Is it just me, or has audio mixing gotten worse?
The dialogue is whispered. I turn it up to hear what they are saying. Then suddenly BOOM! An explosion or music swell happens and it wakes up the neighbors. I scramble to turn it down.
I shouldn't have to "ride the volume" just to watch a movie on a Friday night. I basically have to watch everything with subtitles on now, even in my native language.
Is this an artistic choice or just bad engineering for home TVs?