I find I need to turn on subtitles for some brit movies (ex: LSATSB, Trainspotting, L4YERCAKE, etc.)

Are any US movies just as hard to understand for brits?

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of course not. the difference is the rest of the world is subjected to american popular culture all the time, so we're used to it. btw, movies like trainspotting do include some very strong accents. even your southerners arent that hard to understand

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN of course not. the difference is the rest of the world is subjected to american popular culture all the time, so we're used to it. btw, movies like trainspotting do include some very strong accents. even your southerners arent that hard to understand

I know, I know. We're our modern-day Roman Empire, yada yada yada...

aren't you a xenophobe.

p.s. we all love Bush and want to dominate the world. And the only thing better than McDonnalds in every neighborhood of the world is two or three McDee's in that mofo.

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No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.

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Originally posted by emc^2 I know, I know. We're our modern-day Roman Empire, yada yada yada... aren't you a xenophobe.

eh? i was merely stating fact. there wasnt a hint of xenophobia at all

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN eh? i was merely stating fact. there wasnt a hint of xenophobia at all

for the record: I hate being called "American" for the last 6 and next 2 years. I wear my "I <3 Canada" tee whenever I travel overseas.

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No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.

--Steve Jobs (1955 - 2011)

you gonna see the dragonlance flick raistlin?

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Originally posted by CleverName you gonna see the dragonlance flick raistlin?

hell yeah! i posted a thread on it in here a while back. ive heard its going straight to dvd though...

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Originally posted by emc^2 I find I need to turn on subtitles for some brit movies (ex: LSATSB, Trainspotting, L4YERCAKE, etc.) Are any US movies just as hard to understand for brits?

Sometimes I get lost on some American brand names when mentioned in films. But thats it.

But to confuse us with film plots there would have to be some intelligent films made in America first................only kiddin

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN of course not. the difference is the rest of the world is subjected to american popular culture all the time, so we're used to it. btw, movies like trainspotting do include some very strong accents. even your southerners arent that hard to understand

+1 most English speakers are used to hearing American Accents. It's driven largely by demand so this has litle to do with American Imperialism etc IMO.

I find most accents pretty easy to understand, except for really hardcore Scottish like in The Acid House. I find it funny when I occasionally see subtitles in American interviews of people with Australian accents.

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no difficulties

i think is more difficult the other way around, since most of the "pop culture" references made in yanks movies are usually widespread and "global" to say the least, while the brit movies have all this obscure reference and dark humor making it more difficult not even to yanks for other countries too

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nope. however i do flick on the subs when im watching some HK action film because im not familiar with some of the euphemisms/sayings.

english films arent all that hard to understand, unless its shakespeare or something

and american films are just teh funny

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