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Non-animated movies in their original language. Dubbing in Dutch is just bad, as is also the case with (some) French and German dubs... . Subtitles can be convenient to keep track of the entire plot. If the movie is in English, then it's also not too bad if there are no subtitles, but if it's another language, I tend to prefer subtitles

For animated movies it's a different story, which actually more or less counts for the films I saw when I was young. So, for some Disney and Disney-like movies I generally like the Dutch versions better, because those often had a good voice cast. But still it depends on what I was used to . For example I prefer the Dutch versions of Aladdin, the Lion King, the Rescuers and Ferngully over the 'original' English versions, because I'm so used to it. But if I had those films in English, then I generall prefer that version also. So in the case of animated movies my preference is related to the level of nostalgia, haha.

I totally agree with Nike... no dubbing please... it a) looks funny, b) sounds bad... and c) I simply have whole loads of prejudices about it It usually spoils the movie for me... (though as Nike said.. with animated ones it's a different story)

We're probably a bit spoiled/biased here in the Netherlands, because most of the movies are luckily in their own language, so we're actually not used to anything else . But still, this does not only count for movies that were originally in English. For example I really wouldn't want to see Das Leben der Anderen in english or dutch....

And about Ariannes statement that it looks funny... yes . I cannot take some movies serious once they're dubbed.. For example Mamma Mia in german, or even.... the Lord of the Rings . It loses its credibility at some point.

it then looks like a really bad ventriloquist