FILMMAKER MOVIE REACTION!! Fargo (1996) FIRST TIME REACTION!!
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Fact: it was not actually based on a true story
Hey James, have you ever seen "Man on Fire" with Denzel. If you havent, u definitely need to add it to your list
@Courtney Hamilton that’s debatable
I like your videos 😎👍
U gotta watch three billboards outside ebbing Missouri
Despite what it says at the beginning, this is not a true story. The Coens did that to get you more invested in the film lol
Ahhhhhhh I see lmfao
Lol. Was trolling through comments to see if anyone said this before I said it. Now I dont have to :(
There where some true events that where similair, they took pieces of them and it became this movie.
@@corvus4350 and that story became a movie! But in reality, she committed suicide due to depression. The fargo thing was misreported by the media
@Bill Shepherd I was still explaining to my high school students 10 years later that "Blair Witch" wasn't real. They kept saying, "But the movie said it was real!"...as if that made it real. Good grief.
I just started the show so I'm glad you checked this out so I could refresh my memory on the film while watching along with you haha
Yoooo Brandon!
omg hi brandon
Oh nice!! I seen your update on the community tab! A lot of people have been mentioning the tv series so I’m hyped to check that out myself!
Hey Brandon! I'm looking forward to your reaction to the show. It's actually really good 😅
@@JamesVSCinema One of the best shows aroound
The dude says you must abide his wishes and watch The Big Lebowski
Yeah, well, y'know... That's just like, uh... your opinion, man
😂 Love that movie
Shut up Donnie
THIS and also O Brother Where Art Though
The fact that they continue this arc of “mundane people get mixed up with horrible things & gradually make the choices to continue which leads to more horrible things” in 4 seasons of incredibly riveting television, is very impressive.
I was thinking about watching the TV series, especially since I heard Billy Bob Thornton was in Season 1, but after your insightful comment, Fargo is definitely my next watched series. Thanks. ... PEACE to ALL.
This is a single film genre I like to call "Moose Noir"
Hahaha moose noir hahaha
this is so good. there has to be more than one though...
@@westcoast7429 Cold Pursuit, Wind River, off top of my head. Different tones in each but they seem moose noir-y
MY FAVORITE MOVIE. I think it's just pure good versus pure evil. Everything Marge does is so kind and almost naive and sweet and she does truly grow when she's confronted with Peter Stormare committing senseless violence (like you pointed out, at all just feels blunt and awful). There may have just a wave of violence that comes into their very nice peaceful community but it's over and Marge is gonna have a baby and Norm's drawing is gonna be on the three cent stamp so there's still goodness and compassion in the world.
You're description of the Cohen Bros. use of "mundane moments" is spot on. I've always enjoyed that aspect in their films.
Happy you could relate to that!!
@@JamesVSCinema you should react to Fargo season 1-4.
Frances Mcdormand's 1st Oscar. She's married to Joel Coen.
Oh ya?
@@tracyhale8336 Ya!
2nd Oscar was just as deserved. Three Billboards was as funny as gutwrenching. What a performance!
Love her❤
No. The accent Is awful. The movie portrays a Minnesota accent. Most north dakotans don't sound like that at all. That is my biggest annoyance with the movie. I'm sure I have an accent but it's quite mild with only a few words that stick out compared to other regions. Most of us sound more like Steve Buscemi's character. The "Oh Yas!" And "don't ya know" is a Minnesota thing
Frances won a very well deserved Oscar for her performance. Brilliant.
A very common theme in the Cohen Brother's films is putting people in a situation they are just not equipped to handle; with dark and/or comic results depending on the theme of the movie. They just can't grasp the evil they have unleashed or the malevolence around them. We just get to watch the story spin out of control with the protagonist no longer running the show. For a comic version of this, I'd recommend The Big Lebowski.
That’s exactly the thought process I had along with their style of filmmaking and I love it!
Best line ever, “ He’s fleeing the interview, he’s fleeing the interview lol
If you enjoyed this I have 3 suggestions for your next Coen Brothers movie:
The Big Lebowski
The Big Lebowski
The Big Lebowski
😂😂😂
Also The Big Lebowski is really good! ;)
Maybe I'm in the minority but I just think the Big Lebowski might be a good one to check out next.
O Brother Where Art Thou is a Coen Brother movie, too. Definitely need to watch that one.
