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janafromfrance
Joined: 07 Nov 2009
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 Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 4:12 am Post subject: Avatar and no English subtitles when aliens speak :( |
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do they do this just as a way to get back at the English teachers
I mean I just sat there as all the aliens' dialogue got turned into
hangul. I wish I had learned Na�vi.   |
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blackjack
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: anyang
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| Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 4:20 am Post subject: Re: Avatar and no English subtitles when aliens speak :( |
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| janafromfrance wrote: |
do they do this just as a way to get back at the English teachers
I mean I just sat there as all the aliens' dialogue got turned into
hangul. I wish I had learned Na’vi. |
Yes it is a way at getting back at English teachers. |
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itaewonguy
Joined: 25 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 4:24 am Post subject: |
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how often to the aliens speak? is it a major let down??
anyway, how is the movie???? |
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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| Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 4:45 am Post subject: |
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| itaewonguy wrote: |
how often to the aliens speak? is it a major let down??
anyway, how is the movie???? |
They speak quite a bit, actually. A bit less near the end of the movie. I thought the movie was awesome. 100% for pure escapist entertainment and no annoying characters. If you're expecting a movie with the craziest surprise ending and twistiest of twisty plots then you might not like it.
Plus it's a really timely release since we're on the verge of discovering planets of just about that size in other solar systems. |
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Tundra_Creature
Joined: 11 Jun 2009
Location: Canada
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| Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 5:46 am Post subject: |
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Ah, I remember I got that when I was watching 2012 and they started speaking Tibetan and Chinese. I was lucky enough to understand the french. 
Maybe I should wait to watch Avatar when I get back then.
I was told it's categorized in movies like Dances with Wolves or the Emerald Forest, only more sci-fi. Would that be a correct assumption? |
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Rusty Shackleford
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Just got back from seeing it in 3-D. Was totally awesome for the first 20 minutes but then it just ends up being a head ache.
The action and general visual design of the thing was ground breaking.
The story, however, was barf worthy. The standard noble savage narrative mixed in with Gaea man is destroying the Earth parable. Give me explosions and mech assault vehicles and beast warriors. Keep the sermon, thanks. |
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sjk1128
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| Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 7:25 am Post subject: |
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About the original topic, I saw it in the CGV Ilsan IMAX 3D theater, and there were subtitles for eveything except the parts we were meant not to understand (so we would empathize with the protagonist) - maybe 5 sentences the whole film. The Alien subtitles were in big yellow legible font. I actually felt sorry for the monolingual Koreans in the audience. They paid a hefty movie ticket price and were rewarded with a beautiful picture but pale gray-white subtitles that seemed to float "behind" the action at the very bottom of the screen. It must have been annoying.
BTW, I thoroughly enjoyed the movie. Visually, it was a moving work of art. I do think a lot of the movie's power would have been lost if not seen in 3D, however. |
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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| Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 7:29 am Post subject: |
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| sjk1128 wrote: |
| BTW, I thoroughly enjoyed the movie. Visually, it was a moving work of art. I do think a lot of the movie's power would have been lost if not seen in 3D, however. |
I'm actually wondering if I should go see it again in 3D myself. Once it's gone from the theatre I won't be able to see it again that way. |
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PeteJB
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| Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 7:39 am Post subject: |
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| Is it playing at Yongsan IMAX? |
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mithridates
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| Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 8:37 am Post subject: |
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| I'm being told that this person and this person look like the main character (as a Na'vi) and the girl. |
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crossmr
Joined: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Hwayangdong, Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 1:36 pm Post subject: |
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| sjk1128 wrote: |
About the original topic, I saw it in the CGV Ilsan IMAX 3D theater, and there were subtitles for eveything except the parts we were meant not to understand (so we would empathize with the protagonist) - maybe 5 sentences the whole film. The Alien subtitles were in big yellow legible font. I actually felt sorry for the monolingual Koreans in the audience. They paid a hefty movie ticket price and were rewarded with a beautiful picture but pale gray-white subtitles that seemed to float "behind" the action at the very bottom of the screen. It must have been annoying.
BTW, I thoroughly enjoyed the movie. Visually, it was a moving work of art. I do think a lot of the movie's power would have been lost if not seen in 3D, however. |
So is this yet another case where some theatres are showing the non-English parts with English subtitles and some aren't? |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 2:56 pm Post subject: Re: Avatar and no English subtitles when aliens speak :( |
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| janafromfrance wrote: |
do they do this just as a way to get back at the English teachers
I mean I just sat there as all the aliens' dialogue got turned into
hangul. I wish I had learned Na’vi. |
Wow.
Yes, their chief focus is the English teacher audience. 50 million Koreans and 25,000 English teachers and they are more concerned about the English Teachers. |
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furtakk
Joined: 02 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 6:39 pm Post subject: |
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| crossmr wrote: |
| So is this yet another case where some theatres are showing the non-English parts with English subtitles and some aren't? |
pretty sure. friend saw it yesterday and said they had english subs. not sure what chain, but theatre was in daegu. |
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PeteJB
Joined: 06 Jul 2007
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Didn't think you still posted here, David  |
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Enrico Palazzo
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| Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 7:53 pm Post subject: |
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| itaewonguy wrote: |
how often to the aliens speak? is it a major let down??
anyway, how is the movie???? |
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