Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-04-11 (Thursday)

On Fri, 12 Apr 2024 11:57:06 -0700, Arthur Lipscomb
<arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:

On 4/12/2024 11:16 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

On 4/12/24 10:12 AM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:
 

I watched:
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Civil War (theatrical) New war movie written and directed by Alex
Garland.  The movie is set in the near future where the United States
is at the end of a brutal civil war.  The plot follows 4 journalist as
the make their way from New York to D.C. for what they hope will be an
interview with the President.  I went in not knowing what to expect
other than it was getting great reviews.  I was taken aback by just
how intense this movie is.  It's like the opening of Saving Private
Ryan mixed with the opening Farm House scene in Inglorious Basterds or
pretty much any Tarantino flick where you are on the edge of your seat
waiting to see who will die.  This is almost non stop action and when
the action does stop, then it becomes an edge of your seat thriller. 
I think this movie probably gave me PTSD!  I also noticed, and I
almost never notice this, but the sound mix on this movie is one of
the best I've ever heard in a theater.  This movie is definitely one
for the theater, in the biggest screen with the best sound possible.

 
Not true!! All the home theater nerds will tell you that if you have a
good enough TV and sound system (IOW, top-of-the-line stuff), it will be
better than any theater experience, save for IMAX.
 
I believe they are now correct on this point (especially with
top-of-the-line OLED TV, and a Dolby 5-7+-whatever speaker sound system).
 

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I generally agree.  My home audio system (to my ears at least) is as
good or better than the local theater.  That's why this sound mix stood
out so much.  Granted I did see it in a Dolby Theater which is obviously
going to have a top of the line sound system/mix.  But this one in
particular stood out like no other.

The only problem I have with the theaters is they tend to overdo the
bass. I've seen this now in multiple theaters where the bass is turned
up enough to become almost painful at times. The latest offender was
Dune 2 at a local place that has the state of the art digital playback
system. It was great most of the time but there were a few times when
the sound really kicked that I winced. Still a great movie to see in a
theater.