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Don’t forget the terrible sound mixing where the dialogue is inaudible while the sound effects and music are blaring.
by lockhouse 3y ago
Don’t forget the terrible sound mixing where the dialogue is inaudible while the sound effects and music are blaring.
- mcpackieh 3y agoThey got it in their minds that inaudible dialogue is more realistic and therefore has more artistic integrity than actors giving proper theatrical performances. A good stage actor can 'whisper' and be clearly heard across the room, but that's not realistic and is out of style. So now they have actors actually whisper and everybody has to watch the show with subtitles on. Actors should never be whispering or mumbling for real. Even an actor pretending to be drunk should be able to clearly enunciate their words while still making themselves sound drunk. I'm sure modern actors can still do this, but they're being given bad direction.
- happymellon 3y agoJonny Depp in the Pirates of the Caribbean, even though he wasn't drunk, is a good example of a drunk character that I could understand. I can't comment on the sequels.
- bombcar 3y agoJackie Chan's Drunken Masters got drunken across even through dubbing.
- spaceman_2020 3y agoI need subtitles for practically every movie these days. Absurd.
- coremoff 3y agodon't forget to insist on seeing Oppenheimer in a cinema with subtitles, if you plan on seeing it; it's a bit harder to find, but hopefully will send a message
- saiya-jin 3y agoAnd I thought its just my ageing coming quicker to ears than rest of the body... same here, as a non-native EN speaker I can understand every word said in person regardless of whether its US bible belt slang, cockney, some Australians or kiwis, heck even fairly well scottish/welsh/irish (but there it depends how hard they try). But watching any US movie and I have to either turn on subtitles or blast it so loud that some action scene will probably crack speakers or the wall, since I hate getting lost in plot.
- mst 3y agoIt was an interesting experience watching David Tennant in his first season of Doctor Who and feeling like he was overacting in a way that I found got on my nerves ... right up until I remembered that most of his acting work previously had been on stage, recalibrated, and was able to enjoy his performance fine from then on.
- quattrofan 3y ago[dead]
- MattPalmer1086 3y agoI keep thinking I'm starting to go deaf. I ask my wife what that character just said, and she admits she couldn't make it out either. Then we rewind, turn the volume up, and we still can't hear what a character is saying.
- danjac 3y agoAlso, what happened to proper lighting? Even in a night scene, we would actually like to see what's going on, otherwise I might as well listen to a podcast drama.
- TeMPOraL 3y agoForget night scenes, what about day scenes? Regular scenes in productions today look darker than night scenes used to be a decade or two ago. And no, this is not a technical limitation: case in point, the new Star Trek shows. We've had three of them produced in parallel, sharing some sets and props, and they go full-spectrum - from "every scene is night scene" Picard, through "everything is underlit" Discovery, to "everything is bright well-lit all the time" Strange New Worlds. The only reasoning I can think of for making what's clearly an artistic choice is that maaaybe it looks better on actual TV. I wouldn't know, who owns a TV these days anyway? But I got one clue - rewatching parts of last season of Picard on a hotel TV, I was suddenly able to make out colors and shapes that I couldn't on a computer screen.
- lotsofpulp 3y ago>I wouldn't know, who owns a TV these days anyway? I am going to guess a majority of people in the US live in a residence that contains a TV, probably even a large TV.
- mcpackieh 3y agoFrom what I understand, there's a current epidemic of dull flat dark lighting in movies that is motivated by SFX considerations; if you have beautiful golden god rays piercing the scene, that becomes a serious burden when it comes time to modify the clip in computers. Also dark scenes are better at hiding low quality effects from the audience.
- lotsoweiners 3y ago> I wouldn't know, who owns a TV these days anyway? I must be odd because I have 6 of them: family room, office, master bedroom, both kids’ bedrooms, and back patio.
- reportgunner 3y agoThe worst is that this is gaslighting non-native english speakers to think their english listening skills are terrible.
- bombcar 3y agoI just assumed I was going deaf as I get older.
- reportgunner 3y agoI had the luck of being able to go abroad and hear that native speakers don't speak like the actors sound in the movies.
- mcmoor 3y agoSo all this time it's not my fault? Damn I feel justified in always needing subtitles.