The audio is even more important than the visuals, because bad picture quality might make the final product look cheap, but you can still enjoy it, if the story being told is engaging. Bad audio on the other hand just makes the whole thing unbearable. Just think about it, watching a low quality 360p rip of a movie on a laptop might not be the best way to experience it, but you still might do it if you have no better version. But a 4k rip on a 65" tv becomes immediately unwatchable if the audio is distorted or slightly out of sync.The dumbest shyt I read from that excerpt was how he said people don't care what a film is shot on (referencing the iPhone) and then said, but people get pissed if the audio sucks.
He said that like the audio isn't just as important as the visual in this medium of storytelling
Audio is pretty essential in a movie Christopher, if it's not right or off, it becomes a distraction that takes away from what is being shown