Arghhhhh. That makes me crazy in films, especially when watching with my wife or other people.
When the dynamic level is all over the map, I choose to wear headphones with the sound turned up, so I can hear the dialogue which is so soft it makes me itchy, and explosions and actions that are ear-popplingly loud, but that is the only way.
Otherwise, my wife is suffering at the loud parts, and I am squirming in frustration at trying to hear the low dialogue.
“ and I am squirming in frustration at trying to hear the low dialogue”
So many of these actors think talking in a low tone gives the parts gravitas. Look at the mumbling idiot matthew mconaHEY. That whispering idiot needs to learn to SPEAK UP. Mumbling ads nothing to a part.
Things I hate in movies and TV..I found it was done on purpose to make you pay closer attention to what is said and happening.
1.The drunk cameraman who is wallowing all over the place.
2.Dialog so soft you cannot understand what is being said.
3.Music so loud it covers up what is being said.
Siskel and Ebert complained about this back in the 1980s.