Originally Posted by bungalow

i agree. my main issue with subtitles is that sometimes i find myself staring at the bottom of the screen to read the subtitles while missing the image on-screen, which is the absolute most important part of a film--the image. obviously it would be preferable if i just knew the language of every film i watched, but that isn't possible. so the best thing to do, i believe, is sort of train yourself to read the subtitles with your peripheral vision and remain focused on the image.