Of course it takes the Japanese to get something (mostly) right)

[nendil]

YESSSSSSS the Japanese trailer is out. Now you guys can see how hilariously creepy the edit was. XD Although this is a very different cut from the rough teaser one I saw, it's still about the same in atmosphere, and represents the overall tone of the movie INFINITELY times better than the English trailers.

http://www.disney.co.jp/movies/christmas-carol/

It's interesting that the Japanese translation calls the spirits "dead ghosts". Not quite true, but spoooooky. Then again about half of the subtitles in that trailer were inaccurate. XP

Edit: Notice not a SINGLE "humbug" in that trailer

Comments

[summercomfort]

Yeah, that one definitely looks cooler than the other ones. So have you, like, seen the whole movie? Or just bits and pieces here and there?

[nendil.livejournal.com]

I've seen the whole movie in bits and pieces. Next week we get to see the final thing!

[summercomfort]

Exciting!

Are you allowed to write a "review" for the movie?

[nendil.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing no (NDA???), but I don't think I'd be able to judge it well enough anyway. However this guy here (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1067106/board/thread/149502536) pretty much says everything I would have wanted to say. ;)

[summercomfort]

So I guess AMC employees don't have NDAs?? XD

[ctrl-a.livejournal.com]

I think 50% of the creepiness is from the music?

I think 亡霊 is an appropriate word... even though the WWWJDIC definition makes 幽霊 sound closer, I think that's more ethereal. The spirits have more presence. :P

[ling84.livejournal.com]

Now I'm wondering how they translated "bah humbug." Is there a Japanese phrase with an equivalent (or close) cultural cachet?

[nendil.livejournal.com]

If there isn't, they could easily translate it to something like "Ridiculous." It's actually only said 2 times (3 if you count Fred) and both within the first 5 minutes of the movie. :P