"I'm gonna tell you right off the bat this movie's in a foreign language,"

[sundog]

snarled the video clerk with hand raised in testimony as I approached with a copy of Jeunet's "A Very Long Engagement" ... as if I had perhaps recently strangled a 4 week old puppy after placing its 3 day old feces on the hood of her car.

"I know," I smiled.

Gotta love Amerika. :D

[progmom]

1. you're going to abandon me and watch a movie, aren't you?

[sundog]

4. for a bit...

i'm seeing du double today :crazy:

[ThoughtCriminal]

2. Probably had recently dealt with a nasty customer

who ranted about renting the movie only to discover all the characters spoke some "fer-ah-newer" talk and had trouble reading the subtitles with them fancy words.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

9. hahahah

:thumbsup:

[Elidor]

3. People actually complain about that

"This here movie is in some furrin' language or somethin! Ah couldn't unnerstan a word of it! They all tawk like a buncha communisss."

There are subtitles, sir.

"Hell-far! Ah don' wanna READ a MOVIE. You READ a BOOK, not a MOVIE. You WATCH a MOVIE."

[Rabrrrrrr]

11. Many in my family hate subtitles, and feel they're being cheated

on a movie if they have to read along. THey don't care that overdubbing never catches the true sense of the tone or mood of a scene; or that it interferes with the flow of action sometimes. Nope, gotta have the ENTERTAINMENT served up on a plate for them.

Along with a good percentage of Amerikuns, who are too fucking stupid to be left alone, let alone breed. They don't get the idea that sometimes we watch movies because they're ART. But, let's face it - the majority of America thinks Top Gun and Independance Day are really fucking good movies.

Same goddamn thing with the fullscreeners, who insist on having the movie fullscreen, because otherwise "we're losing like a third of the movie that's been chopped off" as they complain about widescreen.

Took me YEARS to convince my brother-in-law that widescreen actually gives the WHOLE picture.

He still won't buy widescreen, though - I think he secretly has never admitted that widescreen has the full picture, even though he ACTED like he finally understood it that one day when I explained it for the 30th fucking time.

AMERICANS ARE JUST TOO GODDAMN DUMB.

[Elidor]

12. You make me raff, Rabrrrrrr

"who are too fucking stupid to be left alone, let alone breed"

:rofl:

[Pharlo]

13. LOL, I agree about the original language and Widescreen format.

When I wanted to rent 'Das Boot' (pre-dvd days), it was only available in my town in English (to rent), so I purchased my own copy in the original German.

I will say this about English translation - you don't have to keep rewinding during the action sequences to catch the dialogue you missed. But, even that was better then the non-synchronized alien speak of an English dubbed copy.

[Spider Jerusalem]

20. Yeah.

All the foreign film I have is subtitled; I refuse to watch a dubbed film, on general principles. And the pan-and-scan fullscreen movies suck, too; maybe the shift to HDTV and 16: 9 ratio will finally cause people to realise that widescreen is far superior.

[TimeChaser]

18. Yep

The "read a movie" line is used on me a lot because of my love of subtitled anime.

[Wickerman]

5. LOL

thanks to the NetFlix subscription I don't even really notice subtitle anymore. Not to mention that there are some damn good furrin' movies out there.

[sundog]

19. there is nothing... NOTHING greater than jeunet's use of color

it wows me every time :D

another great match up with cinematographer bruno delbonnel... just as striking as amelie...

the pans with the train movement were mind blowing

[prole_for_peace]

6. my only minor problem with subtitles is i have to pause it

if i just want to pop into the other room for even a minute. if i can't see the screen i don't know what the heck is going on.

[Wickerman]

7. If you like Audrey Tautou

see Dirty Pretty Things

[Lydia Leftcoast]

14. Or "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not," for what you might call

the dark side of Amalie. :evilgrin:

[Wickerman]

15. I've been considering that one

will check it out. :thumbsup:

[sundog]

17. of all her films, she is the most beautiful in that...

very earthy & sensual

[terrya]

8. And...it had...subtitles!!!

Let's face it, sundog...people who rent foreign films...like most of us here...really hate America. :cry:

[Strawman]

10. when you return it you should ask for your money back

and say you didn't know it was going to be in a foreign language.

just to get her going.

[Swede]

16. Dennis Leary highly recommened this movie on Letterman.

He said Jody Foster did not one but two nude love scenes in it.