Saw the latest Tim Burton flick tonight, for lack of anything better in the nearby movie houses, and am, not surprisingly, nonplussed. Typical Burton fare--Visually interesting at times, but the story was weakweakWEAK, and at times I had to keep reminding myself that Alice's last name wasn't Baggins and this wasn't the distaff version of Lord of the Rings. If you must see it, you can wait for the DVD.
Thanks. I've been on the fence about this one. It's at the Castro in 3-D, but when I saw Nine there in January, their digital projection system was all screwed up -- the color was awful, making everyone look like they had jaundice. But Alice is making a mint; looks like all those millions who saw 3-D for the first time with Avatar are now rushing out to see anything that's 3-D.
My personal take on 3D is that it's a lot of smoke and mirrors, and not worth the extra $ they're charging for 3D versions. I saw Avatar first in 2D and was pretty damn impressed by the visuals. A few weeks later we had some time to kill and nothing else of interest was playing within a 20 minute drive, so we went to a theater that had the 3D Avatar and saw it again. There were a few times when something would pop out of the screen, but generally they were small details, not huge fireballs coming right at me. And I really didn't feel I got that much more from the 3D than I did the first time around. Not to mention the glasses a distraction--they were uncomfortable and hurt my ears.
I think a lot of people are hesitant to say anything bad about it--who wants to say the emperor has no clothes? But seems like the movie industry is determined to push everything they can into the format, so we may be seeing it for awhile, until there's a significant number of 3D busts. (Actually I can think of a few busts I'd like to see in 3D--paging ScarlettJo...
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yes, after the novelty of the 3D wears off, the movie still has to hold your interest on a storytelling level for the experience to be worthwhile. (Maybe the lameness of
Avatar's story line got in the way of you enjoying your second viewing...?)
I enjoy the 3D movies I've seen, but they cost a fair amount more: The Century Theater here (above Bloomingdale's) has two version of
Alice in Wonderland 3d movie, on in "Real XD" 3D for $16 and one regular style for $14.. yikes...!
I've also heard that 2D versions can be brighter -- in general. so there's a trade off there. Al in all, if the movie has a good story to tell, the 3D effect can help your experience. But seeing that same good story in 2D will leave you with just as many good memories. Hell, real life is in 3d for most binocular beings, so the movie ain't showing us we don't see every day. I guess what I'm trying to say is, when I think of the moments that stick with me from a movie like
Up, it's the touching sadness of the man losing his dear wife, the joy he and the kid found on their adventure, the comedic moments of the the talking dog. But not so much the awesome 3D texturing of the mass of balloons, or an object poking my virtual eye out, for instance.
