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Re: Good Movie Caution/subtitles
Posted By: Faux Pas, on host 66.181.241.138
Date: Friday, May 10, 2002, at 10:27:28
In Reply To: Re: Good Movie Caution/subtitles posted by Brunnen-G on Friday, May 10, 2002, at 03:00:47:

> I've only once seen a subtitled movie where the subtitles were physically so difficult to read that I thought they detracted significantly from the movie. (This was "The Red Violin", and I saw it on video, so perhaps it made easier reading on the big screen.) There were far too many scenes where white titles appeared on a light or white background and were simply unreadable. No matter how good the movie and how well translated the titles, this sort of thing is what puts people off subbed movies.

White subtitles are the worst possible way to subtitle a movie. Yellow, yellow, and yellow are the only colors that subtitles should be. Even on bright backgrounds, the yellow subs will show up.

> Brunnen-"still loved The Red Violin, but the white subtitles drove me around the bend"G

-FP

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