SummaryThe series based on the Coen brothers’ Oscar-winning film begins with the arrival of Lorne Malvo (Billy Bob Thornton) to Minnesota. Lorne's actions brings major changes to the lives of insurance salesman Lester Nygaard (Martin Freeman); Officer Molly Solverson (Alison Tolman), the daughter of former chief (Keith Carradine); and Duluth De...
SummaryThe series based on the Coen brothers’ Oscar-winning film begins with the arrival of Lorne Malvo (Billy Bob Thornton) to Minnesota. Lorne's actions brings major changes to the lives of insurance salesman Lester Nygaard (Martin Freeman); Officer Molly Solverson (Alison Tolman), the daughter of former chief (Keith Carradine); and Duluth De...
One man's bland is another's bliss, don't ya know. That's certainly the case with the third season of Noah Hawley's Fargo franchise, with its delicious recipe of quirky humanism and chilling, shocking violence unaltered by a year's hiatus. [1-14 May 2017, p.19]
Amazing work. very engaging and interesting story. beautiful cinematography, great characters, wise choice of music. I loved V.M Varga and every single dialogue he said. exceptional work really.
Beautifully shot, wonderfully acted, and a damn good time. Hawley does it again this year putting a new spin on the "THIS IS A TRUE STORY" line shown at the beginning of each episode. It is a philosophical deep dive into our current society and the concept of truth and how subjective it can be. The villains this year are pure evil, especially David Thewlis' disgusting V.M. Varga, and the wonderfully psychotic Meemo played by Andy Yu. The cop character is a staple for the Fargo series, and there is no shortage here. Carrie Coon plays a soon-not-to-be chief of the Eden Valley PD named Gloria Burgle. She has a tough time this season, I'll tell you that much. There are also different supporting police characters like Donny Mashman, Winnie Lopez, and the not-so-supportive Moe Dammick. Mary Elizabeth Winstead plays Nikki Swango the lover of Ray Stussy played by Ewan McGregor who also plays Ray's brother Emmit. Got that? With Emmit, comes a man familiar with the Coen Bros universe. Michael Stuhlbarg plays my favorite character in the series, Sy Feltz, the righthand man of Emmit Stussy. All of these characters get caught up in the dangerous and chaotic world of Fargo Season 3.
As always, however, the pleasures of Fargo derive from the variety of the characters and the clever wordplay they indulge in. ... Coon and Hawley quickly establish the distinctiveness of Gloria’s character: she’s not as polite as Allison Tolman’s Deputy Molly Solverson in season one, nor as tight-lipped serene as Patrick Wilson’s Trooper Lou Solverson in season two.
Giving McGregor two roles seems at first like an oddball casting choice for a show that doesn’t need any more weirdness. Two episodes aren’t enough to say whether it is justified as more than Emmy bait for McGregor. Of the two roles, he seems more convincing as Ray. Thewlis oozes menace and charm as a mobster who has seen the world. ... Pack light. Fargo moves fast.
The show’s reputation continues to attract a variety of actors you wouldn’t necessarily put in a room together. Fortunately, McGregor underplays the dual role, avoiding caricature and subtly altering his Minnesota accent to suggest Ray and Emmit have had two completely different lives.
In the early going, the third season of Fargo, which is set in 2010, offers a sprinkling of skillful characterization, dialogue, and production design without providing enough psychologically compelling components to balance out the largely dry and even perfunctory aspects of the drama. The elements viewers have come to expect are accounted for, as if by checklist.
Hawley es un guionista de televisión brillante. Creador de Fargo serie. La primera temporada nos sorprendió a todos. La segunda lo superó. La tercera, ¡VUELVE HACERLO! Parecía imposible superar la S02 pero este genio lo hizo, lo que ya no es casualidad y le convierte en uno de los grandes del medio. Para mí, esta es la MEJOR temporada de Fargo. ¿Porqué? No porque la trama sea mejor ni mole más sino simplemente porque contando lo mismo que las otras dos, tratando la condición humana, lo peor del ser esta temporada lo cuenta todavía de forma más madura, oscura y dura. Esta temporada he acabado algunos episodios reventado y tremendamente dolido, porque hay escenas en esta tercera que duelen, que como espectador te duelen profundamente y eso lo consiguen pocas series/películas. Algunos capítulos como el tercero, el quinto o el octavo son buen ejemplo de ello. Los personajes son fascinantes y el ¿antagonista? no es mejor que Malmo pero es muy inquietante y a la vez fascinante y repulsivo. Yo he vibrado con pocas, poquisimas temporadas más que con esta tercera de Fargo. Porque sí, esto es mucha CANELA.
I am a fan of shows that attempt different goals in every season but this is an example of going too far off the rails. This season attempts to be ultra-artistic, bringing out very obscure moments and scenes, even the entirety of episode 3, that feel like a waste of time. Side stories and random moments that never fall into place and instead fade out of existence doesn't make great entertainment nor art for that matter. If I wanted to look at some obscure films or tv shows, I would pay to watch those, I didn't expect that to be the main staple of a suspenseful franchise with colorful characters and dark humor. Along with being obscure, this season is bland, in color and in feeling, in fact it strove to make me feel uncomfortable a lot. All the fun and comedic irony I know Fargo for is stripped out, there are no chuckles and no silliness in either the story or characters, all that's left is the location and the accent in people's voices. The ending too is a decide-for-yourself moment and I did like that because it made me think and ties in with the plot, unlike all the preceding, random decide-for-yourself moments. The acting is superb, especially by David Thewlis who plays a despicable antagonist and Ewan McGregor who is playing two brothers. The acting is a pillar that held my interest. The montages are stylish and captivating but most of them empty because they serve little purpose to the plot and at times they are overdone. Even with all the issues present, I would still be able to enjoy the season and think that it's just the weaker one but there is a more glaring problem. There is no character that is truly likable besides for a side police character. There was Nicki Swango, but her story wraps up so disappointingly that it makes it pointless to think back on her. The main protagonist is bland beyond belief, with plainness and dedication being her main personality traits. There is no light or darkness in her, in fact the symbolism used to portray her is that of a person that doesn't exist as she cannot be detected by technology and is juxtaposed with a repetitive robot that nobody cares about. I like when shows try to do something new in a season and if in this season they set out to have everything follow a theme of blandness: bland characters, bland colors, bland artsy moments, then they have achieved it immensely, otherwise whatever they were trying to achieve wound up to be scattered, disconnected bits of shallow glory that were irrelevant to the plot.
Not even close to the previous two seasons , at times it drags and is boring beyond belief. The McGregor characters are not very interesting. Too bad as I loved the first two.
Huge disappointment. Hard to follow the plot and the cast is much weaker in season 3. I loved the first two seasons and own the DVD's which I watch often. But this is never going to be on that level. The true test is what would the Coen brothers think? I would wager a pair of Jesse Plemmon's tighty whites that they would not like this current reincarnation.