movie update

[laurainlimbo]

For those of you who participated in my movie poll, thanks for the suggestions. For those of you who didn't see the poll, I had asked for suggestions on what movie I should see on Wednesday. It was overwhelmingly in favor of my seeing the animated movie Up . And I was really looking forward to seeing it!

However, it turns out I didn't need the poll after all... because I didn't have as many choices as I thought I did. I should have asked my husband to check the movie theater's website before I posted my poll, because I misunderstood it completely. I thought I had so many options, but the website was actually for other locations in addition to the one in Numazu (which is a town near Fuji). Up is only showing there with Japanese dubbing! The only place I can see it in English with Japanese subtitles is in Tokyo.

The other movies I put on my poll, dr. Parnassus and the Jim Jarmusch movie, are also not showing near here. Where the Wild Things is showing in English, but only at night, and we are going in the daytime.

So... after all that, we are going to see Avatar after all!

boy, sometimes living in Japan is such a nightmare! I think after this, I'll stick to downloading movies and watching on my computer:) For some reason the Japanese people are too lazy to read subtitles, and choose to butcher movies by dubbing into their own language. Where does that leave us poor foreigners who can't understand Japanese?

anyway, it's just another issue I need to have patience with. I'm happy I'm going to see a movie and have lunch on Wednesday:)

good night! I'll be back later in the week with more updates. I wasn't really in the proper mood to update this weekend.

Comments

[pnksaph.livejournal.com]

Good Morning, Laura. I haven't been here on LJ for over a week so I missed your poll. I wouldn't have been much help, I haven't seen any movies for a while. I did see "An Education" with Natascha about a month ago. We both really liked it.

[wolfpurplemoon]

I hate dubbed movies so much! Must be even worse dubbed out of English rather than in!

Ah well, I'm sure you'll enjoy Avatar, it is full of amazing visuals.

[toadflax234.livejournal.com]

I missed that poll - sorry about that.

Shame you were stuck with no choice after all though.

I hope you feel happier soon. Maybe it's the time of year?

[java-fiend.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed Avatar... the story is pretty simple but the effects are totally amazing. It was a fun film. Though I would have picked Where the Wild Things Are. :-)

[nekosensei.livejournal.com]

Dubbing is EVIL! Why? Why? Why? It takes so much away from the actors' performance.

[serialbathera.livejournal.com]

aee, I am sorry you were given no choice and have to see Avatar anyway ::hugs::

[dawnie1970.livejournal.com]

Up is fantastic, I hope you get to see it eventually, lovebug. How was Avatar?