Can't wait for the 3D fad to be over

Cant you just go and see the "normal" 2D version - most (and probably all) cinemas show them side by side.

Also dont understand your comment about HD - isnt the 3D picture shown at the same resolution as the standard 2D version? I saw Avatar in 3D and didnt think the image looked any different to a normal cinema picture (apart from the 3d effect).
 
agreed. 3d in the cinema is a rip off and i cant help but feel that when i watched Captain Eo in 3d back in the early 90s at disney that was way better than the 3d in cinemas nearly 20yrs later?! or is that my bad memory as i was only a child.
 
How can it be a rip off - you arent being forced to watch it.

If you feel it enhances the cinema going experience and are prepared to pay a bit more for it - then do so. If not then just see the 2D version.

The implementation of 3D requires investment in new screen and projection equipment on behalf of the cinema - isnt it obvious that they will recoup that investment cost through higher ticket prices - especially from the early adopters.

If enough people think it enhances the experience and are willing to pay for it - 3D will become the norm and the differential in pricing will diminish. If not - it will die a death (as it has done before).

In that respect 3D is no different to any other technology and this discussion is probably as old as the movie industry itself.

Why move from colour movies over B&W. B&W is perfectly acceptable therefore paying extra for colour is a rip off.

Why move from VHS to DVD. VHS is perfectly acceptable therefore paying extra for DVRAB is a rip off.

Why go to blu-ray over SD-DVD. SD-DVRAB are perfectly acceptable therefore paying extra for blu-ray is a rip off.

Why move from 2D to 3D. 2D movies are perfectly acceptable therefore paying extra for 3D is a rip off.
 
Brightness, colour, whatever. It amounts to the same thing: Colours on the screen are less vivid when viewed through those glasses. Drop them off your nose for a second while watching a film like UP or Alice and you notice what you're missing visualy, for me that's a distraction. In Alice the White Queen looked more grey than white, for instance.

I've nothing against 3D as such, I thought what Avatar did was absolutely astounding on a technical level, a game changer cinematically and thoroughly deserved it's Oscars. For me though, a film has to do more than look good, and I found it terribly dull for such an action packed film, only film I ever left to go to the toilet twice.

3D has it's place, animation and 'special' projects such as Avatar, but the current trend for so-called 'retro-fitted' 3D on anything and everything going is pi***ng me off somewhat, Alice is a prime example of unneccesary use of 3D.

Plus, the studios/TV networks have barely even started converting the whole world to HD, now they're trying to flog us 3D in our own homes. I'm a home theatre geek (to such an extent that I can afford), but 3D at home doesn't appeal to me, until such time as it can be done without the need for silly plastic glasses.
 
Until they manage to make 3D without the need for glasses there will always be an option to watch it in 2D for people who don't like it. It's win win. 3D for those that love it, 2D for those that don't.
 
No he doesn't.

James Cameron has criticised the conversion process involved in making 2D films into 3D films. In his view, the only way you can guarantee better quality is to make the film in 3D to start with.

I've only ever seen Avatar in 3D so I can't speak for any others movies, but on the basis of that one film - I'm well up for watching another one. Rather than being tedious, it added a lot to the movie.
 
I don't think people will go to see a film just because it's a 3D production. If it's a turkey, 2D or 3D, it's still a turkey and no amount of hype will improve it.
 
You will be waiting awhile then. Especially with the whole 3D glasses technology, it combats piracy a little bit, due to the fact that no-one can film a 3D movie in the cinema.

Plus at the moment, for cinemas it's the one experience people can't have at home.

And as someone else said.. its the natural progression. Its just all a bit shit at the moment.
 
Great, so in 10-years time we'll all be sat at home in our darkened rooms with no objects in them to interfere with the effect.

Coupled with the internet and how technology is progressing we'll all be pastey-faced, weak limbed creatures.

Then Google (aka Skynet) will become self-aware and take us over!

When I watched Ice-Age 3D last year, I found myself concentrating on the 3D-effects rather than the story. No wonder film-makers are embracing it - bang out any old sh** and the public will still watch it anyway as it's 3D...
 
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