the reason why the movie bombed
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fugazzi49 — 12 years ago(November 17, 2013 09:23 PM)
The movie couldn't have bombed because of a loud score because that's an after the fact judgement. You would have to buy a ticket and see the movie in order to make that judgement. Except for musicals, the music in films is rarely mentioned in reviews or talked about by the public in general. The score of Meet Joe Black is generally held to be one of the finest scores of recent years. Sound and volume are very subjective and other people may have found it just right. The movie "bombed" because people were put off by the idea of a film about death around the Christmas holiday. It should have been released in October. It's a great film that deserves a critical reasesment.
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Thrillseeker303 — 12 years ago(December 09, 2013 11:24 AM)
I don't think the soundtrack volume overpowered the dialogue.
It would actually be a shame to push this amazing soundtrack to the background.
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bijinius — 11 years ago(February 12, 2015 11:29 AM)
This is one of the more ludicrous things I've ever read on this website. Your assessment that the movie's failure at the (domestic) box office was because "the music score was louder than the characters [sic] dialogue" isinsane. For the very basest of arguments, I offer this: It's quite a popular opinion that last summer's Christopher Nolan feature
"Interstellar"
had rather the same problem: the music at times overpowered most everything - including dialogue. Well, that movie did
alright
, making $671 million worldwide, so your idea that a (professional) movie's (professional) sound-mix can affect it's box office success is at BEST] unsound?
Also, it's apparent you're not a music fan, so I don't hold this against you, but saying "the music should have slightly lower key [sic]" is way, way off. The music's key is a completely different concept than the music's volume
Key
having to do with
note.
As in, on a piano, each key is a different note - a musical piece's
key
being the root note of the composition. You follow? The music's volume in this movie's case is justwell, how loud the recorded music was mixed into the film.
I myself found no problems with the music's mix in the movie, though I'm basing this from the movie's Blu-ray release, and who knows, maybe they fixed any problems with the mix here. Hell, I found no fault in
"Interstellar's"
rather bold mix, for that matter; the music was LOUD, to be sure, but the whole experience worked. At least for me.
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jowilson10010 — 10 years ago(August 03, 2015 09:12 AM)
I agree, just watched this movie, and I thought it was me, the more they talked the louder the music got, if you turned up the volume the music got louder, it seemed to be worse during the conversations between Joe and Susan. I wanted to enjoy the movie, but was unable to hear most of conversations due to the music.
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DreamsAgain — 10 years ago(November 13, 2015 09:24 AM)
I agree.Why did the 2 main actors (Pitt & Forlani) either mumble their lines constantly OR whisper their lines almost the entire movie? (ONE main exception: Anthony did NOT mumble and he was the best actor in this movie,imho).
And yes, the music score was way too loud and since the actors mumbled so much , it really took away from this movie.
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lantzn — 9 years ago(September 05, 2016 02:01 PM)
Even though I don't agree with the OP, word of mouth travels fast. People often tell family and friends about movies they just saw. If someone said they didn't like a movie because they couldn't hear the dialogue or any other reason it could sway a person not to see a film or just wait to rent it.
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rainegrewal — 9 years ago(September 01, 2016 01:38 PM)
Don't know if it bombed. When it came out in the theatres, it got so-so reviews.
I've seen this movie more than a handful of times now, and each time, we need to put on the captions. I agree the mix of music and dialogue is all wrong.
Great movie!!