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Author Topic: Deep Water Horizon (2016) Harold Hallikainen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 906 From: Denver, CO, USA Registered: Aug 2009 posted 10-08-2016 07:36 PM                        My wife and I liked this movie. It follows several workers from home to the oil platform on the final day. It's impossible to make anything perfectly safe, but they show safety tests not being run, ignoring questionable results, etc. in an effort to save money. The crew did their best to make the operation safe, but they were overruled with disastrous results. It could have been another Towering Inferno, but I think they pulled this off pretty well. We saw it in a DTS:X auditorium, and it sounded good. It's interesting that the credits listed Atmos and not DTS:X. When I first looked at IMDB ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1860357/ ) a few weeks ago, only DTS_X was listed for sound. Now they list DTS:X, Atmos, and 12-track digital sound. I had not heard of a standard 12 track format, but I see it in Wikipedia as starting in 2002 ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_film_sound_systems ). From other reading, it appears this is an IMAX format. Is there any general (non-IMAX) distribution in this format? Is there a standard channel order in a DCP? Anyway, this is the best DTS:X movie I've seen so far. Harold  |  IP: Logged Joseph L. Kleiman Master Film Handler Posts: 380 From: Sacramento, CA Registered: Apr 2005 posted 10-09-2016 02:46 PM                     The 12.1 audio track is used in IMAX digital theaters.  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Goeldner Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1360 From: Washington, District of Columbia Registered: Jun 2008 posted 10-15-2016 11:17 PM                     the Atmos mix is also a beast. While the build up and the establishing of the characters is an important part of the story I thought it plodded during the beginning (and first 30 minutes) of the movie.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-25-2016 10:58 AM                     Some of this was shot with the Alexa 65... but who knows which parts after everything gets 2K'd up... Mark  |  IP: Logged

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