[jesse villaneda]

after seeing 3 trailers for 3D movies in a row i finally sighed. that was me hitting my limit. this happens every 10 years so its not the first time but they are really starting to actually get on my nerves now. every movie is IN 3D now the stupid part is that its only a scene or two for the vast majority of the movies. i saw Toy Story 3 in both 3D and 2D and it looked significantly better in 2D. those stupid glasses you have to wear darken and muddle the image and the image in 3D is more fuzzy and unfocused. its just getting obnoxious now and i cant wait till it passes but they just keep pressing it. will they ever learn? my favorite part is the bin where you can return the glasses..........really? [censored] you! you charged $3 more for that crappy experience im keeping them so i can stomp on them in the parking lot and leave them in tiny little pieces.

just needed to rant.

[Hazel Sian ogden]

3D is a gimmick. It really does add nothing to the movie.

[Elina]

I also don't like 3D movies at all. Its technological distinctiveness can stay as far away from me as possible and I'd be fine with it.

[Tamika Jett]

I really dislike the whole 3D gimmick, it's starting to get a bit ridiculous. I had to watch Fright Night in 3D tonight because the closest theater showing the 2D version was 50 miles away. I should not have to be paying extra to watch 3D, they should be paying me to get a headache and watch a super dark picture.

[Taylor Bakos]

The thing that bothers me most about the 3D band wagon is that you can tell specifically when scenes are made for 3D. I watched Rio tonight in 2D and there was a part where the two birds came bungee-cording straight at the screen. It was obviously made to be seen in 3D.

I saw Alice in Wonderland in 3D and I have to say that I think that was really well done. It didn't just make certain scenes "come into the theatre", it made the movie have actual depth. In the opening scene where it's showing her father in the room with the other men, you could sense the depth and the layers. It was really cool.

[stephanie eastwood]

I think it's called polarized 3D, where you wear a pair of what looks like sunglasses due to the darkened glasses. Point being, that's the only form of 3D I think might work. As for those red and blue paper cut-outs, they are a pain to use. And the main difference between what polarized (I think) and those, is that those screw up the color when watching a movie.

[Danger Mouse]

I try to avoid it as well. Either it's a huge dissapointment and adds nothing to the experience whatsoever or it's overdone and gives me headaches. There seems to be no middle ground.

[Michael Russ]

3d movies are complete [censored]. The picture is poor and the overall effect I find sub standard. The glassess themselves give me a headache and I find paying nearly double the price for a 3d film compared to the regular and superior 2d version a rip off. 3d is a gimmick and one that I hope will die out very soon (although I thought the same about rap and thats still plaguing the airwaves).

3d was crap 20 years ago in magazines and it is [censored] now. The next big thing in entertainment in regardes to visuals will be when they create holographic technology. Unfortunalty I suspect I will be long gone by then but that is where I see the industry of films, games etc moving towards.......eventually.

I love people like Chris Nolan who dislike 3d and was pleased when I heard he was "NOT" filming Batman: The Dark Knight Returns in 3d. Todd Howard who don't get swepped up in this gimmicky [censored] such as kinect but that is a different rant for a different thread, although to keep on topic he also dislikes 3d.

[Stacyia]

well it was huge in the 70's / early 80's too, but it got old real quick for the same reasons now. once the 3D tv sales slow down (assuming they were up) and people rage quit headaches at the theatre it will go away again.

[Natalie Harvey]

You should buy a pair of http://www.2d-glasses.com/

[sara OMAR]

I work for a TV company and this guy was calling in saying that the 3d effect on his TV isn't really all that impressive and was not what he was expecting.

No [censored], man.

:facepalm:


And for some strange reason, we get a lot of calls from really old women (think 80-90 years old) with huge ass 3d TVs hooked up to their old anolog antenna.

[Queen]

You should buy a pair of http://www.2d-glasses.com/

:rolf: I just found that really funny

I hate 3D, I hate paying extra for it, I hate paying for the daft glasses when I already need specs, I hate the difference it doesn't make, I hate that I don't feel the need to try and touch it.
Hey

[stacy hamilton]

:rolf: I just found that really funny

I hate 3D, I hate paying extra for it, I hate paying for the daft glasses when I already need specs, I hate the difference it doesn't make, I hate that I don't feel the need to try and touch it.
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i never even thought of that. people that have to wear glasses would have to have two pair sitting on their nose for the entire movie. i think that would drive me nuts.

