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Lack of subtitles - real bummer

posted 15 years ago by locoowl
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Just how in the hell does a studio produce a Blu-Ray DVD with no subtitles at all? Blu-Ray is supposed to be about content, and the dialogue of a movie is the most important piece of "content" that I can imagine.

It was very frustrating for my wife and I to watch this. I am extremely hard of hearing and she has lost some of her hearing faculties. I found Michelle Pfeifer very difficult to understand. Did she never take diction lessons as part of her acting clases?

But the music was nice and loud. Thanks Hollywood. Once again you demonstate that eh story doesn't mean a thing as long as you have star-power in the casting and a "with it" sound track.

Cretins!

[–] RickSPI 15 years ago

Shame because it was a decent movie. I imagine they just cut costs as much as possible - there wasn't an audio setup page at all ... but maybe that was just the Blockbuster release in regular DVD?

[–] locoowl 15 years ago

This was a Blu-Ray DVD. You know, the latest and greatest DVD technology that has all this faaaaaabulous! content and geeky features on them. This had an audio setup (to choose DTS or Dolby 5.1, I think) and whether the commentary was on, but nary a subtitle.

We managed to muddle through it, but I would have enjoyed it more had I had the subtitles to help me with some of the lines. *Sigh*

[–] Kagero_kiss 15 years ago

Funny how a movie that predominantly features a DEAF person has NO subtitles!!
EPIC FAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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[–] locoowl 15 years ago

Funny how a movie that predominantly features a DEAF person has NO subtitles!!

Yes! That is most ironic. Are you listening, Hollywood, or are you deaf?

[–] Omi_One 14 years ago

Funny how a movie that predominantly features a DEAF person has NO subtitles!!

You are completely right.

I wish to know the reasons they didn't put subtitles

[–] persica 14 years ago

I was going to record this movie tonight, but not anymore. I always use closed captioning since it's difficult to hear a lot of the dialogue.

[–] glamours 14 years ago

Movies on Lifetime usually are closed-captioned.

[–] glamours 14 years ago

The movie did have closed-captions on Lifetime, and it repeats tonight for anyone who missed it...it was quite good.

[–] Eliot_Hosewater 14 years ago

On our six year old, $20 DVD player you can turn on closed captioning. I have some hearing loss and English is not my wife's first language so we also turn on subtitles. Many times if a movie doesn't have subtitles it does have captioning.

[–] locoowl 14 years ago

On our six year old, $20 DVD player you can turn on closed captioning. I have some hearing loss and English is not my wife's first language so we also turn on subtitles. Many times if a movie doesn't have subtitles it does have captioning.

I have read other people who make that remark, yet I have not figured out how to do so on my DVD player. We have a 1-year old Panasonic Blu-ray DVD player. The controller does not have a closed captioning button. Turning on closed captioning on the TV does not seem to work either. I guess I will just have to read the manual to see if that sort of thing is covered there. Then maybe I can consult with tech support at Panasonic.

**sigh**

[–] Eliot_Hosewater 14 years ago

Ours is down a few levels deep in the setup menus. It's kind of a PITA and I always forget to turn it off for the next disc.

[–] markschu 14 years ago

Just watch the movie on your PC and you can add the subtitles to your DVD player software. Simple.

I drink your milkshake!!!

[–] bogwart-1 14 years ago

My Region 2 rental DVD had subtitles.

[–] Hildovar 13 years ago

Sigh, so many old people complaining

[–] bogwart-1 13 years ago

I agree, but why tell me?

[–] WarpedRecord 9 years ago

That's odd, because this film would probably appeal to many hearing-impaired people because it has a deaf character. My disc had Spanish subtitles, but not English ones.