Well, I do like how they played it both way in the Star Trek reboot of 2009, there is one scene, early in the movie when the USS Kelvin is getting nailed, that you see an explosion followed by decompression of a section of the hull, and people getting blown out are in dead silence right after leaving the ship, even though phasers and torpedoes are zooming everywhere to be seen...
Kinda says "We know. It should be silent. Here's one to show we do know that. Now shut up and listen to the Sound FX orgy!"