“We Were Left Squinting For The Next 45 Minutes” – People Are Sharing The Times Lighting Or Sound In A Show Or Film Made Them Hard AF To Watch
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“We Were Left Squinting For The Next 45 Minutes” – People Are Sharing The Times Lighting Or Sound In A Show Or Film Made Them Hard AF To Watch
No matter how good a film or show is supposed to be, sometimes they can be ~literally~ too dark. In other cases you’ll be turning the sound up and down so much you can barely pay attention to the plot.
So, we recently asked the BuzzFeed Community for the films and TV shows that royally messed up the sound or lighting, and here’s what they said:
1. Dune
Disney+”It sounds like the actors are whispering to each other so you turn it up then there’s an action scene with an explosion and it’s so loud it blows out your speakers.”—zeakins
Watch some of the action here:
HBO“There’s a reason the Game of Thrones fandom jokes that the most useful thing Melisandre did was light a bunch of torches in the final battle against the Night King and even that barely made a difference.
I’m currently rewatching and there are three episodes I’m aware of that cover a single nighttime battle (Blackwater, Castle Black, and Winterfell) and Blackwater is the only one that feels properly lit.”
—kaileym45a986910
“I couldn’t see a thing the whole episode! When the Dothraki had their swords on fire, I said ‘finally! Some light!’ But they all get snuffed out immediately, and we were left squinting for the next 45 minutes.”
—gdp24
Here’s that moment:
Netflix“It had a big issue where I could barely hear any of the dialogue but whenever there was an action scene I had to turn the volume down.”
—6eor6e
Watch one of those action scenes here:
Warner Bros. Pictures“It was so dark I thought there was something wrong with the projector at the theatre I was at.”
—daniellel4b0eefdac
“I could not see or hear a thing in The Batman. It made me so damn mad.”
—lesbianfly
Take a look here:
MTV“You don’t know darkness until you’ve watched Teen Wolf. It’s a wonder we all left that show agreeing that Dylan O’Brien is a star when would could barely even see him.”
—missymoose
Take a look:
Warner Bros. Pictures“It was ridiculous. The sound effects were super loud and the conversation was too quiet. I left the cinema not having a clue what the movie was about and had no inclination to watch it on TV with subtitles to figure it out.”
—sobia88
“Even though it seemed like an interesting movie, I couldn’t push through and watch it because of sound issues.”
—meadowsmiaow
Here’s a clip:
HBO“I am finding that in a few current shows that I watch, whenever there is a nighttime scene or the characters are in dark places wearing dark clothing, I have no idea what they are doing.
A recent example is episode one of The Last of Us. It doesn’t completely ruin the show for me but it is frustrating since I think some important scenes are occurring. I even tried adjusting the brightness on my TV, but it didn’t help at all.”
—hovanmolly
Take a look:
20th Century Fox“Some scenes were so dark that I struggled to see what was happening. Especially at the part where they were making their way to the other base.”
—superkay
Watch the trailer here:
Warner Bros. Pictures“Every movie looks like it was soaked in dirty mop water before release.”
—buzzcat99
Check out the fight scene:
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures“OMG, me and my ex-boyf watched the second Maleficent film and honestly, half of that was just sound effects and dialogue to us both! I hate when movies do that!”
—sam_cleal
Watch the trailer:
Warner Bros. Pictures“I find it difficult with Harry Potter movies – early on you can barely hear dialogue and everyone seems to mutter, then the later films get darker and darker until you can’t see or hear much!”
—leewebdale
13. Marvel movies
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures“I love Marvel movies but the volume levels are ridiculous. I end up rewinding to try and hear what was said then minutes later trying to desperately turn the volume down before my eardrums burst.”
—piercedgirl101
Catch a scene here:
20th Century Fox“Everyone else is fine but Weaver whispers her lines! Had to put the subtitles on just to understand what she was saying.”
—lrb1994
Watch the trailer here:
Disney+“Trying to watch Loki made me pause it and research my TV’s brightness settings online. After an hour trying different recommended settings to improve it, I rang a friend who said he’d also had issues with the muddy dark images that removed all detail in Loki. I don’t even attempt to watch new movies or TV during the day any more if the trailer shows it to be too dark!”
—claire79
Watch a scene pack here:
New Line Cinema“This will date me, but every line Gandalf had in LOTR was impossible for me to hear or understand unless he was shouting.”
—acekingkiwi11
Watch the top five Gandalf scenes here:
Warner Bros. Pictures“I never knew what Bane was saying during in the theatre. I had to put on the subtitles once it was available to rent and only then did I get what was happening.”
—brittany26
Here’s some Bane:
A24“I felt like they spent the whole movie mumbling at me.”
—brittany26
Here’s the trailer:
Warner Bros. Pictures“Otherwise known as: ‘Matthew McConaughey mumbles a lot’.”
—crashedfiesta
Here’s a clip:
AMC“It had the worst audio editing in the history of TV. One minute you’d have it whacked up to hear conversations the next, you’ve got your finger pressing on the down volume button when there are fight scenes so you don’t wake your entire street up.”
—tilliem4e01bc791
Check out a scene here:
RTÉ“I tried watching the season premiere last night and eventually just closed my laptop, I got a headache from trying to see what was going on, their overall aesthetic is quite literally insufferable.”
—jim_lindsay
Here’s the trailer:
Peacock“The music was great but way too loud, I literally had to keep my hand on the remote every time a song played.”
–hanifahrahman
Here’s the trailer:
Summit Entertainment“The blue filter in Twilight pains me.”
–hanifahrahman
Here’s the baseball scene:
View this video on YouTube
What film or show have you experienced this with? Let us know in the comments below!
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