At times the lip sync of the characters in a show or a movie goes awry

By Bala
@balasri (26537)
India
March 26, 2008 12:24pm CST
and it looks so strange and disturbing to watch the movie and the entire mood of the movie goes totally out. What do you do in this situation? Change channel of don't mind.
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8 responses
@SViswan (12051)
• India
27 Mar 08
It's very irritatin...I keep concentrating on the 'Is it slower or ahead?'. I can't get it out of my head and enjoy the movie. And for the very same reason, I cannot watch a movie which is dubbed in another language. I can't enjoy it the way it should be. I don't mind sub-titles in English...but not dubbed movies.
@balasri (26537)
• India
27 Mar 08
I too hate people moving their lips like rabbits long after they stopped speaking.
@SViswan (12051)
• India
16 Apr 10
Thanks for the BR, Bala.
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
29 Mar 08
I hate it when that happens. It gets on my nerves and it gives me a headache watching it. I will change the channel ro turn the movie off if that is happening. It makes you feel like everything is in slow motion or the movie is not up to standards.
@cdparazo (5765)
• Philippines
27 Mar 08
I really mind so much because I have gotten used to it over the years. Here in my country, there are a lot of tv series and movies that are being dubbed into english so the lip movement is so much different from what we hear. It takes getting used to and at first it seemed not to my liking but I really got used to them eventually.
@vsraovsr (734)
• India
27 Mar 08
This usually happens when a movie of certain language is dubbed or remade to another language.I bear with it if the movie is interesting or else change the channel or even switch of the TV.
• United States
26 Mar 08
I definitely hate when either mid-movie or mid show all of a sudden something happens and the words and lips don't match, that drives me crazy. As for if it's just a voice over, that's also really frustrating. I prefer to just watch films with their original voices and subtitles. If that isn't an option, ie. when it's on tv, I will just switch channels.
@arjun999 (1004)
• India
27 Mar 08
Its really irritating when the words dont match the lipmovements. Many times i have experienced this. This simply kills the joy of watching the movie. I would wait for some time to see if it gets rectified and if not i change the channel.
@zenmachado (1617)
• United States
26 Mar 08
I totally abhor when voice overs are done. I simply cannot stand it. I hate the fact that the voice overs can't bring justice to the performance that the original actor brought to the character. Plus the disjointment of the mouth, actions, and sounds ultimately end up being too much of a distraction. I prefer subtitles. It proves to be a more authentic experience.
@zenmachado (1617)
• United States
26 Mar 08
I totally abhor when voice overs are done. I simply cannot stand it. I hate the fact that the voice overs can't bring justice to the performance that the original actor brought to the character. Plus the disjointment of the mouth, actions, and sounds ultimately end up being too much of a distraction. I prefer subtitles. It proves to be a more authentic experience.