Do you watch movies of other languages?

@dhawanbm (3705)
India
June 16, 2009 8:31am CST
I am fond of watching english movies, but if given a chance I do want to see french and Italian movies. They are rich in culture! And one day I got chance, its french movie festival in my town and I got to see all, they were all free of cost!
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@ynahh1 (454)
6 Apr 11
The same with you am fond of watching foriegn movies.I enjoy wacthing koreans,japanese,malaysian and italian movies but sometimes I find it hard to undersatnd what thier talking about but with help of the subtitle under the movie I comprehend.Sometimes its better to wacth other movies thaN usual because this will help us to enrich our vocabulary and extend our deeply appriciation with others.We gain knowledge about thier culture and somehow adopt it.
• Philippines
5 Apr 11
Hi there! I am fond of English movies too. I prefer them over our local movies for several reasons. But I do watch movies in other languages too. Of course, as long as it has subtitle in English so that I can understand. The truth is, there are so many wonderful movies that are in languages other than mine.
@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
30 Jun 09
hi dhawandm!^^ yes, i do watch movies in other languages. except for English movies, i watch Japanese, Chinese and Korean movies. sometimes i watch Thai movies. but it doesn't mean i understand their languages. of course i watch them with English subtitles so i can understand them. ^^ although, i do understand some Japanese phrases and words. but i can't watch a whole movie without English subtitles. ^^
@vicky30 (4766)
• India
14 Jul 09
Yes i watch movies of other languages.I mostly watch english movies for the action and special effects.I watch action movies like spiderman and die hard.I watch hindi movies for the comedy and laughter.Also the ways the actors act are very funny.I also see movies in tamil language.When there are any festivals in south India they put superhit movies on television.
@seymiss (622)
22 Jun 09
I love foreign movies i will watch from chinese to latin movies.Since i love languages i enjoyed hearing those native languages cuz i get to hear real native languages in those movies for example spanish movies you get to hear the real speaker instead of those dubbed Dvds.Well in foreign movies also thier are quite a few interesting movies worth watching unlike those hollywood movies which are becoming more fake than ever.
@massanil (79)
• India
30 Jun 09
yes,i watch different language movies.if they have subtitles,because every country has their expertise in certain genres.like chinese are very good in making horror and martial arts films.
@applefreak (3130)
• Singapore
18 Jun 09
i enjoy movies regardless of the language. of course there has to be subtitles. without them i can't follow the plot at all. i've watched a few japanese movies and they never fail to move me to tears. i've also watched a french movie which caused me to have stitches from all that laughing. sadly, good movies are hard to come by and i've not watched any in the past few years.
@ShellyB (5241)
• United States
19 Jun 09
I watch moives in Spanish, Italian, Japanese and of course English. I loved the movie It is a beautiful life and Amelie (tho I am sure that's french).
@kmaram (2533)
• Philippines
19 Jun 09
Yes ofcourse as long as there is english subtitle i do watch many korean novels and movies. Their stories was nice and sometimes makes me cry having a english subtitle helps me to understand what i am watching. So theres no problem whatever language it is as long as there is english subtitle. Its really hard to watch something that you dont understand, so thanks for the subtitle =) Although sometimes i concentrate with the subtitles hahah!But still understand what i am watching ..
@jambi462 (4576)
• United States
19 Jun 09
Yeah I have watched some movies that are in different languages and all of the movies that I have watched in different languages have been some of my favorites. I watched a movie called I'm A Cyborg, But It's Okay which was either in Chinese or Japanese and was written and directed by Park Chan-Wook. I also really enjoyed Pan's Labryinth which was in Spanish or something like that.
@dismalgrin (2604)
• United States
21 Jun 09
Does watching movies that have an english accent count? Haha, other than that, no. I do not like watching movies in other languages. It's also annoying to watch movies that they dubbed english into it so that the mouths do not match up to what they are saying. Grrrr. I'm picky though. I like to feel that the movie could be real and it doesn't feel real when they dub english into an otherwise foreign film.
@hanah87 (1835)
• Malaysia
18 Jun 09
Yes,i always watch movies of other languages too.I like to watch movie from my own language,Malay and other language because i think i can have many knowledge and learn other uniqque cultural from other country by watch their movies.I always watch India,China,South Korea,Indonesia,Iran,British and many other country and language.I like to do that,so i can get many knowledge and learn something good.
@cruelsai (35)
• Philippines
21 Jun 09
Indeed, these type of films are very rich in culture. You will be surprised how imaginative and creative these movies are. The first foreign movie I remembered watching were "The Pianist", "Schindler's List", and "A Beautiful Mind". These films are really heart felt literally because its a true story. There's also another movie registered permanently in my memory, "Lord of Dogtown". Try watching this one.
• Australia
21 Jun 09
I watched movies in English, Japanese and Indonesian. Sometimes I watch movie in Chinese. Those movies help me learn with my foreign languages.
• United States
17 Jun 09
I do not watch movies in other languages. I did one time start a movie and somehow I had it on Spanish (I think it was) and I don't even know how that happened. I guess I just hit the wrong button somewhere. LOL
@CJay77 (4438)
• Australia
17 Jun 09
I haven't watch movies in other language that I wont be able to understand. But I've watched the whole TV series of "Noor" in Arabic language, I don't understand what they saying, but I just go along and try to read their body language to get some ideas of what's going, lol. This TV series is originally from Turkey and it becomes popular here in Egypt.
• United States
17 Jun 09
I have enjoyed many of those movies. I wish I was able to do so without the subtitles. I have not went to a festial though. That must of been interesting. And free is nice as well.
17 Jun 09
Generally I only watch films in English but occassionaly I will watch a foreign language film. Two which I enjoyed greatly and spring to mind immediately are "La Vita Bella" an amazing and moving Italian film which actually was the first foreign film which I totally enjoyed. The second is "Kung Fu Hustle" which is such a visually engrosing movie that I certainly didn't need sub titles to totally enjoy it.
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
17 Jun 09
I love to watch movies from a lot of different countries. Here in Denmark most of the popular movies are either Danish or American. I have watched a few movies from other European countries like Germany, France and Italy, but those movies are sometimes hard to find, and many Danes seem to prefer American movies. I have also watched a few Asian movies, they are also hard to find in my country, but I have managed to a few borrow a few movies from China, Japan, Thailand, South Korea and India. I would love to watch more Asian movies in the future.
• Indonesia
17 Jun 09
Yes, I like to watch movies in other languages with English subtitle of course. I have watched Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Thai, Malaysian, Indian, French, Holland, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish, Italian, Spanish...hmm..what else? :) Anyways, it's a good thing for you to see the festival. I also try not to miss all the movie festival or film festival in my city especially the annual film festival that played movies with different genres from all over the world. It's so exciting!