Loud! Loud! Loud!

Rating: 6/10 (18 July 2008)

Though I have never liked musicals, I was rather enjoying this. With one glaring exception, the volume difference between the music and the spoken word. It seems that in the last 5 or 6 years, movie soundtracks seem to be overpowering dialog. In some cases, the actors may be speaking under their breath, making it difficult to understand. This can often be fixed by turning up our volume controls. Other movies blast the music so loud that we must adjust our volume controls down, then back up to hear the faint dialog.
This is such a movie. I spent so much time adjusting the volume down for the blaring music and then back up for the faint speech. It was so frustrating that it effected my enjoyment of the movie.
A million dollar idea would be a volume regulator (unless it already exists that I don't know about). Something to ensure a level volume with no spikes from the soundtrack.
Well that is my rant. Good movie, frustrating sound mixing.