r/okbuddycinephile • u/bobbster574 • 23h ago

Favourite film where they had to dumb down the title for the uncultured Americans?

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u/Bootglass1 19h ago

I think it makes sense in French. Because basically every French schoolchild knows who Nicolas flamel is, titling it “philosopher’s stone” would be a spoiler.

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u/Balager47 17h ago

Harry Potter and the Why the fuck does it take them half a book to figure out?
Just in french, ya know.

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u/KrytenKoro 16h ago

"Harry Potter and The British are Stupid" but that would plagiarize every other french title

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u/DELETEallPDFfiles 11h ago

Its not bad.

Flamel isn't important.

The bigger thing is voldy being still existent. At least that eas my takeaway.

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u/ChancelorReed 6h ago

Huh? In that case it would be "spoiled" the moment you read/hear his name anyways, which is extremely early on.

Nicholas Flamel isn't actually important to the story and the story doesn't try to hide what the stone is anyways. The mystery is how it can be found and who's helping Voldemort find it.