Subtitles. Who likes having to read subtitles while
watching a movie? Not me! The way that I see it I can either read the
subtitles or watch the movie. How can I
watch the movie when I am constantly looking at the bottom of the screen
instead of what is happening above the subtitles. I know that sometimes they like to have the
actors speak in their native language.
I see this often in war movies:
the Japanese soldiers speak Japanese, the German soldiers speak German,
and the American soldiers speak English.
I realize that this is suppose to add realism to the film, but I still
don't like it. So recently I bought a
DVD of the movie Letters from Iwo Jima.
I get home and, yep, I
discovered that it was in Japanese with subtitles in English.
The only time that English is
spoken is when an American actor speaks which from what I understand doesn't
happen very often. I am planning on
readingthe screenplay before I watch the movie to familiarize myself with the
movie. In spite of the subtitles I
think that I will enjoy the movie. How
do you feel about subtitles? Have you
seen the movie Letters from Iwo Jima? Was it good? Lew
