Comment by bee_rider
17 hours ago
The sound mixing does seem to have gotten much worse over time.
But also, people in old movies often enunciated very clearly as a stylistic choice. The Transatlantic accent—sounds a bit unnatural but you can follow the plot.
In older movies and TV shows the actors would also speak loudly. There’s a lot of mumbling and whispering in shows today.
Lots of the early actors were highly experienced at live stage acting (without microphones) and radio (with only microphone) before they got into video.
Not just old movies. Anything until mid-2000s or 2010s.
Yes, I forgot to mention that by "old movies" I mean things like Back to the Future. After a lifetime of watching it dubbed, I watched it with the original audio around a year ago, and I was surprised how clear the dialogues are compared to modern movies.