I always have subtitles on.

i only use subtitles if i'm watching a foreign language film - i hate the dubbed versions.


i've never had problems with hearing dialogue or understanding accents.

didnt realize so many people used CC - bit of a suprise to me

I teach ASL and do a fair bit of interpreting for the deaf. So it follows that a large portion of my friends are deaf or hard of hearing. That being said, I watch a lot of CC. I don't mind it myself - movies are better than regular TV (they skip things on occasion - some of those silly talk shows skip half the dialogue). The truly deaf don't care as they can't hear what they miss, but sometimes I have to explain things.

CC drives me crazy. I find it so incredibly distracting that I'll wind up reading it instead of watching the movie.

I ONLY use it when necessary (as Urge said - foreign films only; and I hate dubbing so I choose subtitles over voiceovers).

We had a broken VCR once that was jammed with the "aid for the visually impaired" on. Everything we taped with it would have the "visually impaired" aid on, meaning that as you were watching taped program, this indifferent, innocuous voice would explain to you what was happening as it appeared on screen.

Takes the fun out of the Simpsons, let me tell you ("The governor unravels the flag - It's the fart flag" - a cookie to whomever can guess the episode reference).

It's distracting for me on tv...not so much for movies.

I really want to watch Tenebre but the two copies I have seen don't specify whether they have subtitles or cc. Does anyone have a copy with all the extras? If so, where can I rent or even buy a used version?

I've had off and on experiences with finding Argento movies with subtitles. He has a penchant to use actors who speak different languages and then dubbing them. There are plenty of scenes where the actors in his movies can't understand each other and have to be told their ques after their counterpart is done speaking.

I looked for a copy of Sleepless for awhile with subtitle options, but never found an R1 one.

Is R1 only available in the USA? That's disappointing. Elvis just recommended Sleepless in the personal top 100 thread so I went to netflix to put it in my queue. I guess I could watch Tenebre if it's dubbed. I watched Inside with subtitles as I don't understand French. The Spiral Staircase was a B&W movie originally, I think, but now it's in color and it has subtitles. I'm getting that one and Mother of Tears. It's the last installment in Argento's Mothers Trilogy but I had no luck finding the first two. Know what they are?

Suspiria should be super easy to find. I know Inferno was out of print for a while, but it's been re-released. Netflix should have them.

R1 means US & Canada.

BTW, Elvis usually has good taste in movies. You might not like Sleepless, as it's brutally misogynistic and has one of the most disturbing murder scenes in it I've seen.

OH! I didn't know it was Suspiria and Inferno. Wow, thanks! I don't mind murder scenes but I try to avoid movies with rape scenes in them. I watched Irreversible and I was fiery mad for a long time after. I'll check to see if all these movies have subtitles.