My roommate's daughter is deaf. She nearly cried when we tried to watch this without subtitles. Argh!! Why would a film made in 2006 be so medieval in it's offerings??
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I hadn't spotted that. I do find it irritating when there are no subtitles. My hearings OK, but I quite like to have them on if there's any background noise. I'll ask, next time I get a chance.
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I've just looked on Play.com and they say it has subtitles. I'll check an actual disc when I get home. Which version do you have? There were three released in the UK (region 2): a one disc version, a two-disc version with all the extras and a deluxe version which was exactly the same discs as the two-disc version, but in a fancier box which had a code giving access to a website. IF YOU HAD VERY GOOD EYESIGHT! :-) Took me ages to find it!
I agree. I'm having some temporary hearing problems. I can crank the volume, but I still have problems with accents. I hope they fix this and re-release.
shareI am not hearing impaired but I like to turn on subtitles in case I miss something (especially when it's movie or tv show with accents-they can be difficult to understand). I was severly disappointed that the US DVD does not have any. I thought there was a federal law that said they all had to?
But yes, it made me sad, a bit disappointed and a little angry (I suppose the filmmakers would just tell a deaf person to read the book instead?).
I would court you with more grace...
"I suppose the filmmakers would just tell a deaf person to read the book instead?"
I am so used to people being negative on some of these boards, that I only could assume your polite post was going to turn out to be mean-spirited and say..............I suppose the filmmakers would just tell a deaf person to read the lips of the actors instead.
Thank you for being normal and not a smart-ass like so many on these chat boards try to be, which is usually always offensive.
The uk release, even has audio description
shareNetflix has Hogfather for streaming with subtitles, yay! :D
shareEspecially when a few characters have such thick accents. But I suppose a made-for-TV movie doesn't have budget for such things.
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