3D Movies - Your Thoughts?

It depends on the kind of 3D.

Active Shutter/RealD 3D is just plain a bad idea. It requires a super high framerate to compensate for the glasses rapidly shutting off one eye or the other in time with the movie, which rapidly alternates viewpoints in sync with the glasses. Of course that means that even if the glasses get a millisecond off, visual havoc ensues, so the video and the glasses are synchronized wirelessly, usually by infrared which can only communicate at a short range if the glasses are pointing at the IR transmitter. The constant shifting of images tends to cause headaches, and the 3D can almost never seem to pop out of the screen. Of course all of this is extremely expensive, too.

In other words, it's a total hack job that barely works.

Passive/Circular Polarized/IMAX 3D glasses are much, much better. They simply use two normal projectors at normal frame rates which use common lens filters to cause the resulting images to be broadcast in separate 'channels' (if you will) of light. The glasses are extremely cheap to produce and require only a thin plastic film in each lens to mimic the projector filters for the eyes so that the brain can process two unique images simultaneously. It causes no headaches, the resulting 3D can actually seem to pop out of the screen, and is just plain more comfortable and enjoyable.

All that is to say, the extra cost for 3D that uses the passive technology is totally worth it to me, but I wouldn't spend money on anything that relies on active shutter technology.
 
I actually bought a 3d tv but not for the 3d part mainly for being a LED and Dual Play option. I can play co-op but with the passive glasses on we each see our own view full screen. Pretty epic option.
And the 3d is totally bullshit imo.

I dont see shit pop out the screen, its all depth.
Even tried 3d trailers and what not, still depth.


@the cinema's Ive seen Transformers,Harry Potter,Thor, Amazing Spiderman in 3d.

Only Thor impressed me for the few moments shit popped out, other than that 3d has pretty much been disappointing for me.
 
i found out recently how they make things 'pop out' of the screen for 3d, and it's amazingly simple. all they do is letterbox the film, then layer the object they want to 'pop out' over the bars, so when it's viewed through the glasses, the object appears to leave the screen. simples.
 
Im not a fan, the boy, annoyingly, loves it. I was over the moon when i was informe batman wasnt 3D. Whenever I go to see anything 3D it just doesnt feel like its 3D, there are one or 2 bits where I'l notice it, but other than that, its just a normal film, only iwht crap picture quality, the lines always seem abit fuzzy to me.

So no, not a fan of 3D at all
 
i had a discussion with a guy at work who asked if batman was 3d, and i told him how chris nolan hates 3d, and he was like 'how can you hated 3d?!'

i cringed.
 
3D makes my head dizzy first.
Second They are not that great for what they do, I mean things really don't look like they are coming out at me, they just look like they are popping out of the screen and it looks ugly.
 
Things dont look like they are coming at you but they are popping out the screen? lol thats in that particular movie or scene.

I love when shit is popping out the screen that is what 3D is supposed to be imo. I just dont understand why the whole movie (maybe too much) or during significant scenes and more frequently "outta screen popping" effects cant be more noticable?

Ppl even get dizzy with passive glasses? I luckily dont have tht problem so please more out of screen popping effects for me.
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I've only seen one movie in 3D and that was The Lion King when it was out last year. It was mostly just an excuse to see it in theaters again because I love that movie. I thought the 3D effect was pretty cool but nothing worth paying a lot of extra money for. Even though it was 3D, it was the same price as the normal movies except an extra $2.00 for the 3D glasses (I kept them since we paid the two bucks for them). Wearing the glasses over my normal glasses was kind of annoying though.
 
Waste of money, to be honest. Just an old gimmick the movie business finally "mastered", in order to make a bit more money.

The only movie I've seen in 3D was the 4th Resident Evil movie. It was OK for what it was, I guess.
 
I did not read the others before posting. So keep that in mind. I consider 3D to be the way of movie viewing for the future. I absolutely love it. Honestly your always going to have shitty movies where the 3D does not make a real difference and in that sense its no difference than shitty movies without 3D.

Here are some 3D movies I considered the 3D to make a nice difference. Does not mean I love them all, yet I acknowledge the impovement of the 3D.

