Your Autistic Life FR/EN/ESYeah... last night I tried to watch Vesper. I tolerated it about half-way through the movie. What I saw was competent, but not gripping.
What killed that movie for me, however...
... was the bloody mumbly dialogue. I'm surprised I tolerated it that long. Why can't people enunciate clearly anymore???
"But people mumble in real life!"
The occasional mumble wouldn't be an issue, but when a character's baseline is "mumble mumble mumble," this is a huge problem.
Consider movies to be like theater. Nobody IRL yells their murderous thoughts at an audience, while pretending that 5 feet from them, their intended victim cannot hear them.
In the movies, the baseline should be normal enunciation, even if your moping teenager prays at the altar of Mumblarg The One Who Shall Be Mumbled. (Probably *mumbles* at the altar.)
After giving up on Vesper, I switched to Northern Exposure, and OMG the difference! I could hear *almost* every single line. What a difference!
It's no wonder I want to watch old shows. Basic production values have gone down the drain.
"Oh, look at our amazing CGI!"
Yes, but if I cannot hear your dialogue, the CGI is wasted.
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