Can anyone tell me why Netflix cant put in the description of their movies whether on not they have subtitles? I’m getting a bit ancient (50th birthday was 35 years ago), and while I hear most things OK a lot of movies have rather mushy soundtracks and I can get only about every third word. I had a movie last night that had two of my favorite actors (William Macy and Tom Selleck) and I was really looking forward to seeing it. However, it had no subtitles and a lot of fast dialog, and I gave up about halfway thru and stopped watching as by that time I didn’t have a clue about what was going on.
All it would take would be for Netflix to ad one phrase to their descriptions, and it would save me a lot of bother and frustration. And I’ll bet that there are a lot of folks in my situation.
While we’re on this subject, another similar peeve is a telephone operator (usually female) who is obviously paid by her word per second speaking rate. Bonus points if there is a strong accent involved. The dialog on my end usually consistis of
“Could you please repeat that?”
“I didn’t get that last sentence”
“Could you please repeat that?”
Rinse and repeat.
And unless I specifically ask them to" speak slower, please", they evidently don’t have a clue that they are TALKING TOO GODDAMNED FAST!
I’m still paying the same or more for Watch Instantly as I was 5 years ago, but now their movie selection has turned into only what you can find in the discount bin at Walmart.
I have Hulu and Amazon Prime. You’re on the bubble, Netflix, yeah hear me?
Netflix is moving in the direction of becoming a producer, rather than a distributor. It’s a lot more profitable for them to make their own streaming series and specials than to license Hollywood blockbusters from studios.
Their DVD catalog is still pretty excellent, though, if you can stomach the two-day wait.
Those two instances I discussed (movies and fast talking telephone ladies), are the only time I ever have any trouble with clear hearing. I can even hear the dialog on regular TV programs with no trouble.
My wife has tried two hearing aids. Seven thousand dollars and two years later she still can’t hear worth squat.
The wife had me go get my hearing checked a few years ago, because she claimed I wasn’t hearing her too good.
After the test, the audiologist came back with “Good news, your hearing is excellent for your age!”
Well, it wasn’t good news, and I haven’t heard the end of it!
Netflix seemed a good idea at the time, I never “go” to movies, so there must be oodles of them that I would be happy enough to see in the comfort, etc. So, Netlix. Trouble is, they suck, Lord God, how they suck! Movies with big stars, must have cost millions, ensucken dead donkey balls. Cowboy movies where you can see horses trying to hide how they are calling their agents to bitch. Spy movies that make Ian Fleming look like John Le Carre. Whale dreck, yonderboys!
However, I am mindful of the perils of maturity. As it happens, I get Netflix on the 'puter and it always has an option for subtitles, which is especially helpful in translating British into English. So, maybe?
I’ve been making subs and captions over 12 years. Guess who our biggest client is? The rule is, ALL films, shows are supposed to have subs/caps, but they’re catching up.
Right now, I’m mainly working on Spanish/English subs for Spanish spoken shows. I’m subconsciously learning Spanish.
I have the same complaint, only more so. Recently I was looking for a movie to watch with a friend whose primary language is French. She is here working on her English, and is fairly fluent, but has difficulty keeping up with the pace of a movie.
Why, oh why is there no way to sort by movies with X language subtitles? I had to click individually on each movie to find out if French subtitles were available. C’est un travail de cochon!
I watched a Bluray video (Interstellar) over the weekend. I’m going to have to watch it again with the captions on. There were times during the movie where the music score just plain drowned any dialog. My voice hearing range is bad in the first place but the dialog was so low that even my perfect hearing family was having trouble picking it up.
We tried adjusting the surround sound amplifier’s center speaker but the music bled through it, tried turning up the whole system but got knocked out of our seats the next time the sound effects ramped up and finally just gave up, turned off the surround amp and went through the on-board TV speakers.
Even then we had to make constant adjustments to the sound throughout the movie (turn it up to hear the dialog and then turn it down during special effects sounds)
Did you try watching Netflix on a different device? When I play Netflix through my Sony TV, it does not have an option to turn on the closed captioning (I meant using the built in Netflix on my TV). However, if I play Netflix through my BluRay player or better still using my Chromecast, I have not see n a single movie or show without CC.
My wife is severely hearing impaired and so we can only watch movies with subtitles. A few years ago this limited our selection of Netflix streaming, but by now they seem to be pretty well caught up. I don’t remember the last time we streamed a movie that didn’t have subtitles.
DVDs is another story, with many older titles not having subtitles. But for those that do, the Netflix page usually indicates what subtitles the DVD had in the DVD details section. If there is no section listed then there probably aren’t subtitles, so you probably shouldn’t order it. Although occasionally there are shows that don’t have subtitles but do have closed captions that you might miss. For these I sometimes try to see if I can find the same DVD for sale on Amazon and note whether it is listed as closed captioned for a clue as to whether the Netflix one is likely to be.
I’ve found that the age of the move often doesn’t have a bearing on whether or not subtitles are used. I just watched one (David Niven in "Stairway to Heaven) dated 1945 that had excellent subtitles.
Where is this details section to be found? I must be missing something.
After a discussion I had I wanted to watch the movie Angel Heart again. The movie is 28 years old. Netflix will send me the DVD but not stream it.
I have had numerous similar experiences in the past along the same lines. Netflix really does seem to only have bargain bin movies and only season one of TV shows available.
I am now wondering why I pay for the service. It is still ok for me but only just. I am seriously on the fence with them.
To the right of the reviews, after the ratings information, click on DVD Details or Blu-Ray Details, and it gives you all the format and language options included. As follows:
Screen Formats
Widescreen Anamorphic 2.35:1
Subtitles
English Spanish (Neutral)
Language and sound
English: Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish (Neutral): Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround French: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround English: DVS - Descriptive Video Service
Other features
Color; interactive menus; scene access.