Now that you have designed your home theatre, installed the lushest seating and painstakingly calibrated the surround sound system, the time has come to pick the right movie to inaugurate your theatre in style.
You might be thinking of something that has a few explosions, but what you really need is a flick with a wide aural range and brilliant cinematography. Here are four movies that will let you experience and show off the whole depth and range of your home theatre room. Wavetrain is the experts to talk to if you really want to take your movie viewing experience to the next level.
- Star Wars
From heart-stopping battles in the vacuum of space to the fantastic explosion of the Death Star, the Star Wars universe has it all. Following the story of young Anakin Skywalker, the surround sound is a best-taken advantage of with epic duels between characters. Your home theatre system’s wide screen is perfect for experiencing wide-angle views of fantastic planets like Coruscant that are shown in the films. It doesn’t matter if you watch them according to chronological order or in the order they were released, once the epic music score is played from the speakers, you will be glued to your seat.
- The Dark Knight
From the Joker’s chilling cackles to Hans Zimmerman’s epic dark musical score, this is one movie that you absolutely must not miss viewing on your new home theatre system. Sound effects are carefully crafted by Christopher Nolan to enrapture the viewer and integrate effortlessly into the film's visuals. If it’s loud explosions and pyrotechnics that get your blood pumping, then The Dark Knight’s got plenty of that. With exceptional audio engineering and cinematography that seldom draws attention to itself, The Dark Knight is a masterpiece that has won the hearts of fans and critics.
- Gravity
As far as space movies go, Gravity sets a new bar. The background music score was composed specifically for surround sound in Dolby Atmos, and it delivers. The home theatre’s widescreen gives ample real estate to track Sandra Bullock as she spins through empty space. Not just that, due to the surround sound you can also clearly make out the music that follows her solitary tumble. Although sound doesn’t travel in space, it can, however, be transmitted through objects via vibrations. Sound engineers have taken full advantage of this fact and deliver a hauntingly beautiful viewing experience.
- Saving Private Ryan
Taking home the Academy Award for Best Sound and Best Sound Editing, this movie was a pioneer and a milestone for sound design. The collaboration between Steven Spielberg and Gary Rydstorm (sound designer) gave way to one of the most epic war movies ever created. Take the assault at Omaha Beach for example. With your Dolby surround sound system, you can experience the madness of war as if you were there. With incredibly detailed battle scenes and extreme shots of injuries sustained by the Allied forces, viewing this movie on the home theatre is an absolute must.
Although the movie that opens your home theatre system ultimately falls upon you, the above four were created especially for their technically brilliant details. And this is why you painstakingly choose luxe seating, soundproofed your room, installed a state of the art sound system and invested in amazing graphics… not the Wiggles. So whatever are you waiting for? Go fill up the popcorn, kick back, and enjoy a brilliant cinematic experience.
