Princess Mononoke on Film4 today at 4:30

[Noni]

Supposed to be a great film, dont miss it!

[iMc]

One of my girlfriends fav films, tis good although I prefer Spirited Away.

[ctid]

Thanks . I've heard its supposed to be good, but never got round to watching it.

[phoenixmystic]

What is it about exactly? I have never heard of it!

[chrestomanci]

Film four are doing a season of 8 Studio Gibli films. The showtimes are:

The castle of Cagliostro -> Fri 4 @ 4.55pm or Thu 17 @ 5.10pm

Kiki's delivery service -> Sat 5 @ 4.45pm or Mon 14 @ 5.05pm

Princess Mononoke -> Sun 6 @ 4.30pm or Fri 11 @ 4.45pm

Laputa: Castle in the sky -> Mon 7 @ 4.55pm or Sun 13 @ 4.55pm

My Neighbour Totoro -> Tue 8 @ 5.10pm or Sat 12 @ 5.05pm

Nausicaa of the valley of the winds -> Wed 9 @ 4.45pm or Tue 15 @ 4.45pm

Porco Rosso -> Thu 10 @ 5.15pm or Wed 16 @ 4.45pm
(Dates & times in August)

I have been recording each one as it was broadcast, and have been watching them. I am currently half way through Kiki's delivery service, and it is very good. The cartoons are much better than the usual american junk. I will probably keep the recordings and turn them into DVDs.

[XA04]

I can never get into Anime, I just really can't. But I think I'll give it another go with this film!

Cheers

[unreal]

Ohh yeh I've heard of this film too, supposed to be real good... might watch this myself too

[htid]

Are they subbed or dubbed? If dubbed that kinda sucks, i prefer to hear the original Japanese but i'll still give it a look!

[unreal]

Are they subbed or dubbed? If dubbed that kinda sucks, i prefer to hear the original Japanese but i'll still give it a look!

Same here. You seen the dubbed Naruto? LOL LOL It's horrible, it's like someone did it to wind up all the anime fans in the world ;_;

[chrestomanci]

The first two they broadcast where dubbed not subtitled

For live action films, I definitely prefer subtitled, as I find it jarring to watch the actors with the dialogue a bit out of sync, but for cartoons I don't think it matters much. as the lip sync is less important, and in any case you don't see the actors speaking the lines.

[Choo Choo]

Yeah, I saw Kiki's delivery Service yesterday and I loved it. I'm hoping to get some of the other Studio Ghibli stuff on DVD. I've already got My Neighbour Totoro and Spirited Away so quite a few to get still.

[ACiD303]

For live action films, I definitely prefer subtitled, as I find it jarring to watch the actors with the dialogue a bit out of sync, but for cartoons I don't think it matters much. as the lip sync is less important, and in any case you don't see the actors speaking the lines.

As a personal matter of opinion, I'd disagree - not on the lip sync issue, but more the effect of originating dialogue. I think its just weird for anything that is meant to come from Japan (or Korea, or whereever you want) has a different dialogue slapped onto it, it detracts so much from what the original can radiate.

Although, I was offered another perspective on this recently when a mate bought Police Story 1 & 2 and insisted on watching them DUBBED. Now the actual preference came from the way he remembered them, watching them when he was younger because they were DUBBED. This is much like me watching anime in chinese (although I have to say the difference between chinese dub and english dub is very big only because japanese is so similar), and watching something like Transformers in chinese - although even I think thought it sounded daft.

Keep everything in original languages!

[Parm]

Thanks for the heads up, I set Sky+ to record it.

[Noni]

Was quite good, I would of wanted a little more action but still I liked it!

[JPreston]

Spirited Away is a much better 'family' film.

If you want a rip-roaring action story, with a giant stone ninja and blind samurai, then watch 'Ninja Scroll' it's fantastic....

******SPOILER******

...how can you beat a film where one character headbutts another to death???

[mcmiller]

...how can you beat a film where one character headbutts another to death???

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