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Some may be fine with subtitles, but the fact of the matter is that most films are supposed to be visually immersive. You simply cannot focus on important subtl
by jjeaff 7y ago
Some may be fine with subtitles, but the fact of the matter is that most films are supposed to be visually immersive. You simply cannot focus on important subtleties in a film if your eyes have to be focused on a line of text across the bottom. The human eye actually has a very narrow range of in-focus vision.
Not to mention the idea that cinematographers take great pains to frame every shot like a painting, telling a story visually.
Movies with subtitles is like going to a museum where they have printed the name of the artist and the background information in big white block text on top of the painting itself.
- pavelrub 7y agoThis is true only if you really aren’t used to watching films with subtitles. In many countries, foreign films with subtitles are the norm, and its what most people watch all the time. Once you are used to it - it doesn’t hurt immersions whatsoever, and reading subtitles is done almost subconsciously and require no discernible effort.
- theamk 7y agoOne can absolutely feel immersed even with subtitles. After a while reading the text happens subconsciously in a fraction of a second. Given hiw slowly people usually speak, there is plenty if time to read subtitles and look for subtleties of the shots. Yes, there's a bit of a learning curve, but it is pretty easy afterwards.