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Old 10-20-03, 07:20 PM
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do NOT turn up the volume for "28 Days Later" (no spoilers)

the first scene is prety loud, but not terribly, but then the movie goes into almost 10 min of dead silence, with little noise, it will be tough to understand what everyone is saying but, do not turn it up loud. SOMETHING will suddenly jump out on the screen from no where and really hurt your ears, and possibly get you in lots of trouble from neighbors ect.

just warning everyone about it

this is a new thread so more wont get p o'ed about spoiling something about the movie
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Oh man. Much better.
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2 questions:

1. Why didn't you just edit the previous thread instead of deleting everyone's posts?

Originally posted by Rypro 525
and also, this movie scared the living shit out of me as well. something about a man with a chainsaw is freaky for me. this is coming from a guy who did not like 28 days later/.
2. Why are you even watching this movie again after you've expressed several times your dislike for it?
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I dont think he watched it again. I think he was just going off the theatre experience.
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Old 10-20-03, 07:37 PM
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Originally posted by Chad
2 questions:

1. Why didn't you just edit the previous thread instead of deleting everyone's posts?

so no one would be angry that something may have been spoiled, and also so no one tomorrow morning would have to have a 5 thread argument over if or if not that was a spoiler.
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2. Why are you even watching this movie again after you've expressed several times your dislike for it?
i saw it in the theaters and it had me jump more then once, and didn't want 15 threads saying "why is 28 days later so loud?" Also, I'm gonna rent it since my brother wants to see it as well.
hope that anwser's your questions.

also, anyone whos seen it, do you think fox or the producer's/directors of the movie over did the sound a bit.
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I don't have any issues with the sound. Some parts are pretty brutal and loud, but I think it serves a purpose. It adds to the insanity that's going on on the screen.
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Nice try, but I think that you are still going to get people complaining about this being a spoiler.
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Originally posted by cultshock
Nice try, but I think that you are still going to get people complaining about this being a spoiler.
He's going to have people watching the clock, bracing themselves for the 10 minute mark when something supernaturally loud emits from their speakers.

Seriously though, I didn't have any trouble hearing anything in the opening scenes with the volume at the regular level. Just keep your volume where you'd normally have it for a movie and it'll be fine.
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Great. So the film is loud, then quiet, then loud again. Thanks for ruining the film for me by revealing the pacing.
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Originally posted by Yakuza Bengoshi
Great. So the film is loud, then quiet, then loud again. Thanks for ruining the film for me by revealing the pacing.
No, you've got it all wrong. It's quiet, THEN loud, quiet, loud, etc...
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This movie has sound! **** that!
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Originally posted by Mopower
This movie has sound! **** that!
Spoiler tags, please.
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my R2 copy doesn't have a pic or sound. just the way I like my movies.
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Originally posted by monkeyboy
He's going to have people watching the clock, bracing themselves for the 10 minute mark when something supernaturally loud emits from their speakers.
I can just see some of the posts:

"My loud sound shows up at 9:58... should I take it back?"

"My lowd sound isn't loud enuff. This moveee is SUCK!"

"DTS would've made my loud sound ROCK"


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So glad that the post was restarted . . . now, instead of arguing/discussing/conversing on what types of movie information should be "spoiler"ed, it's turned into one group making fun of the group that they disagreed with.

Much better.

Rypro - again, thanks for the warning . . . sorry your thread degraded the way that it has.
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Thanks for the heads up!
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also, the sound levels on the Canadian DTS DVD release of "Brotherhood of the Wof" are sudden, jarring and deafening.
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It was a spoiler. A minor one, but a spoiler.

The original poster should have just said that there are uneven sound levels at the beginning of the movie.
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Rypro 525:

At the risk of beating this into the ground...

You haven't really solved the issue with your post. You are still 'spoiling' the movie. Something jumping out at you (loudly) after long periods of silence is supposed to be a SURPRISE. You are ruining that surprise for everyone who has not yet seen the film.

I don't care if the thing jumping out is a

Spoiler:
zombie


or a

Spoiler:
flock of pigeons


The 'jumping out loudly' part is the surprise... not really what the thing is.

I know your heart is in the right place with these posts, but you are ruining the beginning of the film for everyone who has not yet seen it. You've already done so for me.


I guess I'm in the minority here, but a simple "be wary of loud volume levels at the beginning of the film" would have sufficed.
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Old 10-21-03, 06:51 PM
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or soemthing like, there are uneven sound levels throughout the movie.
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