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Something I dislike in movies is when a movie is set in a non-English-speaking country, but all the characters are speaking English. I would rather have the characters speak the proper language for the country, with English subtitles. But I guess the movie execs have calculated that subtitles will make the movie less profitable.
I don't mind this. I also don't mind watching a movie in a non-English language so long as there are subtitles (Pan's Labyrinth was awesome).
What I dislike are movies/series that decide to include a conversation in a different language without providing subtitles.
I hate this. Spending the next 5-10 minutes searching the internet to find a complete script of a show just so I have a complete understanding of what's going on is annoying, not fun.
I think it is OK if the foreign language is just spoken for a few seconds and the protagonists are not supposed to understand the language.
Yeah. What's the point of this exactly?
"Hang on, lemme exclude you from this bit of the story real quick..."
?!
oh man youd hate the star wars holiday special. wookiee is spoken for a good chunk of the film and there are no subtitles
Everyone hates the Star Wars holiday special