No, it's Not Just Me/You: "Why Can't We Hear Movie Dialogue Anymore?" (YT Vid)

[tanyev]

16. Also, WHY ARE SOME MOVIES/SHOWS SO FRICKIN' DARK?

I don’t mean the subject matter, I mean you can’t SEE anything that is happening.

I’ve noticed this in a lot of things, but I guess most recently in The Rings of Power. Scenes that were lit well were beautiful—obviously a lot of money went into that production. But there were a lot of scenes that took place at night, or underground, or for some reason needed to be darker, but they were so dark you couldn’t see anything that was happening. Why??

I just keep my tablet handy now. If the screen is too dark, I’ll check the new posts on DU until they get back to something that’s visible.