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?
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.
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 believe you can rent 3D movies in Bigscreen, but I’ve never tried it.
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.
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
I enjoy them, but only when they are well made and use the 3d to add proper depths to shots. Too many 3d movies tried to rely on cheap “object comes out of screen” tricks that get old very fast.
Best one i ever saw was the Animated A Christmas Carol… With Jim Carey as Scrooge. They did some amazing 3d depth shots in that one.
No for two reasons.
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I already wear glasses, these are just uncomfortable.
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My brain stops noticing the 3D effect after a few moments. I think it’s cool when concentrating on it, but it’s not worth the extra cost and equipment.
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Nope. I fidget a lot. Turn my head sideways and it all goes blurry. Usually it costs more money. I don’t want the discomfort of wearing scratched up glasses. I think I can go on and on. It’s just not a value-add to me.
Dredd in 3D was mesmerizing
It’s flopped and dead to me. I think it was definitely something to raise ticket prices.
And yet they never fell after that, did they?
…they were a premium exclusively for 3D shows. There was no change in price for regular shows, beyond the usual inflationary increases.
When done right, yes. But i will say whenever i see a 3d movie i also see it in 2d either before or after.
Once i saw avatar and saw that this 3d wasn’t just “popping out” 3d like the red/blue kind and instead more like using the screen like a window into the world of the movie I thought it was brilliant. Still didn’t stop some films using it as a gimmick though.
I still kinda wish 3d took off more past the gimmicky phase. I was too young to get a 3d tv at the time and I wish I could experience some of those movies again in 3d. But even if I had a 3d tv now they haven’t released 3d versions of movies outside of the cinemas in like 10 years. I would still like to get one to experiment with 3d gaming though. But will probably result in me being disappointed because it’s potential was never fully realised, like 2 screen async gaming on the wii u.
If you haven’t found the 3D movies, you’re probably not looking in the right place.
That probably is the case to be honest
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.
I love it! I searched long and hard to get a nice 4K 3D TV from 2015 a couple years ago and I have no regrets. I love watching movies on Blu-ray 3D. But yes, I recognize that I am very in the minority here. 🤣
Do they still release current 3d films anywhere? Would love to see the lijes of spidercerse in 3d again
I avoid them at all costs, even the 3D rides at Disney World. I don’t even put the glasses on and just let my family enjoy the ride.
They give me the worst headache!
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
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.
I think it’s amazing when done right.
But
Almost every time I’ve been to a 3d showing they have the screen adjusted wrong or in the wrong aspect ratio and it messes everything up.
I have a buddy with a home theater and a 3d projector with synchronized LCD glasses and 3d blu rays in that context are great.
I love it, bought all the 3d movie I could. It just offers much more immersion for me. I still have my 3d tv and projector, but they stopped making the movies. Sad day.
I like them too, there are still a few movies that get a 3D release (although live action movies now are pretty much all just 3D conversion). Wikipedia lists 12 movies released this year that got 3D releases, 5 of those are animated movies, and 3 are Marvel movies. I missed the window on 3D home theater, but with the right tools I can watch the 3D releases I do have in VR, which is admittedly slightly less comfortable, but works since I’m the only person I know that actually likes watching in 3D anyway.
Do they release outside of the cinema though?
A few do on BluRay, although that’s likely not going to last much longer, since the studios seem to really want to kill off physical media.
Ah, I’ve not seen 3d blurays in forever
Like many here I enjoy them if they are well made. Dr Strange Movies in 3D were awesome
