Rick Paquin – Google

Audio engineering was horrible. It either blasts you out of the room, or you can’t hear it. And, the audio fidelity was poor. No top end to really year the orchestra. I got tired of running the volume up and down for each loud passage so would up not hearing most of it. Totally amazing how today’s audio engineers can destroy what appeared to be a good film. I’m learning not to bother with newer films because of their poor audio engineering.

The technical aspects of the films production ruined what should have been a highly rated film. Images were too dark and tinted, which looked fake. In some cases scenes were almost unviewable. Audio was also too low. I understand that film producers want to set a mood or specific ambience to a film by special tinting and lower light levels, but I'm tired of producers who go so overboard with these effects such that it results in a fake and unwatchable appearance, thus distracting from the powerful effect of the storyline itself. Producers need to practice more subtle artificial effects so that they add to the storyline, vs. competing with it. I got tired of trying to strain to see various parts of the film, not to mention voices that were down too far in the mud, that I eventually turned it off. Maybe someday another film producer will do a better job.

The only good part of this film were the actors. Many reviewers state that it was funny. I've enjoyed comedy my entire life. In my opinion, great comedies make you laugh until you cry. And if a comedy is REALLY great, you can watch it over and over and laugh and cry each time. So, ok, I hope I never see this film again. I got bored and decided to clean my aquarium. I really don't understand how these fine acting professionals decided this was a good film to make.