Ever watch foreign films?

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I'm watching this with subtitles, even though it's against my religion to condone reading with movies. It's turning out pretty good.


www.imdb.com/title/tt3303728/

[Jaguar]

I used to all the time when I was in my teens and 20's. There was a independent movie house about 3 blocks from where I lived and they played foreign films there all the time.

[Former Member]

The only time I would watch foreign films is if I was wastching American movies in another country

[Former Member]

There are a few:

Anime movies
Girl with the dragon tattoo (series I guess)
Let the right one in

Some others I'm not thinking about.

[Stinky666]

I'm actually a fan of watching Chinese films that are set centuries ago, and are martial arts based. Typically some stuff with people like Jet Li or Jackie Chan in (although Jackie Chan not as much, since he does more stupid / comedy ones and not "serious" - I'm not a fan of them being able to fly all over the place (think of something like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - dislike that kind of stuff so much).

But yeah in short, I do. I think having to read subtitles actually helps submerge you even more into the story, cos you're actually having to concentrate on the writing AND watch the action/picture unfold.

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Mar 20, 2015 20:02:42 GMT -8 Stinky666 said:

I'm actually a fan of watching Chinese films that are set centuries ago, and are martial arts based. Typically some stuff with people like Jet Li or Jackie Chan in (although Jackie Chan not as much, since he does more stupid / comedy ones and not "serious" - I'm not a fan of them being able to fly all over the place (think of something like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - dislike that kind of stuff so much).

But yeah in short, I do. I think having to read subtitles actually helps submerge you even more into the story, cos you're actually having to concentrate on the writing AND watch the action/picture unfold.

Did you know that there was actually a real life mulan movie made?

[Bones]

I've got no problem watching films with subtitles, and I used to love the early Jackie Chan films. This also extends to tv series as well like The Returned (Les Revenants).

[Hero]

Mar 20, 2015 15:40:11 GMT -8 User 180565 is taking donation said:

I'm watching this with subtitles, even though it's against my religion to condone reading with movies. It's turning out pretty good.


www.imdb.com/title/tt3303728/

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I haven't seen Haemoo (I'll have to check it out), but if you're up for watching some other Korean movies, I recommend:

Horror/Thriller (Korea excels at these):
I Saw the Devil
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Oldboy (avoid the American remake from a few years ago, it's not very good).
A Tale of Two Sisters (There was an American remake of this a few years ago called The Uninvited. Honestly, it wasn't terrible, it just felt a little generic).
The Chaser
The Host

Comedy:
My Scary Girl (It's a dark comedy though)

Drama:
A Moment to Remember
Ode to my Father

Action/Adventure:
The Admiral: Roaring Currents (Pretty much Korea's version of 300, it's also based on a true story). 
The Pirates

[Shady]

I've seen some foreign films, but it's mostly anime. My husband doesn't really like subtitles, and I can't stand dubbed live action, so we don't tend to watch them unless they're animated.

[Craig]

Not a great fan of chinese or japanese movies, but enjoy watching european [ french, german, spanish, scandinavian etc ] movies, and indian / hindu films. Depending on the subject of the film ... don't enjoy them all, obviously.

[🍁🇨🇦 Tai Pan 🇨🇦🍁]

I hate reading and watching a movie at the same time.

[wildmaven]

Mar 20, 2015 15:40:11 GMT -8 User 180565 is taking donation said:

I'm watching this with subtitles, even though it's against my religion to condone reading with movies. It's turning out pretty good.


www.imdb.com/title/tt3303728/

Wait...you can't read with movies? So if there's a sign in the film you have to pretend you don't know what town they just entered? I'm confused.

Anyway, I used to watch a lot of foreign films. Babette's Feast is a favorite of mine.

www.imdb.com/title/tt0092603/

[Syko Nachoman]

I watched La Rivière du Hibou earlier today.

SPOILER: Click to show

It's the Twilight Zone episode "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"