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Topic: subtitled or dubbed?
Rockmybobbysocks Joined Thu 10/30/08 Posts: 3961	Mon 07/27/09 08:27 PM
which can you handle and/or prefer? oddly enough, after years of being forced to watch everything in sap with subs i'm used to it. so i like subtitles.. but most people i know hate having to read through a movie. i just feel when anything is dubbed... its changing the original meaning and format. it feels.. wrong to me. but strangely... i've never had a prob watching ANIME dubbed but my best friend swears he will never do it again when he discovered that the stuff dubbed is washed down from its original sometimes more vulgar meanings. :( who knew? so what about you?

southern_bee Joined Sun 07/29/07 Posts: 4812	Mon 07/27/09 08:30 PM
when i watch bleach or any other anime i prefer the have it subbed

chickayoshi Joined Tue 12/11/07 Posts: 8621	Mon 07/27/09 08:33 PM
I like subtitles. Once I get the gist to what the movie is about, I can enjoy watching it. That...and I can learn a new word or phrase in a different language.

earthytaurus76 Joined Wed 04/08/09 Posts: 6603	Mon 07/27/09 08:48 PM
Subtitles. My favorite movie "life is beautiful" is an italian subtitles movie.

Euphoric_Dissonance Joined Thu 04/16/09 Posts: 329	Mon 07/27/09 08:51 PM
Both when possible. But if I have to choose one or the other, I'll take the subs. Better to have the original dialogue.

Moondark Joined Tue 11/27/07 Posts: 5866	Mon 07/27/09 08:56 PM
I've watched a movies and anime that was dubbed with the subtitles going at the same time. I've found that the dubbing changes the language too much to match the culture it was dubbed into. While the subtitles are more accurate to the intent for the culture the movie or anime was created for. In the end, I would MUCH prefer the subtitles. The great thing about watching movies created for other cultures is to get a peek into the mindset of other people, to get a feel for how they view things. And a very good way to know how good a movie was is if you read it but remember the movie as if you heard it.

Gossipmpm Joined Tue 03/03/09 Posts: 19414	Mon 07/27/09 09:31 PM
Captions Bad dubbing creeps me out!

nvkikigirl Joined Thu 03/05/09 Posts: 3942	Mon 07/27/09 10:33 PM
subtitles are fine with me...but i dont like the dubbing...

lonetar25 Joined Mon 05/18/09 Posts: 3531	Mon 07/27/09 10:57 PM
i cant stand dubbing, unless its bruce lee a good film can be watched with no sound

damnitscloudy Joined Sat 04/07/07 Posts: 11293	Mon 07/27/09 11:43 PM
I prefer subbed, but if the VAs who dubbed it are good (FMA, Cowboy Bebop) than I will watch that.

ThomasJB Joined Sat 01/10/09 Posts: 4240	Tue 07/28/09 01:00 AM
I will always prefer subbed over dubbed.

ArtGurl Joined Sun 04/08/07 Posts: 17722	Tue 07/28/09 01:24 AM
definitely subtitles

Torgo70 Joined Fri 06/27/08 Posts: 27387	Tue 07/28/09 06:17 AM
Subtitled But, there are two movies I love because of the their dubbing- Monster Dog with Alice Cooper, a low budget Spanish horror flick. Alice Cooper didn't dub his own voice in English, so it's hilarious listening to him with another voice. And the Italian 80's schlockfest- Pieces. I bought the new special edition that has both the subtitled and dubbed option. The subtitled version is boring, all the best dialogue is in the dubbed version. Bad dubbing has killed some horror films for me. I kept hearing about how Fulci's House By The Cemetery was scary and creepy, and being that there was no subtitled version available I tried watching it dubbed. But the kids were dubbed by adults, and very badly. I just couldn't take the movie seriously, and the woman dubbing the boy's voice was so annoying I couldn't make it to the end.

Rockmybobbysocks Joined Thu 10/30/08 Posts: 3961	Tue 07/28/09 12:36 PM
Subtitled But, there are two movies I love because of the their dubbing- Monster Dog with Alice Cooper, a low budget Spanish horror flick. Alice Cooper didn't dub his own voice in English, so it's hilarious listening to him with another voice. And the Italian 80's schlockfest- Pieces. I bought the new special edition that has both the subtitled and dubbed option. The subtitled version is boring, all the best dialogue is in the dubbed version. Bad dubbing has killed some horror films for me. I kept hearing about how Fulci's House By The Cemetery was scary and creepy, and being that there was no subtitled version available I tried watching it dubbed. But the kids were dubbed by adults, and very badly. I just couldn't take the movie seriously, and the woman dubbing the boy's voice was so annoying I couldn't make it to the end. any fulci film you need to watch subtitled. i watched zombie island and a few others DUBBED IN SWEDISH!!! and then subbed. it was horrible. damned horrorfest. but yea.. i watched it again in original language.. totally worth it and freakin horrifying.

Fusion99 Joined Thu 07/09/09 Posts: 927	Tue 07/28/09 06:02 PM
SUBTITLED! I recently watched Amelie and the original "The Eye", not that Jessica whoever ripoff that came out awhile ago. Reading is Fun!

Rockmybobbysocks Joined Thu 10/30/08 Posts: 3961	Tue 07/28/09 08:13 PM
SUBTITLED! I recently watched Amelie and the original "The Eye", not that Jessica whoever ripoff that came out awhile ago. Reading is Fun! LOL omg i saw that jessica alba version and then saw the original. what a joke.

Fusion99 Joined Thu 07/09/09 Posts: 927	Tue 07/28/09 08:17 PM
SUBTITLED! I recently watched Amelie and the original "The Eye", not that Jessica whoever ripoff that came out awhile ago. Reading is Fun! LOL omg i saw that jessica alba version and then saw the original. what a joke. Hey, where the BLEEP have you been? Which version did you like, tell me rock, I'm dying here!

Rockmybobbysocks Joined Thu 10/30/08 Posts: 3961	Tue 07/28/09 09:47 PM
SUBTITLED! I recently watched Amelie and the original "The Eye", not that Jessica whoever ripoff that came out awhile ago. Reading is Fun! LOL omg i saw that jessica alba version and then saw the original. what a joke. Hey, where the BLEEP have you been? Which version did you like, tell me rock, I'm dying here! duh the original!! LOL @ jessica alba being haunted by an angry mexican. :p in eye eyeball. EL OJO!!! i'm here. just ... being dorky me.

Unknow Joined Sat 12/15/07 Posts: 41170	Mon 08/31/09 01:37 PM
Subtitles unless it is a Japanese horror or Chinese Kung Fu film. The awful dubbing in those types of movies adds to the overall cheesiness and effect.

bumboclaatjones Joined Sun 08/02/09 Posts: 35	Mon 08/31/09 08:13 PM
subtitles work best for when there's an actual, serious story to pay attention to. City of God is a prime example. If you saw the follow up, City of Men, which is dubbed from portuguese, it loses alot of the impact. That said, I simply cannot imagine enjoying any shaw brothers movie as much without the dubbed in voices. The Kid With the Golden Arms is a classic, as is The 3 Evil Masters. Not as fun with subtitles.