I’m rewatching Final Destination.
And it dawned on me that all of the shots were choreographed for 3D animation.
I remember disliking 3D movies whenever we had those red and blue lens glasses.
And whenever the movie industry switched over to the new clear 3D glasses. I still didn’t see the point in 3D movies. I watch them and then threw away the glasses at the end of the movie. The experience sucked, just like always.
So I’m curious.
Did anybody actually want 3D movies? Or was this something that the movie industry was just trying to shove down our throats?
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Personally love 3d movies. Obv many are built around the 3d and that can feel gimmicky, but many like the marvel ones just add an extra element of depth which is nice.
Used vr headsets for 3d, and have had a series of protectors that do 3d for it. Thought it was dying out, but newer 4k projectors keep adding the feature.
But I agree the general public opinion is it’s not worth it, so the studios will follow the money. If people vote with their wallets I’ll just have to accept the limited library I have so far.
I also feel like I need to add that many people either don’t see 3d (and don’t realize it, my father and daughter included), or have poor depth perception making the effect headache inducing. This accounts for a reasonable amount of the public, making the effect either worthless or not worth the strain.
This. I was surprised to learn how bad many people’s depth perception is. I used to work in VR and it seemed like a quarter to half of the people I showed it to could not see the depth.
If a movie was shot in 3d and the CGI was designed in 3d and the movie was produced for 3d I’ve generally enjoyed them (Avatar, Gemini Man, Alita Battle Angel). If however the 3d is produced by an off shore sweat shot rotoscoping a 2d shot then layering everything over a parallax background that’s an immediate pass.
I’d love if there was a 3d movie distribution app/platform for VR headsets though. I had to buy the 3d Blu-ray release of a movie, a PC Blu-ray drive, Blu-ray ripping software, then render that to a stereoscopic player and set a VR app to copy my desktop in stereoscopic mode just to watch it. That cost like $100 for a movie, and it seems more people have a quest or some shit then ever had a 3d TV.
I watched a 3DBR in PSVR but the quality was so bad I never bothered again.
They don’t even make 4K 3D discs so I guess that format is dead. High frame rate never made it either.
Alita in 3D was amazing
so was Dredd
That’s right! The slo mo scenes were tight.
I believe you can rent 3D movies in Bigscreen, but I’ve never tried it.
You’re either in the industry or a big nerd. I had no idea they did that to 2d movies. Might explain some bad experiences
Oh man, Alita had some amazing sequences, so damned good in 3d. I’m still crushed we’ll never see the rest in theatres.
Good news! There will be a sequel! We (the fans) did a lot of stuff to I guess convince “them” to go ahead and make the two sequels. I wrote a blog about it - there is also a link way down to SCREENGEEK that talks about the sequels
I definitely don’t. They give me a headache.
I don’t like it, and I don’t think it adds anything to the experience aside from headaches and eye strain.
Like many here I enjoy them if they are well made. Dr Strange Movies in 3D were awesome
I remember being wowed by Beowulf (which I think was the first high profile 3D movie in the most recent wave), and I also enjoyed Avatar in 3D. Other than those two movies I found that 3D
detecteddetracted from the overall experience and I quickly stopped attending 3D showings.edit: realized I made a typo three days later…embarrassing
That is certainly what they keep telling me.
I always try go see the 2d version, but occasionally I’ll watch a movie in 3d like avatar.
Avatar 2 was ridiculous in 3D. One of the most visually impressive things I’ve ever seen. Sure, the movie was garbage but damned if it wasn’t absurdly pretty garbage. Watching rain scenes through droplets, seeing my whole row reflexively flinch when we got “splashed” just, goodness gracious.
Wasn’t 3d technology pretty much abandoned around 2017. It never really took off.
I love 3d movies and I’m angry that I can’t buy 3d blurays of movies that were shot in 3d!
Captain EO was the shizz
I used to have nightmares about that borg queen when I was a kid, but didn’t remember where they came from until the anniversary event at Epcot when they brought it back. That was a surreal experience seeing my nightmares in 3d again.
I watched the original Avatar on 2D on cinemas when it was released.
A few days later I went to a 3D screening. The only time the 3D really called my attention was when the “wheelchair guy” was on an empty room with the “bad military guy”.
3D is a little enhancement/gimmick, but not a must. I avoided 3D movies from that day on, it’s not worth the money.
The most impressive thing I remember from when I watched Avatar in 3d, was the trailer for Toy Story before the movie.
I watched Tron : Legacy on release at the local IMAX in 3D. It was epic. Not seen anything else in 3D though.
Tron: Legacy was my first 3D movie. At the beginning of the movie I was like “huh, this 3D thing is absolutely not worth it” then, the guy goes into the grid and everything turns 3D and I thought about the people that watched The Wizard of Oz in cinemas for the first time, and how cool it must have felt to see a movie turn into color. That’s how I felt.
Almost my exact reaction… the Grid was so epic
