nube Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 Ender's Game (7.1 DTS-HD MA) Level - 5 Stars (113.3dB composite)Extension - 5 Stars (4Hz)Dynamics - 5 Stars (29.1dB)Execution - 4 Stars (by poll) Overall - 4.75 StarsRecommendation - Buy (by poll) Notes: Ender's Game might be the next 5 star movie, although that's certainly up for debate. This one does have a significantly humped graph, and kinda cheats to get that 5 Stars extension rating, but there is legit, unfiltered content down low at 4Hz. The mix is good, and the use of bass is pretty well done, though without any big effects below 20Hz. Honestly, for those of you with big displacement sealed systems, this one is pretty good, but not great. For moderate, commercial ported systems, it'll prolly sound like one of the best mixes ever. Check out the many scenecaps below to find out more. Unfortunately, there is also clipping in the LCR and subwoofer channels that mars the otherwise good sound design. This one isn't as clean and pure as the mix on some of last year's best, and there's a reason it's not nominated for any big sound awards, but it's generally pretty good. Purists will prolly give this a 4 Star execution rating, but it's certainly a crowd pleaser visually and audibly, even if the movie was merely average at best. PvA: SpecLab scenecaps: (Solid 3.5-4Hz content) (Rocket launch) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxmercy Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 4 Stars from me. This soundtrack was good, but not great. It sounded a lot like it graphed, but nowhere near 5-Star Execution IMO. I cannot stand that LionsGate decided to only include a DD track on the rental disc. If the 7.1 version is better, I will never know. The cheapness of LionsGate on this BD and others has already precluded any purchase of this film from me. Decent film, but I can see how the book would be much better. Too many gaps to fill in the film. JSS EDIT - Having measured the rental DD track, it is different than the 7.1 track on the retail BD. Only 16Hz extension, lower level, dynamics are nearly the same. Too bad they couldn't include it in the rental. I do not like the film enough to buy it, and if I was considering it, I wouldn't based on LionsGate's frugality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audiofan1 Posted February 16, 2014 Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 Best so far this year and rivals some of the best out there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatshaft Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 I really enjoyed the bass in this one...where it's supposed to be loud, it delivered! 5 star for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyt Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 my sealed boxes might have had some trouble keeping up at one part... can't wait to get them all replaced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumps Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 Really enjoyed the bass in this one. PQ was great as well. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcstyvie Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 I know this is closed, but this film got jipped on the poll. This is easily better than Oblivion, yet that got five stars and this only four. Subjectivity rules everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nube Posted April 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 Reasonable minds can disagree. That's why we have the vote! And I'm totally OK with this one not sneaking in as a full 5 star movie. It doesn't deserve it. Look at those graphs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcstyvie Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 Yeah, fair enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxmercy Posted April 16, 2014 Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 I just couldn't suspend disbelief for this film....Formics? Come on. Ants have formic acid in their sting. They should have been a little more clever than that before naming the 'bad guys' in the film...I'm sure the book is better. Great visuals in many respects, though. Also, hard to buy 'The Mandarin' (Ben Kingsley) as a serious dude after being tattooed up like mike Tyson. He made me want to laugh. Great potential, poor execution. JSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aj72 Posted April 18, 2014 Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 Off topic but what about "The Mandarin" (Ben Kingsley) when he played that seriously bad ass dude in "Sexy Beast". Whooaa what a creep and a great actor IMO. Loved the Bass in Enders Game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MemX Posted June 11, 2014 Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 Finally watched this the other week - I was having trouble getting into it as I thought a lot of the acting was cheesy (i.e. that totally over the top and not particularly believable black guy who was the main 'guard' character - he just had no authority in his voice for my taste!) and the story was so-so, but audio was pretty good. I didn't think it had a great deal of lower-end stuff for some reason, the sofa wasn't rumbling as much as it does in other films, but I'm not quite sure what the resonant frequency of the sofa is so it may just have been deeper than that lol I will re-watch when I have my sealed setup up and running! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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