Another Coen Brothers movie that's really under the radar, Big Lebowski?
I just love William H. Macy. That guy always makes me feel what he's feeling.
Whenever I have a bad day I just compare myself to Jerry Lundegaard and I feel so much better about myself
You're going to have to dive deep into the Coen Bros filmography. Blood Simple, Raising Arizona, Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink, The Big Lebowski, O' Brother where Art Thou, Burn After Reading... True masters.
Burn After Reading was hilarious. Love that movie
I second Raising Arizona, particularly if you watch in chronological order.
@@Corn_Pone_Flicks Gotta agree! Miller's Crossing so is underrated. Just about my favorite.
Don't forget 'The Hudsucker Proxy'. It's a very underrated film.
Raising Arizona is like watching a live action cartoon 😂
Fun fact: this actually is *not* based on a true story. That's a story telling element they used to enhance it. They do the same thing with the tv series.
fake news, very fake news
I didn't know that....thought it was real smh
Fargo isn't a real story movie but inspired from similar events happening in America. The advanced kidnapping and extortion scheme is inspired by true events along with the fact of a man paying hitmen to off his wife or kidnap her to extort money. It isn't real by any stretch of the imagination but inspired by true crime stories in America.
Your right. Shit like that only goes down in South Dakota
The 'Based on a True Story' of Fargo reminds me of the relationship The Coen's have with their editor, Roderick Jaynes
Totally a real guy.
WELL GOSH DARN GEE HECK. HELL OF A FILM.
Hahahaha this mad me genuinely laugh haha
You betcha bud
Fatman, always a good guy, you betcha.
So, my sister has a very heavy Minnesota accent lol
Great Choice. Such a well written, nuanced film from the Coen Brothers. One of their best
They are great at what they do!!
6:11 The vertical blinds make it look like William H Macy is already in prison, behind bars.
Oh nice!! Good interpretation
Glad someone pointed that out, but yeah the Coen Bros actually fabricated those blinds on set specifically for that shot to foreshadow Macy's fate at the end.
the little guy wasnt circumsized. "ya?" "oh yaaaa"
Go Bears!
Three billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri. One of the hardest hitting mundane movies ive ever seen. I love it when movies like these escalate the littlest of things into memorable sequences.
Great film!
Such a great movie. Steve Buscemi is gold LOL
So glad you're doing some Coen brothers films. I’d highly recommend "Raising Arizona". Very different type of story to the last two you've watched.
Corn Pone Flicks Facts
Next you have to watch the show it is probably the single most underrated show of all time imo
One of my favorite elements of this film is the way Marge and her husband Norm are presented as the contrast to everything else. We see it in the way they look out for each other and take care of each other. Like when we're first introduced to them, she's been woken up and has to go out on a call, and he insists on getting up and making her breakfast, even though he could still sleep; and how again, at the end, he's really down about his painting only being chosen for the three-cent stamp, she knows exactly the right thing to say to cheer him up. Seeing how they care for each other provides a nice, and necessary, counterpoint to all the other ugliness and greed and brutality we see happen in the world around them.
Dead mans shoes it’s a very gritty British film you’ll love
Don’t let the title put you off
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Awesome film! Paddy Considine is a beast. Everyone is unreal in that film though.
@@fakersdozen agreed great film great director and fantastic actor’s 👍
He might need the subs on for that one
James: “Wow right off the bat they’re telling us how real this is, they ain’t messing around!”
The movie:
You need to watch True Romance
Great fu*kn movie!- Great preformance in the Patricia Arquette and Gandolfini scene. Heck, the whole cast is all fantastic. Top tier movie!
Take a look at O Brother Where Art Thou
Maik Kellerhals Fantastic movie!
One of the best "wide release" comedies of all time for me.
My Hair!
@@flyingardilla143 Well aint this place is a geographical oddity. Two weeks from everywhere!!! Best line in the film, lol.
The landscape really plays its own part. The big frames with small characters really say a lot without dialogue.
I once had a snow globe on my desk depicting the wood chipper scene. Sigh. I loved that thing.
yep, never look at a wood chipper in the same way after this one.
Lmfaoooo definitely a “what the hell” moment 😭
Marge and Norm are one of my favorite movie couples. If i was told they were a real life couple i would have believed it. The actors have great chemistry.
