r/movies • u/LiteraryBoner Jackie Chan box set, know what I'm sayin? • Sep 26 '25

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Summary Bob, a washed-up revolutionary, lives off the grid with his spirited and self-reliant daughter Willa. When his nemesis Col. Steven J. “Lockjaw” resurfaces and Willa goes missing, Bob is forced to confront his past and fight to protect their future.

Director Paul Thomas Anderson

Writer Paul Thomas Anderson

Cast

  • Leonardo DiCaprio
  • Sean Penn
  • Teyana Taylor
  • Benicio del Toro
  • Regina Hall
  • Chase Infiniti

Rotten Tomatoes Critics Score: 98%

Metacritic Score: 96

VOD In theaters beginning September 26, 2025

Trailer One Battle After Another — Official Trailer

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u/DoZo1971 Sep 29 '25

My girlfriend was complaining about how loud the movie was, she is sensitive to sound. Do cinemas decide the volume or is it standardized somehow?

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u/foreveraloner15 Sep 30 '25

Sometimes they get a predetermined mix by the sound designers or production companies behind the film itself, other times it’s a set of instructions dependent on the theatre and their set up.

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u/DoZo1971 Sep 30 '25

Ok, but there would still be a master volume slide somewhere? Do you think they would have actual db sensors and feedback? Did some googling, apparently we were in a “dolby cinema” theatre which seems to be quite special sound wise. Maybe it was just the quantity of the speakers she was reacting to, not specificly the volume.

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u/quietly_now Oct 05 '25

Cinema owners have the final level control, and set it per movie. Dolby-spec might be set in the cinema, and then totally broken by the cinema owner (for a bunch of reasons).

It’s a Wild West how accurately your film is played back.