the reason truly irish movies never do well is that noone in the u.s. , where the majority of the movie going audience is, can understand what the hell they are saying. it looked like it may have been a good movie, but i could only pick up maybe every third word.
i wish i spoke spanish so at least i could put on the subtitles. they should subtitle irish movies in english.
Ah yeah that's right because only Americans watch films. I suppose we've no cinemas in Ireland no? *beep* sake
sharewhat on earth?..i think this post confirms your ignorance
shareMost of my friends and coworkers have the same problem; they have difficulty with thick non-american accents. Simply by providing subtitles (you know, AT LEAST CONSIDER IT FOR THE DEAF WHO CAN'T HEAR THE ACCENT ANYWAY!) would be a solution. It's not just for foreigners, you know.
shareWhat are you on Hilton?
The UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada just some of the English speaking countries don't complain about this and seem to understand all that is said.
They are also Dublin accents in the film which are probably the easiest Irish accents to understand.
The Commitments, The Field, In America were just some of the Irish films that were huge in America.
Please stop being ignorant and try and learn how to understand an accent.
As far as I know most dvds do have English subtitles. the ones I get from Netflix always do. And I do find the accents a little hard to understand, maybe because I don't have the best hearing. Also, you don't want to miss a word of the witty dialog.
shareAlmost always, I use English subtitles for British films - whatever flavor - in order to understand the story. Sometimes dialogue comes at viewer so fast that much can be lost due to the accent.
BTW, "English" subtitles are preferable to "English SDH" ones, for movies that provide both.
E pluribus unum
Right. I get the Netflix DVDs and almost all are subtitled. I use the English subtitles with British, Scots, and Irish films, because I do have a difficulty picking up the dialogue. Especially in fast-action movies with rapid dialogue like this one.
E pluribus unum
I also wonder how people manage in the theaters, without subtitles available. And I really like this movie.
shareTBH, I cant see anyone living outsdie Ireland or Dublin for that matter getting this movie. I loved it. A lot of irish actors and directors haven't got a clue how to portray the typical working class Dubliner. This one worked.
shareOP, do you need subtitles when traveling to Arkansas? I have a harder time understanding southern jargon than I do Irish accents, & I'm American.
Irish English actually is closer to American English then Standard English. It's a shame that people like the OP give most non-Americans the wrong impression of us. We're really not all that ignorant & stupid.
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TBH, I cant see anyone living outsdie Ireland or Dublin for that matter getting this movie.
I got this film and I am in England
shareWhy are you all so angry? Every single poster seems to have taken this as a personal insult. Not being able to follow an accent, especially when people are speaking qucikly/indistinctly doesn't make you ignorant. In real life you'd just ask someone to repeat themselves and you'd probably get it the second time cos they'd say t a bit clearer.
I pretty much always have the subtitles on, even when watching stuff from my own region because it's easy to miss things which later turn out to be important. I started using subtitles because I watch a lot of American programmes/films, I have to have the sound quite low because of where I live (before I bought my headphone extension lead) and most American actors mumble. Plus they all say their vowels funny. This doesn't make me a Yank-hater, ignorant about language (I'm actually a linguist) or generally stupid.
Incidentally, the phrase is actually 'closed-minded'. So you know.
How the hell are ye complaining calling him whatever cause he couldn't understand what was being said cause of the accents, what bull! it's not a big deal at all! I'm sure it was the same with many others, and dya know why? cause they aren't used to the accents, for gods sake take a chill pill will ye! And i'm from Galway, which is definitely the easiest accent to understand.
shareThe fact Americans can't understand any other dialect of English apart from their own just goes to show how ignorant and close-minded they are.
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Did you notice a few of us Americans disagreeing with the OP?
I'll accept close-minded, but not ignorance here.
Hey Molloy - Do you realize how hypocritical your statement is? It reads like a definition of ignorance and close-mindedness. So, would you agree with someone saying that all Irish people are drunks, or all Brits are stuffed shirts? It's really sad to hear "some" European people view ALL Americans based on a few morons, who most likely are teeny-boppers anyway. Now THAT'S ignorance for you.
BTW...I happen to be an American who loves many Irish and British films, but some of the slang did indeed confuse me initially, until I watched enough films to gradually get the gist of the different dialects. So, what ARE you -- a poof or a wanker?
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