Harve Presnell, who played the father, was also a singer and can be seen in Paint Your Wagon, singing They Call the Wind Mariah in his famous classical baritone. He became a character actor in his later acting career.
This is literally in my top ten favorite films of all time. You react to the best stuff bro. Love this channel.
A Coen brothers film that doesn't get enough love is "Barton Fink"
John Goodman casually striding past the flames is one of the best shots in cinema.
"The murders have a blunt thud to them." That was so sick.
The fact that the cop didn't die in this film and there was a happy ending for that couple makes me happy.
Jeez louis, I was so scared for her.
But now Dieter Stark's death will feel even more satisfying. because boy, what a monster. Peter Stormaire is a legend.
Also, I want to point out the way that the axe murder was shot.
We experience it.
We see the guy walk out of the house. He's got his wounded mouth, he's worried about that, we're focused on it too.
Then Peter opens the door a few seconds later, we were just talking to him a second ago.
Wait is that an axe- OH SH-
And just like that it's over.
It's fast, it happens in two seconds, and we can't even blink.
It's over.
I've gotta throw out a suggestion for two of my favorite Coen Brothers films-'Burn After Reading' and 'Miller's Crossing'. You won't be disappointed! Hope you have a great holiday, James!
Hey Brett thank you!! You have an awesome day too brother!
Burn After Reading is one of my favorites!
@@becksimilian2955 Gets better with every rewatch!
Miller's Crossing is amazing.
Those are two of my favorites as well. Though Burn... took more than one viewing.
Some of my favorite dialogue and characters from a film.
Also: you continually calling Peter Stomare "Bruce Willis' father" throughout the movie had me rolling😂😂😂
The characters are sooo entertaining in this film
The cinematography was done by the great roger deakins.
I had SO much fun watching your reaction!! I am really enjoying your channel.
“We’re Not A Bank Jerry!”
I've been waiting for you to do some Coen films.
Blood Simple, Miller's Crossing, and The Big Lebowski are all must see films.
Such a fun film! The accents always have me laughing so much. Also in the beginning when it says based on true events is completely false. The Coenn brothers just threw that in to trick people
It worked hahaha
i love all the movies you react to, most of them are ones me and my best friend have watched together and nobody really talks about them much. thank you so much for all you do!!
One of my favorites since I was a kid and I seem to watch once a year or two. Glad you enjoyed it.
It's only natural for u to watch The Big Lebowski next. lol
The dude has cancer now :/
@@patrickgogan3517 Yes I heard Jeff Bridges does have cancer 😭
Still my favorite Coen Brothers film. They really know character and place development. The display of senseless greed and violence contrasted with normal folk makes the movie.
That wood-chipper has it's OWN little museum. I recall stumbling across the Facebook page several years ago. It has a leg sticking up out of it, and tourists can pose for photos next to it.
One of my favourite crime thriller containing dark humour!
Thank you for the reaction. 👍
I apologize for being too critical of you in prev reactions. I saw this in theatres after it won best picture at an awards show, and at the end of the film, someone said, “THAT won best picture?” Every time someone watches it now, I half-expect it’ll be too slow for them (unless they watch the series). It was super-enjoyable how you appreciated it, and you actually summed up their style in a way I hadn’t thought of before (by making the mundane interesting). So a big thank you to you! 🤗
"Fargo" didn't win Best Picture at the Golden Globes. What are you taking about?
@@rustincohle2135 You’re right. My bad. The guy at the theatre did say best picture though, so it had to be an award rec’d in 1996. Must’ve been NY Film Critics Award. (It won best screenplay and actress at the Oscars, but that wasn’t until 1997.)
@@bekind3931 Maybe you're thinking of another Coen Bros' film "No Country for Old Men"? That won the Oscar and I remember people grumbling "how did THAT win Best Picture"?
@@rustincohle2135 Ah, thanks for trying to figure it out for me, but nope, it was Fargo. Only awards prior or during release had to come from the festival circuit. I was fresh to L.A. then where the film crowd is huge. They pay attention to everything. Anyway, it made me feel like mainstream movie-goers may not appreciate the Coens Bros. Just like you said w/No Country ... Glad that James did though.
Would love to see you check out “Inside Llewyn Davis”, another Coen Brothers movie. It’s probably my favorite one. Oscar Isaac is amazing in it.
Another fantastic film 🤙 recently watched it finally.
Plus a young Adam Driver!
