I think you missunderstood me... I would say that virtually every recent fiction film has got good sound, all of them have got the obligatory strong bottom end even with DTS, and sorround is 6.1... You can't really compare Heat with Black Hawk Down. The same way you can't compare Platoon with Saving private Ryan... It's different kinds of sound. I love the way Heat was done. BHD was done in a very similar way, as in filterless, but in a warzone area. Heat was on our urban streets... You can hear everything that happens there, nothing was left out, even the knees of them people shaking! Stunning! The Lord of the Rings is probably the best ever sound film! Then you have Gladiator, The Hulk, The X-Men... Most recent films really... I think Ben-Hur also got an oscar for best sound... It it better than any of the above?
I have tons and tons of movies, anyways, below are what I consider good, in my opinion. In no particular order. HOLLYWOOD: Scarface Good Fellas Heat The Godfather (pure classic) The Godfather II (another classic) Enter The Dragon (Bruce Lee) Way Of The Dragon (Bruce Lee) Chinese Connection aka Fist of Fury (Bruce Lee) Raging Bull (another great classic) LOTR (all series) Star Wars (all series) Matrix (all series, I prefer the 1st & 2nd better) Shawshank Redemption Saving Private Ryan We Were Soldiers Black Hawk Down Braveheart Forest Gump Apollo 13 Pulp Fiction Rush Hour & Rush Hour II Terminator 2: Judgement Day I4: Independence Day Jurassic Park (all series, both of my sons love them) Batman Begins Batman Forever Spider Man & Spider Man II X-Men & X-Men United Shrek I & II Ice Age The Incredibles (again, sons love it) Die Hard Die Hard: with a vengence Face Off Blade & Blade II XXX Road To Perdiction Remember The Titans The ROCK (the one with Sean Connery and Nic Cage) The Mummy The Mummy Returns The Scorpion King Damn... there's too many, but this is all I could think of now. Hong Kong, Thailand, Korea and Japan: Drunken Master Drunken Master II aka Legend Of The Druken Master Fist Of Legend Police Story I, II & III Ong Bak Tom Yum Goong Project A Wheels On Meal Dragons Forever Hero House Of Flying Daggers Kung Fu Hustle SPL aka Sha Po Lang Hard Boiled Hard Boiled II A Better Tomorrow A Better Tomorrow II The Killer Bullet In The Head Full Time Killer The Mission Breaking News Infernal Affairs Iron Monkey Once Upon A Time In China Once Upon A Time In China II ThunderBolt Bangkok Dangerous Beautiful Boxer Arahan Bichunmoo Taegukgi Aragami Fighter In The Wind Versus Born To Fight Azumi The Promise Beyond Hyperthomia Ninja Scroll Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Appleseed Akira Damn... too many to list, but nevertheless I did enjoyed watching them on my 55" Widescreen SONY HDTV.
Finally found it, been downloading it for 40 hours now, still at 25%, with over 200 seeds! I don't understand...
@permigg Don't worry buddy, I'm sure you'll enjoy SPL as much as I did. Like I said, Sammo Hung is freaken awesome man. Just watch it and you'll see what I mean. Not too much of an ma actions, but it is definitely a good gangster/cop crime thriller, in my opinion. If you're familiar IA, then you'll like it, plus the very last 2 ending fights is worth it, especially with Donnie and Sammo.
I think it was Permiggs who mentioned Shawshank Redemption; it's one of my favorites because I have the same name as the lead character. Whenever some yells his name in the movie, I sort of jump out of my chair....kind of interactive in a wierd sort of way. It's particularly fun if you've had one drink too many and your a bit dazed and only half paying attention...surprises the hell out of me each and every time. @permiggs: you also mentioned Ben Hur. Did you ever notice in the big chariot race scene, Charleston Heston is wearing a watch? Way ahead of their time those folks.
@Gerry I never noticed that! I had a quick check on that chariot bit but i couldn't find it... Maybe it's on another chariot scene... I'll find it tough! LOL
I saw a pretty funny show on mistakes made during Ben Hur filming: one was Heston wearing a Rolex, another was a jet in the sky leaving a vapor trail and another was car tracks in front of the chariots. There were others too but I don't remember anymore.
