I so know what you mean. I loved Oh, Brother, Where Art Thou? and had fun with The Big Lebowski, so I thought Fargo would be awesome after all the good things I’d heard about it. I guess it was a victim of hype.
Sure you is ;). Coming from South Jersey (ie, Toms River) originally, I know you Central Jerseyites pronounce dog as dawwg and coffee as cawwfee. That drawn out ‘aww’ is typical of those from Central Jersey.
But that’s the northern Jerseyans! I swear it! 
[sub]From Tom’s River, huh? Well, since you made it out alive, I’ll assume you didn’t drink the water. 
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No, that’s Central Jersey through and through. North Jersey (or rather NorthEast Jersey) is much more of a Brooklyn-like accent or a ‘Joisey’ accent.
And there ain’t nothing wrong with the water :p. It led to healthy boys such as our 1998 Little League World Series Champs (Nyah!).
Soda? What’s this “soda” of which you speak?
Ooooh, you mean pop!
If you found Fargo annoying rather than amusing, then it would be impossible to explain to you what was great about the movie. You either get humor, or you don’t.
I figured he was trying for humor with the dialect, as in the scene where the cop talks to the two hookers. Again, is it that much different than someone not liking dirty jokes? So I don’t like annoying jokes, sue me. 
I saw Fargo years ago, and the only thing I really remember about it is how much I adored the accent! I have no idea why it apealed as much as it did, but it’s some combination of charming/cute that I just fell for. Where is it that people speak this way? Minnesota you say? Hmmmm…
As other posters have noted, both the accent and the choice of words are slightly exaggerated rural Minnesota dialect. Exaggerated, yes; but not qualitatively unlike conversations you might overhear in a local cafe.
In fairness, I should say many Minnesotans also dislike the movie, for much that reason. We aren’t all that funny. We’re just us.
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It’s called “The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew”, most commonly referred to as “Strange Brew”. And that is a very exaggerated central Northern Ontario accent.
He assumed, as I had, that this car scam thing was just another aspect of his plot he was doing to get the money he needed. It makes sense, though.
Originally Posted by interface2x
I was furious when the movie ended too. I wanted it to go on and on and on…
Someone once said all movies should be directed by the Coen Brothers.
‘Fargo’ is their masterpiece, imho.
Accents, use of background & light, dialogue and an awesome script. Actors to die for and directed by geniuses.
Make way ‘Citizen Kane’. ‘Fargo’ has it all and ought to be the all time # One.
I think the parking lot deal was just an excuse/scam to borrow money from his father in law. He was just deep in debt and desperately needed cash.
As for the accent, I watched it with a friend from Minneapolis and she thought it was hilarious in the “exaggerated but so true!” sense.
I guess you really hated The Full Monty, then. And what was with that stupid movie called Gone With the Wind? Everybody talked that funny talk. Did they do that on purpose?
Maybe all actors should just speak in a monotone. :rolleyes:
What kind of coke would you like? Root beer, cream soda, sprite, we got 'em all.
I thought Fargo was fabulous. And the accents were part of the fun, along with the axes, the hookers, the wood-chippers and the all around murderous mayhem.
I think Fargo is the Coen Brothers’ best film. I’m not a worshipful fan–they can be very uneven–but I generall try to see what they’ve come up with each new film.
My favorite moment: Marge has arrested the Swede and is driving him back to Brainerd. She’s driving through an absolute horizontal whiteout of a blizzard, the kind of weather most people would say is the worst kind the northern states have to offer. To demonstrate for us how totally bred-in-the-bone a sunny-side-up optimist she is, she says something like–"I don’t understand it– [She enumerates the crimes committed.] –and all for a little bit of money. [Then she looks up into the white sky–no doubt struggling mightily to keep the car from blowing off the icy road–and says] *And it’s a beautiful day!" *
That was done so perfectly. She didn’t come off as deluded, or fake, or anything like that; we understood perfectly that she meant it, and that every day is a beautiful day for people like Marge, who carry their beautiful day around with them. One of the most brilliant moments in all of film.
Originally posted by lissener
Yes!
And at the very end where Marge and hubby are in bed, talking and Marge is so proud of her husband for having his 3[?] cents stamp published - while she had just captured a dangerous criminal. She means it.
I love Marge Gunderson. I wish Ethan and Joel would make a trilogy of her.
Never seen The Fully Monty, and I haven’t seen Gone With the Wind for a while, but I do remember that Prissy had the most annoying voice I’d ever heard.
You sound a bit offended. Please read the OP again.
I had never heard the accent for real until I was stuck on a Northworst Airlines plan in Minneapolis in a row with a very nice local couple - who sounded exactly like Marge.
People are funny about accents. When I was living in Cajun country there was a series of ads on the radio staring Clarence Cauchin, the Easter Pig, who spoke in a great Cajun accent. One of the women who worked for my wife objected to he ad for sounding funny - in exactly the same accent.
I’m from New York, where we don’t have an accent.
One of the best things about Fargo however, was that it was a true story! They ‘dramatized’ it, but they didn’t have to make up the plot. It was in the papers.