{"id":3156,"date":"2024-01-04T08:50:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T07:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radishthegreat.com\/blog\/?p=3156"},"modified":"2026-01-10T12:20:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T11:20:30","slug":"2023-movie-analysis-decade-and-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radishthegreat.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/04\/2023-movie-analysis-decade-and-language\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 Movie Analysis: Decade and Language"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Low-hanging fruit first: 2023 ended with a total of 179 movies, a decrease of 13.5% from 2022<\/a>. I blame podcasts. Complete list is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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87.1% of the films were new-to-me. I can’t decide if this is good or not. Maybe this year I should watch some movies that I know I like.<\/p>\n\n\n

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This graph depresses me. But six of the 2020s films were documentaries, and one was from a beloved Bavarian franchise<\/a>, so maybe it’s not as awful as it looks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Language<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The first pie chart shows all 179 movies organized by their original language. (Yes, “Bavarian\/American”<\/a>–that came straight off the DVD.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“None” is Shaun the Sheep<\/a>, although I think my notes may have said “Barnyard.” There is less variety than I expected.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Approximately 75% of the films were seen in their original language, with 90% of the rest dubbed over in German. This is slightly less than last year, but not enough to feel bad about. And what languages did those dubs cover up?<\/p>\n\n\n

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I think this chart will make more sense after the tedious analysis of source: classic British and American movies are never shown in their original language by German tax-funded TV. And as we know from Spaceballs<\/a><\/em>, dubbing ruins the jokes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stay tuned for source and genre. I don’t know if “country of origin” makes sense anymore, other than teasing out any Canadians lurking in amongst the Brits and Amis…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dubbing ruins the jokes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3162,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[262],"tags":[59,58,217],"class_list":["post-3156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-analysis","tag-charts","tag-graphs","tag-nerd-stuff"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t