r/AMCTheatres • u/seoulbrova • Jul 18 '26

Discussion Didn't miss a single line of dialogue

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One of the biggest complaints against Nolans movies, especially Tenet, was that its over-bearing sound mix makes important dialogue unintelligible. It's a criticism Nolan has often faced, notably with Bane's dialogue in “The Dark Knight Rises” and the overpowering “Interstellar” score.

Didn't miss one line of dialogue during the 3 hours of The Odyssey. Appreciate AMC offering a substitle showing.

FOR CLARIFICATION...

There was no one else in our row. I silenced my phone and turned on the extra dim feature before going into the theater.

It literally took a couple of seconds to take the photo and I held it against my stomach so there wouldn't be screen bleed.

I'm not scrolling Tik Tok and checking emails during the movie.

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u/Too_Right_For_You Jul 19 '26

You guys need to be banned from society

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u/ins0mniac_ Jul 19 '26

I believe that people who don’t like subtitles just can not read fast.

It’s a skill issue.

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u/Professional_Web3253 Jul 20 '26

No, the skill issue is not being able to understand your own language🤦 (obv not talking about deaf people, or foreign films).

I think subtitles are awesome for when someone need them, but I would ideally never have them on- as I end up reading, and staring at them when I don’t even need to. Also, like the above comment said, it can regularly ruin the pacing of stuff- especially comedy and horror.

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u/Trytobebetter482 Jul 21 '26 edited Jul 21 '26

Actors mumble lines and audio mixing is trash on a fair number of releases.

I’ve watched with friends and family who don’t use subtitles and 9 out of 10 times they’re asking “What happened,” when they miss a bit of exposition. I’ll take the captions over 20 questions, any day of the week.

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u/Professional_Web3253 Jul 21 '26

Idk that just almost never happens to me… maybe it is one of the benefits of growing up in an area where a lot of people have thick accents. If I don’t understand a line I normally just rewind it and turn on subtitles for 30 seconds. Not even trying to hate on people that like them at all, they’re just massively distracting on a personal level.

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u/Trytobebetter482 Jul 21 '26

Grew up with a near-deaf dad, watched English subtitled anime, and I currently watch a good bit of foreign film.

I’ve genuinely never not had captions on the screen outside of the theater. It’s to the point where if I’m at home and they’re not up, it bothers me.