CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Ugh, dubbed. Why would anyone willingly watch a dubbed film? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 to be fair they're not that bad dubbed, the usually have a good cast and are done properly, i think they get away with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Dubbed films really annoy me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted March 21, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted March 21, 2015 Kinda works with animation though, especially when the cast is good. Ponyo is great dubbed for example. Dubbed live action films are normally crap though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooligan Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Blood Brides (1970) To be honest i did not know what to make of this film,i could not make up my mind if i liked it or not. It was certainly different. IMDb describe it as oddball horror movie and thats probably the best description for it. 6/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 I'd rather watch a film in the original language without the subtitles and not understand what's going on than watch a dubbed film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 I watched a film last night called 'The Text of Light', I didn't really understand the storyline but something to watch and mysterious looking, the whole thing was filmed with a glass ashtray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 I watched a film last night called 'The Text of Light', I didn't really understand the storyline but something to watch and mysterious looking, the whole thing was filmed with a glass ashtray. This was imdb's blurb: Time-lapse photography of books, paintings, reflections, and light falling on textures, shot entirely through a glass ashtray. Why would anyone want to watch that? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 I'd rather watch a film in the original language without the subtitles and not understand what's going on than watch a dubbed film.p Stevo is right though, live action not a chance, but with anime you've got a bit more flexibility, when Disney started distributing ghibli films and some great actors got involved and a proper job was done in dubbing it they get away with it There's no way you can watch the dubbed version of spirited away and think they've ruined the film 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 yeah, agreed it's ok with animated films as it's hardly distracting. But for regular films, subtitles all the way. Sight issues are an acceptable excuse for choosing dubbing, it is generally decreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 21, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted March 21, 2015 (edited) Agree with the above, dubbing is fine for Anime, a total no-no for live acting. That said, I prefer the Ghiblis that had more 'British' dubbing (e.g. Arrietty) to the more aggressively American sounding ones. Edited March 21, 2015 by mjmooney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunRickyRun Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Dubbing is a must for matinee kung fu films (especially those starring the Long brothers) and spaghetti westerns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 21, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted March 21, 2015 Dubbing is a must for matinee kung fu films (especially those starring the Long brothers) and spaghetti westerns. Sadly, true. For all their many good qualities, the Leone westerns always made me cringe a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 All animated films are dubbed when you think about it I prefer watching subtitled anime with the original Japanese audio, but Ghibli films generally have pretty good English dubs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted March 21, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted March 21, 2015 Bonkers brilliance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicho Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Watched hunger games part 1 and other than a nicely sung song by Jenn Lawrence which didn't have a much of a relevance to what was happening it was pants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 (edited) The Hunger Games franchise baffles me. I've only seen the first film, admittedly, but it just seems like such a backwards concept. How can you have a film which features a society with such little morality that they enter children into an arena to battle to the death until the last one is standing, and yet aim it towards preteens and therefore give it a 12 rating? It's such a sick and dark premise but it's aimed at kids, meaning that they have to water it down making it boring and eliminating any sense of dread or fear. I'm amazed at how popular it is, the first one was boring as ****. Not to mention the dialogue and pacing was utter balls. I find it a little irresponsible that these people would write and produce this kind of film for that sort of audience to be honest, yet people lap it up. Kids, wait until you're 16 or so and watch Battle Royale instead, or better yet, read the book. Edited March 22, 2015 by Ginko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 I like the Hunger Games films. Want to fight about it? Anyway, 'Two Days, One Night' is on Netflix and I urge everyone to watch it. Brilliant film. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted March 22, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted March 22, 2015 Anyway, 'Two Days, One Night' is on Netflix and I urge everyone to watch it. Brilliant film. He's right you know. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 But it's in franc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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