Kong: Skull Island (Dolby ATMOS)
Level - 4 Stars (111.38dB composite)
Extension - 5 Stars (1Hz)
Dynamics - 5 Stars (28.84dB)
Execution - TBD
Overall - TBD
Notes - This film delivers bass in spades, especially in the shake-and-move-stuff wheelhouse range of 12-25Hz. Clipping analysis shows flat tops in nearly every channel, Center is most egregious, but all the clipping appears to have rounded edges as if some sort of limiting was put in place like Pixels, so not completely objectionable, like Tron:Legacy clipping was. LFE channel clips with sharp corners, but low-pass filtering will smooth them out. Better movie than anticipated, but it almost always seems that way when you expect nothing from a film. Good surround use, good soundtrack. BEQ should make this a structure-endangerer.
JSS