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| K2n Newbie United States Joined 4698 days ago 5 posts - 7 votes | Message 1 of 11 05 January 2012 at 5:17pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hi all,
I'd like to watch some Spanish movies in order to supplement my Spanish learning (for the bilingual benefits as well as being able to travel around Latin America) The movies should 1) have versions with English subtitles and 2) Be relatively free of thick accents. For example I've read that Argentinians speak Spanish in a difficult way, and am not ready for this. What movies would you recommend from the following genres: Action, Adventure, Biography, Comedy, Crime, Documentary, Fantasy, History, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War, Western List as many as you feel like, Thanks! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Zgarbas Triglot Newbie Romania goblinjapanese.wordp Joined 4702 days ago 12 posts - 15 votes Speaks: Romanian*, EnglishC2, Japanese Studies: Spanish, Mandarin | Message 2 of 11 05 January 2012 at 5:35pm | IP Logged | ||
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REC is an awesome horror movie with a very cute female lead :)
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| Cainntear Pentaglot Senior Member Scotland linguafrankly.blogsp Joined 6002 days ago 4399 posts - 7687 votes  Speaks: Lowland Scots, English*, French, Spanish, Scottish Gaelic Studies: Catalan, Italian, German, Irish, Welsh | Message 3 of 11 05 January 2012 at 7:19pm | IP Logged | ||
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800 Bullets/800 Balas Western/comedy
A spoof spaghetti western set in the modern day, in a Spanish wild west theme park where they used to film spaghetti westerns (and I believe it is a genuine vintage spaghetti western set, too). It's reeeeeeeeeeally good. It's very funny and extremely well observed (it was made by a genuine film buff, Alex de las Iglesias). El Lobo/The Wolf Thriller Based on the memoirs of Franco's mole in ETA. Probably not very accurate, but riveting. El Labarinto del Fauno Fantasy/horror/war An adult fairy tale featuring a kid going into Narnia-esque adventures in the midst of the Spanish Civil War. Filmed in Spain by Guillermo del Toro, Hollywood's favourite Mexican director. also La Espinosa del Diablo/The Devil's Backbone By the same director, an earlier film 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| s0fist Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5037 days ago 260 posts - 445 votes Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: Sign Language, German, Spanish, French | Message 4 of 11 05 January 2012 at 7:49pm | IP Logged | ||
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There's lots of movies to start with here:
movies And there's other thread with more movies and series suggestions, just search. I recommend keeping a list of recommendedations as you come across them, in case you ever find yourself bored and without a clue of what to watch. Also, I'll say that I've watched a number of episodes of a few of Argentinian series (actually those were some of the first things I watched, if only because they're so pervasive on the Internet and easy to find) and I don't think the accent is that hard to understand, a lot easier than the rest of accents I heard in movies from Latin American, especially ones that swallows all the "s"s and endings. Here's some of the ones I liked from the thread above (in no particular order): Amores Perros Lucia y el Sexo Maria, Llena Eres de Gracia Y Tu Momma Tambien The Motorcycle Diaries Diarios de Motocicleta Nicotina En la Cama Sin Nombre Abre Los Ojos Mar adentro Hable Con Ella El laberinto del fauno anything by Pedro Almodovar in particular is pretty good (though I've only confirmed a few) glhf 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Cainntear Pentaglot Senior Member Scotland linguafrankly.blogsp Joined 6002 days ago 4399 posts - 7687 votes Speaks: Lowland Scots, English*, French, Spanish, Scottish Gaelic Studies: Catalan, Italian, German, Irish, Welsh | Message 5 of 11 06 January 2012 at 12:58pm | IP Logged | ||
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Caution: Almodóvar isn't to everyone's taste. His early films revolved around the Spanish gay scene and featured a lot of cross-dressing male leads. Not everyone's cup of tea, and that's not a judgement on anyone -- personal taste is a personal thing!
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| translator2 Senior Member United States Joined 6910 days ago 848 posts - 1862 votes Speaks: English* | Message 6 of 11 06 January 2012 at 3:01pm | IP Logged | ||
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If you live anywhere where you can subscribe to Verizon Fios cable TV, they have a Spanish package for $12.99 a month that includes over 53 Spanish-language channels from many different countries and they are always playing movies. This includes an on-demand channel with hundreds of Venezuelan movies.
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| espejismo Diglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5042 days ago 498 posts - 905 votes Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: Spanish, Greek, Azerbaijani | Message 7 of 11 06 January 2012 at 4:05pm | IP Logged | ||
Wouldn't it be better to name those "early films" instead of making a generalization that could potentially keep quite a few people from discovering this great director? His first film with international distribution--¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto!! (1984)--is a black comedy about an overworked mother. Matador (1986) is about a heterosexual bullfighter who gets turned on by killing. Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988) is a great comedy about a woman nearly going mad after her lover leaves her. Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón (1980) are all women, but now that I think of it, one of them is a lesbian, and there's a minor transvestite on the loose... That makes it too provocative for most viewers. Cross that out then. Edited by espejismo on 06 January 2012 at 4:18pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| hrhenry Octoglot Senior Member United States languagehopper.blogs Joined 5121 days ago 1871 posts - 3642 votes Speaks: English*, SpanishC2, ItalianC2, Norwegian, Catalan, Galician, Turkish, Portuguese Studies: Polish, Indonesian, Ojibwe | Message 8 of 11 06 January 2012 at 4:29pm | IP Logged | ||
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"El Crimen Ferpecto" - Álex de la Iglesia, dark comedy with a good story line and clear speech.
"Volver" - Almodóvar, also has fairly clear speech, although I found the story somewhat boring. If you like Penelope Cruz though, you'll enjoy it. She does a good job in the film. "El Asombroso Mundo de Borjamari y Pocholo" - Cavestany, a completely silly and fun movie, particularly if you like Mecano's music or all things re: Madrid in the 80s (and being stuck in that past). I'll also second the recommendation for "Y tu Mamá También". Speech is very clear throughout the movie, even with a couple different accents. R. == Edited by hrhenry on 06 January 2012 at 4:31pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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