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To: cavtrooper21
I don't understand the decision to have the actors speak a language none of us understand and use subtitles.

I hate movies with subtitles and avoid them like the plague. I'm not sure I'll make an exception in this case.

11 posted on 02/23/2004 4:51:21 PM PST by Dog Gone
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To: Dog Gone
Thats OK with me.. I'll understand the messsage, even if I can't understand the words.

..and that's really the whole point.
22 posted on 02/23/2004 5:00:28 PM PST by cavtrooper21 (911. Government sponsored "Dial-a-Prayer".)
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To: Dog Gone
One good thing about the subtitles is that this is one movie that the deaf will be able to see in the theatre. My son-in-law is deaf and he has never been in a movie theatre before. He and my daughter always wait until a movie comes out on dvd. You should make an exception in this case, this movie will have a huge impact on everyone who takes the time to see it...
39 posted on 02/23/2004 5:33:07 PM PST by livesbygrace
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To: Dog Gone
They had excerpts from the film on the Pax channel. At first the actors speaking in Aramaic was disconcerting . you concentrated on the titles while trying to fully take in some amazing images.
But then something odd happens. The old language forces the film away from the present, it lose a contemporary feel, so you are gradually drawn back to a time two millennium ago.
69 posted on 02/23/2004 6:30:49 PM PST by catonsville
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To: Dog Gone
Go see the movie. I demand it.
71 posted on 02/23/2004 6:39:31 PM PST by Wait4Truth
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To: Dog Gone
I don't understand the decision to have the actors speak a language none of us understand and use subtitles.

Those of us who are familiar with the Book, will use the subtitles merely as a placemarker....

99 posted on 02/23/2004 7:42:44 PM PST by Elsie (When the avalanche starts... it's too late for the pebbles to vote....)
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To: Dog Gone
From what I keep reading from those who have seen the movie, you will be so caught up in what's going on that you won't care about subtitles or anything else. It is a riveting movie. Go see it, my FRiend.
130 posted on 02/24/2004 9:50:49 AM PST by Marysecretary (GOD is STILL in control, even if Bush loses in 2004!)
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