sad movies

Hi, rocketsky. I like watching movies too. I think you should not stop trying to understand the dialogues even if it's difficult. You will get used to the slangs and the speed. English is not my first language too but I just love watching movies and reading pocketbooks. When I was younger, I really do not understand everything that I watch but I keep watching anyway. Now, I can easily understand and speak English. Have a nice day!

i'm sure they do. i am told we people in the south where i am from use alot of slang words & i can see where it would be confusing to someone who is trying so hard like you to learn english.

I feel the same. As normally we can't learn the slangs when we study in the school. And sometimes even it's too difficult to find what it really means from the dictionary. This is why I prefer to have the subtitle so that I can understand the English movies:) I love China

Actually ,people in cold countries (like USA , ENGLAND etc) speak english like that because of the cold air . This makes their accent unusual . But, in hot and tropical countries , they speak good accent which everyone can understand. When we used to listen to hollywood english repeatedly , you can catch up with the slang.

Hey, you should try watching movies with close caption or sub-titles I think that would be easier for you to understand. The slang is something you have to kind of pick-up on. But If your trying to learn english, I think language books would be easier!

as per my knowledge there is NO sad movies,directors will direct the movie as per they thought,as per they huge vision on that movie,but if the director made a movie when it touches to heart of audience,then audience thinks "ohh it was nice movie to watch,i like it very much" or if that movie is boring and if that have lot of sentiment scenes in that ,then audience think "it was too boring,and sad movie to watch" so there is nothing bad in movies,if we are enjoying while watching movie with fun and commedy,it will be nice or otherwise its get bore actually in these days all peoples want a new look,new thinking,new creativity

Yup, it's frustrating, but it's one of the best ways to practice your English. You have to be fast and alert in understanding the spoken language through movies you watch. I thought you love watching sad movies, but I discovered that you meant "sad" because you could not understand some lines in dialogues, and that's really frustrating...but through constant practice, you will soon get the knack for it. Good luck...

I also learned English by watching TV shows and movies. I found it very useful as i'm learning always new words, and slangs. I think that's the best way to learn new language. At first it might be hard to understand all the words, but if you won't give up then you will be very good in that language. I learned that on myself.

Hi there! Why don't you try watching with the subtitles on? That will be helpful in understanding what the characters are saying.

LOL~~ I thought you are going to ask me what was the saddest movie I have seen... You know whats frustrating is watching a detective drama or medical drama working on a case. One thing let to another and the case was solved and I was like "who killed who??" I would totally get lost!! LOL

Movies or any tv series are playing with your emotions. The director and the whole cast is satisfied when they make the audience feel what they're trying to express. either love, hate, anger, envy, sad and lots of emotions. about those english movies with some accent, what i did is i buy dvd with sub title. In that way, i can understand what is the movie all about. Did you know that by watching those movies, you learn their accent. You tend to imitate their voice as well as the accent and later on you would understand the whole movie.

use the english subtitles. it would help you improve the way you construct sentences and your grammar as well. DVDs have english subtitles. My english teacher advised me to use the subtitles. it's like hitting two birds in one stone. You feel happy and relaxed with the movie, and you improve your vocabulary and grammatically as well.

I like watching English movies too.Every movie I watch have a chinese subtitle.I watch film while watching subtitles,I feel a little tired,but I feel much more interesting in it.

yes, you are right, as for me, English is my nonnational language, with the devolopment of economy, we must constantly learn English, but don't think wheather English is practice.

Slang is hard to pick up. I am an American and sometimes I don't understand films from Britain. Suggestion. The next time you are watching a film at home, set your t.v. for closed caption , rewind to the phrase that is confusing , write it down and come here to My Lot and ask us. If I can't help, there are many Brits that can.

Hi there rocketsky! I think you should learn more about the English language. There are a lot of English movies that are very interesting. You should not feel frustrated watching English movies.

i think it is better to read an english book than to watch movies if you want to learn english. you can write down words that you can not understand and you can find the meaning on the dictionary on at the internet. so i guess reading will help you much more than watching movies. just a suggestion. hope you can try it too. goodluck

i will see the word under the screen. and i don't know what they have said if i don't see the word under the screen . sure, the words is not english. i can't see english words. this is too small . i always watch moives from my mp4. i watch moves every day. i always down load movies from internet.

well watching sad movies makes me sad too . because then all those wounds that i took in my life , reveal open . then there is too much pain in my heart, and i cant take it , so i just like crying , but also i cant cry (i dont no y ) so then i turn up evil , ending up with extreme anger in me . and about English word i too find it difficult when the characters speak too slowly , it is very difficult to understand those words.

More than movies you could do with watching lot of english serials. And learning slang is good too. But the best way is reading books if english development is what makes you watch movies. I will give you an idea, there are many books which have a movie based on them and vice versa... like Harry Potter Series, Twilight, Chronicles of Narnija, Northern lights which was filmed as the Golden compass. This is the tip of the ice berg. Watch series like Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister. That will help you. Not the movies.