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I am trying to watch The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo right now, and I'm about ready to give up on it. There is annoying "music", more like getting your teeth drilled really, through the entire movie. Most of the time, we can't hear what the people are saying unless we crank up the sound. Then we need to hit the mute when the music comes on.
What is wrong with the sound engineers? I don't know why they do this. I want to do to them what the girl in the dragon tattoo did to her social worker, and I don't mean before she got her revenge.
Last edited by gentlearts; 12-01-2012 at 03:04 PM..
I don't know. I notice this especially at IMAX action films. We saw SkyFall and I had to cover my ears at times because the volume was so loud and the insistent beat was wearing.
That is interesting, because we had the SAME problem with that movie. It was terrible. When I saw the movie on tv awhile back, it was on STARZ, they had fixed the music problem...it was almost nothing.
I don't know. I notice this especially at IMAX action films. We saw SkyFall and I had to cover my ears at times because the volume was so loud and the insistent beat was wearing.
They do put it up too loud. When the theater is vibrating, It's simply too loud. Same thing happens with Compact discs in regard to the "loudness war" where they engineer it for extra punch and it takes away from the experience.
To repeat another post of mine, chances are you need to adjust the sound levels on YOUR system. Dialog is typically CENTER channel, or center plus left and/or right. If your center channel is low or missing, you will have that effect. If your surrounds are turned up, you will get that effect. With 100% being full volume, many current movies work well at 50% LS, 75%LC 100%CC 75%RC 50% RS. OR... you can watch the original Swedish version (subtitles)
That soundtrack is incredible. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross did a hell of a job with it, not sure how you could not enjoy it. As Harry said, maybe you need to adjust your system.
What a loathsome movie that was. Someone needs to put two slugs in the ear of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" IMHO.
Can't for the life of me understand why the books were so popular. Most likely cuz they were read by women who dig stories about little female twits kicking butt, I reckon.
I am trying to watch The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo right now, and I'm about ready to give up on it. There is annoying "music", more like getting your teeth drilled really, through the entire movie. Most of the time, we can't hear what the people are saying unless we crank up the sound. Then we need to hit the mute when the music comes on.
Yes I found the official VHS tape of ROMEO MUST DIE (2000) and that soundtrack was aweful!!!
Peoples voices LOW while sound effects LOUD.. (I did not like it @ all) I ended up copying the movie to another tape in LINEAR MONO and its OK..... The whole volume level is lower but its properly merged together.... Some things are slightly louder still (Like an airplane coming in for a landing in the movie) but you would expect that -- YOU DONT EXPECT WHAT YOU DESCRIBED!!!!!!!! (And what I had on that official tape)
This same syndrome occurs over and over, and i have tried adjusting the settings on my TV. We live in a town with a college of the arts. I once talked to a sound engineering student about this and made him promise to fix it. He said he would. LOL.
I hate it... all movies or tv I watch at home have crazy imbalances between dialogue and background noise. Commercials are awful as are action movies. I want to hear the dialog first and foremost.
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I am trying to watch The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo right now, and I'm about ready to give up on it. There is annoying "music", more like getting your teeth drilled really, through the entire movie. Most of the time, we can't hear what the people are saying unless we crank up the sound. Then we need to hit the mute when the music comes on.
