Final fantasy 7 movie
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I would reccomend watching it with the subtitles as well as english audio as what you 'hear' and what was in the orginal script (Which I assume the subtitles are closer too) can be quitre different in places.
FF VII is out on DVD but I haven't seen it. I do have The Spirits Within as I went to see it at the cinema and really loved the CGI. FF VII seems a little more game like, judging by the pictures on the DVD sleeve and I don't think it's done by the same team anyway.Pinhead said:
I think spirits within was mostly done by hollywood people rather than the makers of the games. AC seems to be almost completely done by people involved in the development of the game. I think it's all the better for it. I like the way the film seemed like a game. Rather than trying to look ultra-realistic, it's trying to look like a game with really good graphics. Spirits within didn't have the same spirit as the games, but AC fits FF7 perfectly.Shootist said:
I think Spirits Within was done by Square USA with U.S. animators, but Advent Children was done by Square Enix directly with a Japanese animation company (who I don't think normally do standalone animation so possibly the same ones who do the in game animation?)
It depends on the dub - some I think work much much better than the subs (especially for shows with a lot of action on screen and dialogue), but that's something for another thread
Raikiri said:
It depends on the dub - some I think work much much better than the subs (especially for shows with a lot of action on screen and dialogue), but that's something for another thread
Bah!
Most of my mates when they first met me, would only borrow my anime/foreign films if they were dubbed. They said they couldn't stand subtitles.
One night of forcing them to watch hero with subs and then watching a few dubbed parts changed all of that. They could not believe how much difference the real acting made to the film.
People who dont like subtitles are just being ignorent, they provide both the original acting and a new depth to a film.
After 10 mins, you don't even notice them anymore.
Most of my mates when they first met me, would only borrow my anime/foreign films if they were dubbed. They said they couldn't stand subtitles.
One night of forcing them to watch hero with subs and then watching a few dubbed parts changed all of that. They could not believe how much difference the real acting made to the film.
People who dont like subtitles are just being ignorent, they provide both the original acting and a new depth to a film.
After 10 mins, you don't even notice them anymore.
) and the dubbing wasn't bad at all. Must watch it in English too . . . great film, just too short for FF7-philes like myself! 
Energize said:
I'll give you that, but possibly (probably) because unless the english speaking viewer knows the language it's hard to tell a bad foreign dub unless it's truly awful. It's much easier to miss a poor performance when you can't pick up on the minor/medium mistakes in delivery/inflection as you don't understand the language and instead are relying heavily on the tone of the delivery
It's also worth remembering that there are times when the subs might be a more literal translation than the dub, but the dub catches the meaning of the original better (jokes, puns and word games are the classic examples, unless the subs include some sort of explanation a lot of puns/word games don't work with a literal translation).
I guess what i'm saying is, that if you're watching a foreign film it's worth trying all the available viewing options, as you never know what version will give the most enjoyment/be the best one until you've tried it (I tend to watch everything in both subbed and dubbed at least once).
Sorry, i think i've taken this thread way off topic.