I watch them with the original language enabling subtitles instead, as for example: watching Korean movies dubbed into English (also with bad lip sync) is just weird in my opinion but I know a few people who do this for various reasons: hate how the original language is spoken, or dislikes the audio (due to accent) so they dub them in English, however the cultural nuance is gone since the original audio language conveys what is intended to be expressed.

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    3 days ago

    I’m staunchly sub-over-dub, but I’m not anti-dub. A good dub is a piece of art, it’s just a different piece of art than the original work. Dubbing is very difficult to do right, especially for live action. It takes good writing to match the lip flaps, good acting to match the facial expressions, and good sound design to match the scene. Anyone can stick a couple bored actors in a studio and record a terrible audio track that sorta conveys the necessary information, but I wouldn’t call that dubbing.

    I really dislike dubs with celebrity film actors. Film acting is much more focused on screen presence, but there’s nothing to see with a dub. A stage actor is generally a much better voice actor, because on stage you have to act so the people in the back can hear your emotions. Picking a big name just shows a lack of respect for the art of dubbing in my opinion, and it doesn’t bode well for every other facet of the quality.