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Is it just me or was Blade Runner 2049 LOUD?

posted 7 years ago by Clouseau2 (164)
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Perhaps it's because of my age (I'm 46) but I noticed this issue in Dunkirk and Blade Runner 2049, which each had Hand Zimmer composing the music.

The soundtrack for Blade Runner was deafening, although not as crazy as Dunkirk, where I had to cover my ears for big chunks of the film.

I know that this may be an issue with the AMC theater I go to, but I was having a hard time understanding dialogue in both films because my ear drums were being blasted out by the sound track during the action sequences.

Did anyone else have this experience, or is this my own personal problem?

[–] Elemenope153 (16) 7 years ago

I went twice, and it was pretty loud the second time (was in IMAX) but they had a great sound system at that theater so there were no real distortions from vibrating plastic etc. I thought it was loud but sounded great. I remember the music and ambient sounds that played as K drove to the LAPD office for the first time. Combined with all the views of the city, it builds up this amazing atmosphere of this dark, monolithic megacity with buildings that get more impossibly huge and honeycombed as he flies deeper and deeper in.

Some sound effects were too loud, like at the beginning the sound of Sapper's body hitting the floor was almost as loud as K's gunshots to kill him, I noticed. But it depends on the individual theater and their sound setup, and where you sit.

[–] Surpriseiiime (96) 7 years ago

It was certainly loud in parts... more than it needed to be