Tom Hanks' new film is here again!
The feature film "Born Unloveable Otto" produced in 2022, directed by Mark Foster and starring Tom Hanks. Adapted from the world-warming high-scoring best-selling novel "A Man Named Ovi Decides to Die".
At present, it has been released in Hong Kong and Taiwan. The following March 24, the Chinese mainland will be landed. Netizens who have seen the movie have scored a high score of 7.6 on Douban.
Many netizens gave praise:
"You can always trust Tom Hanks!"
"I haven't seen the original, but I feel that Hollywood is quite good at adapting this type of work. It is definitely more likely to make the general public like it by killing the audience in terms of emotions. In today's materialistic and pathological society, I wouldn't believe anything that could have a community like the one in the movie and something like the end of the story. ”
"The American version moves me more than the Swedish version, probably because Tom Hanks is the last good man in Hollywood, and playing this kind of hot-looking and gentle character is particularly convincing, like seeing the hero of the flying house travels. Well, the transgender plot added to the movie is also warm. ”
You can always trust Tom Hanks
"Born Loveless Otto" is very simple, interesting and touching with daily life, the process is with a smile, and in the second half, he will smile and shed tears.
The movie depicts Otto, who wants to go to Huangquan early after his wife's death, but the newly moved neighbor always interrupts him to commit suicide and forces him to deal with the big and small affairs in the neighborhood.
In his daily community patrols and near-death experiences, Otto recalls his acquaintance with his wife and the sudden change in his relationship with his best friend, but what remains unchanged is his adherence to principles and the warmth that does not match the old-fashioned exterior.
Basically, for the movie starring Oscar winner Tom Hanks, there are only four words "just watch it".
Tom Hanks played this misanthropic old man so funny, annoying to the likable, and later could use his eyes to convey the sadness behind the negative emotions, and several times just looking at his expression made me cry.
His greatest joy in life is serving as a community patrolman and scolding neighbors who make small mistakes, where rules come first and there is no flexibility.
However, after the stupid neighbor's family settled in the community, Otto's world-weary life changed day by day, coloring the black and white life.
As the film progresses, we learn about Otto's purpose in buying the rope and participate in his memoirs, which makes him "super difficult" because of loss.
Otto lost the love of his life half a year ago, and the moment his wife broke her breath was equivalent to declaring that he had no love in this life, and the people he loved deeply were all gone, and he woke up every day to face a huge sense of loss.
Perhaps the neighbors know that Otto is not really cold-blooded, and know that he has a huge and soft kindness hidden in the "iron sheet", so they dare to knock on the door and ask him to be a tool man, and they also sabotage Otto's "plan" and melt the heart of this iron man with tenderness.
In fact, the plot development of "Born Unloveable Otto" is quite predictable, basically movie regulars even if they have not read the novel, just look at the trailer to know the direction, on the plot there are no surprises and no reversals.
However, I think the great thing is that even if you know that it is a warm sketch, emotions can still rise and fall with the protagonist, and heartbreak with him, especially Tom Hanks even has eyes and eyebrows are playful, it is really enjoyable to watch, and the sobs of the audience are heard in the second half.
Of course, you can't rely on the actors alone, the story of "Born Unloveable Otto" is also very good, the film is long, I am not bored at all from beginning to end, although it is just an interaction of several families in the community, but can do each bridge has some highlights, and not the same, but also step by step to understand what kind of story is behind this super difficult person.
Although the interaction is full of negative energy, the messages in the film are very warm, all from small places of life, very deep into the hearts of the general audience, from the reasons for the difficulty, to the process of getting out of the difficulty, it is such a warmth.
Life is not much perfect, there are many things in the world that you are not used to seeing, a lot of behaviors that you don't look good at, many people you feel stupid after watching, "Born Unloveable Otto" did not want to deny these, indeed this is a fact, but under such facts, there can still be warmth.
Difficult but principled
Both the American and Swedish versions present an important point, although difficult people refuse to be cared for by others, and they are nitpicking about their own affairs and norms involving the public, but the world needs this group of people to maintain order, and when necessary, they need to come out and speak up, while others only need to tell them at critical moments that mutual aid is more feasible than fighting alone.
It is especially a pity that the American version does not film the Swedish version of the protagonist's extreme dislike of the high-ranking white-collar class, and the main confrontation with the big devil is reduced to a builder, which to some extent reflects the reality faced by many countries.
When the system is rigid or full of loopholes, or even used by businessmen in turn, the real sacrificed people can sit and count banknotes as long as they are lost far away and out of sight.
Only a ruthless character like Otto can stop the greedy hands of a businessman from reaching into the community, because the justice he pursues is the unity of will and action.
Otto saw that his old friend was so sick that he was in a wheelchair and was almost dragged to a nursing home, he did not hesitate to pull down his face and borrow a mobile phone to make a phone call with his neighbor, and also found a social media reporter who had been afraid to avoid it, and immediately became a hero to save his old friend.
Today, how many people will pay equal attention and effort to other people's affairs as their own.
Death can wait
People cannot decide when they are born, but they can choose when to die.
Even if the American adaptation is not perfect, the story depicts the end of life witty and thought-provoking.
Otto's difficulty is precisely his sense of responsibility to his beloved, his observance of neighborhood order, and even his insistence that rejecting idiocy spoils the world, and he has too much to let go. As long as there is still a breath, it means that your responsibilities and obligations in this world are not over.
Whether it's "Born Unloveable Otto" or "A Man Named Ovi Decides to Die", in fact, they are all pushed back from the end, allowing you to see that the train of life may not be alone and sweep the snow in front of the door, but accompanied by countless passengers, asking and answering questions from each other. It is not okay for you to get off the bus in advance without interacting with people, only if you have no topic to solve, it is the time to get off.
It is recommended for anyone who is confused to watch this movie, it will give you the strength to re-examine your life!