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Re:Modern movies teach us awful lessons [video] by driverdan on Saturday March 12, 2022 @09:27AM (#30651593)
Can you give examples? I've heard this before but have never noticed it myself. Is it possible you have hearing loss that you're unaware of?
Re:Modern movies teach us awful lessons [video] by BoppreH on Saturday March 12, 2022 @10:33AM (#30652039)
Almost every movie that features Tom Hardy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iSOWRsmibc

And from personal experience, from the last movie I watched: https://youtu.be/AJ0uqAr8Q4E?t=106 . I'm not a native speaker, but (1) I've been communicating exclusively in English for years, (2) my hearing is quite good, (3) I'm wearing headphones, (4) there's nothing else happening in the scene apart from dialogue and music. But I still cannot understand Anne Hathaway's two sentences following the time I linked.

This movie also had a lot of another pet peeve of mine, which is shoulder dialogue where the foreground character is clearly not speaking, or saying something different.

Re:Modern movies teach us awful lessons [video] by bawolff on Saturday March 12, 2022 @09:28AM (#30651609)
I personally don't find this happening as much as OP says, but nolan movies (e.g. interstellar) are an example where i have definitely had this.
Re:Modern movies teach us awful lessons [video] by driverdan on Saturday March 12, 2022 @09:35AM (#30651644)
I've watched Interstellar with multiple audio setups and didn't have an issue understanding the dialog. It may have a higher dynamic range than most movies but that's a good thing.
Re:Modern movies teach us awful lessons [video] by SV_BubbleTime on Saturday March 12, 2022 @10:26AM (#30651993)
Definitely a known Nolan issue.

I will go to my deathbed attesting that Tenet was the absolutely worst sound mixed movie of all time!

Re:Modern movies teach us awful lessons [video] by bawolff on Saturday March 12, 2022 @02:51PM (#30654329)
I don't think not understanding the dialog matrially changes that movie.