3D films in Cinema VS 3D films on DVD?

A

Alanna

New member
Hi.

I was wondering if it is better to see a 3D film in the Cinema than a 3D film at home on DVD.

I watched my first 3D film on DVD last month (genuine copy of My Bloody Valentine) and it had the glasses with the coloured film (cryan and yellow) or whatever colour it was, and although it did have 3D stuff shooting out, the film just was not enjoyable, it suffered from mega "double vision" and the colour was way off, which left me with a headache.

Now I was wondering if 3D films are better in the cinemas, don't they use Digital RealD 3D? (thats if Cineworld use that), is there the double vision and colour issues that you get with the coloured film glasses?

Thank you :)
 
A found cinema a pleasant experience. Going by what i remember 3D TV/film that used the coloured glasses, cinema (Real3D) was much much better.
 
The cinamas are using polorized glasses now and the experience is 1000% better.

I went to see Final destination the other week and it was amazing
 
No. I have watched the 3d verion of Brendan Foster's Journey to the Center of the Earth on a 42" plasma TV and Bluray disc and found it to be the best 3D I have seen. That's the 3D itself, not (necessarily )the film.
 
I'd say that the cinema wins hanRAB down.

Having seen both My Bloody Valentine at the cinema, and on Blu Ray - I'd certainly say the cinema is the best. Whilst the depth of the 3D is about the same in both - on the TV with the coloured gel glasses, the whole thing had a green tint to it. Plus, I found that I had to sit pretty close to the TV screen for the effect to work, and all lighting needed to be off in the house for best effect.

The cinema still does have some 'double vision' though. I've noticed that it mainly occurs only on very close up things in 3D though. Everything else seems fine. As a tip at the cinema though, the closer you are - the better it seems to look. As soon as you can see the borders of the screen, the effect is spoiled. It sometimes looks like you're watching something on a stage, as the 3D seems to invert into the screen...
 
I agree, although not The Final Destination as it sucks.

I've seen TFD, My Bloody Valentine and Coraline, and Coraline is the best of the 3D - it makes use of the technology without being gimmicky, like things coming out at you for no reason which can just be stupid and forced.

Seeing the trailer for Avatar in 3D though - that was almost worth seeing Final Destination. Wow, can't wait!
 
Well, I watched The final destination the other day my very first 3D movie at the cinema, and whilst the movie was like every other FD movie, the 3D element made it so much more enjoyable

Of course when 3D becomes the norm, average movies wont cut it, but until then, I will watch any old crap in 3D:D
 
I would like to see one on the big screen but I am not sure if there are any cinemas near me that show 3D films. As I don't drive; it would be hard for me to get to one that does.
 
Cineworld uses the RealD polarised 3D system which looks great and is much much better than the anaglyph 3D DVD releases that we are subjected to. With RealD you get full colour, only about 10% decrease in brightness (which in the darkened cinema screen is hardly noticeable) and more importantly no/or little eyestrain.
With the anaglyph DVD releases, the 3D works well, but you have poor colour reproduction (from the filtering method used) and you often get eyestrain if the glasses are worn for too long. Anaglyph 3D is a cheap and efficient way to distribute 3D to the masses.
Personally, I convert all my anaglyph 3D DVRAB to side by side format (using the freeware Stereo Movie Maker) and then watch them on a DLP projector using shutter glasses. The quality, with the best conversions that I've done, is almost as good as what I've seen in the Cinema. When the DVRAB are released in Field Sequential format e.g. Spy KiRAB 3D (Extreme Edition) and the Sensio DVRAB, they look amazing...as good as the Cinema.

Gae41
 
Agree! coraline was brilliant in 3d ...sometimes find one gets sore eyes watching a long 3d film with the glasses on ! i wonder if 3d will replace the traditional cinema in the long run ?...i cant see 3d taking over in the home though !
 
I've seen 3D trailers running using the Panasonic endorsed version of 3D and wearing glasses on a very big TV and it looks just as good as in the cinema. But yes, it will get wearying and seeing a promo reel of the last Olympics in 3D was just odd.
3D console gaming could be fun but also just as brain mangling over long perioRAB.
 
I watched My Bloody Valentine 3D at the cinema and it was an amazing experience. It was more of a theme park type ride than a movie which actually made enjoyable even if it was slasher flick.

Got the 3D Blu Ray at home and got to say, its nowhere near asgood.
 
That's the problem at the moment. When we do get a 3D release of a film on Blu Ray/DVD, they use the anaglyph 3D method with cardboard glasses because it is cheap and affordable. That's OK, but the problem is, if this is the only way that some people are experiencing 3D then it will put them off it and they are usually the people who don't like it or don't want it to succeed.
So on the one hand, you have the true 3D in the cinema (and mostly positive responses to 3D by those people who see it) and then you have the rubbishy anaglyph 3D DVRAB for home release (and a mostly negative response to 3D by those people who only see this type) :rolleyes:

It's a catch 22 situation trying to get more people interested in 3D. The film companies seem to be shooting themselves in the foot too, by trying to keep real 3D an exclusive experience for just the cinema.

I've noticed that the next lot of 3D movies to be released on Blu Ray/DVD are now only being released in 2D. Monsters v Aliens and Ice Age 3 being examples. :(

Gae
 
Back
Top