Best movie to show off system?

JimAckley
JimAckley Posts: 1,138
edited March 2011 in Music & Movies
I've got a friend who keeps talking about how awesome Bose's new TV is, and so I figured I'd invite him over to hear the LSi's. What movie(s) do you guys think have the best effects, etc? I know War of the Worlds is one. Got any ideas for others?
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  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,711
    edited February 2011
    Saving Private Ryan................nuff said :wink:
    Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
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  • skipf
    skipf Posts: 694
    edited February 2011
    Pink Floyd's "The Wall".
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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 8,121
    edited February 2011
    There are several really good threads here, I think that some might focus on subwoofer but good overall suggestions nonetheless.

    here's a good one..http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=100812
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  • nguyendot
    nguyendot Posts: 3,594
    edited February 2011
    Any movie with good sound ;)
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  • jflail2
    jflail2 Posts: 2,868
    edited February 2011
    Hah, I had to google after re-reading "Bose tv" half a dozen times:


    The $5,349 Bose VideoWave combines a surround system with a 46-inch LCD TV.

    Ummm...WOW. So my dad just dropped $1500 on a sick 46" Sony LED. That leaves me with $3850 for a HT system..........

    I'm not the brightest of bulb on the best of days, but $3800+ for a "user friendly HT setup" is flat ridiculous. I've seen some pretty insane equipment flow through the flea market here over the years. I guess it just blows my mind how anyone would see the value in that Bose setup....

    To each his own obviously but still...
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  • DMara
    DMara Posts: 1,434
    edited February 2011
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  • coolsax
    coolsax Posts: 1,824
    edited February 2011
    Either of the Iron Man's or even the opening sequence of Fellowship of the Ring...
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,181
    edited February 2011
    The animated movie called "9"

    The sound and graphics will pull you in and hold you untill the end...:wink:



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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,317
    edited February 2011
    mrbiron wrote: »
    Saving Private Ryan................nuff said :wink:

    +++1 The opening seen and the last part when the Germans roll the tanks in and they ambush...the tanks will feel like they are in your living room

    I used this movie several times when I first got hooked up
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited February 2011
    The Human Centipede.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • skrol
    skrol Posts: 3,387
    edited February 2011
    The one that comes to my mind is "Total Recall"; especially when the dome is ruptured and Arnold's eyes pop out of his head when he is exposed to no atmosphere on the surface of Mars.

    First time I saw this back was in 1990 on a laser disc played through a friends Sansui system with 21" woofers. It shook the entire trailer and then the breaker popped and everything went black.

    Well, it seemed good at the time. Probably not by today's standards. ... Carry on...
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  • conqur
    conqur Posts: 80
    edited February 2011
    i would have to go with any of the hellboys and percy jackson and the olympians. percy jackson has some tremendously deep bass as do the hellboys.
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  • kawizx9r
    kawizx9r Posts: 5,150
    edited February 2011
    Iron Man cave scene.

    War of the World's pod scene.
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  • Erik Tracy
    Erik Tracy Posts: 4,673
    edited February 2011
    coolsax wrote: »
    Either of the Iron Man's or even the opening sequence of Fellowship of the Ring...
    kawizx9r wrote: »
    Iron Man cave scene.

    +1 to these.

    In FotR: Prologue when Isildur cuts the One Ring from Sauron and he explodes - deep almost subsonic effect.

    and don't forget the scene of The Bridge of Khazad-dum when the Balrog faces Gandalf: like a blast furnace from hell belching forth hate and wrath. :eek:

    Iron Man 1: Cave scene - dang - first time I thought we were having an earthquake at the same time!

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  • thsmith
    thsmith Posts: 6,082
    edited February 2011
    Super Fuzz or is super bad. English cop comedy with a lot of LFE. You can find some movie samplers on the web that have clips from movies with a lot LFE.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited February 2011
    rooftop59 wrote: »
    There are several really good threads here, I think that some might focus on subwoofer but good overall suggestions nonetheless.

    here's a good one..http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=100812
    Good link... many more system oriented selections in that thread, e.g., "Master and Commander", compared to this one.
    More later,
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  • WastelandWand'r
    WastelandWand'r Posts: 466
    edited February 2011
    The intro to the original Matrix where Trinity is chased down to the phone booth is excellent for bass, and most importantly surround. After that the stellar acting of Keanu Reeves overshadows everything.
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  • renowilliams
    renowilliams Posts: 920
    edited February 2011
    My favourite for sound is U-571....that depth charger run is amazing....in fact sound is great throughout the movie. I'm sure his bose system can't do it justice.
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  • shawn474
    shawn474 Posts: 3,052
    edited February 2011
    renowilliams wrote: »
    My favourite for sound is U-571....that depth charger run is amazing....in fact sound is great throughout the movie. I'm sure his bose system can't do it justice.


    +1; that is my favorite "show-off my system" movie to my friends.
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited February 2011
    Transformers, IM 2, WOTW,
    I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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  • bsoko2
    bsoko2 Posts: 1,449
    edited February 2011
    Valkryie - P51 attack on the German troops thru Hitler landing at the airstrip on the Eastern Front. This is scene #2 and #3.
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  • Polkie2009
    Polkie2009 Posts: 3,834
    edited February 2011
    +1 on the P51 air attack at the beginning, the rapid fire of the guns will practically shake your teeth loose!!!
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  • boomerfss
    boomerfss Posts: 125
    edited February 2011
    I think Children of Men has some pretty good sound. Good visually as well.
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 1,225
    edited February 2011
    Keiko wrote: »
    :eek: :biggrin:

    Geez, Mike! I recently streamed this on netflix. Not particularly bloody or gorey, but the entire concept is disgusting. And that doctor character is genuinely, creepy. Definitely in my top 10 most sickening. :tongue:

    Janey watched part of it and got kinda pissed at me for loading it. lol!

    You must have missed the discussion of this one in that top 15 most disturbing movies thread. Tisk, tisk. :cool:
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,056
    edited February 2011
    There is a THX disk with many scenes from different movies it also includes all the THX intros ever made along with DTS. lots of starwars in it. The Pod race is in it and it a great test for bass and for surround.
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited February 2011
    Master & Commander, U-571 Depth Charge scene, Iron Man 2 near the end where they go to show to demo bots (tons of surround and bass), Inception, Dark Knight when Batman exits the Bmobile and the car says "goodbye". , All of these should be lossless audio if you have them on BD and sound excellent. If you have the scary flick Pulse, there is a scene toward the end that is a work out the subs, it is a very low Pulse that goes down to around 10hz and sounded sick on my dual SVS PB12/plus 2 subs.
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  • bsoko2
    bsoko2 Posts: 1,449
    edited February 2011
    Go here for all kinds of clips already to be downloaded to DVD: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=575236
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  • nguyendot
    nguyendot Posts: 3,594
    edited February 2011
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    +++1 The opening seen and the last part when the Germans roll the tanks in and they ambush...the tanks will feel like they are in your living room

    I used this movie several times when I first got hooked up

    I agree with this now... I played it yesterday to test out the newish system after selling off two old receivers.... mmmm Omaha Beach
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  • cnoat
    cnoat Posts: 315
    edited February 2011
    Machete sounds really good.
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  • chong138
    chong138 Posts: 11
    edited February 2011
    I like checking out the opening scene to the dark knight, and also the truck chase scene through the tunnel.
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