The cinema

Going to the cinema in Puerto Banús can be fun!! (And a challenge.) There are two options; either you watch the dubbed version of the film, or the original version. The latter is of course most easy at the time being, although my Spanish is getting better every day! (Positive thinking!) However, I would claim that you certainly need to know some Spanish even if you chose the original version!! The story below is true, and it is not the first time it has happened. 


The very cute Jaden Smith (picture: www.filmogkino.no)

I watched "The Karate Kid" at the local cinema yesterday, and we chose the original version. Once the film started, it turned out that they had put on the dubbed version where Will Smith's son and the other actors actually speak Spanish! (Or ... some Spanish actors dub them.) Crisis! Trauma! The audience, which of course consisted mostly of ex-pats and non-Spanish people, started shouting and talking, and panicking, "oh, did we go to the wrong film?!?"" and "I don't speak Spanish..."-- but after five minutes there was silence again, because they put on the original version. However, they couldn't be bothered to start the film from the beginning again. Oh no... Luckily both me and my friends understand some Spanish, so we weren't completely lost. (And for those of you who have seen the film: How much would we actually lose if we didn't understand  the first five minutes?)

Then, when the actors in the film spoke Chinese, subtitles appeared on the screen. Which language do you think these subtitles were in??