He is right, movies shot, or rather projected, in 3D are dark and non-immersive. The reason, and I mean the reason, I could not "get into" James Cameron's blockbuster from 2010, Avatar, was because I could not get lost in the movie. I was very self-conscious: I felt like I was sitting in the Scotiabank Plaza with conversion glasses on my face watching an artificial-looking film. That feeling never left me, not once, during the film's 27 hour running-time.
I rarely see anything in a movie theatre anymore because of the emphasis on 3D projection and what I call "The Avatar Effect".
Oh, and the cost of entering a 3D movie theatre... Forget it! Most movies are crap, so why would I want to spend that kind of cash seeing something that, in all probability, is "gonna suck"?
Steve Tilley of the Toronto Sun...
After Godzilla, I'm done with 3D
http://www.torontosun.com/2014/06/20/after-godzilla-im-done-with-3d
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On a more personal note: There was a movie I watched two nights ago that I wish I had seen in a movie theatre, instead of on DVD at home: City of Life and Death (China, 2009) is one of the finest 'new' films I've seen in years. Powerful stuff. ("Life is more difficult than death.")
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Well, ironically enough Barry; I share your dislike of 3D. Whether the film is good or bad, once I get past the 'cool' factor (about 2 3D scenes in), I lose all awareness of the effect. It is a gimmicky money-grab. I also feel it a rip-off if the movie hasn't actually been shot in 3D, which seems to be fairly commonplace these days (http://realorfake3d.com/). I have also been in some theatres where you get recycled glasses, complete with scratches and fingerprint smudges, out of a bin!
3D is definitely a money-grab, you are right. The industry is desperate to get money anyway they can; marking-up ticket prices is brilliant -- "It's even better in 3D!!!"
Of course some smarty pants would retort with a pointed comment: "Yeah, my ex was better in 3D!!! -- beats all these 2D photographs I have -- but at least we had a story!"
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