As you may have noticed 3-D movies are beginning to be a bigger part of the movie industry. Disney has brought in recent 3-D animation films such as "Up" and "Disney's A Christmas Carol" but "Avatar" has brought an example of a successful live action 3-D movie to the recent market. 3-D movies cost more at the box office therefore obviously cost more money and time to produce. My question is, is making/watching a movie in 3-D really worth the money for consumers and the money and production time for companies? Also have you seen or would you see a movie in 3-D?
Poll: 3-D Movies, are they worth it?
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Avatar is pretty much going to be the argument for Yes. Even if not, people loved Up.
What do I want to see in 3D? How about the upcoming movie release of WORLD WAR Z?
What do I want to see in 3D? How about the upcoming movie release of WORLD WAR Z?
3-D is a hard thing to judge. It can be used quite well, such as Disney or avatar, but it can also be butchered. As seen in every horror movie in 3-D where they stab things at the screen. If you ask me, as long as they're not straight up pandering to the 3-D with things jumping out at the screen, it can be used to accentuate the film itself.
It's nice and graphical eye candy but its not a deal breaker for me. Overall though with Avatar as evidance I would say yes.
some movies really have no use for 3D ( Up.... come on) while others manage to make it pretty cool ( My Bloody Valentine.... FLYING BLOODY TEETH)
If your high I'm sure its definetley worth it. Otherwise, it costs too much. And I already wear glasses, so I'm not paying $X.XX for another pair ill wear on top of the ones I have for 2 hours. So NO.
I still think it's a fad. "Avatar" may prove me wrong, or it may turn out to be the exception. Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't see why everyone's suddenly jumping on the bandwagon of something like that that's been around a good fifty years or so. Having said that, if it's done right, it can make for a damn fun experience. It really depends on the movie, I think.
I would say it depends, though not necessarily on the movie, but more on how the 3D is used. In Avatar, it was used to add depth and personality to the visuals, as well as make scenes feel more dynamic and emotional. Avatar's 3D is successful, in my opinion, because it doesn't use 3D as a gimmick. Some 3D movies will have objects hurtling at the Audience every 5 minutes, and while it's a neat visual trick, what it does is it makes the 3D the most memorable aspect of the movie. With Avatar, it's the opposite. Sure, there are a few sequences where some dirt is kicked towards the viewer or water droplets hang just out of reach, but other than that there aren't any scenes which flaunt the 3D, and after the first couple minutes I had completely forgotten that I was even watching a 3D film. Obviously I still saw the movie in 3D, but because it wasn't as in-your-face as other 3D movies, I was able to fully focus my attention on other aspects of the film.
In short, 3D only works if it serves to ENHANCE the viewing experience, not dominate it.
In short, 3D only works if it serves to ENHANCE the viewing experience, not dominate it.
I was sceptical about 3D taking over media but after seeing how it can be used to simulate depth like in Avatar (instead of some gimmick). Also I heard that 3D gaming was pretty emersive and added an extra level of fun. I beleive it may be the next evelution in media. Maybe even similar to the itroduction of colour to television. Or I could be completely wrong and just jumping on the bandwagon. Only time will tell
3D is bullshit. It darkens the movie, washes out the colors, adds nothing to the experience, and the glasses are so shoddily made that half of the time you just end up paying an extra five bucks to see an image that is blurry as shit anywhere except for the central fifteen or so degrees of your vision. The only thing I hate more than 3D is the trend toward exclusively offering movies in 3D.
I saw Avatar in 3d and liked it. None of that gimmicky "look at this pop out at you!" bullcrap. The edges were a little blurry but I barely noticed it. As long as the movie isn't made just because stuff can pop out at you and people would still see it in 2d, then i like 3d. (one of my friends said they got a really bad headache during Avatar, I felt fine but if a lot of people have that problem i can see it being the end of the 3d fad)
With movies like Avatar, I say yes.
Ckeesy says it all, really:
Ckeesy says it all, really:
I saw the Toy Story films in 3D, and those were cool looking, but overall a failure--they caused eyestrain, and the 3D almost took over the whole damn thing. But Avatar was so seamless, and yet, the 3D was still so essential to the spectacle of the whole thing. It was the only aspect of the movie which I could say, flat out, was balls-deep awesomeness.Ckeesy said: