I'm not anywhere near fluent enough in French (or any other language for that matter asides from Mandarin and English...) to be able to watch a movie without subtitles.
As it is, I'm already having a difficult time watching English movies without my eyes habitually going downwards to read the subtitles, even though I could hear and understand what they're saying just fine.
Dad downloaded the two current episodes of Sherlock for me, subtitles included (that cannot be turned off), and I had to keep dragging my eyes away from them! It's annoying because I'm trying to focus on Sherlock's face dammit! *headdesk*

Ah. I had dreams like that a few times. I hate those. I hate time-limits, in everything.