Do movies & TV shows seem really fast? (Poll)

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I don't know if it's just me, or if it's because of my hearing impairment or my Asperger's, but I've always had a hard time following the conversation in many/most movies and on TV. Even with closed captioning (subtitles) I find myself repeating many segments in order to understand everything that was said.

It just seems like everyone is talking so unbelievably fast... can anyone relate?

They don't seem, they are!

Oh, the dialogue? I like subtitles too. Might be a factor of Auditory Processing Disorder. I am not good at catching dialogue.

I don't think they seem fast, except when I'm watching silent films

I have the same auditory processing disorder in movies that I have when people in Real Life are trying to talk to me...I don't notice any difference, except I can't go "What?" and annoy the heck out of them =/

Just gives me a reason to rewatch it (unless it's not good).

Wow - this is great! Some of you can relate!

Yes, it definitely happens to me in social situations also, but I've learned to avoid those more and more - just too painful for me to feel so... like I'm in a bubble, just observing, but not following, not taking part, and eventually I almost feel invisible... like people really don't even notice I'm there. And over the last few years the few people I had in my life have all decided to reject me, so now I have zero social life. So now I pretty much only notice this when watching movies or TV.

So I must have this auditory processing disorder alongside my hearing problem, which would explain why hearing aids don't work for me (they actually irritate the hell out of me by amplifying all kinds of annoying background noise while at the same time not making it any easier to actually UNDERSTAND people).

And all this time these bastard ear doctors and audiologists have been treating me as if I'm just a difficult patient, don't want to help myself, am "vain" about wearing hearing aids, or whatever.

Yes, I have the same problem! It always seems like the characters are mumbling, so I have to put on the closed captions in order to understand everything that's being said.

Yes, I can. I always use closed captions. Even if I can understand everything that's being said, I use them anyway.

I often like closed captioning but I don't like the words on the screen either. The closed captioning helps even though it can be annoying to me.

Also, I'm not sure if this has to do with hearing and movies but I don't get some things at times. With movies, rather than books, the movie just keeps going so I have to accept that and go with the movie ( I push pause a lot and ask my girlfriend what is going on). With books I have to re-read often which becomes frustrating (I have mild dyslexia, but that's not the issue. It appears my counselor is still in the process of figuring it out. He works with learning disabilities as well),

I think this happens for various reasons. I go off into my own little world and also sometimes I just don't fully get what's going on.

I use close captions but really my brain could process watching 2 movies at the same time. I usually don't even just "watch TV" I usually sit at the computer and watch TV while playing games, researching s**t and whatever else. My little brother is the same way though he doesn't even feel the need to look at the TV.

I have to use subtitles on films and games on my PC Monitor because the bass in the surround sound muffles out people's voices. Also there is no sound from the actual Monitor so I have to use speakers.

I have this problem but not so much with the talking ( I watch everything with subtitles so not a problem - only a problem for me in real life with real people) . I do however with have a problem the way the camera goes from one shot to the next so fast and from so many different angles. Does my head in!! Especially in action films. It too fast and stressful. I can't concentrate ! !!

That's why I love old films from the 40s 50s 60s . One camera . Slow enuciated communications. No stress.

I don't have problems with understanding, dialogues aren't too fast to me, but I really like subtitles. I'm a visual thinker, so I must see.

Ugh, I can't stand that. We call it "MTV editing" and there are some movies that do it so bad, that I can't even watch them Fortunately most of them aren't very good to begin with...I try to tolerate it in Chronicles of Riddick though, just because I like that series so much =/ I hope the new ones won't do it.



Not always. There's a Bond movie, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, that does it really, really bad.

they ARE mumbling. damned method acting.

I was watching an espisode of Fringe the other night and I noticed that they hardly stopped to get a breather in! The scenes and camera shots can be quite fast sometimes.