This was the film that taught me how to perfect the stereotypical Minnesota accent. "Oh, you betcha, yeah."
@nopewmopan3 жыл бұрын
Your last couple "Mellows" have been extra mellow.
@vwlssnvwls32623 жыл бұрын
This was one of those handful of films in my lifetime that I was in no way prepared for, and shocked the hell outta me.
@sonofmoss3 жыл бұрын
What I loved about the scenes with Marge and her husband Norm was how they didn’t revolve around her case. It felt more realistic. In one of the behind the scenes Frances described their relationship as one with no mystery but very loving and happy.
@PedroCastillo_19803 жыл бұрын
Amazing film a true masterpiece very classic Fargo written, produced and directed by Joel and Ethan Cohen starring Frances McDormand, William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi, Harve Presnell, Peter Stormare and music score by Carter Burwell. The film was nominated for 7 Oscars and won 2 including best actress by Frances McDormand and best original screenplay by Joel and Ethan Cohen. In 2010, the independent Film & Television Alliance selected the film as one of its "30 Most Significant Independent Films" of the last 30 years. Thank you so much MellVerse great reaction bro excellent👍👍👍👍👍
@PB-tr5ze3 жыл бұрын
The Fargo TV series is based in the same world as this film and are all tied together.
@vwlssnvwls32623 жыл бұрын
I got the impression that he needed the money because he had been stealing from the dealership by getting money for cars that did not exist, and that is what the whole call about the audit was. Maybe he had her kidnapped to explain why he had been stealing the money in the first place, ut this is all as I recall it, and I have not seen this movie in forever.
@JoeMama4103 жыл бұрын
“It’s just $4!” I’ve seen a paperboy go crazy over $2.
@Nedra_K3 жыл бұрын
Burn After Reading was another good one from the Coen bros.
@Amy460323 жыл бұрын
I think you would really enjoy the tv show, too. Seasons 1 and 2 are incredible tv
@glennthompson11733 жыл бұрын
Love the Coen Brothers movies. This is one of there best. This is what you call a dark comedy. It's a damn funny dark comedy too. Nice reaction. The Man that wasn't There is a great Coen film.
@Crazyonyou12313 жыл бұрын
You should watch Raising Arizona, another amazing Coen brothers film and one of their first
@tigerburn813 жыл бұрын
There's a movie called _Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter_ which uses this movie as a meta plot point. In the movie, the main character sees _Fargo_ and believing it's based on a true story - as it's credited in the opening - goes to America to find the money that was buried in the snow not knowing that the story is fiction. There were some real life events that actually did happen that inspired _Fargo,_ but nothing like in the film itself. _Kumiko,_ as well, is a fictional film based loosely on a true story of a Japanese girl that goes to America and dies, but not to find money. That was rumor or, a misunderstanding made by the police.
@gitchygitchy31063 жыл бұрын
Bro I can’t get enough of your reactions, you watch movies the same way I do. You pick apart everything, the only thing I ask as a fan. MORE MOVIES ON THE DAILY. Also, I hope you can one day be in something I can react too. Keep on keeping on brotha
@terranceporter26443 жыл бұрын
I recommend watching 'Burn After Reading' next.
@JoeMama4103 жыл бұрын
Peter Stormare, who is from Sweden, said that Minnesota was more Swedish than Sweden.
@AceCorban3 жыл бұрын
Consider Burn After Reading. Another Cohen Brothers movie with a stellar cast, including Frances McDordormand. Crazy movie and hilarious.
@Nay-kp6uu3 жыл бұрын
This is probably my favorite movie. It is a comedy, to me at least this is my kind of sense of humor. Dark and awkward but serious.
@sigmasquadleader3 жыл бұрын
It's black comedy. It's a genre.
@Nay-kp6uu3 жыл бұрын
@@sigmasquadleader Yeah, black comedy. I just know when I use that term a lot of people think it means something else.
@americanfreedomlogistics99843 жыл бұрын
Even though he wasn’t in the film Prince was credited as “body in the film” the name they gave for him was his “symbol”
@shainewhite27813 жыл бұрын
6:04, yes, they are doing Jumpscares in these kinds of movies!
@philjones38243 жыл бұрын
" ...there's more to life than a little bit of money. Don't you know that? And it's a beautiful day."
@caralayne5033 жыл бұрын
I can’t believe u hadn’t seen this! Classic. The accents, the cast, the ending!! Just so fucking good!! I loved this man, I feel like so many of the actors, except Frances McDormand, get such little respect for how great they are!! I LOVE this film. So well done 🙌🖤🖤🖤. … should’ve won best picture. God Bless Steve Buscemi (NYC proud! 🖤), “was he funny lookin apart from that ?” you betcha! Yaaaa. I admit i Lol’d again, having seen this many times, as if new again , with u. The accents tho!!! Im from Jersey,/NYC, we’re allowed to be weirded out, our accents are legendary.
@quellenathanar3 жыл бұрын
Burn after reading is funny as hell, and a superstar cast including Frances McDormand.
@maximillianosaben3 жыл бұрын
Burn After Reading is my favorite Coen Bros. movie. It's actually very similar to Fargo, plot-wise, but more directly towards the comedy end of the spectrum over drama. And I always dearly encourage people to watch one of the Coen Bros. most disliked movies, The Ladykillers. It is just too darn funny, and Tom Hanks alone is just beyond words.
@1nelsondj3 жыл бұрын
I first saw Francis McDormand in "Raising Arizona" then "Barton Fink". She's great in "Almost Famous" too.
@TheSchaef473 жыл бұрын
15:35 that right there is the face of a man who's never eaten at a Ponderosa before.
@EdwardGregoryNYC3 жыл бұрын
"Looks like she's gonna turn cold tomorrow!" Best line.