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Thomas W. Bethe · 3rd January 2010

Avatar's sound was good because it added to the feeling of the film. It was never too much or too little. The surround was not overdone but it was there. There have been a couple of films lately that the sound detracted from the movie and you may or may not agree with me but "Public Enemy" was such a film where they used a lot of on location dialog for a "gritty" feeling and IMHO it did not work. It made me NOTICE the sound which is not good for my enjoyment of the movie.

Slightly off topic...

I was at my Niece's house over the holidays. We watched "The Sound of Music" on her parents new large LCD television and a very nice 5.1 surround system. I had never heard TSOM in surround but it was very well done and the levels and the mix were all perfect. I forget when that movie was made, sometime in the mid 60's???, but the sound work sounded as fresh as anything done today. I assume it was not originally released in surround but was done later during the films restoration. anyway it was very well done.

FWIW and YMMV

3rd January 2010	#30
Thomas W. Bethe Lives for gear Joined: Jan 2005 Location: Oberlin, Ohio Posts: 3,266 1 Review written	Avatar's sound was good because it added to the feeling of the film. It was never too much or too little. The surround was not overdone but it was there. There have been a couple of films lately that the sound detracted from the movie and you may or may not agree with me but "Public Enemy" was such a film where they used a lot of on location dialog for a "gritty" feeling and IMHO it did not work. It made me NOTICE the sound which is not good for my enjoyment of the movie. Slightly off topic... I was at my Niece's house over the holidays. We watched "The Sound of Music" on her parents new large LCD television and a very nice 5.1 surround system. I had never heard TSOM in surround but it was very well done and the levels and the mix were all perfect. I forget when that movie was made, sometime in the mid 60's???, but the sound work sounded as fresh as anything done today. I assume it was not originally released in surround but was done later during the films restoration. anyway it was very well done. FWIW and YMMV __________________ -TOM- Thomas W. Bethel Managing Director Acoustik Musik, Ltd. Room with a View Productions Oberlin, OH 44074 www.acoustikmusik.com Doing what you love is freedom. Loving what you do is happiness.