For Vietnamese viewers, watching this film with accurate subtitles is a specific emotional experience.
| Feature | Bad Vietsub | Best Vietsub | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | "thuốc" (medicine) | "heroin" or "ma túy" | | Poetry lines | Written as run-on sentences | Broken into stanzas with slashes (/) | | Sexual content | Censored or skipped | Translated maturely but accurately | | Character names | Misspelled (Jin vs Jim) | Correct: Jim, Mickey, Neutron | | Song lyrics | Untranslated | Translated in italics | the basketball diaries vietsub best