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Originally Posted by Dudebro
what about live action films that are dubbed? Do you feel the same way with those even if the translation is accurate?
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For me, it is the same deal I have with anime. Sometimes it's better dubbed, and sometimes it's better with subtitles.
I find the voicework for dubbed anime pretty bad in most cases, but not bad in an amusing way like Resident Evil.
As for live action movies, it tends to bug me more when it has been dubbed over, when you watch a live action movie, you are seeing the guy who's voice it is you are hearing, not a drawing. It's odd to see one guy's head, but hear another guy's voice when he talks.
It's like if you were to take a video of Clint Eastwood and take out the voice, then take a sound clip of John Wayne and insert that in place of Clint's voice. Even if the voice matches the movements of the face perfectly, something just feels off.
That, and I have a distinct advantage when it comes to watching things in Japanese, I speak enough of the language to understand a good portion of things without the need to use another person's translation work.