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Just watched Fargo and don't get what I saw.

Just started crying at the very end and don't understand why
Beady-eyed Dull Stock Car Location
  02/22/18
the movie?
Lake voyeur
  02/22/18
yeah
Beady-eyed Dull Stock Car Location
  02/22/18
The car scene with Francis McDormand? That's widely consider...
Lake voyeur
  02/22/18
cried at roll credits but i can see what you are saying
Beady-eyed Dull Stock Car Location
  02/22/18
that, i believe, is the 2nd-to-last scene, and while I love ...
stirring garrison sandwich
  02/22/18
sounds like you do get it
Insanely creepy trip immigrant
  02/22/18
rolled credits and with no obvious logical thread just *TEAR...
Beady-eyed Dull Stock Car Location
  02/22/18
A BEDROOM We are square on Norm, who sits in bed watchin...
stirring garrison sandwich
  02/22/18
...
Beady-eyed Dull Stock Car Location
  02/22/18
a child will be brought from such tranquillity and love to t...
Cobalt french chef home
  02/22/18
please leave my thread alone
Beady-eyed Dull Stock Car Location
  02/22/18
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmoYpJIUWhY
Provocative spot
  02/22/18
one thing that always bothered me about this scene (aside fr...
stirring garrison sandwich
  02/22/18
He also has comical reaction (he's moved) when the woman say...
Beady-eyed Dull Stock Car Location
  02/22/18
hm, forgot about that. good point.
stirring garrison sandwich
  02/22/18
Norm is incredibly naive & simplistic. all that matters ...
stirring garrison sandwich
  02/22/18
...
Beady-eyed Dull Stock Car Location
  02/22/18
(Mike Yanagita)
Domesticated abnormal degenerate
  02/22/18


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Date: February 22nd, 2018 2:49 AM
Author: Beady-eyed Dull Stock Car Location

Just started crying at the very end and don't understand why

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3900229&forum_id=2#35458942)



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Date: February 22nd, 2018 2:51 AM
Author: Lake voyeur

the movie?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3900229&forum_id=2#35458944)



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Date: February 22nd, 2018 2:51 AM
Author: Beady-eyed Dull Stock Car Location

yeah

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3900229&forum_id=2#35458945)



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Date: February 22nd, 2018 3:01 AM
Author: Lake voyeur

The car scene with Francis McDormand? That's widely considered one of the best scenes of all time. It's really effective at showing how idiotic and selfish humans can be when she lectures him on how its a beautiful day.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3900229&forum_id=2#35458958)



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Date: February 22nd, 2018 3:07 AM
Author: Beady-eyed Dull Stock Car Location

cried at roll credits but i can see what you are saying

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3900229&forum_id=2#35458970)



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Date: February 22nd, 2018 3:09 AM
Author: stirring garrison sandwich

that, i believe, is the 2nd-to-last scene, and while I love the movie and consider it brilliant examples of both writing and directing, it is far from my favorite scene in the film. i find that margie comes across too preachy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3900229&forum_id=2#35458974)



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Date: February 22nd, 2018 2:57 AM
Author: Insanely creepy trip immigrant

sounds like you do get it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3900229&forum_id=2#35458951)



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Date: February 22nd, 2018 3:02 AM
Author: Beady-eyed Dull Stock Car Location

rolled credits and with no obvious logical thread just *TEARED*

tried to figure out why after but it isn't clear

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3900229&forum_id=2#35458962)



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Date: February 22nd, 2018 3:03 AM
Author: stirring garrison sandwich

A BEDROOM

We are square on Norm, who sits in bed watching television.

After a long beat, Marge enters frame in a nightie and

climbs into bed, with some effort.

MARGE

Oooph!

Norm reaches for her hand as both watch the television.

At length Norm speaks, but keeps his eyes on the TV.

NORM

They announced it.

Marge looks at him.

MARGE

They announced it?

NORM

Yah.

Marge looks at him, waiting for more, but Norm's eyes stay

fixed on the television.

MARGE

... So?

NORM

Three-cent stamp.

MARGE

Your mallard?

NORM

Yah.

MARGE

Norm, that's terrific!

Norm tries to suppress a smile of pleasure.

NORM

It's just the three cent.

MARGE

It's terrific!

NORM

Hautman's blue-winged teal got the

twenty-nine cent. People don't

much use the three-cent.

MARGE

Oh, for Pete's - a course they do!

Every time they raise the darned

postage, people need the little

stamps!

NORM

Yah.

MARGE

When they're stuck with a bunch a

the old ones!

NORM

Yah, I guess.

MARGE

That's terrific.

Her eyes go back to the TV.

MARGE

... I'm so proud a you, Norm.

Norm murmurs:

NORM

I love you, Margie.

MARGE

I love you, Norm.

Both of them are watching the TV as Norm reaches out to rest

a hand on top of her stomach.

NORM

... Two more months.

Marge absently rests her own hand on top of his.

MARGE

Two more months.

Hold; fade out.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3900229&forum_id=2#35458966)



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Date: February 22nd, 2018 3:07 AM
Author: Beady-eyed Dull Stock Car Location



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3900229&forum_id=2#35458971)



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Date: February 22nd, 2018 3:27 AM
Author: Cobalt french chef home

a child will be brought from such tranquillity and love to this house of horror we call life. am i reading the scene wrong?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3900229&forum_id=2#35458984)



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Date: February 22nd, 2018 3:28 AM
Author: Beady-eyed Dull Stock Car Location

please leave my thread alone

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3900229&forum_id=2#35458985)



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Date: February 22nd, 2018 3:10 AM
Author: Provocative spot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmoYpJIUWhY

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3900229&forum_id=2#35458975)



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Date: February 22nd, 2018 3:36 AM
Author: stirring garrison sandwich

one thing that always bothered me about this scene (aside from frances macdormand coming across as too preachy) is that gunnar (or whatever his name is) shows signs of remorse.

seems out of character, as he's a complete sociopath throughout.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3900229&forum_id=2#35458992)



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Date: February 22nd, 2018 3:37 AM
Author: Beady-eyed Dull Stock Car Location

He also has comical reaction (he's moved) when the woman says she is pregnant on the soap opera in the cabin.

This is right before he kills his partner, who is interrupting his viewing.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3900229&forum_id=2#35458994)



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Date: February 22nd, 2018 4:01 AM
Author: stirring garrison sandwich

hm, forgot about that. good point.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3900229&forum_id=2#35459017)



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Date: February 22nd, 2018 3:51 AM
Author: stirring garrison sandwich

Norm is incredibly naive & simplistic. all that matters to him is the stamp contest. (i'd argue the coens made it a stamp contest because stamp hobbies are often used in tv/movies as a symbol of mundanity.)

Contrast this with Margie, who is incredibly observant (she's a detective after all) and deals with crime and action as part of her occupation.

In the last scene, Margie knows that she is bringing a child into a cruel, violent world and she won't be able to protect the child at all times anymore. (and, indeed, the child may very well be haunted by the same sense of hyper awareness she possesses -- reminiscent of the ben folds' song "still fighting it.")

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3900229&forum_id=2#35459014)



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Date: February 22nd, 2018 12:44 PM
Author: Beady-eyed Dull Stock Car Location



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Date: February 22nd, 2018 12:51 PM
Author: Domesticated abnormal degenerate

(Mike Yanagita)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3900229&forum_id=2#35461042)