[CORY]

i never even thought of that. people that have to wear glasses would have to have two pair sitting on their nose for the entire movie. i think that would drive me nuts.

Yup, that's my gripe. I feel like double the nerd.

[Robert]

I've never seen a 3D movie, but looking through this thread I feel a bit put off :tongue: Do they not do clip on glasses for people like me with glasses already?

[Justin]

I've never seen a 3D movie, but looking through this thread I feel a bit put off. Do they not do clip on glasses for people like me with glasses already?

Not that I've seen, but granted, my local cinema is pretty rubbish. I just have to wear two pairs.

[amhain]

Not that I've seen, but granted, my local cinema is pretty rubbish. I just have to wear two pairs.

I don't know if my local Cineworld even shows 3D movies, I never see them advertised, which is a bit odd considering Cineworld is a big company (last time I checked).

[dean Cutler]

Not that I've seen, but granted, my local cinema is pretty rubbish. I just have to wear two pairs.

Same with my cinema.. big goofy glasses.

Was it Martin Scorsese who said the future was in iMAX. God I hope so.

[lucy chadwick]

Same with my cinema.. big goofy glasses.

Was it Martin Scorsese who said the future was in iMAX. God I hope so.

i wish they made more imax movies. we have an imax here next to the museum. i havent been there in several years but they had an opening sequence of flying around in a helicopter. since it wraps around your entire vision you actually get queezy when the chopper moves around. i took one of my girlfriends not knowing that shes afraid of heights and she started screaming. just to part some of the wisdom i learned that day..........dont laugh at or make faces at your date when she is screaming.

[Greg Cavaliere]

I wouldn't mind 3D films, but the current "3D" crop is a big, fat lie. Those films aren't 3D (else you could lean to the side to see behind some pillar, for example), they are stereoscopic. Which is a nice gimmick, but nothing I'd pay extra for.

[Kevin Jay]

Not that I've seen, but granted, my local cinema is pretty rubbish. I just have to wear two pairs.

I'm Mr.6 eyes when I go and the top pair just keep getting worse :shakehead:

[Roberta Obrien]

the worst is iMAX & 3D I think.. I went to see Johnny Depp in Alice -an original take on the story I thought, but because you physically have to pan your head with iMAX to see everything from left to right, it seriously screws with the perception..
Mega headache.

[Lizbeth Ruiz]

Only took me three films to get sick of 3D - Avatar, Alice in Wonderland, Toy Story 3.

The conclusion I came to is..... 3D doesn't really do alot in a well made movie - for 3D to be really effective, they need to really gratuitously throw stuff out of the screen at you. And movies that do that are Stupid 3D Gimmick Movies, not good movies. Good cinematography/etc makes the 3D effect subtle.... and what's the point of it, if it's going to be subtle?

(And then there was Alice.... that movie really put me off 3D. All those gloriously pure and saturated colors, dulled out by the semi-sunglasses effect of the 3D glasses. Bleh!)



The reason movie companies like 3D? In this era of "everyone has a 40"+ home theatre system", 3D is something you need to go to the movie theatre for. (At least for now. 3D TVs are too expensive & new for many people to have them yet. I'd bet the technology still needs plenty of improvement too). And on top of that, they get to charge 50% more for the tickets, inflating their "Look how much Movie X earned!" numbers.

So it'll be awhile before the 3D fad fades again. :sadvaultboy:

[Austin Suggs]

I had to watch Cars 2 in 3D, simply because I promised my son he could go (and naturally he wanted to watch it with dad..) so I basically kept my eyes closed and treated it as a radio-play..

worked quite well actually


but I'm only doing this as a last resort in situations I can't get out of..

[Jonathan Egan]

3D is a gimmick. It really does add nothing to the movie.

I agree and it actually hurts the movie taking away the ability to do other things.