Viewmaster wrote:Interesting but I kinda lost the plot near the end.
One reviewer said that "anybody who claims he fully understands what's going on in Primer after seeing it just once is either a savant or a liar."
As I mentioned earlier I watched it first time with the subtitles on (I realised after 5 minutes I would need to), so you are a brave man indeed going through first time without.
I find I need the subtitles on these days for most US movies, even the big budget ones. It seems everyone these days has gone to the Marlon Brando style acting school. I think they call it "method acting" - I call it "madness acting"
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Of course, like everyone, my hearing has deteriorated with age over the years, but I have no problems hearing and discerning pre 70s stuff - and I haven't committed it all to memory.
An interesting comparison I have noted recently is within the "Dark Knight" series of movies when listening to dialogue between Michael Caine (Alfred the butler) and Christian Bale (Bruce Wayne NOT Batman which is even worse).
Even with Caine's rather strong south London accent his enunciation is much clearer than Christian Bale's (IMHO).
Admittedly Bale (a taffy brought up in England) "affects" an American accent. I have never heard him speak in his native dialect so cannot say whether he normally speaks clearly.