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People who walk out of subtitled films


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Went to see Anything For Her last night

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1217637/

 

Within 2 minutes of it starting 4 people had walked out because it is in French with subtitles.

 

This has also happened in 'The Wave', 'The Orphanage' and 'City of God'.

 

I can't understand the mentality of someone who

 

a) Doesn't know that the film they are seeing isn't in English before going in

b) Can't stand to read subtitles for a couple of hours

 

Are people so small minded that they can't watch anything that isn't Hollywood trash?

 

(Anything For Her is really good - well worth seeing while its still on.)

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Could be any number of reasons - i do find that the fact a film is subtitled is rarely explicitly advertised. Apocolypto, Them for instance weren't advertised at all, also a film based on a Michael Connolly book was subtitled in French. None of which i saw at the cinema but watch and own on DVD.

 

My wife should wear specs and doesn't take them to the cinema unless we know in advance - she can see a movie no problem but has difficulty reading subtitles. Hence we would also walk out.

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I can see what you mean to an extent - the advertising for The Orphanage seemed to be deliberately misleading - it was made out to be standard 'horror' shocker, and it did hide the fact that it was Spanish.

 

Not being able to read the subs is a valid reason of course, but I doubt this is why most people walk out.

 

But I still can't understand why someone wouldn't check before going, at least read a review or even the little blurb in the coming soon magazine at the cinema.

At nearly £7 quid a ticket surely its better to find out what you are going to see before turning up?

 

Maybe the staff should tell people when selling the tickets?

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As i said all the films i mentioned - i would have seen on opening night (as i try to do)not one mentioned subtitles - even Cineworlds magazine didn't publish the fact,nor was it on posters. I figured the French film on a book would be subtitled as everyone in it were French. I read a review a week after the release of Them that is was subtitled, similarly there was a recent Swedish horror released which did not mention subtitles - we probably wouldn't walk out but it is possible we would.

 

Even a mention on the publicity stuff would be beneficial.

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Went to see Anything For Her last night

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1217637/

 

Within 2 minutes of it starting 4 people had walked out because it is in French with subtitles.

 

This has also happened in 'The Wave', 'The Orphanage' and 'City of God'.

 

I can't understand the mentality of someone who

 

a) Doesn't know that the film they are seeing isn't in English before going in

b) Can't stand to read subtitles for a couple of hours

 

Are people so small minded that they can't watch anything that isn't Hollywood trash?

 

(Anything For Her is really good - well worth seeing while its still on.)

City of God's a brilliant film - their loss.

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  • 5 months later...

I find If a subtitled film is good, you tend to forget half way through that it is actually using subtitles and just appreciate it as a film.

 

Having said that If the film is on a really big screen like one of the mega sized ones at Cineworld and if you were sat near the front that it could prove difficult , having to keep moving your head to take in the action.

 

(On a side note I went to watch a 3-D movie recently,the new Final Destination one and didin't even think that beofre going in that I would need to wear the 3D glasses. So because I already wear glasses I had to wear one pair over the other which didn't really work to be honest. )

 

On one of our TV's at home is a DVD combo with a dodgy remote so when watching films you can't turn subtitles off, it can make a film more enteratining. I was watching the Waterboy with German subtitles and looking at the translations is just funny

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I have 5 films on my list to watch which are all subtitled, but my husband can't watch a subtitled film, I think it's 'cause he cant read fast enough lol, but the films I want to watch aren't his cup of tea anyway, so i'll have to watch them on my own. The trouble is, I think a couple of them may be a bit too scary for me to watch on my own!!! Any opinions if the following are scary... Day Watch, Night Watch, Pans Labyrinth, Brotherhood of the Wolf. Apocalypto is my last one but I won't be scared watching that.

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some of the best films I've ever watched are subtitled - Banlieue 13, El mariachi and Shi mian mai fu (House of Flying Daggers). To snub these greats throuh ignorance is just sheer loonacy!

 

Definitely agree, some of my favourite films are subtitled. I know people who can't enjoy them because they spend so long trying to read the subtitles that they can't watch the film properly so I can understand why someone would walk out, it's not always a case of laziness to read.

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