Fargo is one of my top 5 favorite movies. I've watched it multiple times and to this day it is also the only movie that I've rewatched right after watching it - yes, just like putting a song you really like on repeat, I watched the movie and when it finished I put it in the beginning again and rewatched it. Every sequence, every scene, every shot, every frame of this is perfect, and all the writing and acting in this film is a tour de force. Every detail in this film serves the plot beautifully - the Mike Yanagita subplot, for example, made Marge realize she couldn't trust the word of Jerry Lundegaard, since both lied to her and she didn't pick up on it, so that made her go back to him and eventually solve the crime. Also, their interactions are an acting class, just superb - no wonder they were both nominated for the Oscars, with Frances McDormand actually winning it.
You really need to watch more Coen brothers. Their filmography is extensive but SO ABSOLUTELY CRAZY GOOD. I'd recommend Barton Fink, The Big Lebowski, A Serious Man, Miller's Crossing, Inside Llewyn Davis, Burn After Reading, Raising Arizona and The Man Who Wasn't There. Yes, all of those. I'm pretty sure you won't regret because their style is so idiosyncratic and if you loved Fargo and No Country for Old Men, it's just gonna be a feast for you.
One of my favorite Coen brothers movie that no one ever seems to talk about is Inside Llewyn Davis.
The Coens are grandmaster filmmakers!
There's so many great movies, but O Brother Where Art Thou is maybe my favorite, and was really influential on filmmaking as a whole!
I would watch every Coen brothers film in order.
Since Raising Arizona, I’ve seen them all on opening night! I thought they’d lost it after two duds, and I probably don’t have to say which ones, but they came roaring back with No Country and most since then.
@@adamp2029 The Coens sort of have an epic/dud/epic/dud kind of history, but I think a filmmaker can learn a lot even from their duds.
@@jonathanross149 there are certainly those that aren’t on par with their best. I just think the only two real misfires are Intolerable Cruelty and The Ladykillers. If I were ranking all of their movies, those two would have a tier of their own at the bottom.
I love your videos because it's like I'm getting to watch these movies for the 1st time, again
You are awesome. I just discovered you, your take on film and just how you comment is great. Keep it up man, thank you.
Funny, I just watched my own dvd of Fargo a few days ago. A brilliant movie, brilliant acting performances, particularly from Frances McDormand (married to Joel Coen) and William H. Macy, great casting.
Unpopular opinion: This is one of the greatest movies ever
unpopular opinion: fargo is a christmas movie lol
Unpopular opinion, the film is five millions times better that the crap, stupid, tv show of (unfortunately) the same name.
@@julienbinette9365 The first season was badass, the rest are just okay.
@@julienbinette9365 I think every season is good. 1 and 3 just happen to be the best.
how is that an unpopular opinion?? almost everyone thinks that
We vibing bro, discombobulating was the exact word I was thinking when you were describing the plot flow
I honestly think this is my favourite film.
Another Cohen gem is Miller's Crossing and Barton Fink.
The accents in this movie had me in tears how over exaggerated they are
Ohhhh yaaahhh
Ohhhh yeahhhh?
Yaaahh
You betcha.
I remember seeing this at a matinee, right before going to work. When I got to my job.....the first guy I ran into ( a relatively new hire...) had that very same accent or dialect & used the same catch-phrases. This was in Calif., so his way of speaking always sort of stood out to me....but NOW I understood why....LOL. We also had a lady in the front office from Minnesota, who I'd already worked with for 20 years. She had it too. .
Both sides of my family came from Nord Dakota and when I saw this, I was glad that somebody made a movie where the characters talked normal. :-)
Lightest sounding accent in the Dakotas vs heaviest accent in Minnesota
Very true what you said about the mundane moments. Another effect they have is making the more shocking or violent scenes even more impactful.
Miller's Crossing is my favorite Coen brothers movie. I'd love to see your reaction, though it didn't really become my favorite until the second viewing
It’s probably my favorite as well, or A Serious Man.
Aside from The Big Lebowski, which I think every comment has recommended so far, I would recommend "Blood Simple" and the remake of "True Grit."
also "The Big Lebowski"
@@westcoast7429
I knew I forgot something
This, Pulp Fiction and the Big Lebowski are the absolute pinnacle of movie dialogue.
