I tried watching Let the Right One In tonight, only to discover that my rental from Netflix had the dumbed-down American subtitles. Luckily I only had to watch a few scenes and compare a few screenshots before that became apparent. Plenty of people have reported renting the movie from Netflix and not seeing this problem, so it’s possible they have a mix of different versions available. (Or that these people are mistaken.) Presumably, the new version has an “English (theatrical) Subtitles” option on the DVD menu — mine didn’t — but if Netflix isn’t making a distinction on their webpage, and they do have different versions, then the only way to make sure I get the right disc is to buy it. And, as interesting as the movie looks, I don’t think I want to do that just yet.
This is a little aggravating. I’m guessing I’ll return the movie to Netflix, wait a while until this is hopefully sorted out, and then try to rent it from them again .
For now, I guess it’s another episode of old-school Doctor Who instead.
Crap. Maybe I’ll take it off my Netflix queue after all…
Hrm. Me, too.
Yeah, the second printing from the company will say “Theatrical Subtitles” and will have the good subtitles. But most (if not all) if the DVDs out now do not have this.
Yeah, if Netflix doesn’t make the distinction sometime soon, I’ll either need to talk with customer service or decide this isn’t important enough for me to care and just rent whichever version.