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I saw the Angelina Jolie film Salt, today at the Motion Picture Academy and it was another full house. Personally I enjoyed this film much, much more than the popular Inception. The plot was riveting and Angie's performance was top notch and I'm so glad Tom Cruise, who was initially asked to do the film passed. The film came in at 99 minutes, almost half of what Inception ran.

Salt makes Knight & Day look like a cartoon. It is your typical "White Hats vs Black Hats" plot, with a few excellent twists. The film shot in Washington and New York looked great with Billy Sarokin doing another outstanding job. The mix was simple and it wasn't filled or should I say, over filled with "1000 tracks" as the Inception hype states!

Greg Russell and Jeffrey Haboush's final mix was superb, crisp and simple. You could hear every word of dialog and even with the heavy effects scenes nothing over powered. I'll go out on a limb and say this will be one of the five nominees for an Oscar come next January.

A great job all around, I give it 5 boompoles, or should it be 5 Zaxcom wireless??

RL

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I saw both back-to-back yesterday.  I enjoyed both.

I was able to "hear all the words" on both films.  I find replaced dialog to be mismatching more and more these days.  It's a shame.

Robert

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I really enjoyed it too on all levels. I posted about my concerns with the mix in "Inception" but "Salt" sounded really good and the final mix was never an issue in fully enjoying the movie. I am a big fan of Liev Schreiber ever since he came on our show for four episodes a couple of years ago. Funny guy and great to the crew. Strongly recommend this movie for a great escape.

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Thanks for the kind words Richard!  Kudos also to Stu Deutsch who did 2nd unit and (I believe) Michael Barosky who handled the re-shoots.  FYI, if a directors cut is released, check it out.  Sony wimped out at a crucial scene mid-movie.  What we originally shot had MUCH more exposition and suspense that what was released! (imho)

Billy Sarokin

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