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bune wrote:Looking for some Spanish-language* films to watch with my son. I was thinking that since I bought the Trilogía de Guillermo del Toro I should start with those so I was reading the parents guide on IMDB. I know the films are violent - hello bottle - but I wanted to see what other people think because I'm a terrible judge of content.

Speaking of bottle, this one made me laugh:
A man's face is repeatedly hit with a bottle. He dies from that.
*He's in a Spanish-Immersion program so he's very fluent; me not so much but that's what subtitles are for. The problem with the program is the school announced there would be no Spanish 3 class and he (and even the native speakers) would have to take Spanish 1 again. I'm just trying to find ways to have him keep the language that doesn't involve watching say The Avengers dubbed because that's just annoying.
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theplatypus wrote:Latin American Spanish? Or Spanish from Spain?
Latin American, I believe. Conversational Mexican, maybe? I don't recall what they call it officially but I know that there's a difference, as you say, between the languages. Sure it's "Spanish" but there's a world of difference.
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
bune wrote:Looking for some Spanish-language* films to watch with my son. I was thinking that since I bought the Trilogía de Guillermo del Toro I should start with those so I was reading the parents guide on IMDB. I know the films are violent - hello bottle - but I wanted to see what other people think because I'm a terrible judge of content.

Speaking of bottle, this one made me laugh:
A man's face is repeatedly hit with a bottle. He dies from that.
*He's in a Spanish-Immersion program so he's very fluent; me not so much but that's what subtitles are for. The problem with the program is the school announced there would be no Spanish 3 class and he (and even the native speakers) would have to take Spanish 1 again. I'm just trying to find ways to have him keep the language that doesn't involve watching say The Avengers dubbed because that's just annoying.
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bune wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
bune wrote:Looking for some Spanish-language* films to watch with my son. I was thinking that since I bought the Trilogía de Guillermo del Toro I should start with those so I was reading the parents guide on IMDB. I know the films are violent - hello bottle - but I wanted to see what other people think because I'm a terrible judge of content.

Speaking of bottle, this one made me laugh:
A man's face is repeatedly hit with a bottle. He dies from that.
*He's in a Spanish-Immersion program so he's very fluent; me not so much but that's what subtitles are for. The problem with the program is the school announced there would be no Spanish 3 class and he (and even the native speakers) would have to take Spanish 1 again. I'm just trying to find ways to have him keep the language that doesn't involve watching say The Avengers dubbed because that's just annoying.
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bune wrote:Looking for some Spanish-language* films to watch with my son. I was thinking that since I bought the Trilogía de Guillermo del Toro I should start with those so I was reading the parents guide on IMDB. I know the films are violent - hello bottle - but I wanted to see what other people think because I'm a terrible judge of content.

Speaking of bottle, this one made me laugh:
A man's face is repeatedly hit with a bottle. He dies from that.
*He's in a Spanish-Immersion program so he's very fluent; me not so much but that's what subtitles are for. The problem with the program is the school announced there would be no Spanish 3 class and he (and even the native speakers) would have to take Spanish 1 again. I'm just trying to find ways to have him keep the language that doesn't involve watching say The Avengers dubbed because that's just annoying.
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Definitely not Hable Con Ella or Todo Sobre Mi Madre
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I'd also argue against Amores Perros but for different reasons
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theplatypus wrote:Severo
You can't just add an 'o' to the word and make it Spanish. God.

Thanks for the recs, I'll go through them later.
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I'd also argue against the Argentine movies in that list because Argentine Spanish is very different from most of Latin America (different verb forms)
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theplatypus wrote:Definitely not Hable Con Ella or Todo Sobre Mi Madre
Don't like them, or the wrong kind of Spanish? Hable Con Ella is amazing.
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I don't like Almodovar, but Spanish from Spain (Castilian Spanish) is very different from Latin American Spanish. Would probably be confusing to a student
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theplatypus wrote:I don't like Almodovar, but Spanish from Spain (Castilian Spanish) is very different from Latin American Spanish. Would probably be confusing to a student
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I need a film that has good Spanglish
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theplatypus wrote:I don't like Almodovar, but Spanish from Spain (Castilian Spanish) is very different from Latin American Spanish. Would probably be confusing to a student
Why don't you like Almodovar?
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Goodbye Christopher Robin is really charming. Domhnall Gleeson is finding his stride.
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The indie Super Dark Times. I saw it on a couple Best of '17 lists; it's okay.
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I watched Lady Bird last night, and loved it. Very touching overall, and great performances from everyone involved.

Tonight, it's either Coco or Darkest Hour.
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BootsToAsses wrote:I watched Lady Bird last night, and loved it. Very touching overall, and great performances from everyone involved.

Tonight, it's either Coco or Darkest Hour.

Do Darkest hour
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Just saw Darkest Hour. Oldman and Mendelsohn are great, but even Joe Wright can't elevate this material over boilerplate awards bait. He is such a frustrating director; he must be SUFFOCATING under stale projects like this. Why is he wasting his talent?!
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