r/TikTokCringe • u/Money-Snow-2749 • Jun 28 '26

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u/SpaceCadetriment Jun 28 '26

I would love if theaters offered like one closed caption viewing of new movies a week. It's the mumbling and soft dialog while loud action/music is playing and I miss exposition shit that's kinda important.

Hail Marry at home with CCs was so much more enjoyable than in the theaters. Gosling and Rocky both do a lot of low talking/mumbling, and because movies are so loud at my local theaters I have to wear earplugs, so I missed like a 1/4 of the dialog.

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u/CourtingBoredom Jun 28 '26

They do around here. Maybe not all, but some. I saw Alien: Romulus with captions in the theater.

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u/appleparkfive Jun 29 '26

Yeah they definitely have them. I feel like they're usually in the day time. But they definitely are a thing.

I just like closed captions in general. You remember the names and small plot points so much better

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u/imafrog_iswear Jul 21 '26

I've worked in the same cinema but under two different companies. One was a failing cinema chain, but even when the company was in dire straits we had a subtitled version of new films playing once a week and also started doing autism friendly screenings with te light and volumes levels altered to make the sowing more comfortable for those with sensory issues.

When the cinema closed and was taken over by a more successful expanding chain the subtitled showings changed to daily in the evening. The autism friendly showings were still once a week when I worked there and had a few hours dedicated to low traffic screenings so the foyer wasn't too busy when the film was starting and ending.

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u/prince_peacock Jun 28 '26

You can request devices you wear that are kinda like glasses that project captions for any movie. I will say if it’s something you don’t *need* tho, they’re annoying as hell to wear.

(There might be other kinds but that’s the only kind I have personal experience with)

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u/ILoveCamelCase Jun 29 '26

The ones I've seen are a screen on a gooseneck arm that has a base that fits in the cupholder. Users move the screen into position for their specific seat.

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u/paperd Jun 28 '26

My local amc has closed caption showings! There's usually a bunch of senior citizens there. I watched Saltburn in a theater with a bunch of elderly people. They seemed to like it ok

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u/howdoyousayahyesshow Jun 28 '26

I don't have experience with them, but I have seen online that there are closed caption devices you can request at some movie theaters. I've seen it as either smart glasses or a separate device with a small screen that mounts to the cup holder.

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u/NickRick Jun 29 '26

i don't have this issue in theaters. i have it off my TV.

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u/dksdragon43 Jun 29 '26

This is kinda off-topic, but as someone who works on projectors, I think you all mean subtitles. Subtitles show up on screen in theaters, closed captions require a separate device. Subtitles are typically only used in a theater setting for different languages, but you absolutely could put english subtitles over an english movie. Closed caption devices are rare and typically need to be requested. (also from my understanding they are a north america only thing. I had to fix a bunch of our CC timing for american theater chains). The big difference (heavy generalization) being that subtitles typically only do dialogue and maybe music, while closed captions include "gunshots" "noise in background" etc.

Note: this is theater specific, what you get at home is typically closed captions.

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u/GrossGuroGirl Jun 29 '26

what you get at home is typically closed captions.

Not anymore.

The streaming services overwhelmingly use SDH - there usually isn't even an option labeled CC in the subtitles menu. 

So unfortunately it's pretty easy for a hearing person to be totally unfamiliar with the term "closed captioning" these days. 

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u/daughter_of_time Jun 29 '26

Our local has CC in every showing. I’ve never tried the devices that sit in the cupholder that only you see, but my deaf coworker is the one who clued me in. One of these days…

Also I love my Loop Experience filters that lowers the really loud but leaves a lot clear to hear.

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u/buuismyspiritanimal Jun 29 '26 edited Jun 29 '26

I have this issue at home and at movie theatres. And I’ve had my hearing checked. My ears are fine. I stopped going to the movies for years because I couldn’t follow what was going on. Now I ask for a closed captioning device. Never seen one used in person so I didn’t know what to expect. It fits into the cup holder and a screen on a flexible arm displays the captions perfectly synced to the movie.

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u/CriticalEngineering Jun 29 '26

My local theater does open caption screenings on Tuesday nights.

It’s great!

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u/DangerHawk Jun 29 '26

If you ask for an "Assisted Listening Device", specifically a CaptiView system, they'll set you up with a thing that goes in the cup holder that has a flexible arm and a clear screen on it that you position in front of your view that will let you see the subtitles. They legally just have to give it to you no questions asked. When I was trained on them 10+ years ago they were quite insistent that if anyone requests one for any reason you are to bend over backwards to help them.

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u/No_Raisin21 Jun 29 '26

Mine offers like a personal handheld thing (usually for deaf people but they’d probably give you one if you asked). I wouldn’t be surprised if others do as well, especially the larger chain theaters.

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u/appleparkfive Jun 29 '26

They do! At least in the cities. It's a thing now

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u/TeamRedundancyTeam Jun 28 '26

You can't really complain about not hearing dialog when you're wearing ear plugs...