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Posted by Quagmire aka DinZ on 02/28/06 16:33
"Damon" <google@dshawcross.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Quagmire aka DinZ wrote:
>> How is watching a horror movie whilst listening to a foreign language
>> scary...If you >dont know what they are saying apart from the subtitles.
>> This is me also assuming you >dont speak the lingo.
>>
>> DinZ
>
> Take my word for it, they work just as well. You could equally ask how
> foreign drama works so well when you are listening to a foreign
> language and reading subtitles; As long as you can read the dialogue
> quickly enough and the story is good then it comes down to the acting
> and atmosphere generated. Communication is only 25% vebal anyway so
> you get a lot of it through the visuals and the sound track.
> In a way it is better I don't speak the language, I can't tell if their
> verbal acting is shite and so am not distracted by thinking "she is
> such a bad actress"
> I found the Japanese version of "the Grudge" as spooky as the remake
> and the Film "The Eye" had me creeped out in parts, the caligraphy
> office and the market place ghosts in particular.
>
> I take you haven't watched any foreign horror then?
Im not really a fan of the horror genre, I just cant seem to identify with
it. When I do watch horror its normally Vampires and werewolves stuff. Or at
the other end of the spectrum its stuff like the 6th sense. The Blair witch
project really put a dent in my opnion of the horror genre.
bud bud din dinZ
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