How did you feel about the sound and picture quality of The Rise of Skywalker?

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

George Lucas always felt that the best possible presentation of a film would help you enjoy it more, especially sound. Sound is 50 per cent of the experience, he'd always say.

 

Does TROS meet your quality standard of how a cinematic experience should be in the 90s?

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

I remember the Star Wars Special Editions sounding better. I don't think I saw the prequels in THX certified theaters except the IMAX Attack of the Clones, which sounded awesome.

 

I still remember the SEs of Star Wars being extremely loud, just shy of being unbearable at times. It definitely delivered the THX digital sound experience Lucas wanted. Titanic was also exceptional in its original theatrical run and IMAX 3D reissue. The prequels sounded too low.

 

The Disney movies are loud but seem poorly mixed and there's a lot of yelling in the Abrams ones which is just annoying.

[Arpy 4,145]

The sound was better in my IMAX showing, but unfortunately that meant the sound fx were louder too, not only hindering the score, but just outright annoying. They went overboard mixing those obnoxious noises.

 

The picture quality was fine in a standard theater as well as IMAX 3D - I could make out more detail on the larger screen.

 

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

12 minutes ago, Arpy said:

The sound was better in my IMAX showing, but unfortunately that meant the sound fx were louder too, not only hindering the score, but just outright annoying. They went overboard mixing those obnoxious noises.

 

I know, right? There was a moment when Kylo Ren casually drops his mask on the table and it made such an obnoxiously loud sonic boom with the theatre subwoofers, I was like "does dropping something on the table make that sort of sound in real life? Wtf"

[Arpy 4,145]

The worst thing wasn't the movie, but the IMAX trailer for Top Gun which exploits the trailer DOOF! BWAMMM! noises over and over again each time shaking the theatre and blowing out the speakers.

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

I liked when Tom Cruise said "Good morning, aviators." That's how I address the crowds at work.

[crumbs 14,317]

I couldn't see shit around the edges. The cinema was clearly using a globe in the projector that was well past its use-by date.

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

Call 1-800-PHONE-THX

[King Mark 3,631]

In regular theater the music sounded anemic, noticed right away with Main Titles  In IMAX the music sound lush and full range but maybe louder SFX

[1977 1,743]

Picture was way too dark, had to watch in 3D as no 2D showings, parts of it I could barely make out what was going on. Even Solo was better so I'm thinking the projector lamp was probably on its last legs.

 

Sound was fantastic (DD 7.1 - no Atmos where I live) but OP did not offer that as an option in the polls so I chose too soft as I had to select something.

 

No THX available where I live.

[Brundlefly 2,385]

The cinema I was in had horrible mono-like sound. My hifi-system at home is better.

[Alan 689]

First time I saw it the projection was awful. Light-leaking, a smaller than average screen at the wrong aspect ratio leaving us with milky-grey black letterbox bars and an alarmingly phallic shadow down the centre of the screen.

 

A few nights ago I saw it at the local Showcase De Lux cinema - far superior 4K projection and with Dolby Atmos sound. The main title still sounded surprisingly weak, though but I often find that with Star Wars in cinemas.

[Quintus 5,399]

Where is the sound option for KM?

 

"I could hear dialogue and sound effects at the same time as the John Williams music and therefore the audio was appalling."

[mstrox 6,651]

I think the movie itself looks and sounds great.  In general, at least in my local theaters, I find that they keep the volume too low lately.  Maybe to avoid bleed-over into other theaters?  IDK.

[Datameister 2,044]

I saw it in two different theaters, and neither viewing stuck out as having sound/picture quality that was unusually good or strikingly bad. I agree that the main title seemed a little quiet, though I was surprised and delighted that it was a different recording.

[Jay 37,368]

Looked great in the theater, I thought the special effects were perfect and all the locations and sets were pretty great too.  Heck the acting was fine, it was just a crappy script/story

 

Score sounded great in my theater, I noticed all the terrific unreleased music with ease

[Luke Skywalker 1,795]

I saw it in 3d and it was awful, don't know why. 

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

How do you guys think it will look and sound when it comes out on video?

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

The main title has been mixed low since the PT for some reason. I remember when Star Wars: The Special Edition began in 1997, the main title was quite loud.

[King Mark 3,631]

oh yeah the picture is too dark in 3D because the glasses are tinted. Noticed that in a lot of films but it was obvious in Godzilla King of the Monsters where I couldn't see anything most of the movie

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

It's more dark and disturbing.