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tanyev

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16. Also, WHY ARE SOME MOVIES/SHOWS SO FRICKIN' DARK?

Reply to SorellaLaBefana (Original post)

Wed Mar 26, 2025, 09:53 AM

Mar 26

I don’t mean the subject matter, I mean you can’t SEE anything that is happening.

I’ve noticed this in a lot of things, but I guess most recently in The Rings of Power. Scenes that were lit well were beautiful—obviously a lot of money went into that production. But there were a lot of scenes that took place at night, or underground, or for some reason needed to be darker, but they were so dark you couldn’t see anything that was happening. Why??

I just keep my tablet handy now. If the screen is too dark, I’ll check the new posts on DU until they get back to something that’s visible.

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No, it's Not Just Me/You: "Why Can't We Hear Movie Dialogue Anymore?" (YT Vid) [View all] SorellaLaBefana Mar 26 OP

Theaters are WORSE!! Waste of $$$!! InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 26 #1

I watch live railcams on Youtube. House of Roberts Mar 26 #2

The audio is bad, and they are filmed so darkly that it is hard to see. Can't listen, can't see -what a mess. patricia92243 Mar 26 #3

This is SO true. And also a deliberate choice SorellaLaBefana Mar 26 #5

Going to college early 2000s, mwmisses4289 Mar 26 #4

The term snowybirdie Mar 26 #6

Ah apologies, I was referring to my self as the old lady. mwmisses4289 Mar 26 #10

Ha snowybirdie Mar 26 #12

Gracious Senior Citizen. I like it! 👍 mwmisses4289 Mar 26 #13

Then there is all the texting, they show the phone for a nano second and you can't doc03 Mar 26 #7

The first time I noticed this was when I attempted to watch Mike 03 Mar 26 #8

I always have the subtitles on except for comedy and news shows nuxvomica Mar 26 #9

Yeah! It's not just me. It is beyond annoying. Phoenix61 Mar 26 #11

Finally turned off the Sherlock Holmes movie because I could not hear what Downey was saying LizBeth Mar 26 #14

This trend--along with the near constant TOO dark cinematography that renders nothing but occasional hlthe2b Mar 26 #15

Also, WHY ARE SOME MOVIES/SHOWS SO FRICKIN' DARK? tanyev Mar 26 #16

Similar combination of Creative Statement and Tech Assumptions that makes dialogue inaudible :) SorellaLaBefana Mar 26 #17

Mood lighting bif Mar 26 #20

Movie producers forget that the story is more important than the spectacle. hunter Mar 26 #18

Audio: Add some brightness 3Kand presence 6K justaprogressive Mar 26 #19