Favourite subtitled movies or TV shows

~~MicShazam~~ · 01-25-2018, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by grindy

**** German TV (and cinemas) so much. Dubbed **** is the worst.

I do have good memories of watching dubbed TV on vacations in Germany and France. Didn't understand anything, but it was hilarious to watch Arnold and Bruce Willis crack oneliners with dubbing.

And I wasn't actually sure they also did it in cinemas. So you can't even go to some small art cinema and avoid dubbing in Germany?

Trollheart · 01-25-2018, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Stephen

Have you seen Wim Wenders' "Wings of Desire"?

No but I've definitely heard about it. I'll add it to the list. Thanks.

Akai · 01-25-2018, 08:39 PM

I feel like this thread should be called "recommend foreign films to Trollheart cus he's a lazy mofo"

**Frownland** · 01-25-2018, 10:07 PM

Hour of the Wolf
Oldboy
Ikiru
Dogtooth
The Bothersome Man (massively underrated)
Monty Python & the Holy Grail (top use of subtitles here)
El Norte

Stephen · 01-26-2018, 02:26 AM

Let the Right One In

~~MicShazam~~ · 01-26-2018, 05:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Stephen

Let the Right One In

Anyone who watches the American version instead deserves to be spanked.

**Frownland** · 01-26-2018, 08:01 AM

Why? They're identical except for some slightly different cinematography. I think they're both excellent.

Trollheart · 01-26-2018, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Stephen

Let the Right One In

Yes! I forgot about that one! Hmm, maybe I've seen more movies than I remember or realise.

Anyone who's from the UK will have noticed recently a marked increase in the interest in foreign and subtitled dramas on TV. The Bridge, The Legacy, The Out-Laws, Below the Surface, hundreds of others, mostly Danish or Swedish. Not sure why, but it's brought to us some incredible drama (and in the case of The Out-Laws, ****ing top-drawer black comedy) that we would otherwise have missed, so kudos to BBC, Channel 4 and even RTE for that.

**Yac** · 01-26-2018, 08:49 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCECQQlomVg
See this.
One of the darkest movies I've seen. From my favorite Polish director, and there aren't that many of them that I respect

I'd say he's the Polish David Fincher, but I don't think this comparison does any od them justice.
It's dark, grim, grotesque. Very funny at times, but this humor quickly fades to show the ugliness beneath. And it's not the ugliness you could expect from an american movie, for example - there is little gore or whatnot. But the atmoshpere.. it's extremely heavy.
I'd love to hear what anyone who isn't a Pole thinks about this.

~~MicShazam~~ · 01-26-2018, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Why? They're identical except for some slightly different cinematography. I think they're both excellent.

I suppose I just find the idea of the new one offensive. It only exists because Americans are weird about "foreign countries" and would never have given the original a chance. Meanwhile, in all sorts of other countries, even big cinemas are running movies not in the native language. If it's so similar, doesn't that just defeat the purpose of it even existing? Except of course for said purpose of overcoming weird American attitudes about other countries.

01-25-2018, 08:39 PM	#23 (permalink)
Akai Godless Ape Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Britannia Posts: 1,255	I feel like this thread should be called "recommend foreign films to Trollheart cus he's a lazy mofo" __________________ ''To be honest, in my opinion, of course without offending anyone who thinks differently from my point of view, but also by looking into this matter from a different perspective and by considering each and every one's valid opinion, I do believe that I forgot what I was going to say.'' S p o t i f y

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Hour of the Wolf Oldboy Ikiru Dogtooth The Bothersome Man (massively underrated) Monty Python & the Holy Grail (top use of subtitles here) El Norte __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

01-26-2018, 08:01 AM	#27 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Why? They're identical except for some slightly different cinematography. I think they're both excellent. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

01-26-2018, 02:26 AM	#25 (permalink)
Stephen I sleep in your hat Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Melbourne, Vic. Aus. Posts: 1,847	Let the Right One In

01-26-2018, 08:49 AM	#29 (permalink)
Yac Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: It's a secret too. Posts: 1,363	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCECQQlomVg See this. One of the darkest movies I've seen. From my favorite Polish director, and there aren't that many of them that I respect I'd say he's the Polish David Fincher, but I don't think this comparison does any od them justice. It's dark, grim, grotesque. Very funny at times, but this humor quickly fades to show the ugliness beneath. And it's not the ugliness you could expect from an american movie, for example - there is little gore or whatnot. But the atmoshpere.. it's extremely heavy. I'd love to hear what anyone who isn't a Pole thinks about this.