BezierCurve wrote:Unfortunatelly, where I live it is not easy to get those movies - or books. I tried already 5 or 6 Internet shops - always got disappointed to learn that they didn't ship to Ireland (even after giving them my credit card numbers

) Finally I found very few books on amazon_com, bought one and the rest that looked interesting was already unavailable

That really let me down.
That's odd - I''ve bought DVDs from Amazon in the States. E.g.
http://www.amazon.com/Close-Home-Neama- ... 368&sr=1-1http://www.amazon.com/Bubble-Ohad-Knoll ... 407&sr=1-1Trouble with that is that the Swiss customs service charges loads of duty on DVDs. It's cheaper to buy from FNAC than to buy direct! So I stock up when visiting friends in the USA - sometimes less than 50% of the price we pay here (depending on age of film).
BezierCurve wrote:As for the movies - I haven't ordered one yet, since I want to be sure that I'll be able to understand most of it. I usually watch movies with English soundtrack and switch to Hebrew subtitles - where available. That works the other way round, but in that way I learn how to say usual things, like, say, "turn off the light!" - which I wouldn't find in any dictionary. The only problem is the pronunciation - subtitles have no nikkud.
You must be able to read Hebrew script so quickly!!

My reading would be too slow at the moment, but I have a fast ear

I've done this with several of the languages I've learnt - reading the English/French/German subtitles while listening carefully for the words and expressions I know. Works well for me. The advantage of owning the DVD of course is being able to watch over and over.
BezierCurve wrote:Sometimes I watch short fragments of some Israeli soap operas or other movies on YouTube. There are many such clips posted there by HOT - many of them even have the Hebrew subtitles.
BC, could you pleeeese

post a link. YouTube is so difficult to find users on... and you can imagine, searching for 'HOT' turns up just sooooo many varied results
I've found pop songs with subtitles, but soap operas and movies would be great.
I once found almost all of The Bubble (in segments) on YouTube, but I don't know if it's still there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwWZLPMpZa0