What a fitting movie to be talked about among saloon full of gunslingers. Since this is an audio company chat room, I’ll focus on the audio aspect of it. BTW, it is well made movie and was very entertaining to watch.
In this movie, the sound of gunshots were intentionally made louder as explained by Kevin Costner (directed as well) in “Audio Commentary” feature of DVD. Not only they are loud but I’ve noticed they are very crisp and punchy as well. It really spiced up the scene. At times, it made me jumpy. I personally don’t care whether those were authentic sound of gunshots or not since it was close enough. The key is that they were nicely balanced IMO. Not too lean or thick, if I may use those terminologies.
Fellas, if you haven’t, go get one or rent one. One caution though, playing that shootout scene too many times may put a lot of stress on your speakers. I’ve heard similar sound when the preamp gets turned off prematurely. If you know what I mean.