[BC] Re: Loud movies (was: Digital Intgerference)

[Jim Wood, C.P.E.W.]

With regard to film sound, seems to me it's gone downhill over the years, as 
experienced both in theater presentations and with DVD rentals.  Oh, sure, 
I'm getting old(er), but watching any film made before, say, the '70s, every 
word of dialog is still crystal clear.  Take a contemporary film, and my 
wife (who is younger!) and I both comment, "what did he say?", sometimes 
backing up the DVD a couple of times, or even turning on the Closed (Eh, 
what's that, sonny?) Captioning.  Dialog/music/effects ratios don't seem 
right, and diction doesn't seem as important as it once was in film making.

Jim Wood
Brea, CA