I have no comment on sound mixing in general, but just to add context here, Chris Nolan intended[0] for the dialogue in some of the scenes to be inaudible over the score.
replyI think this is often difficult for people who treat films as logical instead of experiential.
Nonetheless, it is inaccurate to characterise it as poorly mixed, since the goal was for the score to somewhat drown out the dialogue, and the mixing achieves that goal. You can disagree that this is a desirable outcome for the viewer, but art is ultimately subjective.
0 - https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/cjtlzp/comment/evg2js...
Quality reference there.
replyPerhaps because these movies were mixed for theaters with very specific digital sound setups and now lots of people see them for the first time at home.
replyNo, it’s the same issue in theaters.
replyTo be fair, the problem of matching to soundtracks to people's real listening environments is not entirely solved. That is, back in the DVD a lot of DVDs had a weak 5.1 mix because it was designed to sound OK if you played it back on a 2-channel system so you wouldn't really use the center channel. Then in the Blu-Ray age they got more aggressive with the 5.1 track at risk that you'd miss the dialog if your settings weren't right.
replySo on top of movies that aren't legible in the theater there is plenty of trouble that comes up in the mixing for home theater.
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replyYeah I've seen them in theatres. Doesn't really help.
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