Sorry :-( I hope this wasn't so long winded that it DIDN'T help explain the mystery of the...   See 9 other replies

(continued from above)The spellings of the words dog and man would be determined by which did the biting and which got bit and the word order would not change the meaning of the sentence in any way whatsoever. Of course, these are simple examples. Conversations are spoken very differently as well. Each time someone adds to the conversation, all remaining parts of the conversation are converted into smaller spinets. This is done in English often enough, such as with pronoun. First you use the person's name in an English sentence, then the pronoun is usable for awhile. In Polish this is done with all sentences, with all the words. To simply give a word for word translation and leaving it up to the viewer to determine if the translation is correct or not is not taking into consideration the two languages use two separate list of rules on the correct way to say what you want to say and the expected way one would most likely hear what is being said in the native language. I would hazard to guess (especially after reading these comments) this is a concept totally lost on the average viewer. One misses nothing because of the subtitles. The complete storyline with the characters dialogs are very much intact with the subtitles translated first for proper meaning, then added to the film. Follow the subtitles and you have your film, complete as though you spoke Polish and have no reason for the subtitles. I hope this wasn't so long winded that it helps explain the mystery of the 'worst case of lazy subtitling.'   See 9 other replies

(continued from above) I, we, they, she, he, him, her, us, them, etc can go just about anywhere in an English sentence and the sentence keeps the same meaning. For instance; He ate the cat, The cat, he ate. His cat was eaten by him. She ran to the store. The store she did run to. Even in English an extra word here or there becomes necessary to make the sentence sound correctly, but the pronoun can go anywhere. In English, the dog bit the man, and the man bit the dog are two completely different telling of events where the placement of the words dog and man become indispensable for helping with understanding the meaning. In Polish, both sentences can mean the exact same thing. (continued below)   See 9 other replies

(continued from above) There are many such everyday words in English with no Polish counterpart as the words are just not used in the Polish language. Another biggie is there is no word order requirement in Polish because all words, not just verbs, have about 17 variations depending on how the word is used. In English, knowing the meaning of most words is done by word order instead of every word having so many variations. English had these variations, removing the need of word order, in the very distant past. The only remaining, non order necessary, words are the pronouns. (continued below)   See 9 other replies

I didn't do the subtitles, but I do understand Polish and the subtitles give the complete movie. Polish is the only Slavic language to remain original (mainly because the language had to be taken underground several times in history because of it becoming illegal to speak the language.). As where most Slavic languages have somewhat 'westernized' there languages over the years to fit in better with the English language, the Polish language is completely different than English in several respects. For instance, there are no Polish to English translations for words that don't exist in both languages. (continued below)   See 9 other replies

I think the worst case f "lazy' subtitling easily goes to the last (hopefully the last) Jean Luc Godard film Film Socialism which only intermittant subtitles but explained neither a plot or even what the hell the movie was about. It was far worse than Knife In the Water, which was a good movie but needed some sort of drama to it. It was dull and meanders a bit in spots. It's good to see the evolution of a director   See 9 other replies

An artist's work is a reflection of the creation of the creator. An homage to God, Earth and/or Mankind if you will. What people(or even "decent" people) do is up to them. I deduce that Lee Ellis is not a professional thinker. I say this as an unprofessional artist. Old story, but elegantly told... by the way.   See 23 other replies