Tonight a buddy and I are going to see the Toronto preview of Saw 2. So I decided last night to watch the original again. I had seen it previously once before, at a friend's place, who didn't have a surround sound setup. The movie was good, scary, shocking, and fun.
Last night, however, watching Saw at home in DTS 6.1, scared the crap out of me! The side and rear surrounds were extremely immersive, with a lot of special effects and ambiance coming from them. I was also surprised to hear dialogue coming from the rear surrounds, something I rarely notice in movies. Important dialogue too -- don't watch the DTS 6.1 if you don't have 6.1 or 7.1 setup at home, or you'll see a person reacting to dialogue that you won't hear. I didn't listen to the Dobly Digital 5.1, so I can't comment on that.
Lots of bass throughout the entire movie, used in the same way as the surrounds: tons of ambiance and special effects.
Oh, and the movie itself is awesome. Critics were divided on it, but most of my friends loved it. It's an interesting premise too. Remember Kevin Spacey from Se7en? His character would love this flick!
The unrated version was recently released, and, strangely, has the same running time as the rated version. I'm still gonna pick up the new disc anyway.
Recommended.
cheers,
supervij