[eli5] Why is it so hard to hear the dialogue in a lot of movies and shows when everything else is so loud?

Question

I’m constantly having to turn the volume up and down depending on the what the scene is. It’s not just me either. A lot of people I know have resorted to just turning on the closed captioning so they can hear what they’re saying. I don’t remember this being an issue before.

In: 2005

Answer 1

I’m seeing a lot of comments talking about how the sound is made for cinema’s and that’s why it’s shit on my home tv. But… A lot of times (I’m looking at you Tenet for example) it’s not really any better in cinema’s. The explosions still hurt my ears and I still can’t actually hear what people are saying.