One of my favourite films of all time, happy you finally got to see it
Another Coen brothers film that would be sooo fun to see you react to is O Brother, Where Art Thou. It's a quirky and hilarious retelling of The Odyssey set in Depression Era America and it's unlike anything else you'll see haha! Fargo is amazing. I love Frances McDormand in it, she's so endearing and funny!
Frances McDormands performance in this is one of my favourites of all time. Fully deserved the oscar.
I grew up in MN/ND, and lived in Fargo for many years, love this movie! 1) this was not filmed in Fargo (mainly in Minneapolis area, and some in northern North Dakota) 2) dialects are over emphasized, but kinda funny 3) sad event I read about in local paper a few years after the movie came out - some lady from Japan had travelled to the area, was picked up by highway patrol walking on interstate 94 in ND in winter time (freezing temps), they drove her to the nearest town to a hotel. She didn't speak any English, but had a hand drawn map of a road and a tree, and was looking for the money (she thought the movie was a true story, too)..... She was found shortly after that near Detroit Lakes MN, and had frozen to death, with map in her hand.
Two filmmaker brothers (kinda ironic) from Texas heard about this and wanted to make / recreate a movie about it. Turned out that the lady did in fact die, but the part about finding the money was apparently not true. Was a good 'urban legend', anyway.
I truly appreciate your content. Keep up the good work.😃
I love the Coen brothers' movies; along this same genre, I would recommend David Cronenberg's A History of Violence, a great crime drama starring Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bella and Ed Harris
The wood chipper scene really happened. It was the inspiration for the film. The rest is fiction.
Nah, I live just a little bit away. It actually happened. My uncle Reggie was there.
On a more serious note I actually got to drive to the Moose Lake Cabin a couple days ago. Sadly the wood-chipper was not there and I had no where to put the body.
Just discovered your channel - love your insight and passion for film!
"I love how this is shot." Bang! Perfect timing, James. Best. Leo.
Love this damn movie. So dark and complex under such a straightforward and simple story. The series is also excellent but nothing tops the film. Glad you enjoyed it ✌
Brutal and too the point with blunt undertones!
The TV series of Fargo is well worth a watch as well!
A great thing about the show is little references here and there to ALL of their movies!
The first time I saw this movie, I went in completely blind and I was so surprisingly pleased and charmed by it. It truly is a great movie.
Like others commenting on the Coen brothers, I can only say; explore their cinematographic world. Great reaction as always James.
I had the great misfortune of watching this with not only my brother and his new girlfriend, but also my father.
Yikes
Hahahaha oh boy
What's wrong with that?
@@ColombianThunder The two sex scenes were certainly a surprise
@@RagingRaven88 i had the displeasure of watvhing Bruno with my dad so this is tame for me in comparison but i get it
@@ColombianThunder My heart goes out to you my dude.
Check out Room, the Brie Larson movie.
After this movie, some lucky farmer fixing his cattle fence in the Spring found that briefcase full of money.
Actually in the TV series a businessman in Duluth finds it, and starts a grocery store.
Love this movie. Saw it in the theatre and have seen it numerous times since. One of the Coen brother's best.
16:00 still one of the cringiest film moments ever
With all due respect to Cuba Gooding Jr, William H Macy should've one the oscar for supporting actor that year.
Peter Stormare (who plays Grimsrud) is a big actor in Sweden where I come from :) Its interesting how a character can be so scary when barely speaking
Best line of the whole movie- “And I guess that’s your accomplice there in the chipper?”🤣
Great content ... thanks for you commitment to the film
The reason why both Frances McDormand and John Carroll Lynch (who plays her husband in the movie) have such good chemistry is because they both worked together on their characters's backstory. And that's what you mostly do in theatre, I remember in high school me and a girl from class were playing a married couple, both with different personalities, and we actually talked about our characters's backstory and we both agreed that our "son" is biological and not adopted =P
Liked before I even watched. Love your reactions and I love this movie. "A little of the old, in and out." Haha
The actors made this. All of them. Editing, score and cinematography played a huge role. But the actors bought in to what the Cohen's wanted. Wow.
Raising Arizona is another Coen Brothers film. It's a great film with a allstar cast. One of the few comedy films by these brothers.
One of my favourite films ever! It's so unique. Love your channel mate! Stay safe!
Hey you do the same my man!!
The scene where he is practicing is priceless.
Well, at least we know what a quality wood chipper looks like!