Saw a Takashi Miike picture called The Great Yokai War. "Yokai" is a Japanese term for monsters from folklore, as opposed to the more familiar kaiju. It's a kids' picture, about a young boy from Tokyo sent out to live in the countryside with his older sister and his intermittently senile grandfather. When a vengeful spirit appears, the boy gets caught up in a war between warring groups of yokai and must find his courage to become the "Kirin Rider", the hero who will set everything to rights. It's not a bad picture - nothing deep, but an amusing story. Some of the yokai are really trippy, Japanese folklore can get pretty "out there", apparently.
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The Baron > Jeff of Earth-JSeptember 2, 2024 at 3:05pm
I watched the dubbed version with the subtitles on. The subtitles tend to be a closer translation of the original language, whereas the dubbing tends to change things so as to match the actors' lip movements, and I like to see the differences. I'll watch it undubbed later to hear the original voices.
Given the choice, I watch pretty much everything with subtitles. Why? Unlike previous generations of directors, current directors often let actors whisper and/or mumble. Also, subtitles often will tell us what the characters who are not center stage are saying, which can be interesting.
When I can do it (usually on Roku), I choose to have yellow subtitles. I don’t understand why we are usually forced to see white subtitles on an often-white background.
It’s irritating when “a robot” has created the subtitles and they are wildly off-base. As for language, I’m an English-speaker with a moderate amount of Spanish from my high school class and what I have picked up since then. So, like The Baron, I can pick up on some mistranslations. Often, even with English-to-English subtitles there are mistranslations to simplify the wording, which isn’t a good idea.
I and my wife are the same, even after starting to use hearing aids (I took the first audiology test of my life and flunked). As you say, it is surprising how many inaccuracies show up even in basic English. It's like they are paraphrasing.
Richard Willis > Mark Sullivan (Vertiginous Mod)September 3, 2024 at 6:37pm
I will have a hearing test if and when I seem to need it. My late father-in-law somehow taught himself to read lips. The audiologist confirmed this by holding a folder in front of his (the audiologist's) mouth. After that, Gayle made a point of accompanying him to his medical appointments.
I rather enjoyed Abigail (2024), a horror movie of sorts, more of a horror comedy, so I decided I should watch Abigail (2023), a horror movie of sorts, though more of a coming-of-age movie gone horrifically awry. It has its moments and a solid central performance, and it's fascinating that two unrelated horror movies with titular female characters who have father issues, both named Abigail, should be released so close together. Abigail 2024 is a fun film for fans of horror movie, and more a "Halloween movie." Abigail 2023 is... okay.... Definitely a different take on the slasher genre. I'd like to champion the smaller indie film but, in this case, the bigger-budget Univeral one from 2024 is by far the superior movie experience.
Despite having children as central characters, neither film is child-friendly.
Just re-watched The Wolf Man (1941) with a commentary track by film historian Tom Weaver. Parts of the commentary are interesting, but the parts about Chaney Jr.'s alcoholism are kid of depressing,
Last night I watched Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the World. This was a cool little documentary about the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival concert that had some signifigance.
It was the first appearance of The Plastic Ono Band
According to Alice Cooper it was the concert that made him in his band. The were the back-up band to Gene Vincent, and also played their own set as well.
If you believe what they say this was also the concert that invented "holding your lighters up". The MC asked the crowd to do that as the Plastic Ono Band took the stage.
The Doors were officially the headliners. You can hear them perform "The End" but there is not video of them performing. Robby Krieger isn't sure why, but thinks it may have been Jim Morrison's idea.
In addition to John Lennon and Yoko One. The band consisted of Eric Clapton(!), Alan White (drummer for Yes) and Klaus Voorman on bass. The funniest part to me was after they played the song "Cold Turkey" and the fans got to hear Yoko Ono "sing" they didn't cheer at all. John Lennon yelled, "Wake up!" at them.
I really liked it, as it goes into quite a bit of detail on getting the concert to actually happed, and getting John Lennon and Co. to come. My only wish is that there was more music. You don't actually get to see any act perform a whole song.
Some of the interviewees: Alice Cooper, Robby Krieger, John Brower (the orgianizer/promoter), and Geddy Lee (who was their as a teenage fan, tripping on acid)
Other acts shown: Bo Diddley, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Chuck Berry. From what I, saw they were all great.
Highly recommended.
Side Note: When I first joined this merry band I was in my 20s. I watched this last night as a dues paying member of AARP. <sob!>
I mentioned the doc a while back. Great additional details, including the involvement of a motorcycle gang, the presence of future members of Rush in the crowd (which you mention), the Alice Cooper "chicken" incident, Chicago Transit Authority.... One of Toronto's finest musical moments but, falling between Woodstock and the release of Abbey Road, it tends to be overlooked.
I would agree with your weak point. I would have liked to hear more music.
Jeff of Earth-J > Travis Herrick (Modular Mod)September 14, 2024 at 8:24pm
It was the first appearance of The Plastic Ono Band
I have that album on vinyl. I also have Two Virgins. I used to have a poster of the Two Virgins album cover but I gave it to my nephew's girlfriend because she really likes John Lennon.
The funniest part to me was after they played the song "Cold Turkey" and the fans got to hear Yoko Ono "sing" they didn't cheer at all.
I've never seen the film and don't klnow if this made the cut, but when John introduced her he said, "And now Yoko's gonna do her thing... all over you."
