WTF Are Directors Smoking These Days?!

[TSJMajesty]

What IS it with so much dialogue in movies being performed in 'breathy whispers'? So many newer movies today have it, and a full 50% of it is not believable.

 

[jellodog]

I read an article about that a while ago. I will Google for "Tenet" as it was relating to that and is a notorious example of this issue.

 

[jellodog]

Might have been this:

Hard to pardon: why Tenet's muffled dialogue is a very modern problem

Christopher Nolan’s latest blockbuster is already infamous for its barely audible exchanges. As sound technology advances, why are films getting harder to hear?

www.theguardian.com

So this isn't so much your "breathy whispers" ... but it is about muffled dialogue. Perhaps this isn't the same thing you're asking about?

 

[JiveTurkey]

Srsly. I have to run subs most times when available so I can get all the dialog And still ride the d@mn volume knob.

 

[jellodog]

Tenet was pretty much ruined for me, when I watched it at home with "normal" volume levels

 

[JiveTurkey]

Tenet was pretty much ruined for me, when I watched it at home with "normal" volume levels

Nolan is awesome. But yes. I prefer Inception for that type of mind blown sci-fi vibe. The Prestige and Insomnia were awesome not-Batman choices as well.

 

[mbenigni]

Might have been this:

Hard to pardon: why Tenet's muffled dialogue is a very modern problem

Christopher Nolan’s latest blockbuster is already infamous for its barely audible exchanges. As sound technology advances, why are films getting harder to hear?

www.theguardian.com

So this isn't so much your "breathy whispers" ... but it is about muffled dialogue. Perhaps this isn't the same thing you're asking about?

Wait. Are you telling me I'm not going deaf??

(Seriously, though, I've been complaining about this for a long time. It's a major problem when you've got a sleeping kid in the house, and probably the same if you've got disagreeable neighbors in an apartment situation.)

 

[sleewell]

mumble rap too



probably smoking dat loud and drinking the lean. haha.


it is really annoying though, some times i even turn on the captions.

 

[mbenigni]

it is really annoying though, some times i even turn on the captions.

We always have captions on now, and sometimes I worry I'm not really taking in/ appreciating the visuals as much as I should. Sometimes I catch myself just flat-out reading, and I think, "I should just go get a book." :/

 

[Whizzinby]

We always have captions on now, and sometimes I worry I'm not really taking in/ appreciating the visuals as much as I should. Sometimes I catch myself just flat-out reading, and I think, "I should just go get a book." :/

100%. You finally look up and realize you don’t know which character it is because you’ve been reading for the last twenty minutes.

Can’t do it. Id rather develop my lip reading skills. lol