However, I'm alittle freaked out by the fact that Miley Cyrus' little sister and one of the youngest non-famous Jonas brothers are providing voices for both of the leads.
Why do these two families insist on invading my life?? Bad enough I have to see them on the covers of all the magazines at the bookstore where I work.
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
Pox. It won't work. I want to see it, at least the Japanese version.
I bet it will be at that fancy theatre that has dove ice cream bars for 4 dollars though. I like that place.
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
*squee* Miyazaki movies are always full of delight!
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
I wasn't so sure about the art style this time, but then I remembered I've always come out of a Miyazaki movie appreciating the restraint.
Studio Ghibli approaches Osamu Tezuka's style probably the closest. Also Miyazaki's disinterest in moe is always welcome IMHO.
I've enjoyed his work so much, I'll probably see this in theaters, but then again, I can't stand English dubbing.
Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
I know I'm in the minority, but I really prefer dubbing unless it's truly horrible. When I don't have to focus on reading text, I find I can appreciate the artwork a great deal more.
Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
while in general I can't stand dubbing, I find that it's not as true with animation, and what's more, they tend to get really good voice actors for Miyazaki movies.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
Strider: Their dubbing is typically better than your average anime it's true.
Juxtapose: I totally get that, for me growing up overseas I saw movies with subtitles my entire life. Even the English movies had Chinese subtitles that I'd try to decipher as I was learning Mandarin. I'm a pretty fast reader as well, so it does not bother me to read text, and watch a movie.
But I can completely understand how for others it's just not that comfortable, my wife is definitely like that.
Posted by The White Whale (Member # 6594) on :
In most cases I'm able to read the subtitle very quickly and then watch the scene, until the next subtitle pops up. It works well for me, and I like hearing the natural language, but I hate getting punch-lines or dramatic revelations before they are actually spoken on screen. Ah, well.
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
I love subtitles. I even put them on movies in English.
Posted by The White Whale (Member # 6594) on :
I have friends whose mother was almost completely deaf, so she always had subtitles on, and they grew up with subtitles as the norm, so they have trouble watching anything without subtitles.
I don't like subtitles when I can understand the language, so we tend to alternate methods. One movie with subtitles, the next without.
Posted by Mucus (Member # 9735) on :
quote:Originally posted by BlackBlade: ... Juxtapose: I totally get that, for me growing up overseas I saw movies with subtitles my entire life. Even the English movies had Chinese subtitles that I'd try to decipher as I was learning Mandarin. I'm a pretty fast reader as well, so it does not bother me to read text, and watch a movie.
Hmmm. When I'm watching Hong Kong movies now, we watch with Cantonese audio (which I understand) and traditional Chinese subtitles (for my girlfriend). With Chinese movies, its usually English subtitles with Mandarin audio. Its interesting.
What I particularly enjoy is that in a decent number of Hong Kong movies, in the Cantonese audio track they'll often use multiple languages (Cantonese, Mandarin, English, Japanese) with each actor speaking in their own language of comfort or as the situation requires. The convention is that each character is fluent enough to understand each other, but acts in their native language.
It is not exactly a trend per say, but I find that the movies that do employ this technique are ones that I particularly enjoy.
It really draws me out of the film now when they dub over people from all over with the same language now (and kinda takes away from the original performance).