Indeed, the most substantial and
clear dialogue in the film comes from a drunken party guest (Will Oldham) whose philosophy could be embraced as the crux of the film or dismissed as philosophical rambling — the film works with either take.
Not exact matches
The actual sound design of the
film is a little less impressive; while wholly clean and
clear in presentation,
dialogue is a bit flat and the use of the surrounds is a little erratic.
The movie's theatrical Dolby Digital 5.1 sound mix is reproduced here accurately, with crystal -
clear dialogue in the centre channel that's been perfectly recorded, ensuring you don't miss a word of this decidedly
dialogue - based
film.
All voice and
dialogue sounds
clear and there are no overbearing drops
in quality during the
films run time.
This is Tarantino, so the
film is all about
dialogue and character and not really breathtaking cinematography, so other than Tarantino's firm belief
in preserving 70 mm, I'm not
clear why he's pushing it for this particular
film.
A 5.1 Dolby Digital track is somewhat underutilized and a little quiet, but there is also a lack of any real need for bombastic five - channel audio pyrotechnics
in the
film; all that you need know is the
dialogue sounds
clear and the indie soundtrack is appropriately evocative of the Chelsea underground nightlife.
In fact Peeta, who is still something of a liability during the actual games (he does temporarily die, after all), thanks to some sensitive writing, gets to deliver some decent dialogue that suggests his independent thought processes, and makes it clear that Katniss, to her credit and that of the film, has a choice to make not between Hottie 1 and Hottie 2, but between two different young men who are defined by different things in the wider world, and not just their relationship to he
In fact Peeta, who is still something of a liability during the actual games (he does temporarily die, after all), thanks to some sensitive writing, gets to deliver some decent
dialogue that suggests his independent thought processes, and makes it
clear that Katniss, to her credit and that of the
film, has a choice to make not between Hottie 1 and Hottie 2, but between two different young men who are defined by different things
in the wider world, and not just their relationship to he
in the wider world, and not just their relationship to her.
Although he mostly shows it with snippy
dialogue and rigidly controlled schedules, Daniel Day - Lewis» Reynolds Woodcock is a fussy little dude, something made especially
clear in a deleted scene that Anderson recently released to promote the
film's upcoming home release, showing the Woodcock siblings descend from prodding at each other into a full - on food fight.
It is
clear, however, that the people who made Your Highness looked at all that wooden
dialogue, all those terrible special effects, and all of those bare - breasted women and said, «Y ’ know, it's been too long since someone made a
film in this genre.»
Mostly, the track benefits from the
clear placement of
dialogue in the centre channel, but Michael J. Lewis's score gets a nice boost from Rowe's liberal use of the surrounds (this may be a good or bad thing, depending on how you feel about Lewis's adventure -
film approach).
As the
film begins, Joe is being released from prison after a six - year stretch, though the details of his crimes are slow to emerge; conversations with the ironically named Lieutenant Pleasant (Gary Cole) makes it
clear that Joe was previously on the force, where both were involved
in graft and murder, but the
dialogue throughout is naturalistic rather than expository.
This track provides
clear dialogue and the incidental music
in the
film sounds very good.
The DVDs Dolby Digital 5.1 audio track works very well as it offers
clear dialogue and, more importantly, does a great job with the music
in the
film.
It's
clear that the screenwriters (Ross, series creator Suzanne Collins and State of Play screenwriter Billy Ray) are using the expanded viewpoint to begin sowing seeds for the sequel — specifically Snow's words about «a spark» needing be contained —
dialogue that not - so - subtly refers to the title of already -
in - progress sequel
film, Catching Fire.
As with the first two
films, it's
clear that expository
dialogue works better
in book form.
This disc's Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo track does a capable job with the
film's workmanlike audio design -
dialogue is
clear and natural, «Death and the Maiden» sounds nice as a result of accurate fidelity, and although there's very little
in the way of exciting audio moments, the few gun shots and loud crashes come through smashingly.