Withholding Subtitles - West Side Story

Originally Posted by ironpony (Post 2263015)

People in my filmmaking class did say that you should be able to understand an entire movie with the sound turned off and no subtitles. But I did try this with a couple of foreign films and there were times I was lost. I think that dialogue is sometimes necessary to help explain what is going on.

I need the sound + subtitles. Wouldn’t even try a movie without both.

Originally Posted by Corax (Post 2263111)

For comparison, imagine how Prince Charles must feel at this point, a seemingly immortal mother sitting on the throne, old but stately, seemingly near death, but possessing the longevity of the Sphinx.

How the heck did we jump to the British Royal Family here?

Originally Posted by Citizen Rules (Post 2263127)

Long Live the Queen!

That’s right.

The day is not far off when a wide release in North America might very well be a Spanish language movie.

I would suggest this already happened in 2002 when Y tu mamá también came out from Mexico.