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Question Of The Day - Saturday, May 14th

post #1 of 10
5/13/11 at 11:16pm
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Good morning everyone!

Today's question is about movies.

When watching a foreign movie, do you prefer it to be in the original language with subtitles, or do you like it better if it's dubbed?

For me, most things I prefer subtitles. Dubbing just takes so much away from it. But there are some things that are better dubbed. For example, Princess Mononoke is a movie that I think is better dubbed, while the TV show bleach is much better in the original Japanese.
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post #2 of 10
5/13/11 at 11:21pm
I prefer subtitles. I'm a quick reader.
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post #3 of 10
5/14/11 at 4:01am
I don't watch foreign movies
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post #4 of 10
5/14/11 at 5:18am
nice question!...

I agree with you!....the original voices gives more realism!..
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post #5 of 10
5/14/11 at 6:27am
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Originally Posted by TigerOnTheProwl View Post
For me, most things I prefer subtitles. Dubbing just takes so much away from it. But there are some things that are better dubbed. For example, Princess Mononoke is a movie that I think is better dubbed, while the TV show bleach is much better in the original Japanese.
When it comes to Japanese animes they're definitely best subtitled.

I like all foreign films subtitled.
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post #6 of 10
5/14/11 at 7:10am
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Originally Posted by Momto3boys View Post
I don't watch foreign movies
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post #7 of 10
5/14/11 at 10:05am
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Originally Posted by lauren_miller View Post
I prefer subtitles. I'm a quick reader.
This for me as well!
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post #8 of 10
5/14/11 at 10:44am
Well, Kung Fu movies must be dubbed. It simply wouldn't be the same if their lips didn't keep moving for 5 seconds after the words ended. I guess it would be all about quality. If the dubbing were done well and wouldn't detract from the original, I suppose that would be OK. Otherwise, just use subtitles.

I had a problem in Korea with subtitles once. I was watching an English movie where a large part of the dialogue was in German. Normally, no problem because they subtitle the German. In this case, the subtitles were in Korean, so I had to quit watching the movie because I couldn't understand what was going on.
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post #9 of 10
5/14/11 at 12:27pm
Subtitles, for sure. I'm not actually a fast reader, but I can keep up, and I'd much rather hear the original language, even if I can't understand it.
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post #10 of 10
5/14/11 at 7:45pm
I'd rather have it dubbed, but sometimes the movie is so good I don't even need subtitles to know what's going on.
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