Fargo

Yah. This is cinema. Yah. My second movie from *The Coen Brothers' filmography, and it just doesn't stop being fantastic. I know the movie is a cult classic but I didn't expect myself to be laughing my ass off this hard. Fargo is a black comedy crime film about a man in deep debt who plans to have his own wife kidnapped to extort ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. However, the plan goes awry drastically. I think this is one of the best pieces of narrative and situational comedy I have ever had the pleasure of witnessing and one of the most unique things about this how it manages to perfectly narrate such an eventful fuck-up in a runtime that doesn't even hit the triple digits. The performances are top notch- William Macy as Jerry is one of the most punch-able characters I have ever seen - the last one being Joffrey Baratheon from GOT. Frances Mcdormand was the cutest and perfect choice for the role and I literally smiled in every scene she was a part of and Steve Buscemi, well he was just being himself - you know, like a funny looking guy.* (I am so funny) The setting of the movie - Midwestern America, ice-cold, mundane juxtaposes so ironically with the narrative - bloody, comedic, eventful. Each character has their own purpose and perfect treatment and it doesn't feel at any point that they are just there. People might argue that Norm Gunderson was just there because of Marge, but his character as part of the couple is crucial to show the stark contrast with that of Jerry and Jean. The Gundersons appear to have a mundane lifestyle - TV, snacking in bed and all however, they care for each other deeply and their love for each other in fact serves as the ending scene of the movie. Meanwhile, The Lundergaards on the other hand seem to have money but their happy marriage is hollow as Jerry readily plans to have his wife kidnapped just for a little bit of money, which leads to the catastrophic events that occur. Apart from the couple, the simple human greed, betrayal and buffoonery is highlighted in various situations which seem pointless at first but are actually disastrous What Ifs?. I also liked the fact that the police doesn't go after in the search of money because everyone involved is dead and Marge simply doesn't care about the money to go out of her way to search the very reason this shit happened. A very tight production - fantastic performances, screenplay, dialog especially whoever decided to do the Yah gag, cinematography, editing, color grading, pacing and runtime, emotional depth, humor and gore, runtime, sound design and mixing, themes and ending. I like how The Coen Brothers end their movies. I mean I saw this in No Country for Old Men too, but it is always a conversation between two people settling things down. Kind of like a cooldown. Nah, I don't think there is anything that I can nitpick here. I wish this went on longer but oh well. Really gonna miss the woodchipper. Watch it. It is one of the greatest pieces of narrative out there with fantastic performances.