{"id":2281,"date":"2014-11-11T12:45:57","date_gmt":"2014-11-11T11:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/?p=2281"},"modified":"2022-02-14T12:26:31","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T11:26:31","slug":"english-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/english-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"English Cinema in Madrid-Where to go?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spaniards love to go the movies.<\/strong> On\u00a0<\/strong>Wednesday, when it’s cheaper, you can see many Spaniards from all ages standing in long lines to see the latest French comedy or this just released Spanish drama*.<\/p>\n

The problem with most Spanish movie theatres<\/strong>\u00a0is that most of them show\u00a0dubbed versions of the movies\u00a0<\/em>and all of the sudden you are listening to Clint Eastwood speaking in fluent Spanish with a completely different, odd speaking voice you have never heard before. On top of that, you don’t understand anything because the Spanish spoken by the actors is way too fast for your level and you don’t catch half of what they say. Don’t\u00a0despair, though, as further below you can find a list of movie theatres<\/strong> in Madrid<\/strong> where they show movies<\/strong> in their original language. But before you check the list out, you might want to read some interesting facts about the dubbing culture in the Spanish movie scene<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Most Spanish voice actors who dub the big and well-known movies<\/strong> happen to be pretty famous in Spain and a lot of Spaniards recognize and associate some famous voices with the characters they have dubbed in the past.<\/p>\n

Many Spaniards were in tears last year when one of its most famous dubbing actors Constantino Romero<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>passed away from a neurological illness at 65. He was remembered by many Spaniards for the dubbing of legendary characters such as Darth Vader, Terminator and even Roy Betty from\u00a0Blade Runner.<\/a><\/p>\n

If you are learning Spanish though and want to practice, I recommend that you watch dubbed movies now and then.<\/p>\n

You might even be surprised to hear a complete free interpretation done of the original dialogue, sometimes even changing the script or the complete outcome of the movie. I completely flabbergasted when I saw the Spanish version of Lost in Translation.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0At the end of the original version you cannot hear what Bill Murray is whispering into Scarlett Johansson\u00b4s ear and you are left with an open end. In the Spanish version,\u00a0Bill Murray whispers in Scarlett\u00b4s ear that she is the best thing that has ever happened to him! It then became very clear to me that the Spanish people just love their happy endings.<\/p>\n

\"hqdefault\"<\/a>For all of those who don’t like dubbed movies, you should always check if the film is shown in its original language<\/strong>, which is shown as VO,<\/strong> which means Version Original<\/em>, normally shown after the movie<\/strong> title in any newspaper or webpage. Some newspapers also mark it with “VOS” or “VOSE” (original version with Spanish subtitles). VO films<\/strong> are not always English-language movies, so make sure you check what is the movie’s\u00a0original language so you don’t end up watching a Korean movie with Spanish subtitles.<\/p>\n

Movie theatres in Madrid showing original version films<\/h2>\n

Cines Renoir Princesa<\/a>
\n\u00a0At<\/strong><\/strong>: Calle Princesa 3, 28008 Madrid<\/p>\n

Cines\u00a0Verdi
\n<\/strong>At<\/strong><\/strong>: Calle Bravo Murillo 28, 28015 Madrid<\/p>\n

Renoir Plaza Espana
\nAt<\/strong><\/strong>: Calle Martin de Heros 10, 28008 Madrid<\/p>\n

Renoir Retiro
\nAt: Calle de Narvaez 42, 28009 Madrid<\/p>\n

Yelmo Cines Ideal<\/a> 3D
\nAt<\/strong><\/strong>: Calle del Doctor Cortezo 6, 28012 Madrid<\/p>\n

Cine Estudio Circulo de Bellas Artes<\/a>, <\/strong>classics and<\/strong> special <\/strong>theme movies
\nAt<\/strong><\/strong>: Alcala 42, 28014 Madrid<\/p>\n

Cines Golem
\nAt<\/strong><\/strong><\/a>: Calle Martin de los Heros 14, 28008 Madrid<\/p>\n

Filmoteca Cine Dor\u00e9<\/a>: Classic films in English or original language, 2.50 EUR entree
\nAt<\/strong><\/strong>: Santa Isabel 3, Madrid<\/p>\n

Conde Duque Alberto Aguilera is showing premieres these days every Tuesday for just 2,90 euros.<\/p>\n

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Spaniards love to go the movies. On\u00a0Wednesday, when it’s cheaper, you can see many Spaniards from all ages standing in long lines to see the latest French comedy or this just released Spanish drama*. The problem with most Spanish movie theatres\u00a0is that most of them show\u00a0dubbed versions of the movies\u00a0and all of the sudden you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":2283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1566],"tags":[452,453],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2281"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2281"}],"version-history":[{"count":47,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11539,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2281\/revisions\/11539"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}