![]() ![]() If you have a Dolby Atmos system, it’s also perhaps the most immersive as the outstanding sound design lets viewers dip in and out of the characters’ perspectives, intensifying dramatic suspense and thrilling action while helping to keep them rapt for its three hour run time.īut it’s not just Bruce Wayne’s viewpoint we’re treated to. ![]() Seeming to draw its cinematic aesthetic more from 2019’s Joker (by way of ’70s noir) than the Dark Knight’s 12 previous live-action outings, The Batman offers us a grittier, grounded, and more expressionistic Gotham than we’re used to. Stream Training Day in Dolby Atmos from Apple TVīuy Training Day on 4K Blu-ray from Amazon The Batman (2022) – The Batmobile Chase Your subwoofer is going to love it your neighbours, not so much. The soundtrack is packed with sofa-shakingly epic hip-hop tracks by the likes of Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg and Cypress Hill, and gunshots are thrown out in thunderous style, particularly during the exhausting, action-packed finale. The hubbub throughout makes the city feel alive, but the superb dialogue is never anything other than crystal clear.īut the true strength of the upgraded audio presentation is its bass. Instead, the opportunity presented by 3D audio is used to generate a more enveloping version of the bustling LA streets where Ethan Hawke’s naive officer Hoyt finds himself learning the ropes from the charismatic, crooked Detective Alonzo, played by Denzel Washington with scenery-chewing excellence. Precise placement of effects isn’t the main aim here. has finally treated Antoine Fuqua’s cult classic crime thriller to a 4K Blu-ray treatment that includes a superb Dolby Atmos audio remaster. That was for video rather than sound, though, as the gritty, challenging picture was partnered by a surprisingly limp surround soundtrack. We’ve been using Training Day as a tester ever since we got it on DVD (yes, DVD) over 20 years ago. If it’s not yet clear, the sound design of this Jordan Peele mystery is masterful, doing much of the presentational heavy lifting, and it will hugely reward those with a system that’s spatially organised, detailed, dynamic and weighty.īuy Nope on 4K Blu-ray from Amazon Training Day (2001) – the finale It doesn’t sound happy, and how has it got up there? And then there’s the horse, which you can no longer see but you can hear. A classic jump scare, and you’ve fallen for it.Īt various points throughout the scene, your room is filled with voices echoing across the rolling landscape and more of that peculiar-sounding 'wind'. Is that the wind or… something else?Īs you strain to try and figure out the answer to that question, a much louder, bassier thump scares the life out of you. ![]() Then there’s another sound coming from above. Without giving too much away, there’s something peculiar going on in the skies above the farm, and this early scene does a brilliant job of ratcheting up the mystery and tension, largely through the soundtrack.Ī good Atmos system will place the incidental sounds of the desert all around the room, and there’s lovely detail to the crunch of Daniel Kaluuya’s boots on the gravel and to the concerned snort of the unsettled horse. It’s hard to write about Nope without spoiling it, so while we could have picked any number of scenes to showcase the awesome Dolby Atmos soundtrack, we’ve picked an earlyish one that tells the story of Ghost, one of the horses on the farm at the centre of the story. ![]()
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