SUBTITLED MOVIES VS DUBBED
I love the cinema but films in my country are dubbed in my language, and if you want to watch a movie on subtitled original version you’ve go to some special cinema showing, or just wait and find the DVD edition…
I hate this damn habit of dubbing* films and I’d like to know if this usually happen in many other countries or not. So, how are the movies in your country?
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[*Because, e.g., if I watch a movie where Sean Penn plays, I wanna hear to Sean Penn, I don’t wanna see to S.P. with other voice who’s trying to imitate him. And this is worse if then, you hear that same voice (a voice that now you recognize like “The Sean Penn’s voice”) doing “voice-over”on a TV advertising...Because you think: “Hey, what the hell does S. P. in this ad?…What a grotty!]
---(I’ve also hear that, in some countries, films are dubbed but you can hear the original actor’s voices at the same time! (Like in some documentaries or TV interviews). This could be truth? Because I think this is worse…)
Search from various English teachers...
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Here in England, non-English films for English audiences are almost always sub-titled, not dubbed.
Because so many films here are in English anyway, sub-titled films are not as popular as they should be and are often labelled as 'art-house'. There are a few notable exceptions (such as The Passion Of Christ, Goodbye to Lenin, Seven Samurai), and uncountable numbers of not so high-profile examples.
I've never seen a film where the original and the dubbed voice are used together. One of the odd things that does happen is when an English-speaking actor plays the part of a non-English-speaking person, and uses a foreign accent - Why? THey should either speak in normal English or speak in tha language they are representing!
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hello nightmarry,
here in our country, american or other english movies are less to be dubbed nor subtitled. somehow, we do understand how the film goes as many of us here love english movies better than our local ones. but we have to understand to some extent that dubbed and subtitled movies have real purposes. of course, considering the fact that there are some 'minority groups' in every country that are said to be "illiterate" or "not much used to" in english, I believe dubbed films really suit them. you might wonder why some films are being subtitled, it's because they are actually designed for DEAF (despite of their incapability, they should enjoy watching movies too ~lol) - no more, no less!
to me, watching dubbed american / english films are no-no !!!!!
by the way nightmarry, most of us filipinos enjoy watching spanish soap operas dubbed in our own native tongue.
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Yes, I think in America there are a lot of subtitled films instead of dubbed.
I always hate dubbed films though :[ ... what's the point? It's not the real actors, the mouths are all messed up ... many lingual nuiansces may not carry over.
I think for learning & entertainment purposes, subtitles are better :]
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There are advantages and disadvantages to both. Subtitles require that you read as the action is going on. You can't be at all distracted. I like subtitles, though, because I get the original emotion and intent of the actor. However, I've resigned myself to the extra effort.
Dubbed movies don't require as much attention, if the language dubbed over the original is your mother tongue. Since it requires less effort on the part of the viewer, dubbed pictures are more popular, since most people who go to movies want to use as little effort as possible. How else would you explain the "Friday the 13th"? Also involved is national pride and a desire to employ local actors.
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In also prefere subtitled movies and i am fortunate because in my country the movies are subtitled . I have to say that waching subtitled movies helps improving foreign languages.
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