Gone, Girl!

     I've heard favorable reviews of the movie, "Gone Girl," thought I might like to see it when it came out, and so when one of the morning talk shows announced they were going to air a clip, I was interested in watching it.  I did so, and now I'm not sure.
   The TV hosts and one of the stars of the movie engaged in considerable conversation  leading up to the actual clip, and I could understand every word they said.  Then the clip aired, featuring  dialog between two of the actors, and I might as well have gone deaf.  If I said I couldn't understand a word that was uttered, that might be an overstatement, but if I said I couldn't understand 90% of the dialog, that would be dead-on accurate.
      No doubt, I have incurred some hearing loss, but why it demonstrates itself only selectively I don't comprehend.  It must be the acoustics in the recording studio, but when actors do what actors do, and pretend to talk only to each other, that's precisely how it comes across to me--as if I'm not in on the conversation.  I know this is not specific just to me, because in the theater, viewers are constantly asking, "What  did he say?"   Not all who ask are of a certain age, either, but because I am, I make a concerted effort not to ask that question, and most of the time what is said is not that important anyway.  Maybe I'll just read the book.