I don't like canned laughter in shows, especially if it's used too much, like on Friends and Will and Grace... can ruin it a bit for me.

Subtitles I don't mind. I've got a friend who watches a lot of Hong Kong movies and now he always watches DVD's with subtitles, whether the speech English, Chinese, or whatever else. So from watching movies with him, I don't mind subtitles.

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Originally posted by Derosas Americans are too lazy to read Out of all my friends, I am the only one who watches subtitled foreign films and reads. I am the only non-american in my group of friends.

agreed, either lazy or they dont read fast enough.

I personally enjoy foreign films with subtitles, but heaven forbid I ask my roommate to get a foreign film from Netflix, because it might be in black&white and there might be subtitles!

Its mainly that Americans dont read.

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Originally posted by Nou I can see how that might be annoying, try watching a movie with the subtitles on and also in the language you understand.

Happens all the time, but it's not annoying at all. Translation never meant to be taken so literally. Saying "You suck! I'm going to kick your ass!" would sound incredibly pathetic in Portuguese. People are just too picky sometimes.

I'd rather watch a film with subtitles than a film that's been dubbed. I still haven't watched "Ghost in the Shell", for example, because not only the anime is annoying as hell, whoever dubbed it should die. Unless it's dubbed in Spanish. Then it's pure comedy

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Originally posted by Lira Unless it's dubbed in Spanish. Then it's pure comedy

Oh this reminds me of the last January when I was in Canary Islands, and we were watching Pulp Fiction (Dubbed in Spanish of course) and drinking Smirnoff.. Couldn't stop laughing...