Another close one was "Gladiator"- a film I disliked intensely. The sound on this film was cranked up to an earsplitting decibel range. My eardrums, throughly brutalized during my formative years of Jefferson Airplane, Hendrix, and Blue Cheer and then a succession of shipboard enginerooms almost rebelled.

Speaking about loud sound, I really don't understand the marketing rationale behind the deafening bass thump and excessive volume during the whirlygig, dizzying movie previews that always annoy me before the main feature is screened.