3D Movies And Greedy Movie Studios
There have been a lot of rumblings in the last week about 3D movies and Gizmodo has the lowdown on The Movie Studios’ Big 3D Scam. Movies such as Alice In Wonderland and Clash Of The Titans were never shot in 3D, whereas James Cameron’s Avatar was.
The money-grubbing movie studios have been converting films into 3D as way of squeezing more money out of the audience. If films like Clash of the Titans were truly 3D, then they would be shot with 3D cameras during production. Instead, Hollywood is converting many films into 3D during post production to maximize profits. The quality isn’t there and you’re getting scammed.
I’m going to boycott 3D films and urge you to do so as well.
I saw Avatar in IMAX 3D and I was truly impressed, except for the cheap pair of 3D glasses that were scratched up and looked filthy. I hate wearing 3D glasses and feel they get in the way of the viewing experience. They weigh too much and feel uncomfortable, especially after a long movie like Avatar.
Alexander Murphy at Gizmodo gets it:
The only time that I have felt it was worth it was Avatar and even then I wanted to yank the damn thick-rimmed glasses off my face every 3 minutes.
There is something wrong when you pay $18 to watch a $200 million movie in an expensive IMAX 3D theatre with a crummy pair of 3¢ glasses. If I see Clash of the Titans or Alice in Wonderland in the movie theatre it will be the regular 2D version of the film.
3D movies are like economic recessions. Every 20 years they seem to come and go. Until Hollywood figures out how to make 3D movies work without the glasses, I’m not interested. I think this is another fad that will eventually die off. I’d rather see a well-crafted film in 2D than an average film in 3D.
Posted in Movies at 6:52 PM
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Exactly! Avatar’s 3D was great, until I stopped noticing it 15 minutes into the film. This is my experience in IMAX theatres in general. I pay a premium to watch the movie on a giant screen, my brain adjusts within 10 minutes to the scale of the picture, and I then no longer appreciate that its on a big screen. I might as well see it in a regular theatre, save a few bucks, and get the exact same experience.
Posted by: Ryan on March 23, 2010 7:34 PM
Anyone here interested in free passes to Clash of the Titans in 3D?!?
Posted by: Louis Leterrier on March 23, 2010 10:30 PM
I prefer watching humpback whales mating.
Posted by: Sir David Attenborough on March 23, 2010 10:31 PM
I don’t know that movies really need 3D to begin with. People are still watching film in record numbers and that was before the resurgence of 3D in the last year.
Louis, you could give me 10 free passes to Clash of the Titans and I still wouldn’t go. I’m sticking to my guns on this one!
Posted by: jay 
on March 23, 2010 11:04 PM
Hi Jay.
Don’t listen to Louis. I have free Hot Doc tix to my new 3D horror flick if u wish - Joan Rivers: A Piece of Plastic.
Posted by: Ricki Stern on March 24, 2010 3:10 AM
Weird what you find when you tell Google you’re “feeling lucky”…lol
Posted by: Stephen the Snake on August 6, 2010 3:22 PM
I have also recently decided to boycott 3D, however there will be the occassional exception to the rule (Sci-Fi movies).
My reason for this boycott, is not primarily linked to paying more, it’s linked to paying the same or more for an inferior movie.
It’s of my opinion, that movies being made in 3D are being showcased as the best thing since sliced bread. But let’s face it, the best thing since sliced bread, is a great movie, which has a decent script, decent acting. But the qualitites that make a movie worth watching are being sacrificed at the expense of delivering future technologies.
Don’t get me wrong, Avatar was a great movie, but it was great without 3D.
I have also have to mention that my wife become rather nausious when watching the flying scenes and donning the 3D specs.
My biggest dissappointment this year, was Resident Evil 4, man that movie sucked big time, I would like to believe that it would of had more time and effort put into it had it of been shot in the normal format.
Recently saw the new Pirates of the carribien movie trailer (hailed as being in 3D, that also looks crap.
If it is only out in 3D, I won’t even waste my time.
My rant over, hope at least some of you agree… that 3D movies is not the way forward, and would shudder to think, that ALL movies may well be produced this way.
Regards
Steven, an avid movie goer.
Posted by: Steven Baskett on December 30, 2010 6:35 AM
