Fargo
 

I was looking at IMDB the other day for movies to rent and see (by rent, I mean download) and noticed Fargo had a great rating and I had never seen it...so I decided to check it out.

The plot kept building and building and building and nothing really ever...happened. It was super dull, I can't believe it has such a good rating...I'd have to consider this one of the most overrated movies I have ever seen...

Maybe I should re-watch it? I don't know, I don't think I could sit through that shit again.

Perhaps someone could fill me in, I need a little outsider perspective because I'm truly dumbfounded by the high rating this movie has...

It's the Coen Bros. One thing I've learned about the Coen Bros.: you either LOVE them, or HATE them. You think their stuff is some of the best cinema to come out in the past 20 years, or you think it's garbage.

Count me in the group on the bandwagon. I've been following them since Blood Simple and think 90 percent of their films are borderline genius.

I liked it. It was funny how they all talked.

That's what I was thinking...

Usually, I have pretty decent taste when it comes to movies, so I was thinking that maybe I just missed the genius behind the film...

I was just baffled because the plot was building, and building, and building and I figured something HUGE was going to happen, and it didn't, and I was like...wtf?!

See...

That was funny...but if that's the reason everyone liked the movie (and I've spent a good hour reading the IMDB board for Fargo and everyone seems to reference the accents) then I'm truly pissed off that I wasted my time.

and as for the Coen brothers, I really liked The Big Lebowski...so I don't know...

I like almost all the Coen movies. The only question is how much I like each one.

I'm in the very small minority who actually thinks Fargo is overrated. It's good, for sure. I like it. But I think a lot of the praise is over the top. There are Coen films I like better (Blood Simple, Raising Arizona, Miller's Crossing, Big Lebowski).

I'd agree 100 percent. Of the Coen Bros. films, Fargo, Intolerable Cruelty, and The Ladykillers are at the bottom (not in that order).

With my personal favs being Raising Arizona, Miller's Crossing, Big Lebowski, Hudsucker Proxy and O Brother Where Art Thou?

But after perusing their filmography, there's not a single film they've done that I thought wasn't at least good or better than average.

I thought it was a good movie because it is a true story, except for they changed a few things but from what everyone was saying up North, it was well done and pretty accurate.

They say that guy is still in jail and doesn't talk to anyone.

I'm not sure how you can conclude that it didnt build to anything, the wife dies, her dad dies, Buscemi dies in glorious fashion, (nordern voice) Mr. Lundegaard is plunged into his own hell when he's caught and the pregnant cop gets the killer.

That movie deserves its high rating.

I used to think I liked Fargo but after reading this thread maybe I shouldn't.

I'm so confused.

Whats not to like???

A comedy & tragedy all rolled into one, with a stellar cast.

According to IMDB the story wasn't based on a true story, contrary to what many believe (and for good reason, it said 'based on a true story' at the very beginning)...

I disagree.