r/mildlyinfuriating • u/rzk4 • 12h ago

I just wanted a hot dog Paramount doesn’t have translated subtitles on movies

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fyi this whole scene is like 10 minutes long and fully in italian and i have no idea what is happening

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u/Ok-West-1358 12h ago

That's... the intended experience of that specific series

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u/ColonelKasteen 12h ago

No it is not lmao. The regular film cut of GF2 has subtitles for the Italian parts.

On Paramount+, if you turn off the regular subtitles, the english subtitles come BACK for the Italian parts instead of saying (in italian).

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u/Ok-West-1358 12h ago

Maybe that's just how they do it? I used to watch this movie with my dad when I was a kid and I vividly remember that they don't supposed to have subtitles. Some quick google searches also say that it was intended by the director for audience to grasp context from the visual and body language alone.

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u/ColonelKasteen 12h ago

You're reading shitty AI answers about the wrong movie.

Godfather I had several scenes in Italian without subtitles for the reason you gave.

Godfather II had all the italian subtitled because they were plot-centric. This scene specifically was ABSOLUTELY subtitled.

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u/mcampo84 12h ago

Literally only the scene where Michael kills the Turk

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u/ColonelKasteen 12h ago

No, Luca Brasi's death scene also didn't have subs in the original release.

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u/mcampo84 12h ago

Are you sure? I vividly recall Luca being subtitled asking, “What’s in it for me?” when Tataglia tries to convince him to come over to his side, and Tataglia responds, “$50,000”

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u/ColonelKasteen 12h ago

Yep, in the 1997 25th anniversary re-releasw the studio added subtitles to that scene.

They were not there in the original print and it was an intentional directorial choice. Movies are unfortunately changed all the time in re-releases and between DVD editions.