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With all the posts around here about this movie I finally got around to watching it again.

The opening volley scared the bjesus out of my son.

I had forgotten how good this movie is and with such an incredible soundtrack its even better. I was quite impressed with the amount of rumble and shake I got out of my ep350.

This is the exact reason why anointed tarps should be an integral part of everyone's HT.

That was one of the first movies I watched with my Axioms and that first scene totally freaked me out thinking that there were people running around up on the roof when it was on the deck of the ship in the movie.

Great audio.

There was a lot of stuff like that in the soundtrack that really impressed me. After watching this movie I am surprised that there isn't more on other movies. For instance, in Casino Royalle, there was only scene where the surround really really wowed me.

I have to say, I was really a skeptic when it came to surround sound for movies when I started my audio journey. Well, maybe not a skeptic, but I didn't think it would have much impact on my viewing experience. Boy was I wrong!

If you haven’t seen it yet try out the anime movie Appleseed (2004 version). Chalk full of great surround effects that blend with the on and off screen action. The opening scene is great. Breaking glass showering down around you. Explosions throwing concrete up against the walls. Characters running up from behind and past you onto the screen with the audio following them. Shell casings bouncing all around on the floor. And IMO a pretty cool soundtrack too. I use it to evaluate every change I try with my system.

Actually there is a lot of very good surround sound on anime movies and some TV shows.

I agree that the surround sound adds much more to the movie than I expected. Based on how movies sounded in the theater I didn’t expect that much but when I first hooked up my QS8s I was totally blown away. It really enhances video games too.

I've been wondering what I should use to evaluate any changes I make to improve my setup. I'll have to check that one out.

Has anyone checked out any Superbit DVDs? I've read that the Superbit version of Das Boot is phenomenal.

Another example is any of the Harry Potter movies. Tons of great surround involvement throughout.

I have the Superbit versions of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Leon: The Professional, and Snatch. I'd say Snatch was the cleanest of the three, and I did use it when I wanted to show off my system before the high-definition formats. As for the audio, my system was a lot different back then, so I'll have to revisit it.