Movies that don’t get respect??

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

Blood Simple is up there, but Fargo is, for me the complete package. Like a fine wine, it's just chock full of those little 'notes' that linger, a skotche of macabre, a pinch of craven, a pinch of offbeat, and soupcon of wacky, a splash of mundane. The difference for me between Blood Simple and Fargo is the difference between a competent etude and a life's work culminating symphony. Blood Simple plucks the strings, but Fargo flourishes them.

That said, I'd be KEENLY interested to hear ol' Fraz' take on Blood Simple. It certainly 'pays off' in a more conventional way while retaining the signature Coen quirks.

After reading this, I have a sudden urge to buy flowers and put on something pink. Thank God it will pass quickly.

Fargo was mostly very good. The whole subplot with the Asian dude having the crush on the sheriff was one of the most mind-numbingly reeruned things I've ever seen in an otherwise great film.