Sunday, December 29, 2013

'Moonfleet' - Fails.

Sky has been promoting its 'Moonfleet' two parter for at least three weeks.
The sound quality of the voices was so poor that my wife urged me to turn it off - which I did most happily after seeing a fair chunk. It mattered not whether it was street, beach or tavern - all were the same muffled sounds. Maybe it improved later on - we did not bovver to find out.
Mumbling from the actors combined with obtrusive background noise and listening became a strain for two people with pretty excellent hearing. I have heard far better soundtracks from films produced in the 1930s. If this is supposed to be some sort of 'realism' - it failed!
(Who was mumbling? - Clue above!)

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