tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post2273930733048666738..comments2024-03-28T15:25:55.785-07:00Comments on Raybeard: In today's films why is so much speech mumbled?Raybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-65462338120917521472010-10-20T23:48:03.184-07:002010-10-20T23:48:03.184-07:00Larry, what would be even better than what you sug...Larry, what would be even better than what you suggest is to be sitting next to you during the films and to have you feeding me all the lines I don't catch. But seriously, and as I say above, if I had a hearing problem in other areas of my life then there would be cause for concern. But there isn't yet (though no doubt it'll come in time).Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-1704250184911027462010-10-20T18:18:23.042-07:002010-10-20T18:18:23.042-07:00Ray... maybe it's time. You know what you hav...Ray... maybe it's time. You know what you have to do. Make an appointment and let a professional evaluate you.Cubbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12659801291785890663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-9038327047279729522010-10-20T08:13:10.404-07:002010-10-20T08:13:10.404-07:00Thanks, Paul. It's reassuring to know that I&#...Thanks, Paul. It's reassuring to know that I'm in good company. What I cannot understand is that this tendency to mutter is just never mentioned by film critics and others. I don't think for one moment that they can hear the dialogue with no problem. Unfortunately, as someone who watches nearly all my films only in the cinema, there isn't the opportunity to rewind. I often feel like asking another member of the audience "What did he just say?"<br />When a few years back I saw Clint Eastwood's 'Mystic River' I just couldn't catch the film's vital final words (as in so much of the rest of the film) and so left with a feeling of 'incompleteness' in not fully understanding the motivation for a certain killing. Very frustrating!Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-21468275482816333872010-10-20T08:03:25.265-07:002010-10-20T08:03:25.265-07:00Thanks very much for your wishes, Mucky - no less ...Thanks very much for your wishes, Mucky - no less appreciated for being a little late, but no big deal.<br />I don't know how anyone can make out the lyrics on pop records, moreso these days than before, but that may be my own failing. I remember having problems understanding what Elvis was singing on his records way back in the 1950s - and I still do. As for live pop, especially groups, (and I've seem quite a few in my time), well one might as well give up even trying!<br />Re the sauce of Heinz' Baked Beans, what you say may be true but I personally prefer my beans just wet by the sauce rather than drowning in itRaybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-13757259450064182672010-10-20T08:02:05.353-07:002010-10-20T08:02:05.353-07:00Watched "Sherlock Holmes" the other even...Watched "Sherlock Holmes" the other evening and I had to rewind every so often in order to decipher what was said. In today's movies this is a common problem. I used to think it was I who had the problem, but I know now that that isn't true. I believe that in the training actors go through(if they do today) the magic word is missing from their training: "enunciate."paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02085842904367441128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-67418757498335934882010-10-20T02:09:49.523-07:002010-10-20T02:09:49.523-07:00But Happy Birthday (coz I've just read your pr...But Happy Birthday (coz I've just read your previous post and the comments thereon)!<br /><br />I think the sauce in Heinz baked beans is the reason to buy Heinz rather than any of the Pretenders - but there you go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-86738944313498133952010-10-20T02:03:25.173-07:002010-10-20T02:03:25.173-07:00On a similar note . . . Pete and I were at a local...On a similar note . . . Pete and I were at a local pub a month or three back, listening to a local rock band (and their supporting act before them) and in both cases the sound balance was crap.<br /><br />Now we're biased about such things because Pete looked after several bands' sound some years back so might know what he's talking about. But in both cases the problem was that you could not hear the lead singer because he was drowned out by the instruments. Clearly the guy running the sound system didn't have a clue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com