Foreign or Dubbed?

[nasty]

I'm watching the dubbed version of "Das Boot,"(BEST SUBMARINE FILM EVER,!!!!!!!!)and would like to know. Which is best. Do you mind subtitles, or watching it dubbed?

 

[Willing and Unsure]

i loved that one... it was great.... and i think the subtitles helped a lot since i dont know much German

 

[DriveSouth]

I'm partial to sub-titled films myself---

 

[lavender]

 

[nasty]

I like them dubbed

It's not like I don't mind subtitles, I just think it can be hard to catch everything they say. Plus, it takes away from the action, when you have to read what's being said. Although, it's pretty silly seeing a guy mouthing words, and their saying something else. I have to concentrate on what's going on in the movie to keep from laughing.

 

[Mistress]

I hate subtitles and I loath dubs....

 

[shadowsource]

Only subtitles -

You should know that when they have to match the appearance of words in one language to the way lips move in a different language, the meanings are frequently, horribly changed. Printing the words is bad enough, and lots of things get left out, but making one language LOOK like another is hopeless, except perhaps in a boneheaded action movie with no verbal subtlety.

Another problem: I've written things that were translated into other languages. From English to German, for instance, it takes twice as much text in German. Japanese, too, is much longer, partly because of all the necessary etiquette that must be inserted; it's rather like the old Jane Austin "And now, dear reader, let me explain..."

 

[lavender]

 

[shadowsource]

How about?

TRIUMPH OF THE WILL, dubbed by Mel Brooks?

 

[ShyGuy68]

I prefer subtitled that's for sure! Which is how we do in Denmark. Only movies for kids are dubbed over here.

 

[miles]

When movies are dubbed you lose the emotion in the actor's voice. Saw "Life is Beautiful" in both versions, and the dubbing ruined the movie.