Whats the best movie for surrond sound?

DannyD
DannyD Posts: 133
edited March 2008 in Music & Movies
Well...the title says it all...so what movie is best for sound?:confused:
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  • Sami
    Sami Posts: 4,634
    edited March 2008
    Saving Private Ryan (DTS version) comes to mind first.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited March 2008
    Transformers is good.

    Black Hawk Down is good... the helicopters going overhead is unreal. crank it up when you watch it though. :)
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited March 2008
    Master and Commander
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited March 2008
    Has anyone heard if Saving Private Ryan is coming out on Blu Ray or HD DVD? I hope it does.
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  • Sami
    Sami Posts: 4,634
    edited March 2008
    danger boy wrote: »
    Has anyone heard if Saving Private Ryan is coming out on Blu Ray or HD DVD? I hope it does.

    It's a Spielberg movie so I think we have to wait for a while. The format war ending, I hope that is pushing Spielberg production into BD.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited March 2008
    What's surrond sound?
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • DannyD
    DannyD Posts: 133
    edited March 2008
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    What's surrond sound?

    My bad...fixed the spelling error professor!
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  • AdamRagland
    AdamRagland Posts: 521
    edited March 2008
    bourne ultimatum won academy awards for best sound editing and mixing
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  • hockeyboy
    hockeyboy Posts: 1,428
    edited March 2008
    Saving Ryan is pretty much the best
    U-571
    Chronicles of Riddick
    Apollo 13
    Gladiator
    and definitely Transformers
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  • Racker99
    Racker99 Posts: 13
    edited March 2008
    I heard one reviewer give big props to Crimson Tide during the scene when Gene Hackman is addressing the crew in the rain. He liked it for both good surround & good story.

    There's always the Pod-Race in Star Wars 1, or the elevator scene in the Matrix.
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  • McLoki
    McLoki Posts: 5,231
    edited March 2008
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  • greg2350
    greg2350 Posts: 544
    edited March 2008
    I agree on saving private ryan pretty much the best. I watch it again every time I get some new gear.
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  • millerman 3732
    millerman 3732 Posts: 1,488
    edited March 2008
    The Last Mimzy, I'm not kidding either, some of the craziest surround and LFE effects you will ever here.
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  • klove2
    klove2 Posts: 38
    edited March 2008
    Master and commander is one of the best as far as ambient sounds and noises. Several times it made me check my room for sounds that were coming from the sound track. As far as bass goes the hulk is one of the most underrated sound tracks out there. The fight between the genetic dogs and the hulk is by far one of the best bass producing scenes i have ever heard.
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  • hockeyboy
    hockeyboy Posts: 1,428
    edited March 2008
    Master and Commander does rock out the DTS man. The scene where the ship is broadsiding the other ship blows me away every time. In fact I am going to crack a beer and go watch that scene right now.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited March 2008
    King Kong!
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited March 2008
    I really liked war of the worlds if your sub can go that deep.
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  • ninerbj
    ninerbj Posts: 870
    edited March 2008
    Band Of Brothers
    "she had the body of Venus, with arms."
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited March 2008
    Pearl Harbor.
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  • daboyz
    daboyz Posts: 5,207
    edited March 2008
    LOTR movies
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited March 2008
    AdamRagland wrote: »
    bourne ultimatum won academy awards for best sound editing and mixing

    plus 1 on this, movie was outstanding. If you have HD DVD its even better.
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  • grif32
    grif32 Posts: 267
    edited March 2008
    30 days of Night on BR. The sound that comes out of all your speakers is sick.
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  • hockeyboy
    hockeyboy Posts: 1,428
    edited March 2008
    How about Spiderman 3? That scene where the Sandman is born is awesome.
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  • ryanjoachim
    ryanjoachim Posts: 2,046
    edited March 2008
    grif32 wrote: »
    30 days of Night on BR. The sound that comes out of all your speakers is sick.

    Ditto on this. Just watched it last night. LOTS of bass, and great surround effects.
    Also, Brothers in Arms is an AMAZING SHOW...both in sound and picture. For sound, check out the forest scene with artilery blowing **** up.
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  • hockeyboy
    hockeyboy Posts: 1,428
    edited March 2008
    Are you talking Band of Brothers, or is there a movie called Brothers in Arms?
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  • venomclan
    venomclan Posts: 2,467
    edited March 2008
    Grease 2.
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited March 2008
    The Never Ending Story.
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  • AndyGwis
    AndyGwis Posts: 3,655
    edited March 2008
    The fifth Harry Potter has some good Sh** in it. The part where the building spreads just about freaked me out. Bass coming from everywhere, had to jump for the remote and turn it down before my neighbors killed me. The end scene with Lord V and Dumbledore was pretty good as well.

    Watched part of Matrix Revolutions the other night in HD-DVD and that was pretty awesome as well.

    Actually, any movie turned up loud enough usually sounds pretty good to me.
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  • MKZ
    MKZ Posts: 1,068
    edited March 2008
    Where can I get the Master and Commander DTS? any link?
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  • Gaara
    Gaara Posts: 2,415
    edited March 2008
    MKZ wrote: »
    Where can I get the Master and Commander DTS? any link?

    Best Buy, Amazon, Circuit City...any other store that sells DVDs.

    Most of the usuals have been spoken for. My favs are:

    Bass: The Haunting, War of the Worlds, or U-571
    Surrounds: Saving Private Ryan or Master and Commander
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