[Trevor]

On 21/12/2017 6:02 AM, Nil wrote:
On 20 Dec 2017, Trevor wrote in rec.audio.pro:
What I find annoying about such films is the sound effects are
usually ear splitting loud, but the dialog is often hard to hear.
:-(

My theory about that is that many big-budget, SFX-laden action movies
are made for the world market, including (maybe especially) non-English
speaking countries. The movies are crafted so that the story is told
mostly visually, with a minimimum of dialog, and that dialog is fairly
simple and easy to dub for foreign markets. This leaves the sound and
visual effects of primary importance - the dialog is almost
superfluous.

Well the whole movie is superfluous in many cases, but when people are
speaking it's nice to actually hear what they are saying. Sub titles fix
that in foreign markets, but you have to wait for the DVD if you want
English sub titles on English language films. I usually find myself
skipping the theatre altogether these days, and simply waiting for the
DVD release. With a 5.1 mix I can simply turn the effects channels down,
or switch to sub titles if absolutely necessary. Thankfully big screen
TV's have minimised the benefit of going to the theatre now, so I don't
really miss it.

Trevor.