Topic: Weekend Movie Marathon: Anything Goes

[addicted2dvd]

I haven't seen anything in 3D since I was a kid... shortly after that I had an eye injury... causing me to be blind in one eye. And 3D just don't work when you can only see out of one eye. 

[Najemikon]

Pete, do not think you are missing out on anything. As Achim says, 3D is just a bloody gimmick. Mark Kermode is very passionate about this argument. Check this out!

[Kathy]

I don't like the 3D glasses - they distract me. Only when 3D becomes a part of the film itself will I enjoy it.

[Critter]

How do they distract you exactly? I can understand how some people don't like 3D, I myself am getting sick of seeing it pop up in every second film released now but I've never found the glasses annoying. It's just like wearing sunglasses. I myself wear glasses 24/7 so when I have the 3D it means I have two pairs, the 3D over the top but even then it never bothers me.

[addicted2dvd]

Pete, do not think you are missing out on anything. As Achim says, 3D is just a bloody gimmick. Mark Kermode is very passionate about this argument. Check this out!

  Thanks Jon! I guess it is just a little disheartening when it seems like every other movie is coming out in 3D now... and I couldn't see these effects even if I wanted to.

[Najemikon]

How do they distract you exactly? I can understand how some people don't like 3D, I myself am getting sick of seeing it pop up in every second film released now but I've never found the glasses annoying. It's just like wearing sunglasses. I myself wear glasses 24/7 so when I have the 3D it means I have two pairs, the 3D over the top but even then it never bothers me.

I don't like wearing the 3D glasses over my normal ones, but your comment "just like wearing sunglasses" is one of my main complaints. You wouldn't dream of wearing tinted glasses in a cinema normally, yet that's what we happily do for 3D. It ruins the colour! While I was watching Avatar and trying to get the glasses to fit properly I kept taking them off. It's actually a very bright and colourful film, but could I tell? Could I hell.

The only time 3D will be properly feasible as a real leap forward is when you don't have to wear special glasses and people with eye problems like Pete aren't alienated.

[addicted2dvd]

I agree... when they get to the point they can give realistic 3D without the aid of glasses they will be doing something... but afraid that won't be in our lifetime.

[Najemikon]

Actually, don't speak too soon. It will happen in the next few years or 3D will fizzle out all-together as people get fed-up of the glasses...

http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/163047,3d-without-the-annoying-glasses-is-it-possible.aspx

[addicted2dvd]

Well... maybe we will have something to look forward too then! 

[snowcat]

I absolutely bloody hate having to wear to pairs of glasses to see a 3D film... it drives my crazy! your nose gets sweaty, its uncomfortable and as Jon said... it ruins the colours!

I went to see Up, and I kept thinking the colours are crap in this movie... I removed the glasses and it changed my mind... had I not paid £3 more to go see Up in 3D id have taken the glasses off and through them on the floor.

..Im sick of 3D ... I don't think its the way forward... I think its a gimmick... a way to get people to watch two movies.... until a TV that is capable of watching a film in 3D that costs a decent price exists Why even make stuff like Avatar 3D? the only way you can really experience that movie is for two months in a cinema.

Rant O/