Movies great in surround sound

[Alrainbow]

now that I have my setup going I have a renewed interest in movies
playing them in surround is so much more involving.
I watched promithius yesterday what a great sound.
It seemed to always fill the room but not always obvious as some do. It was like I was in the middle of the movie most times. I think key in this is ambience sound playing most of the time. I think any Syfi movie where they are in other then a room needs this to get you there.
Movies that have the system popping on and off I think are missing something.
How do others feel ?

[tom_hankins]

Even with a cheap HK surround system in my man cave, I really like it a lot. Nothing like the sound of bullets flying by your head during movies!

[JackD201]

Agree. While I can live off a sound bar upstairs, there's nothing like the Projector based HT with the big ass center and dual subs downstairs. Please pass the popcorn

[Alrainbow]

In my room I only use one 15 inch sub with a 800 watt internal amp. It's fed directly from my denon 5805 receiver
IRS a simple 7.1 setup. I have two of them but I just don't think I need another one lol.
But my point is in surround sound a movie is much better.
I do play you tube and other music videos through my umt plus to it as well. If a movie is well done it keeps you in the movie. What I don't care for is the pop in and out of surround sound. I feel in most movies there needs to be a almost constant surrounding effect.
The movie promithius does this perfectly.
Last witch hunter with vin diesel does not. Maybe I am too into hi end Audio and expect each sound track to be done well. Even the 007 trilogy spectrr while good did not maintain things well.
My post is not just the importance of surround sound for movies but witch ones do it best.

[Johnny Vinyl]

I quite enjoyed it when I had a surround setup, but I left it as I wanted to concentrate on 2CH and couldn't do both.

[1morerecord2clean]

I am not a HT enthusiast mostly because my wife and I go to the movies a lot. It is difficult to find anything to rent or stream because of this. In other words, if we haven't seen it at the movies it's because it isn't worth seeing. We even shun the 3D experience at the movies and opt for the less expensive normal version. We usually go to art or foreign films so 3D and surround sound have much less meaning. I own a pair of Sennheiser headphones with built in surround and while not the equivalent of a true HT set up it's enough for me.

[MylesBAstor]

Three video references come to mind:

Fifth Element
Jurassic Park
Moonraker? (The Bond movie where the jet fighter crashes into the radar tower)

I watched Jurassic Park at Dave Wilson's home in his home theater setup 15 years ago and it still blows my mind. The room shook when the dinosaurs walked! Literally. It was Levinson electronics and IIRC X-1s for the front channels and W/Ps for the rear channel channels. Forget the middle channel and of course there were some Thors scattered around. In a custom designed room.

[Per Sundell]

Mad Max - Fury Road in Dolby Atmos is pretty much the best movie you can hear. (It is alright to watch aswell.)

[bmoura]

And don't forget Surround Sound SACDs and Surround Sound DSD Music Downloads.
Very enjoyable !

https://www.nativedsd.com/new_browse/#channel=multi

[JCOConnell]

I used to have 5.1 setups in both the living room and bedroom but have since gone back to 2CH in both. Don't really miss it.

[cpp]

I do like my movies, and HT. Its a way for me and the wife to set back together and watch a movie. I am thinking about adding a few speakers in the ceiling since my family room ceiling is 12' and the room being an open concept floor plan is massive.

[MylesBAstor]

And don't forget Surround Sound SACDs and Surround Sound DSD Music Downloads.
Very enjoyable !

https://www.nativedsd.com/new_browse/#channel=multi

why don't you start a thread about your experience with surround sound music Brian. My experience at shows has been all over the place.