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Quote from: Clovis8 on September 25, 2009, 11:21:30 AMQuote from: Keith! on September 25, 2009, 11:18:14 AM[REC] is not a good film, not a good horror film and not original in the slightest. Also the acting is as bad as anything staring Paris Hilton. It does have a couple of decent scares though.Yep that is a pretty silly statement. I have a theory that people appreciate foreign films more because they just don't get that the acting is bad in the same way some don't get what bad voice acting is. Also that since they don’t live in the culture they cannot appreciate that aspect of the film which someone who does live in that culture would see as self righteous or at the least pandering and one dimensional.
Quote from: Keith! on September 25, 2009, 11:18:14 AM[REC] is not a good film, not a good horror film and not original in the slightest. Also the acting is as bad as anything staring Paris Hilton. It does have a couple of decent scares though.Yep that is a pretty silly statement.
[REC] is not a good film, not a good horror film and not original in the slightest. Also the acting is as bad as anything staring Paris Hilton. It does have a couple of decent scares though.
Quote from: Keith! on September 25, 2009, 11:25:28 AMQuote from: Clovis8 on September 25, 2009, 11:21:30 AMQuote from: Keith! on September 25, 2009, 11:18:14 AM[REC] is not a good film, not a good horror film and not original in the slightest. Also the acting is as bad as anything staring Paris Hilton. It does have a couple of decent scares though.Yep that is a pretty silly statement. I have a theory that people appreciate foreign films more because they just don't get that the acting is bad in the same way some don't get what bad voice acting is. Also that since they don’t live in the culture they cannot appreciate that aspect of the film which someone who does live in that culture would see as self righteous or at the least pandering and one dimensional. I've sometimes wondered that myself. I'm pretty sure I've seen a couple non-English language films (excluding French language ones) that, in my opinion, were shite but were surprisinly well received by a bunch of people.
Yeah a foreign language doesn't impact my ability to judge acting. Dubbing is another story - everyone looks (and sounds) terrible by comparison.
Quote from: chardy999 on September 25, 2009, 07:39:46 PMYeah a foreign language doesn't impact my ability to judge acting. Dubbing is another story - everyone looks (and sounds) terrible by comparison.Yeah, dubbing is trash.