movies with subtitles: what the fuck is up with that?

[Todd-'o'-Vision]

If I want to read I'll buy a book or go to the library not to a movie.

subtitles are silly think about it, your paying $8 to read a book once.

go to chapters or barnes n noble and buy the thing for 15$ and then you can read it as often as you like, and you don't have to worry about missing anything if you have to go to the bathroom, you can take it with you.

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

Dumb. On purpose?

 

[Todd-'o'-Vision]

Dumb. On purpose?

well obvious, they just didn't have a suitable emoticon to finish it off with, and facious and sacastic tags weren't working, plus i didn't think they would apropro to fully convey the jesturing behind the post

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

Bad spelling, bad grammar, bad sentence structure....

Bad Christian.

Ten Hail Marys.

 

[Phoenyx]

What movie we talking about toddski?

Most foreign films have to have subtitles or we would never understand them

 

[Todd-'o'-Vision]

Ten Hail Marys.

is she virgin? does she prefer missionary style or doggy? does she like oral?

and were did you find 10 german mary's that would have sex with me

 

[Todd-'o'-Vision]

What movie we talking about toddski?

Most foreign films have to have subtitles or we would never understand them

dubbing my good man, english movies do it to where ever they are sent, can't they have the decency to return the favor? or are they just to cheap and say 'ah monsewer let's just keep it in french throw some words on the bottom, call it novelle art, and those dumb ass english will buy it up hook line and sinker

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

The vast majority of people prefer subtitles over dubbing. That's why.

 

[Todd-'o'-Vision]

The vast majority of people prefer subtitles over dubbing. That's why.

but what about bathroom break after drinking three of those large theater soda's





btw - everyone, i actually do like subtitled films i am just in a mood tonight

 

[Phoenyx]

but what about bathroom break after drinking three of those large theater soda's





btw - everyone, i actually do like subtitled films i am just in a mood tonight

Stop drinking the sodas..

Besides you have to pay lots of people to dub and residuals....
With subtitles you only have to pay once..

With subtitles you get the original film.

 

[phrodeau]

Buy a DVD with both dubbing and subtitles, then compare.

If you're bilingual, watch the movie in the original language. Notice how the actors use dialect to develop character, and inflection to convey meaning.

Now, switch to the dubbed version. Immediately, you are aware that it's another actor's voice. Every word sounds false and a little silly. Listen for the "clunkers" - words that stand out as substantially different from the original script. Discover that entire ideas and emotions you know are in the original, are now absent in the dubbed dialog. See if you can gain anything more from the movie.

Next, turn the sound off and watch with subtitles. The actors become characters again as you hear their own voices in your head while you read. Discover details and wordplay you hadn't caught in either previous viewing. See how the actors use gestures and expressions to deepen the thoughts and emotions they convey.

This is why people prefer subtitles to dubbing.

 

[ExLimey]

My laserdisc version of Das Boot has two different outputs. One is the German version with subtitles and the other is a dubbed version. The one you have to read is way better even though the picture does not change from one to the other.

 

[Weird Harold]

Next, turn the sound off and watch with subtitles. ... Discover details and wordplay you hadn't caught in either previous viewing. ...

The best choice is to watch in the original version with the subtitles turned on -- it's like watching two films for the price of one. The few opportunities I've had to do this reveal a severe lackof completeness in the subtitle script.

 

[Sillyman]

Because dubbing can be absolutely HORRIBLE, that's why.

I rent a lot of anime porno DVDs specifically because I prefer the subtitled versions. When a movie is subtitled, the lipsynch doesn't look stupid, the voices match the characters and there isn't any bad acting.

Plus subtitling is cheaper to do than dubbing. I know people who do it professionally.

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

I don't think we were meant to actually solve the problem, or even answer the question. I think we were supposed to notice the bent halo around Todd's head and gnash our teeth or something. Blessed are the meek, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven, which is right off Interstate 10 next to the World's Largest Ball of Duct Tape.

 

[GuyJD]

Ordinarily Todd, I would agree with you. I truly hate movies with subtitles. However, I found "Crunching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" pretty damn good.

Oh, my bad..........I forgot. I only liked it because I have a crush on the cute Asian leading actress who was in it. Damn she's cute.

Let's face it, it's the millenium . Now we not only have movies with subtitles. But we also have audio books (listen to them as opposed to reading them)........LOL