I think you can watch some movies with subtitles on cable (on selected channels, but, alas, no cable for me. Which might or might not be a blessing. But, hey, that's where the Internet jumps in.

Well, born and bred as dubbing listeners, those Germans I guess.

Me, I know my grammar very well, but vocabulary reserves are running pretty low. And, really, with no vocabulary you can't communicate for shit. And, sadly, listening with recognition has always been my poorest language skill. In ANY language. Which is a tad inconvenient.