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Thank you for the recommendations, Alan - House of Flying Daggers was astonishing. I say this even though the DVD was scratched and we ended up not being able to watch the whole thing (going to try again with a new rental place). But the stones on the drums and the bamboo forest were amazing!

-Brian

War of the Worlds for sub. One of my favorites to demo to friends that doesn't get much mention is We Were Soldiers. Love the helicopters panning around overhead and how sometimes the sub thumps with each round fired from Mel's M16 (only some scenes do this). I also like the intro scene to Behind Enemy lines when the F18 is engaged and eventually shot down. I think if could have been mixed much better; but it's still darn good.

Thx for the House of Flying Daggers recomendation... last night we rented it and IMO that is the best movie out there to show off your surrounds. Excelent movie.

I just it rented today, going to watch tonight

After watching House of Flying Daggers, I would have to agree it is a remakably well done for surround sound, visually it is stunning also.

I finnaly watched The Incredibles last nite too. I was really impressed with the overall sound quality of that movie (in DD EX even).

Love threads like this, finding out what else to watch that makes my system sound good.

I watched Phoenix last night (checking them off my list!) and I could have sworn in the cabin with those folks! Amazing. The rest of the movie wasn't much to write home about but there were some cool effects.

-Brian

My fav has always been Star Wars 1 Pod racing scene. Recently my wife put on Titanic and the scene when all the people were in the water really freaked me out! It was like they were in the room !

Black Hawk Down had a few good sound scenes ,like the bullets wizzing sounds ! Love that!

Bumping this thread a bit. As a budding NASCAR fan, we rented Days of Thunder last night - haven't seen it in years. Now I remember why. Sound was pretty good on the track but the story is just absurd. Even my wife who has been to one, and ONLY one race said, "oh come ON! They'd red flag after something like THAT!" Hee hee

Also interesting how old it was - open helmets, no HANS device, etc.

-Brian n8wrl

-Brian

People tend to choose films with loud and booming tracks... although improtant and a great "WOW" factor: I feel that sometimes the softer moments of a great mix can really show off system.
Try, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS = this film was re-mixed from mono into 5.1. It also decodes excellently into 6.1 or 7.1 There's a scene on disc1 where John Derek is talking to Debra Paget amongs the slaves. In 6.1/7.1 the sounds of other slaves digging and chippng away at stone can be heard in the rear. Also in that film on disc 2 during the Passover cries of the dying are heard in stereo in the surrounds. Back on disc1 you will hear sounds of people yell, moaning "MOSES" in the wind when Moses is exilded into desert, at night.
In THE EXORCIST: THE VIERSION YOU NEVER SAW you will hear excellent rear to front panning when Ellen Byrnstern brings home Father Karras to look at ther daughter. The sould of rasping breating can be heard in the right surround and it pan forward as they walk up the stairs - creepy. Also in that same film during the exorcism, just after the priests take a break Father enters the room alone to see a vision of his mother sitting on the bed. Sounds of wailing and crying are heard in stereo in the surrounds.
In THE SOUND OF MUSIC dialog and singing is panned across the front soundstage making a very realistic performance.
The TOWERING INFERNO, new delux edition has extremely wide open music in the front.
Films with a wide frontal exchange of effects are the GODZILLA film produced in the 90's available from Sony/Tristar. ALthough 5.1 they too decode great in 6.1/7.1 , try GODZILLA, MOTHRA, KING GHIDORAH: ALL MONSTERS ATTACK - There's plenty of boom, frontal panning and great side/surround stereo panning to the front. Great fun.