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.

  • Björn@swg-empire.deEnglish
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    1 天前

    I prefer subs but I can’t read so much anymore so I have to resort to dubs. Luckily German dubs are usually top notch.

    • IchNichtenLichtenEnglish
      1·
      2 天前

      Same, I got tired of rewinding and turning on subs just to figure out what someone mumbled in a scene.

    • Bakkoda@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 天前

      The dubs NEVER seem to match what I think the person is gonna sound like. It’s so distracting.

  • Jeena@piefed.jeena.netEnglish
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    2 天前

    Only Germans prefer dubbing.

    In Poland it’s super donkey, there you hear the original at half the volume and on top one guy reads the subtitles aloud with a very monotone voice, which is particularly weird during sensual or erotic dialogues between a man and a woman because this guy needs to read both parts.

  • DickFiasco@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    9·
    3 天前

    Subtitles. Even with the best voice actors, something gets lost with dubs. They just never seem to capture the flow and emotion of the original audio. I also like to hear how things sound in other languages, even if I don’t understand the language at all.

  • misk@piefed.socialEnglish
    5·
    3 天前

    Dub is acceptable for some types of animation where translation also adapts it to local culture. And I’d still have subtitles enabled at the same time.

  • agent_nycto@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 天前

    It depends on if it’s animated or not.

    If it’s animated, I can go either way, but if I start it as one of them I don’t switch to the other.

    If it’s live action it’s subs all the way.

  • Hoimo@ani.socialEnglish
    3·
    2 天前

    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.

  • amio@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 天前

    I dislike dubbing and always have, subtitles all the way. I’m kinda put off by the [eight seconds of mouth moving] mismatch. It’s also rarely done where I live, except for children’s media. To top it off, it has to be insanely much more work and a lot more expensive. I realize there are relative niche cases where it could be necessary, though.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.socialEnglish
    1·
    2 天前

    I just don’t like my attention being directed to the text so I miss the actual movie so I watch it dubbed in English most of the time. However, I am also trying to learn Japanese and am at a point where it’s beneficial to watch in Japanese because I can understand a lot of it (not all of it; especially when they aren’t being cordial). Actually am finding that watching the Freiza arc of DBZ in original Japanese audio helps a lot, because Frieza speaks in perfect “polite” Japanese, which is the focus of most of the study material I have.