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The casual moviegoer is a thing of the past. That's a big problem for Hollywood (www.latimes.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/movies

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

Put the subtitles on the screen! Why would anyone go watch a movie they can't hear? Tell people what the actors are saying. Theatres won't bother to compete with the home video experience of watching a movie with subtitles.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

So people watch movies with the subtitles on? Like, is that a thing? Might be cultural thing, but I've almost never encountered that.

[–] Jeffool 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

It's incredibly common in the US, especially among younger people. This was just on the first page of my search but I'm sure you can find tons of similar stories over the years: https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/more-americans-prefer-watching-shows-with-subtitles-study-finds/ar-AA1rj48O

Overall, half of respondents said they use subtitles regularly.

Personally I've always done it since my youth as well (around '96.) Admittedly that was mostly because I mostly used my TV to watch late at night instead of sleep... But it wasn't even unheard of then to prefer subtitles. And it was pretty common at the HD switch over, often citing bad speakers (both quality and physical design.)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks for that and quite interesting. Then it is indead cultural thing, or a generational one.

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