🙄 It is the same basic story, they have just changed the ethnicity of the main characters & the country. In the original Ove is Swedish & the new neighbor is Iranian. In this movie, Otto is American & the neighbor is Hispanic. Not sure where you are getting a 'propaganda push'?
Americans have a fixation (or presumption) to remake other people's (good) films to make them better: it's not like that.
It's not a bad movie this with Tom Hanks, but it just wasn't necessary. They could spend resources and energy to do something else since this story was already beautifully told in 2015
Americans have a fixation (or presumption) to remake other people's (good) films to make them better: it's not like that.
It's not a bad movie this with Tom Hanks, but it just wasn't necessary. They could spend resources and energy to do something else since this story was already beautifully told in 2015
The reason isn't always as cynical as that. Foreign films rarely get a major theatrical release in the USA because it costs too much money. Add the fact that people (of every nation) prefer to see movies in their mother language with actors they recognize. Put those 2 together and it's business sense: pick the best foreign movies and remake them.
Every country does it. India has its own successful remake of The Godfather, Japan did a samurai remake of The Unforgiven, and there's a Nigerian remake of Purple Rain which oughta be interesting. I don't think anyone's necessarily trying to thumb their nose at the original; it's just the economics of bringing a successful story to your home country.
I'm eternally grateful for Americanizations like The Magnificent Seven (1960). 12 Monkeys (1995) and of course... Three's Company.
Americans have a fixation (or presumption) to remake other people's (good) films to make them better: it's not like that.
It's not a bad movie this with Tom Hanks, but it just wasn't necessary. They could spend resources and energy to do something else since this story was already beautifully told in 2015
The reason isn't always as cynical as that. Foreign films rarely get a major theatrical release in the USA because it costs too much money. Add the fact that people (of every nation) prefer to see movies in their mother language with actors they recognize. Put those 2 together and it's business sense: pick the best foreign movies and remake them.
Every country does it. India has its own successful remake of The Godfather, Japan did a samurai remake of The Unforgiven, and there's a Nigerian remake of Purple Rain which oughta be interesting. I don't think anyone's necessarily trying to thumb their nose at the original; it's just the economics of bringing a successful story to your home country.
I'm eternally grateful for Americanizations like The Magnificent Seven (1960). 12 Monkeys (1995) and of course... Three's Company.
Every country does it. India has its own successful remake of The Godfather, Japan did a samurai remake of The Unforgiven, and there's a Nigerian remake of Purple Rain which oughta be interesting. I don't think anyone's necessarily trying to thumb their nose at the original; it's just the economics of bringing a successful story to your home country.
I'm eternally grateful for Americanizations like The Magnificent Seven (1960). 12 Monkeys (1995) and of course... Three's Company.
Every country does it. India has its own successful remake of The Godfather, Japan did a samurai remake of The Unforgiven, and there's a Nigerian remake of Purple Rain which oughta be interesting. I don't think anyone's necessarily trying to thumb their nose at the original; it's just the economics of bringing a successful story to your home country.
I'm eternally grateful for Americanizations like The Magnificent Seven (1960). 12 Monkeys (1995) and of course... Three's Company.
Every country does it. India has its own successful remake of The Godfather, Japan did a samurai remake of The Unforgiven, and there's a Nigerian remake of Purple Rain which oughta be interesting. I don't think anyone's necessarily trying to thumb their nose at the original; it's just the economics of bringing a successful story to your home country.
I'm eternally grateful for Americanizations like The Magnificent Seven (1960). 12 Monkeys (1995) and of course... Three's Company.
Ok that looks surprisingly AWESOME.
Purple Rain set in the Sahara... the motorbike scenes alone got me hooked.
Not sure where to find it though, if you find out, leave a post here.
Will do! The director’s website says it’s on Amazon Prime but when I click the link it says it’s not available in my location (USA). He has a Vimeo link where you can watch it for $5 which seems totally worth it, but I’ll keep looking for a freebie. Here’s the director’s website (links at bottom of page) —> Nigerian Purple Rain releases
@rooprect said:
The reason isn't always as cynical as that. Foreign films rarely get a major theatrical release in the USA because it costs too much money. Add the fact that people (of every nation) prefer to see movies in their mother language with actors they recognize. Put those 2 together and it's business sense: pick the best foreign movies and remake them.
Maybe because they don't have good dubbers like we have in Italy. I've seen both "Mr. Ove" obviously dubbed, and "A Man Called Otto"... and thousands of other German, US, French, etc etc movies. We don't only watch Italian films :-D
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Svar av therapist
den 1 Mars 2023 kl. 9:44 AM
They need to push propaganda quotas.
Svar av bratface
den 1 Mars 2023 kl. 6:14 PM
🙄 It is the same basic story, they have just changed the ethnicity of the main characters & the country. In the original Ove is Swedish & the new neighbor is Iranian. In this movie, Otto is American & the neighbor is Hispanic. Not sure where you are getting a 'propaganda push'?
Svar av Markoff
den 1 Mars 2023 kl. 6:40 PM
In original the Iranian had Swedish husband, so not really immigrant family.
Not that it would matter, remaking it is just stupid, Tom Hanks should better stay at Epstein island.
Svar av aiace68
den 18 August 2023 kl. 3:48 AM
Americans have a fixation (or presumption) to remake other people's (good) films to make them better: it's not like that. It's not a bad movie this with Tom Hanks, but it just wasn't necessary. They could spend resources and energy to do something else since this story was already beautifully told in 2015
Svar av rooprect
den 18 August 2023 kl. 8:38 PM
The reason isn't always as cynical as that. Foreign films rarely get a major theatrical release in the USA because it costs too much money. Add the fact that people (of every nation) prefer to see movies in their mother language with actors they recognize. Put those 2 together and it's business sense: pick the best foreign movies and remake them.
Every country does it. India has its own successful remake of The Godfather, Japan did a samurai remake of The Unforgiven, and there's a Nigerian remake of Purple Rain which oughta be interesting. I don't think anyone's necessarily trying to thumb their nose at the original; it's just the economics of bringing a successful story to your home country.
I'm eternally grateful for Americanizations like The Magnificent Seven (1960). 12 Monkeys (1995) and of course... Three's Company.
Svar av bratface
den 18 August 2023 kl. 9:34 PM
Here's a trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-pk03sm9oo
Here is a live video of Mdou Moctar (star of the film) from last August:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzpXXLxhH1o
Svar av rooprect
den 18 August 2023 kl. 9:59 PM
Ok that looks surprisingly AWESOME. Purple Rain set in the Sahara... the motorbike scenes alone got me hooked.
Svar av bratface
den 18 August 2023 kl. 10:47 PM
Not sure where to find it though, if you find out, leave a post here.
Svar av rooprect
den 19 August 2023 kl. 3:54 AM
Will do! The director’s website says it’s on Amazon Prime but when I click the link it says it’s not available in my location (USA). He has a Vimeo link where you can watch it for $5 which seems totally worth it, but I’ll keep looking for a freebie. Here’s the director’s website (links at bottom of page) —> Nigerian Purple Rain releases
Svar av aiace68
den 19 August 2023 kl. 5:49 AM
Maybe because they don't have good dubbers like we have in Italy. I've seen both "Mr. Ove" obviously dubbed, and "A Man Called Otto"... and thousands of other German, US, French, etc etc movies. We don't only watch Italian films :-D