Product: Victoria & Albert: A Royal Love Affair [VHS] (2001)
Rating: 1.0
Again, sheer disappointment
When will producers of great stories on DVD realize that many people in the world do not enjoy perfect hearing? This includes some young people, as well as many senior citizens whose bodies have grown old, their hearing ability or their ability to understand what is being said has diminished, but their interest in good, solid, well-acted drama and comedy has NOT diminished; rather, it has increased since they were youngsters. Therefore, these folks need help in their understanding and/or hearing what is being said, in order to fully enjoy the tale. This translates into a need for sub-titles, or as some call it, "captions for the hard-of-hearing." Lack of same denies pleasure to those who seek it, as well as knowledge and information. As we grow older, I find that we become more interested in history, which only a few selected movies open up to us. One might argue, "but there are books on the subject!" which doesn't hold water for obvious reasons. The positive reviews I've read have whetted my appetite for "Victoria and Albert" as well as some other movies of interest, but disappointment comes again.Interestingly, A&E;'s "Emma" (fiction) and "Jane Eyre" (fiction), which I have and love, both offer sub-titles, but the important historical stories do not. That doesn't make sense, in my book. A & E and BBC both create marvelous productions, and I could weep when I discover that I, and millions more like me, are denied enjoyment of them for lack of sub-titles. The powers-that-be in both of those institutions, whoever the folks are who make the decisions, need to perhaps seek the advice of the elderly members of their families and get their viewpoints, in order to understand.I don't know if anyone who sees this "review" has any "pull" with the powers-that-be, but if so, please get the word out. And can we have some comments from others who will voice their opinions about the lack of sub-titles?By the way, I visited a young friend (abt 45-ish) one day who has normal hearing, and she put on a DVD. I asked her to activate the sub-titles, which she did, and at the end of the movie, she said, "Well!! I got parts of the dialogue that I had missed before without the sub-titles!!"