What are your top 5?

[hizzaah]

I was just wondering what you audiophiles consider to be your top 5 "go to" movies are for your home theater. Movies you enjoy and ones that you like to use to show off your set up! I'm looking for some new blu-rays to grow my collection (currently have 4 lol), and want to know which ones would be a good investment for surround sound.

I checked out the movies with bass thread, but a lot of the posts are a bit dated and I didn't know if some better movies have surfaced since..

 

[TheWarrior]

As long as your dated movies were remastered in the late 90's, early 00's, they are probably better than anything that has come out recently. Thats more an observation on actual content of the film than of the sound quality, but whatever. You know what you like, just make sure you have the best available version of it!

 

[Adam]

I haven't watched a whole lot of movies, but I like these for sound:

Transformers - just a fun ride, IMO.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith - the scene in the desert has some awesome bass.

 

[hizzaah]

Yeah, transformers is supposed to be pretty sweet. Got 1 and 2 a while back.

should pick up mr/mrs smith as I've heard it brought up in many conversations referring to the the loud explosions..

huh, why can't I edit my OP? Anyways, I have Transformers 1 & 2, King-Fu Panda, Thor, and picked up the Dark Knight today.

 

[zildjian]

huh, why can't I edit my OP?

There's a limited window of time in which you can edit your posts. After that time passes, the edit button does not appear under your post.

 

[lsiberian]

The Dark Night opens with the bank robbery scene. I can think of no better movie to show of my system with.

Master and Commander. There are times in this movie when the LFE scares me.

Caino Royale - A wonderful test for picture quality with a very nice soundtrack.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Beautiful music combined with my favorite genre.

Thor- A movie I just got and the LFE is wonderful as expected.

 

[lsiberian]

As long as your dated movies were remastered in the late 90's, early 00's, they are probably better than anything that has come out recently. Thats more an observation on actual content of the film than of the sound quality, but whatever. You know what you like, just make sure you have the best available version of it!

I disagree. You only remember the good films from this era. There were plenty of terrible movies in every generation. The good ones last. Making a great movie is a hard as making a good song. Most are not very good, but sometimes you hit a home run.

 

[mtrycrafts]

I haven't watched a whole lot of movies, but I like these for sound:

Transformers - just a fun ride, IMO.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith - the scene in the desert has some awesome bass.

Transformer 3 is really something in the surround tracks
Also saw a video interview of the sound engineer and was surprised to learn that the director didn't know what 7.1 surround is.

I may need to get that Smith video and watch when the partner is not here. She didn't like it

 

[zhimbo]

I disagree. You only remember the good films from this era. There were plenty of terrible movies in every generation. The good ones last. Making a great movie is a hard as making a good song. Most are not very good, but sometimes you hit a home run.

I've heard this called "The Roman Ruins Effect" (I'll be damned if I can figure out where...maybe I'm getting the name a little wrong). We think the Romans must have been great architects, because their structures are still standing today...but, of course, all of the bajillions of crappy rickety buildings they built fell down long ago.

 

[Adam]

I've heard this called "The Roman Ruins Effect" (I'll be damned if I can figure out where...maybe I'm getting the name a little wrong). We think the Romans must have been great architects, because their structures are still standing today...but, of course, all of the bajillions of crappy rickety buildings they built fell down long ago.

Well, they did have great architects - outstanding ones. They almost surely also had a number of not-so-good ones. That said, even great architects can intentionally make buildings that won't last for thousands of years. For example, there's no good reason for my home to last until the year 4000, but a hundred years would be nice. And, if our civilization were to crumble and no one lived here, the lack of maintenance would cause it to deteriorate even faster.

 

[indulger]

Since we switched to Romans, Gladiator was a good movie

 

[hizzaah]

i picked up Black Hawk Down and Mr and Mrs Smith today.. hopefully they're good ones

I'll have to see if I can find the latest transformers on sale somewhere.

I hate that I own so many movies on DVD already lol

 

[Adam]

i picked up Black Hawk Down and Mr and Mrs Smith today.. hopefully they're good ones

If you haven't seen them - I think that they are both excellent movies.

I hate that I own so many movies on DVD already lol

Just remember - DVDs have great audio! The video might not be as crisp as blu-ray, but you can get a real kick out of that sound!

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

1) Bourne trilogy
2) Matrix trilogy
3) Underworld franchise
4) Transformers franchise

 

[roleydre]

silent hill on blu ray ...linear pcm 5.1 track....this movie has so much bass...if you love bass u have got to give this movie a watch...

inception,when everything is moving in slomo...just fantastic...

pirates of carribbean in pcm sounds really good

knowing(with nicholas cage) ..with that airplane crash and the subway car out of controll........... just awesome..

 

[son-yah-tive]

Gone in 60 Seconds, Transformers, Star Wars. Jurassic Park(Lost World). Those are the top ones.

 

[avnetguy]

Picked up Terminator Salvation cheap on a boxing day sale, very good sound track for both LFE and imaging.

Steve

 

[96cobra10101]

picked up Dark City on bluray the other day at Bestbuy for $8.00. Hadn't seen it in a while, plus it had cool CGI.

 

[hizzaah]

Picked up The Matrix and 300 on sale today.. There's no bluray at my parents place so Itl be a little over 2 weeks before I can try any of these movie out.

 

[Adam]

There's no bluray at my parents place so Itl be a little over 2 weeks before I can try any of these movie out.

Buy a blu-ray player - then you get to watch the movies, all while being a great kid for getting them a present.