Gave Gene Hackman a chance to show off his fantastic comedic skills
Gave Gene Hackman a chance to show off his fantastic comedic skills
I love Mangold, but his instincts were all wrong - sad sack, given up, grumpy old Indy is the most wrong footed approach - tired but clinging to adventure, unable to quit Indy is the story
I love Mangold, but his instincts were all wrong - sad sack, given up, grumpy old Indy is the most wrong footed approach - tired but clinging to adventure, unable to quit Indy is the story
B: OF COURSE ITS A CHRISTMAS MOVIE!!!
Not only because of the setting, or the music - the themes of redemption and mending relationships are classic Christmas Movie tropes, It’s a Wonderful Life with Guns!
B: OF COURSE ITS A CHRISTMAS MOVIE!!!
Not only because of the setting, or the music - the themes of redemption and mending relationships are classic Christmas Movie tropes, It’s a Wonderful Life with Guns!
It’s also a terribly sad movie.
It’s an extremely intense movie.
It’s also an absolutely brilliant movie.
I love Fargo, first saw it when I was about 15 and it was a brilliant education on what a film can be. No other film plays around with tone as successfully as this.
It’s also a terribly sad movie.
It’s an extremely intense movie.
It’s also an absolutely brilliant movie.
I love Fargo, first saw it when I was about 15 and it was a brilliant education on what a film can be. No other film plays around with tone as successfully as this.
There are some minor plot threads that they can’t resolve (for reasons that can’t be explained without spoilers) and some that they never actually intended to, but the core narrative is if anything over explained by the end!
It’s not perfect, but it is great.
There are some minor plot threads that they can’t resolve (for reasons that can’t be explained without spoilers) and some that they never actually intended to, but the core narrative is if anything over explained by the end!
It’s not perfect, but it is great.
There’s a massive comfort in embracing this mindset.
There’s a massive comfort in embracing this mindset.