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Watched this odd assortment over the last 48 hours and in this order...

 

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Hadn't seen this since the mid-late 80s but treeduck's recent Warriors thread pushed me into it. It's still good fun.

Grade: A-

 

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Better than I expected. Nowhere near my favorite Miyazaki flick but if you like Miyazaki you'll likely like this one.

 

On a side note: As usual, I had the English subtitles going with the Japanese audio...and I noticed some mistranslations. My Japanese is nowhere near perfect but the mistranslations were pretty noticeable. I was watching with Mrs. B (who's Japanese and has good English) and she confirmed the mistranslations. I wonder if the same subtitle errors happen in the western DVDs/broadcasts. I've seen it happen before in other J-shows/films with either Japanese to English or vice versa but I figured Miyazaki movie storytelling language isn't too hard to translate (in the places I found them) so I was surprised by the mistakes. Anyway...

Grade: B-

 

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Interesting characters, decent movie. As it progressed, Depp seemed less and less convincing as the main character. I can't say he was bad or that he ruined the movie but I would've chosen someone else for the role. Not sure who though.

Grade: B

 

If you watch the extras they kind of explain the translations thing. They have to change the words to what will actually fit the mouth movements in English so sometimes they have to be kind of liberal with the translation.

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Just got back from seeing the 40th Anniversary showing of Close Encounters of the Third Kind at the local theater here. Went with family and friends, it was awesome!! :dweez:

 

40th anniversary!? God I feel old.

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Just got back from seeing the 40th Anniversary showing of Close Encounters of the Third Kind at the local theater here. Went with family and friends, it was awesome!! :dweez:

 

40th anniversary!? God I feel old.

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Better than I expected. Nowhere near my favorite Miyazaki flick but if you like Miyazaki you'll likely like this one.

 

On a side note: As usual, I had the English subtitles going with the Japanese audio...and I noticed some mistranslations. My Japanese is nowhere near perfect but the mistranslations were pretty noticeable. I was watching with Mrs. B (who's Japanese and has good English) and she confirmed the mistranslations. I wonder if the same subtitle errors happen in the western DVDs/broadcasts. I've seen it happen before in other J-shows/films with either Japanese to English or vice versa but I figured Miyazaki movie storytelling language isn't too hard to translate (in the places I found them) so I was surprised by the mistakes. Anyway...

Grade: B-

 

 

If you watch the extras they kind of explain the translations thing. They have to change the words to what will actually fit the mouth movements in English so sometimes they have to be kind of liberal with the translation.

 

Ahhh okay. Thanks for that. It makes sense. :cheers:

 

The mistakes I found were just nuances, nothing major. But it was different from what the character actually said. I'm thinking specifically the mum on a few occasions.

 

No extras were available for me to watch.

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Seventh Sign, later today perhaps. Looks dodgy though.

 

With Demi Moore, yeah? I saw that in the cinema about 30 years ago. It wasn't that bad...though it wasn't anything to write home about either.

 

If it's on tv, surely it's because of the combo of real world natural disasters + the recent solar eclipse.

 

Yeah that's the one. Nah, it's just on the classic movies channel here. Find some half-decent 80s/90s stuff in there though, lots of bunny-boiler material etc.

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Just got back from seeing the 40th Anniversary showing of Close Encounters of the Third Kind at the local theater here. Went with family and friends, it was awesome!! :dweez:

 

40th anniversary!? God I feel old.

http://uproxx.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/yourfamilyormine_richarddreyfuss_1200.jpg?quality=100&w=650

 

The little little kid who was abducted is a few months older than me! Sheesh!!!

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Better than I expected. Nowhere near my favorite Miyazaki flick but if you like Miyazaki you'll likely like this one.

 

On a side note: As usual, I had the English subtitles going with the Japanese audio...and I noticed some mistranslations. My Japanese is nowhere near perfect but the mistranslations were pretty noticeable. I was watching with Mrs. B (who's Japanese and has good English) and she confirmed the mistranslations. I wonder if the same subtitle errors happen in the western DVDs/broadcasts. I've seen it happen before in other J-shows/films with either Japanese to English or vice versa but I figured Miyazaki movie storytelling language isn't too hard to translate (in the places I found them) so I was surprised by the mistakes. Anyway...

Grade: B-

 

 

If you watch the extras they kind of explain the translations thing. They have to change the words to what will actually fit the mouth movements in English so sometimes they have to be kind of liberal with the translation.

 

Ahhh okay. Thanks for that. It makes sense. :cheers:

 

The mistakes I found were just nuances, nothing major. But it was different from what the character actually said. I'm thinking specifically the mum on a few occasions.

 

No extras were available for me to watch.

 

I know on several of the Miyazaki films they have in the extra section a thing with the actors and how they explain how they did the voice work for the American version. They try to get as close to the exact translation as they can but sometimes they have to improvise a bit due to the mouth movements not lining up very well. I've watched the movies with subtitles and in English but I think they seem to be very well done.

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Just got back from seeing the 40th Anniversary showing of Close Encounters of the Third Kind at the local theater here. Went with family and friends, it was awesome!! :dweez:

 

40th anniversary!? God I feel old.

http://uproxx.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/yourfamilyormine_richarddreyfuss_1200.jpg?quality=100&w=650

 

The little little kid who was abducted is a few months older than me! Sheesh!!!

 

Wow. I was 17 when the movie came out.

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Hunger Games: Mockingjay pts. 1 and 2 (9/10)

 

Moving and incredibly intense. Loved this marathon!

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The Crazies (2010).

 

Not as bad as I expected. But it is pretty much a by the numbers survivalist/zombie type flick...even though there aren't any zombies in it. And though it was a B-movie, it didn't feel too much like one and had maybe just a couple of really cheesy, dumb scenes in it.

 

Grade: C

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The Crazies (2010).

 

Not as bad as I expected. But it is pretty much a by the numbers survivalist/zombie type flick...even though there aren't any zombies in it. And though it was a B-movie, it didn't feel too much like one and had maybe just a couple of really cheesy, dumb scenes in it.

 

Grade: C

 

Far better than the original!

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