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Does watching a film using subtitles lessen the experience?


It is my opinion that when watching a foreign film that requires the viewer to follow along using subtitles the ability of the viewer to address the quality of the film is significantly hindered. For example, how is a viewer suppose to judge the quality of the acting when he/she is not familiar with the language being spoken in the film but is instead reading the words as they come across the screen. What do you think? Do you think that repeated viewing of foreign films gives one a better ability to judge the acting despite being in a foreign language?

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Subtitles can be inconsequential, because of the perspective that films that have subtitles are films that aren't actually capable of fulfilling the soul in the first place

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