Good movie, hard to hear

Rating: 7/10 (27 January 2007)

As we walked into the theater(the previews were playing), the sound was so high it actually hurt our ears. Finally, we got the theater operator to turn down the sound. Five minutes into the movie we realized why the sound had been so loud. The conversation parts of this film were almost impossible to hear(this was in a theater with only 7 patrons).
This was especially true in scenes with royals, who tend to use the whisper as their normal speaking voice(except Phillip).
After getting the theater management to turn the sound back up, we soon realized it was not their fault, but instead poor sound production during the filming. Even at the theaters maximum sound output, hearing was still very difficult. The conversation portions of this film only emanated out of the front speakers. However when ever there was music or sound effects, the side side speakers kicked in and the volume got very high.
Why do movie makers think hearing conversation is less important than music or sound effects? This was a very good movie, sorry we could not hear much of it.