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It’s been well reported that the highly acclaimed Fargo television series features plenty of nods to the Coen brothers and their films. There’s no shortage of praise towards the brothers and the world they created in the original Fargo — and by extension their other films. Noah Hawley and the other creators on the show go all in to create an experience that is faithful to the Coens’ talent.
Only the Coen brothers don’t seem to care all that much. In a new interview with Radio Times, the directorial duo admit that they are tuning in to every episode of Fargo and taking joy in how the show portrays their past work. In fact, they’re pretty clear about their feelings:
“We’re just not very interested. I mean, we’re perfectly happy with it. We have no problem with it. It just feels divorced from our film somehow”
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worst executive producers ever
I always think of State And Main when someone talks about an executive producer
@aRobertsg You mean associate producer? It’s what you give your secretary instead of a raise.
Well it was late. But I am also an idiot.
Makes sense as they haven’t done anything decent in nearly a decade.
True Grit was fucking great.
I disagree.
Your the leader of the Greg Hardy fan club. Disagreeing with you is normal.
No Country for Old Men is a fantastic movie, and most people would be willing to admit that. But this is the internet, so you’ll defend your terrible opinion even though you realize you might have jumped to conclusions.
You don’t understand what jumped to conclusions means, so quit while you are behind.
I said nearly ten years, NCFOM is nine years old. Guess what I wasn’t including arsehole.
They just made their first bad movie in over ten years, actually.
Actually…. Right
I think the technical term to describe their feelings is “Jelly.”
They don’t care about it because it sucks. Remember in the 90s when all of those Quentin Tarantino knock-off movies came out (2 Days in the Valley, Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead). That’s what the Fargo tv series is like. Seriously. Art imitating art.
Except the FARGO tv series is nearly universally beloved by fans and critics (99% on Rotten Tomatoes, 85 on Metacritic). Meanwhile, Things to Do in Denver is sitting at 30% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Yeah this here is just straight up wrong.
In addition to the Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic scores, the TV show is also higher rated on IMDB than the movie. 9.1 to 8.2. So, Dvorakian, you are clearly in the minority with that opinion.