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Dubbig I dont like.
I poland dubbing is used rearly. Most of the time we have a lector.One guy named Gudowski, he just reads the translation, the original voices are still in.
In sweden all forein movies and TV show's have subtiteles.
Funny thing is that "Donald Duck" and "mickey Mouse" is subtiteled while "Winnie the Pooh" is dubbed.

Germens are good with dubs. The only time I had a problem whatching a german dubbed film was U-573.In one scene a german sailor asks the americans with one of them is a mechanic and the actors makes funny faces as thay dont speak german.

But the worst offence in all movies that I whatched so far was In Original english wersion of "Operationwardfish" were a Norvegian is being interigated by the US police and he has a transator.
The problem is that the translator and the norvegian speak Perfect german with berlin accent(0_o) well... ok.

And In german dub of Die Hard the bad guys speak Hungarian...ok at least they dont speak polish

I'm not anticipating any future films. Flicks based on a mangled sense of history annoy me, fart jokes don't amuse me, and sequels rarely approach the originals because the makers assume they got all the character-building out of the way in the first film and can now just focus on mayhem for 100 minutes.

I'll just stick with the internet, I think.

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Sorry, but I find dubbing NEVER carries the same feeling in a movie.

Same here. It's more 'realistic' that way. But there are moments that there is no other option.

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Better to here to original voices an dread the sub-titles.....even if it means watching the movie twice.

Of course, if you watch it enough times, you do not need the subtitles anymore since you know what it is about.

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I FAR PREFER the original "Das Boot" to the dubbed version!!!

I guess you have seen the one on the BBC then. At least I did. There was only a minute bit spoken in English at the very beginning of each episode, a recap of what had happened. The rest was German with English Subtitles.

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Well, it also helps that many evil guys are Germans (see Klaus Maria Brandauer in James Bond) - they often speak their parts again for a German version of their movies.

Why not mention the Bond villain (also played by a German)? :-)

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The only time I had a problem whatching a german dubbed film was U-573.In one scene a german sailor asks the americans with one of them is a mechanic and the actors makes funny faces as thay dont speak german.

Now I find that odd. Why didn't they cut that bit out?
I have watched "A Bridge too Far" numerous times.
On the Dutch TV, the English and German dialogues are subtitles.
On the BBC, the Dutch and German languages are subbed.
On a German network, it was dubbed.

There is this one scene when Willi Bittrich visits the British POWs in Arnhem after their surrender and meets Johnny Frost. Now in the original, Bittrich speaks to Frost and a young German soldier translates it for him. That translation bit was cut out of the German version for obvious reasons, so it was just Bittrich talking to Frost.

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Originally posted by HoOmAn
I think dubbing is a good thing when done right.

In Germany it is generally used for all movies and there is a whole industry focused on dubbing. So all the guys are professionals and for all the characters actresses and actors are casted (also making sure it´s always the same for a certain actor - so Julia Roberts always has the same voice in German for example) to make sure the result is really good. In fact it´s quite rare that picture and sound do not fit together in a disturbing way.

On the other hand I know in other coutnries movies are often dubbed with one person speaking all roles - male and female etc. That could be annoying, I guess.

I forget the name of the actor, but the chap who played Goldfinger in the Bond film of the same name didn't speak a word of English, so is dubbed through the entire film.

Gert Frobe He did speak english, just not well

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Flyboys! WW1 air combat with zepplins exploding!!

So, out of curiousity, did anybody actually go see this? Reviews in the local papers were quite negative, and I don't think it was in the theatre more than one week.

Unfortunately no, looks like I'll be renting it.

I never trust the papers reviews anyway as they seem to feel that movies need to have some intrecate plot and all star cast to be good.

I have noticed often that movies they say are good are crappy and the movies they believe are crappy are actually good.

To a point - but even when critics hate a movie, those who like it will talk about it. This one, however, generated not a single sound after that one review. It was like the stereotypical military cover-up line: "This never happened."

Desertfox may find a use for one of the threats our heroes face in this film: flying zombie fish.

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Originally posted by The Rock Doctor
To a point - but even when critics hate a movie, those who like it will talk about it. This one, however, generated not a single sound after that one review. It was like the stereotypical military cover-up line: "This never happened."

To be honest I can't name any WW1 based movies by name, they seem to generate a select interest rather than the broader interest the Saving Private Ryans and Black Hawk Downs do.

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To be honest I can't name any WW1 based movies by name

The Dawn Patrol with Errol Flyn and David Niven. Its an absolute classic.

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Originally posted by Red Admiral

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To be honest I can't name any WW1 based movies by name

The Dawn Patrol with Errol Flyn and David Niven. Its an absolute classic.

Don't forget.....
"The Blue Max" - George Peppard
"All Quiet On The Western Front" - (Lots of unremembered german actors)
"Zeppelin" - Michael York
"A Farewell To Arms" - Gary Cooper 1932, Rock Hudson 1957
...to name just a few that spring to mind!

Zeppelin is pretty good. Another one to watch is "The Riddle of the Sands" set pre-WWI and adapted from a book. Absolutely excellent, spies, sailing, shooting...

There was a late 60s anti-war film that I saw part of last month. It was a semi-surreal film about the Great War. I think it was a British film.

Hell's Angels was pretty impressive for its time, especially the zeppelin crash.

Oooooh, I'll have to look that one up.

I went to see Casino Royale earlier today. Its excellent. I'd really recommend watching it. Very different from the previous movies. Better storyline and better actors.

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Originally posted by Red Admiral
I went to see Casino Royale earlier today. Its excellent. I'd really recommend watching it. Very different from the previous movies. Better storyline and better actors.

Really? That's excellent. Maybe we're moving into a new era of Bond movies.