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Author Topic: Is Fargo in your top 10?  (Read 5124 times)

MuggsyB

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Is Fargo in your top 10?
« on: December 30, 2021, 07:07:50 PM »
Maybe it's me but it's pretty close to a perfect film and perhaps top 5 all-time.  The cast is phenomenal.  Love the guy who plays Wade.

Ooops.  Sorry.  Don't know how to move to superbar.
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Re: Is Fargo in your top 10?
« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2021, 07:46:09 PM »
Items a great film, maybe not top 5.
However, the TV show is in my top 5 and is a masterpiece.

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Re: Is Fargo in your top 10?
« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2021, 07:51:09 PM »
1 Tommy Boy
2 Godfather
3 Hoosiers
4 Joe Dirt
5 The Deer Hunter
6 Rain Man
7 Fargo could be #7. Here's when it gets tough.

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Re: Is Fargo in your top 10?
« Reply #3 on: December 30, 2021, 07:53:35 PM »
Maybe it's me but it's pretty close to a perfect film and perhaps top 5 all-time.  The cast is phenomenal.  Love the guy who plays Wade.

Ooops.  Sorry.  Don't know how to move to superbar.
You delete your entry…..you go to superbar….you start a new topic on favorite movies. But, I think you actually may have the ability to post this where it belongs prior to this.

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Re: Is Fargo in your top 10?
« Reply #4 on: December 30, 2021, 08:04:37 PM »
Yea, but that TruCoat ....

MuggsyB

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Re: Is Fargo in your top 10?
« Reply #5 on: December 30, 2021, 09:08:04 PM »
You delete your entry…..you go to superbar….you start a new topic on favorite movies. But, I think you actually may have the ability to post this where it belongs prior to this.

My apologies.

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Re: Is Fargo in your top 10?
« Reply #6 on: January 03, 2022, 01:09:43 PM »
Maybe it's me but it's pretty close to a perfect film and perhaps top 5 all-time.  The cast is phenomenal.  Love the guy who plays Wade.

Ooops.  Sorry.  Don't know how to move to superbar.

Gotta be in my top 10.  A great, great film.  And you are right, the guy who plays Wade is phenomenal. 

Taking a stab at 10, in no particular order:

The Sting, The Godfather, In Bruges, Fargo, Inglourious Basterds, The Avengers:  Infinity War, Caddyshack, Independence Day, Shawshank Redemption, The Empire Stirkes Back
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Re: Is Fargo in your top 10?
« Reply #7 on: January 03, 2022, 01:15:47 PM »
I love "Fargo," but "No Country for Old Men" is my favorite Coen Bros film.  Both are in my Top 10.
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Re: Is Fargo in your top 10?
« Reply #8 on: January 03, 2022, 01:26:48 PM »
Gotta be in my top 10.  A great, great film.  And you are right, the guy who plays Wade is phenomenal. 

Taking a stab at 10, in no particular order:

The Sting, The Godfather, In Bruges, Fargo, Inglourious Basterds, The Avengers:  Infinity War, Caddyshack, Independence Day, Shawshank Redemption, The Empire Stirkes Back

It looks like you and I have similar tastes ... which either figures because we're both Connecticutians or should scare the hell out of you.

I'm in the "Caddyshack is overrated" camp, so that wouldn't be within light years of my top 10, and I probably wouldn't rank Independence Day or the Marvel movie in my top 25, but your others would either be in there or darn close. I'd have to find room for Jaws, Gladiator, The Graduate, Raging Bull, Schindler's List, maybe The Jerk, maybe Hoop Dreams.

I especially like your inclusion of In Bruges and Inglourious Basterds, two great flicks that many wouldn't think of. Just thinking about In Bruges makes me crack up!

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And to answer Muggsy's original question about Fargo after this finally found a home on the proper board ... of course!

There are few movies that made me laugh more than Fargo, which also was so damn smart and filled with incredible performances. It made stars out of McDormand, Macy and Buscemi, and there were so many outstanding supporting performances, too.
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Re: Is Fargo in your top 10?
« Reply #9 on: January 03, 2022, 01:40:30 PM »
No chance for my top 5.

Think the show is closer to my top 5 shows than movie to my top 5 movie.

Both are awesome though.
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Re: Is Fargo in your top 10?
« Reply #10 on: January 03, 2022, 02:00:15 PM »
Gotta be in my top 10.  A great, great film.  And you are right, the guy who plays Wade is phenomenal. 

Taking a stab at 10, in no particular order:

The Sting, The Godfather, In Bruges, Fargo, Inglourious Basterds, The Avengers:  Infinity War, Caddyshack, Independence Day, Shawshank Redemption, The Empire Stirkes Back

Wow, we got different tastes. Godfather & Fargo are the only ones that would even be in my top 100.

That's what makes this fun, though.


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Re: Is Fargo in your top 10?
« Reply #11 on: January 03, 2022, 05:12:38 PM »
There are a ton of cities I’d rather visit than Fargo.  ;D

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Re: Is Fargo in your top 10?
« Reply #12 on: January 03, 2022, 07:56:57 PM »
I love the "we're not a bank Jerry" scene.  Wade should have gotten greater recognition and more screen time. 

