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Is there such a thing as overwatching?
stevenedel:
--- Quote from: dly64 on June 26, 2006, 01:49:37 pm ---Where are you from? I was just curious since you said that you didn't like subtitles. Have you watched the DVD with dubbing or with subtitles or neither? I personally hate dubbing. Nothing substitutes for the actor's own voices.
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I'm in the Netherlands. Thank god they don't do overdubbing here, like they do in Germany - it' s horrible. I grew up near the German border, watching German TV, and would see American movies and soap opera`s all with the same generic handful of voices...
Subtitles are the lesser evil, but they do disturb the image. On the DVD, I can thankfully switch them off and just listen to the original English (and then thankfully switch them on again when Ennis starts mumbling...)
dly64:
--- Quote from: stevenedel on June 26, 2006, 01:57:57 pm ---I'm in the Netherlands. Thank god they don't do overdubbing here, like they do in Germany - it' s horrible. I grew up near the German border, watching German TV, and would see American movies and soap opera`s all with the same generic handful of voices...
Subtitles are the lesser evil, but they do disturb the image. On the DVD, I can thankfully switch them off and just listen to the original English (and then thankfully switch them on again when Ennis starts mumbling...)
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I use the subtitles for Ennis' mumblings, too! ;)
Brown Eyes:
Heya,
I think I've seen the first half of the movie almost twice as many times as I've seen the second half (or the whole thing). Kinda wierd, I know. But, wow, I need to gear myself up for watching the whole thing. My reaction to the movie certainly goes in waves and whether I cry or not anymore depends a lot on my own mood. I usually watch it once or twice a week (or at least the first half ::) ).
The thing that's changed the most about the movie for me now is the pace. It now feels like it goes by really, really fast. Which is funny since the pace, obviously, is famously slow. And, I now think about the movie in BetterMost shorthand as I watch it... which is also kind of wierd. For example, I can't watch the happy tussle without thinking... "oh, it's the happy tussle" (which of course is a totally, totally different kind of reaction from my 5 theatre viewings... which I guess you could say were more 'pure').
I'm sort of indulging myself in all the over-analysis. I just think it's tremendously fun and I feel like I've truly learned a lot from all these discussions here. It's funny though. Sometimes I watch with specific questions for these forums in mind... so I'll pause it and come running to the computer.
:D
Luvlylittlewing:
I guess it all depends on your personality. I can watch a movie I like hundreds of times and never tire of it. Brokeback is one of those films! I have seen it 23 times in the cinema, but only about 6 times on DVD. Each viewing is like the 1st. I am still blown away by all the beauty, everything! I don't think I'll every tire of watching Brokeback. Actually, I won't have a chance to get burned out from it. My daughter is a huge fan but feels it is too sad to watch more than once a month. No one else in the household is a repeat movie watcher, which means I am lucky to see it once every 2 weeks or so.
David In Indy:
--- Quote from: littlewing1957 on June 26, 2006, 11:06:15 pm ---I guess it all depends on your personality. I can watch a movie I like hundreds of times and never tire of it. Brokeback is one of those films! I have seen it 23 times in the cinema, but only about 6 times on DVD. Each viewing is like the 1st. I am still blown away by all the beauty, everything! I don't think I'll every tire of watching Brokeback. Actually, I won't have a chance to get burned out from it. My daughter is a huge fan but feels it is too sad to watch more than once a month. No one else in the household is a repeat movie watcher, which means I am lucky to see it once every 2 weeks or so.
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Littlewing - Oh WOW! 23 times at the cinema? You ARE a die hard Brokie aren't you? I saw it seven times at the theatre (but I have watched it probably 50 times on DVD). Between you and me Littlewing, I think Universal made a bunch of money off the both of us! :)
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