🙄 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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Contestado por therapist
el 1 de marzo de 2023 a las 09:44
They need to push propaganda quotas.
Contestado por bratface
el 1 de marzo de 2023 a las 18:14
🙄 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'?
Contestado por Markoff
el 1 de marzo de 2023 a las 18:40
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.
Contestado por aiace68
el 18 de agosto de 2023 a las 03:48
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
Contestado por rooprect
el 18 de agosto de 2023 a las 20:38
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.
Contestado por bratface
el 18 de agosto de 2023 a las 21:34
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
Contestado por rooprect
el 18 de agosto de 2023 a las 21:59
Ok that looks surprisingly AWESOME. Purple Rain set in the Sahara... the motorbike scenes alone got me hooked.
Contestado por bratface
el 18 de agosto de 2023 a las 22:47
Not sure where to find it though, if you find out, leave a post here.
Contestado por rooprect
el 19 de agosto de 2023 a las 03:54
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
Contestado por aiace68
el 19 de agosto de 2023 a las 05:49
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