Side Note: When I first joined this merry band I was in my 20s. I watched this last night as a dues paying member of AARP. <sob!>
The Love Witch (2016): a bizarre, beautifully-filmed horror-comedy parody of late 60s/early 70s occult thrillers and a host of related things, written/directed/produced/edited/scored by Anna Biller.... I think she also designed the sets and made some of the props. Samantha Robinson (who played Abigail Folger in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) gives a great, stylized performance as the titular witch. If you recall leafing through Man, Myth, and Magic when you were a teen (or were crazy enough to track down a pristine set of the originals *cough*), or you have a thing for old Hammer Studios or end-of-the-luridly-covered-drugstore-paperback-era occult novels or Rosaleen Norton (her heyday was a different era, but still), this might belong on your Halloween watch list.
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I watched the dubbed version with the subtitles on. The subtitles tend to be a closer translation of the original language, whereas the dubbing tends to change things so as to match the actors' lip movements, and I like to see the differences. I'll watch it undubbed later to hear the original voices.
Subtitles:
Given the choice, I watch pretty much everything with subtitles. Why? Unlike previous generations of directors, current directors often let actors whisper and/or mumble. Also, subtitles often will tell us what the characters who are not center stage are saying, which can be interesting.
When I can do it (usually on Roku), I choose to have yellow subtitles. I don’t understand why we are usually forced to see white subtitles on an often-white background.
It’s irritating when “a robot” has created the subtitles and they are wildly off-base. As for language, I’m an English-speaker with a moderate amount of Spanish from my high school class and what I have picked up since then. So, like The Baron, I can pick up on some mistranslations. Often, even with English-to-English subtitles there are mistranslations to simplify the wording, which isn’t a good idea.
I and my wife are the same, even after starting to use hearing aids (I took the first audiology test of my life and flunked). As you say, it is surprising how many inaccuracies show up even in basic English. It's like they are paraphrasing.
I will have a hearing test if and when I seem to need it. My late father-in-law somehow taught himself to read lips. The audiologist confirmed this by holding a folder in front of his (the audiologist's) mouth. After that, Gayle made a point of accompanying him to his medical appointments.
I rather enjoyed Abigail (2024), a horror movie of sorts, more of a horror comedy, so I decided I should watch Abigail (2023), a horror movie of sorts, though more of a coming-of-age movie gone horrifically awry. It has its moments and a solid central performance, and it's fascinating that two unrelated horror movies with titular female characters who have father issues, both named Abigail, should be released so close together. Abigail 2024 is a fun film for fans of horror movie, and more a "Halloween movie." Abigail 2023 is... okay.... Definitely a different take on the slasher genre. I'd like to champion the smaller indie film but, in this case, the bigger-budget Univeral one from 2024 is by far the superior movie experience.
Despite having children as central characters, neither film is child-friendly.
Just re-watched The Wolf Man (1941) with a commentary track by film historian Tom Weaver. Parts of the commentary are interesting, but the parts about Chaney Jr.'s alcoholism are kid of depressing,
Last night I watched Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the World. This was a cool little documentary about the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival concert that had some signifigance.
The Doors were officially the headliners. You can hear them perform "The End" but there is not video of them performing. Robby Krieger isn't sure why, but thinks it may have been Jim Morrison's idea.
In addition to John Lennon and Yoko One. The band consisted of Eric Clapton(!), Alan White (drummer for Yes) and Klaus Voorman on bass. The funniest part to me was after they played the song "Cold Turkey" and the fans got to hear Yoko Ono "sing" they didn't cheer at all. John Lennon yelled, "Wake up!" at them.
I really liked it, as it goes into quite a bit of detail on getting the concert to actually happed, and getting John Lennon and Co. to come. My only wish is that there was more music. You don't actually get to see any act perform a whole song.
Some of the interviewees: Alice Cooper, Robby Krieger, John Brower (the orgianizer/promoter), and Geddy Lee (who was their as a teenage fan, tripping on acid)
Other acts shown: Bo Diddley, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Chuck Berry. From what I, saw they were all great.
Highly recommended.
Side Note: When I first joined this merry band I was in my 20s. I watched this last night as a dues paying member of AARP. <sob!>
I mentioned the doc a while back. Great additional details, including the involvement of a motorcycle gang, the presence of future members of Rush in the crowd (which you mention), the Alice Cooper "chicken" incident, Chicago Transit Authority.... One of Toronto's finest musical moments but, falling between Woodstock and the release of Abbey Road, it tends to be overlooked.
I would agree with your weak point. I would have liked to hear more music.
It was the first appearance of The Plastic Ono Band
I have that album on vinyl. I also have Two Virgins. I used to have a poster of the Two Virgins album cover but I gave it to my nephew's girlfriend because she really likes John Lennon.
The funniest part to me was after they played the song "Cold Turkey" and the fans got to hear Yoko Ono "sing" they didn't cheer at all.
I've never seen the film and don't klnow if this made the cut, but when John introduced her he said, "And now Yoko's gonna do her thing... all over you."
Side Note: When I first joined this merry band I was in my 20s. I watched this last night as a dues paying member of AARP. <sob!>
I'm not even a member of AARP!
The Love Witch (2016): a bizarre, beautifully-filmed horror-comedy parody of late 60s/early 70s occult thrillers and a host of related things, written/directed/produced/edited/scored by Anna Biller.... I think she also designed the sets and made some of the props. Samantha Robinson (who played Abigail Folger in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) gives a great, stylized performance as the titular witch. If you recall leafing through Man, Myth, and Magic when you were a teen (or were crazy enough to track down a pristine set of the originals *cough*), or you have a thing for old Hammer Studios or end-of-the-luridly-covered-drugstore-paperback-era occult novels or Rosaleen Norton (her heyday was a different era, but still), this might belong on your Halloween watch list.
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