timwedge Reviews

Risen (2021)

Unwatchable - Sound editing is incompetent

[3/10 · 1 May 2022]

Inaudible dialogue coupled with ear-splitting music and sound effects.

Was the story good? Was it bad? The movie was unwatchable. This game with the audio levels is not creative or artistic; it's inane, it's infuriating, and it made the movie unwatchable.

Unearthed (2007)

Shaky camera 100 decibel variations. Not scary, just unpleasant

[2/10 · 19 August 2017]

1. Some people can't watch "shaky camera" scenes. It makes us sick. In this case there was no reason for it. If you want people to not be able to watch your movie, why even make it? Shaking the camera is not a substitute for special effects

2. Painfully loud is not scary. It's not dramatic. When the conversation scenes and the action scenes differ by 100 decibels, it's just painful and unpleasant.

When I have to spend the entire movie making drastic changes to the volume, I'm not being entertained.