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Sevnn
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Joined: 22 Mar 2003
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Location: Kyrat
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I do love the scenes between him and John Lithgow, but I love all the scenes in the movie. I've tried hard, very hard, to find things wrong with it. There are a few but they are more open questions rather than issues. I see areas that some might not enjoy the same way I do, but that makes me like the movie even more.
For example, the soundtrack is mixed very hot on the music side. I've read that some viewers have complained that the dialog is hard to understand in some parts due to the music level. I didn't struggle understanding the dialog but I understand why they think that. However, the music is central, probably the strongest factor in what makes the movie so good. The music is incredible, well thought out, emotional, invoking, and enveloping. Nolan and Zimmer wanted the viewer the music to "... wash over you, like you are on a boat traveling down a river with no control over the boat, you are along for the ride ..." and the succeeded at that. I've listened to the soundtrack for the last week solid, nothing else. I rarely if ever buy music, but I bought two different versions of the soundtrack, its that good.
I hope to see it a couple more times over the next week. If anyone decides to go see it at AMC Quail Springs let me know and I'll try to join you. It is pretty easy for me to get to the 9:50 PM showing during the week, but it depends on the day.
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Sat Jan 10, 2015 1:16 am
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Sevnn
Candy Cane King
Joined: 22 Mar 2003
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Location: Kyrat
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I get that Shinare and I've complained about a lot of movies lately using music to create artificial suspense at the expense of dialog. In the case of Interstellar though, it has purpose and the dialog that is lost is often much less important than the effect provided by the music.
Do you watch subtitled movies at home? My wife has significant hearing loss and struggles in most every movie she sees to understand the dialog. She has developed an ability to lip read well enough to make up for a lot of the loss, but we watch everything in subtitles at the house. I've grown used to it and miss it even though I can hear the dialog just fine (as long as the music isn't mixed too hot).
When we go to AMC, and if I remember to do it, I'll grab one of their little subtitle readers. You stick it in the cup holder, bend the arm to the right place, sync it to the theater you are in, and you get all the dialog in subtitles. We did this on Friday night for my 5th watch of Interstellar. I was very focused on her interaction during the movie and hoped she'd enjoy it even a fraction to the level that I do. She was able to follow most of the movie without the screen but when an actor would turn from the camera I would see her look down to see what was being said. I pointed to the subtitle screen a few times in the movie when I knew the dialog was going to move faster or have funny/critical information.
FWIW, I focused on the subtitles given that I had seen it 4x already and was curious how much dialog I had missed or misunderstood. There were only a few words in the movie that I hadn't understood properly and only 1 line that I didn't hear well enough to even have a guess at it.
For those who are considering taking their significant others, she cried through most of the movie, was super focused, and loved it.
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Mon Jan 12, 2015 2:47 pm
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