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Re: Is Fargo in your top 10?
« Reply #13 on: January 03, 2022, 08:57:17 PM »
I believe a lot of the shots on the interstate were along 494 near Richfield and Bloomington.  Probably 90% of that now torn down and new businesses put in.  Fun to see as I lived in Richfield from 1987 to 1994.

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Re: Is Fargo in your top 10?
« Reply #14 on: January 03, 2022, 09:34:34 PM »
My top 10 in no particular order:

Godfather (1 & 2)
In the Name of the Father
A Clockwork Orange
The Sting
CInema Paradiso
Fargo
There Will Be Blood
Pulp Fiction
Mississippi Burning
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest


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Re: Is Fargo in your top 10?
« Reply #15 on: January 03, 2022, 09:54:39 PM »
ZFB’s #1 is “Fill Bill”
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Re: Is Fargo in your top 10?
« Reply #16 on: January 04, 2022, 08:21:11 AM »
It looks like you and I have similar tastes ... which either figures because we're both Connecticutians or should scare the hell out of you.

I'm in the "Caddyshack is overrated" camp, so that wouldn't be within light years of my top 10, and I probably wouldn't rank Independence Day or the Marvel movie in my top 25,
Ted Knight cracks me up in Caddyshack (I also caddied as a high schooler and on weekends while in college so a lot of it rang true), and I wanted to include a straight up comedy.  It was between that and Young Frankenstein.  I really enjoyed the Marvel movies and wanted to pick one, and Independence Day is just a really fun movie start to finish.

I also like to love all of your other suggestions, so we do indeed have similar tastes!
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Re: Is Fargo in your top 10?
« Reply #17 on: January 04, 2022, 08:25:06 AM »
My top 10 in no particular order:

Godfather (1 & 2)
In the Name of the Father
A Clockwork Orange
The Sting
CInema Paradiso
Fargo
There Will Be Blood
Pulp Fiction
Mississippi Burning
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
A Clockwork Orange, There Will Be Blood and Mississippi Burning are not my cup of tea, but love the rest of this list.
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Re: Is Fargo in your top 10?
« Reply #18 on: January 04, 2022, 09:13:14 AM »
Ted Knight cracks me up in Caddyshack (I also caddied as a high schooler and on weekends while in college so a lot of it rang true), and I wanted to include a straight up comedy.  It was between that and Young Frankenstein.  I really enjoyed the Marvel movies and wanted to pick one, and Independence Day is just a really fun movie start to finish.

I also like to love all of your other suggestions, so we do indeed have similar tastes!
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Oooh ... Young Frankenstein ... great call. I was going off the top of my head and forget that one -- it and The Jerk are my two favorite comedies ever. YF is by far the "better" movie but I laugh a lot every time I watch just about any clip from The Jerk. It was Steve Martin at his dopiest funny, before he became a renaissance man. My wife's favorite comedy is Planes, Trains & Automobiles, which is damn funny too -- Martin is a great straight man to a hilarious John Candy.

One also could argue that In Bruges, The Graduate and Inglourious Basterds are comedies, I suppose. So many of Tarantino's movies just crack me up.
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« Reply #19 on: January 04, 2022, 09:56:57 AM »
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Oooh ... Young Frankenstein ... great call. I was going off the top of my head and forget that one -- it and The Jerk are my two favorite comedies ever. YF is by far the "better" movie but I laugh a lot every time I watch just about any clip from The Jerk. It was Steve Martin at his dopiest funny, before he became a renaissance man. My wife's favorite comedy is Planes, Trains & Automobiles, which is damn funny too -- Martin is a great straight man to a hilarious John Candy.

One also could argue that In Bruges, The Graduate and Inglourious Basterds are comedies, I suppose. So many of Tarantino's movies just crack me up.

We are going (covid allowing) to Bruges this summer solely because of that movie.

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Re: Is Fargo in your top 10?
« Reply #20 on: January 04, 2022, 10:51:40 AM »
We are going (covid allowing) to Bruges this summer solely because of that movie.

I have a friend who went in 2019 as part of a trip to Germany and elsewhere in Belgium, and he said it was great. It's on our list. I'll be interested in hearing your report.

I think I need to watch In Bruges again soon!
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Re: Is Fargo in your top 10?
« Reply #21 on: January 04, 2022, 11:11:41 AM »
We are going (covid allowing) to Bruges this summer solely because of that movie.

We're going in late spring for a break after my son's wedding.
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« Reply #22 on: January 04, 2022, 03:45:54 PM »
We're going in late spring for a break after my son's wedding.

Nice, we are basing in Brussels for 7 days. Let us know what you find fun.

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Re: Is Fargo in your top 10?
« Reply #23 on: January 04, 2022, 09:19:22 PM »
Nice, we are basing in Brussels for 7 days. Let us know what you find fun.

Do you have family there? Otherwise that’s an awful long time in Brussels for me  ;D

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Re: Is Fargo in your top 10?
« Reply #24 on: January 04, 2022, 10:43:03 PM »
Do you have family there? Otherwise that’s an awful long time in Brussels for me  ;D

Yes.  Hop over to Leuven and stay a few nights in Antwerp.  I prefer Antwerp to Brussels in general.

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