Avatar
Prometheus
How to train your pet dragon
Chronicles of narnia (3rd one)
Madagascar 3
Men in black 3
Harry potter Deathly hallows prt 2
Sanctum
And I am sure he hobbit will be good.


Here are some movie ( I dont consider bad, but the 3D does not really help it imo)

Transformers 3
Alice in wonderland
Avengers
Titanic
Tron
Underworld 3
Hugo

I have seen a lot of others but these are examples. I will note that I live in China and down here the ticket price is different...but its not a life or death difference. I do not know the difference in price in America atm. Allthough when I saw Avatar it was only like a 3-5 dollars difference... I guess for me its worth it to see which list I can put the movie on :Roland:
 
i've heard rumours that the hobbit 3d + 48fps is a proper experience, and will be the future of 3d film making. i'm still of the opinon that 3d is a gimmick, and it doesn't change the way you watch a film in the slightest. when you think that 100 years ago, films were black and white and silent, and then later in the 20th century colour and sound were added, which really changed the way we watch cinema, 3d really isn't all that revolutionary
 
Yeah I have great expectations for the Hobbit. Which is really unlike me because I usually try to expect nothing until after I have seen a movie or started a following. However with the other movies in play... not having expectations is hard.

Back to the topic. When 3D first became big I did not really expect things to pop out on the screen. I DID however expect improvment. I think it really enhances the quality and the beauty of the pictures when they are in 3D after seeing a few of them on standard afterwards.

One thing I will say is that Avatar set the bar HIGH. I saw this movie in 3D... it was my first 3D movie. I swear for a moment when that guy jumped off the waterfall I feel a little lunge as if I were falling myself... and my girlfriend gasped lol! Some of the things I witnessed with that 3D performance just have not yet been topped by other 3D movies.

After that I was sold on 3D... and every film I go to in 3D I secretely hope is a visually stimulating as avatar... yet to no avail. I was sold on 3D and have seen seldom things match what sold me. Allthough I cant complain too much becaue the quality is still greater... even if it is the same old (smoke, clouds, missles, arrows, water, explosions, and perportion contrast effects.)

The hobbit SHOULD bring 3D into a new era imo... the movies budget is quite enormous and the director + location has already proved they can hand the beauty to us. I just hope they dont downplay much of the natural beauty for more computer crafted effects. I just recently took a 3 month trip to New Zealand... and my god it is a beauty =)
 
i thought the 3d was crap in avatar. apart from the one shot very early on when he's reaching towards the screen for a button, i didn't notice it at all. if a film is going to be in 3d, things should look as though they're coming out the screen towards the audience. the added depth it creates is a cheap effect in my eyes, and it can ruin a lot of classic and standard techniques used in cinema such as focus pulling.
 
I find watching 3D movies to be a highly annoying experience. First off, the 3D glasses feel uncomfortable and strain my eyes. I don't need to wear prescription glasses or anything - the 3D glasses simply annoy me.

Secondly, the price of a 3D movie compared to a regular movie is ridiculously more expensive for no reason. >.> Because, thirdly, I don't really notice much of a difference half the time between watching a 3D movie and a regular movie - at least when it's filmed with humans. It's easier to notice the 3D-ness with animated movies.

Therefore, I wouldn't mind paying the extra money for a 3D animated movie. But you wouldn't catch me dead purchasing a 3D TV or using the 3D feature on my 3DS (ironically enough). xD
 
I...don't see the point of 3D. It doesn't really enhance the viewing experience, just the ticket prices. I mean, the first five minutes your mind is blown by how everything is leaping out at you, but after that you just stop noticing as you get absorbed in the film, so really it seems a bit of a pointless addition. Or maybe I'm just old fashioned and like watching my movies in 2D, without a pair of ridiculous glasses on over the top of the pair I always wear, and paying nearly double the price of a standard ticket for something I won't notice once the movie starts.
 
IMO it's a waste of money, I've tried watching 3D movies but in the end I find it more of a pain to watch. I mean seriously it doesn't really enhance the viewing experience not to mention it just gives me headaches after a while. I'm not gonna pay an extra $3 or $4 just to watch a movie in 3D, I'll stick with movies without the 3D...
 
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