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 emk Diglot Moderator United States Joined 5341 days ago 2615 posts - 8806 votes  Speaks: English*, FrenchB2 Studies: Spanish, Ancient Egyptian Personal Language Map | Message 1 of 7 22 October 2014 at 5:56pm | IP Logged |
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I've had Spanish on my long-term list for years, but in light of recent discussions about all-video learning, I've decided it would be fun to try a little subs2srs experiment with a Spanish movie or TV show.
Here's what I would need: 1. A fun movie, something which is worth rewatching. It can be a good Latin American dub of an English-language movie. 2. Accurate Spanish subtitles that match the audio, with only occasional omissions for space. 3. Decent English subtitles. This would allow me to make my own subs2srs deck. Does anybody have any suggestions? Thank you! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| sillygoose1 Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 4445 days ago 566 posts - 814 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, Spanish, French Studies: German, Latin | Message 2 of 7 22 October 2014 at 7:36pm | IP Logged |
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Any recent movie by Almodovar should fit the bill.
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| emk Diglot Moderator United States Joined 5341 days ago 2615 posts - 8806 votes Speaks: English*, FrenchB2 Studies: Spanish, Ancient Egyptian Personal Language Map | Message 3 of 7 23 October 2014 at 12:28am | IP Logged |
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Thank you, sillygoose1!
On Skype, tastyonions also suggested Y tu mamá también, which appears to have abbreviated but otherwise fairly accurate subtitles available. And here's a review. Any other suggestions? 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| hrhenry Octoglot Senior Member United States languagehopper.blogs Joined 4939 days ago 1871 posts - 3642 votes Speaks: English*, SpanishC2, ItalianC2, Norwegian, Catalan, Galician, Turkish, Portuguese Studies: Polish, Indonesian, Ojibwe | Message 4 of 7 23 October 2014 at 1:49am | IP Logged |
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Since you said Latin American, you may not be interested, but if you can find the subtitles for any of the films that Guillermo Toledo appears in, you might enjoy them. They're light-hearted Spanish comedies, for the most part (although El Crimen ferpecto is a dark comedy, but I think it would be easy enough to follow).
A couple other films he's appeared in that are enjoyable are "Salir Pitando" and "El Asombroso Mundo de Borjamari y Pocholo", the second especially hilarious, even if it's very silly humor - I laughed pretty much through the entire film. "El Crimen ferpecto" also stars a great actress named Mónica Cervera who's done some great work in other films. You might want to check out some of her stuff, too. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| garyb Triglot Senior Member ScotlandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5016 days ago 1468 posts - 2413 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, French Studies: Spanish | Message 5 of 7 23 October 2014 at 10:38am | IP Logged |
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"Y tú mama también" also came to mind for me, but it has a lot of Mexican slang in the dialogue. I understand Spanish fairly well, but I really struggled and needed English subtitles for that movie. That might just be because I'm far more used to Peninsular Spanish though; maybe the level of slang is OK for someone more familiar with Mexican/Latin American. I'm not sure if this is a concern, depends what you're looking for.
hrhenry: I've never heard of Guillermo Toledo before, but he sounds right up my street! I'll check out some of the films you mentioned. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| iguanamon Pentaglot Senior Member Virgin Islands Speaks: Ladino Joined 5071 days ago 2237 posts - 6731 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Creole (French) | Message 6 of 7 23 October 2014 at 1:53pm | IP Logged |
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I posted this in emk's log, but others may be interested as well here:
I recommend Matando Cabos. It has accurate, full length subtitles in Spanish. English subs are available on the DVD and online as well. This is a heck of a fun film. The movie has some Mexican slang but it isn't overwhelming. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| ladybenko Triglot Newbie Spain ladybenko.net Joined 3495 days ago 9 posts - 13 votes Speaks: Catalan, Spanish*, English Studies: Japanese | Message 7 of 7 24 October 2014 at 5:27pm | IP Logged |
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I don't particularly enjoy Spanish movies, but I found Ocho apellidos vascos to be very entertaining. It makes
fun of prejudices and stereotypes of two regions in Spain: the Basque Country and Andalusia. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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