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Okay, that's it. Any movie that has low dialogue but loud sound effects and music, loses 2 points off my final score.

posted 3 months ago by samoanjoes (53090)
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This is now the third time I have had to vent my frustrations about this on this site.

I just saw a movie that I haven't seen in over 20 years, and once again, I have been victimized by a low dialogue and high music/sound effects mix. It doesn't matter if it's a new film or old film, it doesn't matter if I watch it on TV, on a computer or in theatre, it doesn't matter if I use headphones or no headphones, the bad mixing will be there.

The frustrating thing is that the movie I rewatched today didn't have the audio issues the first time I saw it, but now it's suddenly become a problem. It's happened to about 30-40% of all movies I have seen post-2010. It's getting to the point where I'm actually dreading watching movies because I don't want to go through the distraction of having the remote nearby to quickly adjust the volume.

I have now vowed to reduce the score of any movie that is guilty of these sound atrocities by two points. There are no exceptions. I'm sick of it and whoever is responsible for it should spend time in prison. And I don't mean like 6 months, I'm talking a full life sentence with no chance of parole.

Rant over.

[–] BKB (7282) 3 months ago

May I ask what the name of the movie was that set you off?? 🤔

[–] samoanjoes (53090) 3 months ago

The Name of the Rose (1986).

[–] AndyKing1967 (35077) 3 months ago

You mean ‘mur mame uf mur mose’ (1986).

[–] samoanjoes (53090) 3 months ago

That makes more sense than what I had to sit through.

[–] Wint3rFir3 (6931) 3 months ago

Only 2? That's at least 3 points off in my book.

[–] samoanjoes (53090) 3 months ago

I'm open to it in the future. I feel it will eventually get to that point.

[–] Wint3rFir3 (6931) 3 months ago

I'm sure it will. Anything that makes me wanna punch someone or something outside of the characters being awful people loses points, and straining my ears to make out dialogue is peak punch-factor.