Fargo - it was okay

Rating: Null/10 (14 February 1999)

Fargo had some great acting in it - Frances McDormand, William H. Macy were great, but the whole story was just so repulsive, that I cannot recommend this movie. A person gets put through a wood chipper at the end of the movie. I mean, what is the redeeming quality in that? I mean our whole purpose in life is to leave this world in a better place than it was when we were born. This movie does nothing to promote that idea at all. Sure, justice was done, but did it have to come at the expense of so mant innocent people, like the guy at the parking lot. Why was he blown away? Just for entertainment? I do not find innocent people getting wasted as entertainment. I feel the same way about this movie as I do about "Silence of the Lambs" great acting but the movie dealt with a completely repulsive subject and a completely repulsive main character. I still cannot figure out why that movie won so many Oscars. I am not a right-wing puritan by any stretch of the imagination. But, I cannot recommend either of these movies to anyone. If you want to watch a Joel/Ethan Coen movie watch Raising Arizona. It is so funny. And if you want to watch a Jonathan Demme movie watch Stop Making Sense. But I still think the best concert movie of all time is Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii. Beautiful cinematography, excellent performances. But Stop Making Sense is also an excellent movie.