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NRaleighLiberal

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3. some of the greatest movies - and some of my favorites - are foreign language vids

Wed Feb 22, 2017, 04:48 PM

Feb 2017

You don't even know you are reading subtitles after a few minutes in.

My complaint with Netflix is that so many of the movies they stream in general are the dregs.

the real horror is when the US decides to do a remake of a great foreign film - Mostly Martha, Shall We Dance - they didn't need to be remade (and badly)

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I just cancelled my Netflix account... [View all] angstlessk Feb 2017 OP

Do they indeed? marybourg Feb 2017 #1

Me too, I'm a francophile. bigmonkey Feb 2017 #21

I just find that foreign films that make it to this marybourg Feb 2017 #22

I think dubbing should be illegal, but JenniferJuniper Feb 2017 #2

I would view dubbing angstlessk Feb 2017 #4

I have a hard time with subtitles Skittles Feb 2017 #12

Yes, that happens often angstlessk Feb 2017 #15

Subtitles Berlin Vet Feb 2017 #18

Yellow subtitles are the best. I don't know why they insist on white. TexasProgresive Feb 2017 #19

oh absolutely; I really dislike dubbing Skittles Feb 2017 #20

It's rare. evidentily according to an online discussion about subtitles I am TexasProgresive Feb 2017 #23

white with black outlines might work Skittles Feb 2017 #24

I just recently got subtitles in yellow MuseRider Feb 2017 #28

So there are 2 of us- great. TexasProgresive Feb 2017 #29

🤓 I am sure the two of us MuseRider Feb 2017 #30

You can adjust them in Netflix LeftInTX Mar 2017 #35

some of the greatest movies - and some of my favorites - are foreign language vids NRaleighLiberal Feb 2017 #3

I did watch a movie about Hitler that was in German angstlessk Feb 2017 #6

I'm addicted to Scandinavian mystery series. They are fabulous. Squinch Feb 2017 #26

Recommend some. Thanks. n/t FSogol Apr 2017 #40

The first one that got international attention was Bron. It's been copied in the US and in France Squinch Apr 2017 #41

Thanks. n/t FSogol Apr 2017 #42

I'm really liking the Scandinavian series catchnrelease Apr 2017 #43

I'm watching Fortitude on Squinch Apr 2017 #44

Oh thanks! catchnrelease Apr 2017 #46

I love the foreign language offerings. GentryDixon Feb 2017 #5

LMFAO! yes sometimes they are hard to understand.. angstlessk Feb 2017 #7

I don't stream but get DVDs and proobably 90 % of what I watch are pangaia Feb 2017 #8

You are probably correct, but I still angstlessk Feb 2017 #11

yeah, I understand... pangaia Feb 2017 #14

I like them but do wish they would indicate language on film posting... wcmagumba Feb 2017 #9

Documentaries and possibly docu dramas can be tolerated angstlessk Feb 2017 #16

what is up with that? Skittles Feb 2017 #10

They do, but you have to click on the movie, then angstlessk Feb 2017 #13

I disagree. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2017 #17

shit man i love those sub-titled movies. dept Q was off the chain. n/t. okieinpain Feb 2017 #25

It really was, wasn't it? Squinch Apr 2017 #45

+100 n/t. okieinpain Apr 2017 #47

Have you ever watched Great Garbos silent films... samnsara Feb 2017 #27

Foreign movies is what what I watch these days. Sorry for you bif Feb 2017 #31

And... bif Mar 2017 #36

Damn. That's one of my favorite things about Netflix. hunter Feb 2017 #32

I love certain foreign movies like the Bridge set in Sweden I think Demsrule86 Mar 2017 #33

that's a GOOD thing... a much higher percentage of foreign movies available in the US Gabi Hayes Mar 2017 #34

+1 mahina Apr 2017 #38

Though I just saw an outstanding documentary you might like- 'Theo Who Lived". mahina Apr 2017 #39

If they were cutting foreign films I'd be more likely to cancel. mahina Apr 2017 #37

The movies are always better than the book. bif May 2017 #48

I stand corrected. bif May 2017 #49