the reason why the movie bombed

I don't think the soundtrack volume overpowered the dialogue.
It would actually be a shame to push this amazing soundtrack to the background.

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1) This movie did not bomb in any way - it has made 100's of millions of dollars worldwide from theaters, DVD and cable/satellite!

2) I personally loved the movie's score - thought it did a lot to enhance the movie!

i think the sound mixing was a bit off and i had to turn on subtitles to catch all the dialog. however i thought the score was great.

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Reality is subjective.

Yes! Terrible use of music IMO. Might not be the reason it bombed (that may have had a lot to do with how sloooow and ponderous the scenes were) but it certainly couldn't have helped.

It sucked.

This is one of the more ludicrous things I've ever read on this website. Your assessment that the movie's failure at the (domestic) box office was because "...the music score was louder than the characters [sic] dialogue" is...insane. For the very basest of arguments, I offer this: It's quite a popular opinion that last summer's Christopher Nolan feature "Interstellar" had rather the same problem: the music at times overpowered most everything - including dialogue. Well, that movie did alright, making $671 million worldwide, so your idea that a (professional) movie's (professional) sound-mix can affect it's box office success is at BEST] un...sound?

Also, it's apparent you're not a music fan, so I don't hold this against you, but saying "...the music should have slightly lower key [sic]" is way, way off. The music's key is a completely different concept than the music's volume...Key having to do with note. As in, on a piano, each key is a different note - a musical piece's key being the root note of the composition. You follow? The music's volume in this movie's case is just...well, how loud the recorded music was mixed into the film.

I myself found no problems with the music's mix in the movie, though I'm basing this from the movie's Blu-ray release, and who knows, maybe they fixed any problems with the mix here. Hell, I found no fault in "Interstellar's" rather bold mix, for that matter; the music was LOUD, to be sure, but the whole experience worked. At least for me.

That's all! Have a good day.

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I agree, just watched this movie, and I thought it was me, the more they talked the louder the music got, if you turned up the volume the music got louder, it seemed to be worse during the conversations between Joe and Susan. I wanted to enjoy the movie, but was unable to hear most of conversations due to the music.

I agree....Why did the 2 main actors (Pitt & Forlani) either mumble their lines constantly OR whisper their lines almost the entire movie?... (ONE main exception: Anthony did NOT mumble and he was the best actor in this movie,imho).
And yes, the music score was way too loud and since the actors mumbled so much , it really took away from this movie.
Basically---Poor editing and poor directing.
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