Film Volumes

[Jasandjules]

Is it just me, or do films these days have it awfully quiet when people are talking then awfully loud when there is "action"??!?

[mildmannered]

Jasandjules said:

Is it just me, or do films these days have it awfully quiet when people are talking then awfully loud when there is "action"??!?

I find this really annoying. In fact, I don't miss my 5.1 system because of this. The standard TV speakers are more mid-range focussed.

Also, I am getting older...

[chris watton]

It is VERY annoying - I always seem to watch a film with the sound remote clasped in my hand, to turn the volume down for action, and up for the talkie bits. At first, I thought it was because of the surround system, but I bought another at three times the price of the one it replaced, but the same happens!

[mildmannered]

Not as annoying as when they have advertisements much louder than the TV programme. That really grinds my gears!

[P-Jay]

mildmannered said:

Not as annoying as when they have advertisements much louder than the TV programme. That really grinds my gears!

My TV has a feature that stops it happening...

BUT I've often complained about the speech being heard to hear since I got the same TV... I wonder if it's related... say it lowers the volume when someone blows something up, then it's too slow to react for the pithy comment afterwards.

[zac510]

Also mumbling makes the character sound more edgy and intense (but impossible to understand)

[mildmannered]

And OTT faux accents...

[944fan]

Yes this drives me crazy. One minute you can't hear what is being said so you turn it up, then an explosion and the whole street hears it.

[Jasandjules]

Well thank f**k for that, I thought I was the only person who had to watch films with the remote in hand flicking the volume up and down like a man possessed..... Even started me wondering if my poxy TV was doing something wrong.