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Does anyone actually like 3d movies?

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?

XEAL ,

I watched the original Avatar on 2D on cinemas when it was released.

A few days later I went to a 3D screening. The only time the 3D really called my attention was when the “wheelchair guy” was on an empty room with the “bad military guy”.

3D is a little enhancement/gimmick, but not a must. I avoided 3D movies from that day on, it’s not worth the money.

ghashul ,

The most impressive thing I remember from when I watched Avatar in 3d, was the trailer for Toy Story before the movie.

bionicjoey ,

They usually make me think of this

1hitsong ,
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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!

Bebo ,

I definitely don’t. They give me a headache.

vivadanang ,

It’s flopped and dead to me. I think it was definitely something to raise ticket prices.

Stovetop ,

And yet they never fell after that, did they?

GreyEyedGhost ,

…they were a premium exclusively for 3D shows. There was no change in price for regular shows, beyond the usual inflationary increases.

feef ,

I always try go see the 2d version, but occasionally I’ll watch a movie in 3d like avatar.

Truck_kun ,

I love 3D movies.

That said, I refuse to go to a movie theater now days.

I’d rather just buy the movie on Streaming and watch any time I want, as many times as I want.

But I don’t have 3D at home, or a home theater type setup, so, it is just something I go without. Would of course love a home theater with 3D capability, but that ain’t happening, so, life goes on.

alienzx ,

I love 3d movies and I’m angry that I can’t buy 3d blurays of movies that were shot in 3d!

bunkyprewster ,

I saw Kiss Me Kate in 3D with the old glasses back in 1980 or so. Had a 3D Three Stooges short before the movie that was also pretty great.

xyguy ,

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.

Professorozone ,

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.

tetris11 ,
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Dredd in 3D was mesmerizing

AernaLingus , (edited )

I remember being wowed by Beowulf (which I think was the first high profile 3D movie in the most recent wave), and I also enjoyed Avatar in 3D. Other than those two movies I found that 3D detected detracted from the overall experience and I quickly stopped attending 3D showings.

edit: realized I made a typo three days later…embarrassing

M500 ,

No for two reasons.

  1. I already wear glasses, these are just uncomfortable.
  2. 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.
calhoon2005 , (edited )
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I watched Tron : Legacy on release at the local IMAX in 3D. It was epic. Not seen anything else in 3D though.

fixmycode ,
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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.

calhoon2005 ,
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Almost my exact reaction… the Grid was so epic

blazera ,
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Yeah ive always loved 3D effects, and never understand what folks have against it.

deo ,

I wear glasses, so 3D glasses on top of my regular glasses are annoying. Some 3D movies make me motion sick, too (not always, but sometimes). But i do it anyway because friends/family are worth a bit of discomfort . I don’t feel super strongly about it or anything, but that’s what I have against it.

Jimmycrackcrack ,

It’s definitely the tech getting in the way of the experience. There’s comments to be made about the gimmicky nature of content made for 3d but if it really took off you’d eventually see stand out art and ultimately it would become so standard and expected that even for a film not taking particular advantage it’d probably be there, literally, adding another dimension to the experience of the film. The problem is, in all it’s history we just haven’t figured out a way that isn’t clunky and irritating on the viewing side. A pair of plastic glasses may seem a pretty minor inconvenience but people balk at that type of thing and only have the desire and patience for it during brief spikes where it re-emerges as a fad.

It also, from memory suffers from making the films seem darker, the glasses are prone to being lost, or scratched. To make them comfortable you’d really have to make them as good as actual glasses, which are expensive. It’s also problematic from a theatrical perspective because a session has to be 3d only, you can’t have people in the same session watching it without glasses, the screening is unwatchable without them so you have to tie up 2 screens with a 3d and 2d version. I think I recall hearing about advances the last time this fad was big, where they finally didn’t need glasses, but it resulted in narrow viewing angle requirements.

If you’re picking up a theme here, it’s that all the complaints are about the practicalities of the tech, not necessarily the entertainment value of 3d itself. The trouble comes when that entertainment, while fun, isn’t worth it.

blazera ,
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I dont think its the glasses, I remember plenty of people hating on the 3DS's use of 3D.

Alue42 ,

It's not that I hate 3d effects, but I'll avoid them if I can, for a variety of reasons.

As other people have said - I wear glasses, I having to put the glasses over my own glasses just makes it difficult. They don't stay on and I have to hold them, it makes the image askew, it's uncomfortable on my nose and ears when it does "fit". They really should come up with a more inclusive way to watch these as a good portion of the population wears glasses.

For another, I suffer from migraines and 3d effects not done well tend to trigger them, and I already have enough triggers that I can't avoid.

A strange one needs a little bit of backstory - I was never great a sports as a kid, could never quite catch a pop-up or hit a fast ball, but I was great at throwing or other aspects. People wrote it off as just "unathletic" and I went on to live my life as a weird nerdy kid despite the rest of my family being athletic. Fast forward to my adult life when I was put on a very strong medication and needed a very thorough eye exam and a result to set a baseline to make sure the medication doesn't end up damaging my retinas (thorough to the point that the exam was 5 hours and I had tests done I'd never seen it heard of before).
It turns out my eyes/brain only interpret half the depth perception of the average person. So what I'm seeing during a 3d movie is not what's meant to be seen. And since this is not an eye exam that would be regularly given - who knows if it people that are complaining about the movies have the same issue I do? Cartoon-y 3d (like Disney world/theme Park things) is fine for me, but things like Avatar just give me migraines.

TxTechnician OP ,

Because it’s pointless.

  • the effect wears off after the first or second scene. So then I’m just watching a regular movie where a handle occasionally comes out of the screen.
  • it’s gimmicky. It just doesn’t add anything of value for me.
  • it’s a hassle. I don’t want to wear (and eventually toss) a cheap pair of plastic glasses.

VR on the other hand. Rules.

Jinn ,

I don’t understand where the VR comment comes from. It’s not like 3D and never has been. They’re 2 wildly different things.

brettvitaz ,

That’s just like your opinion man

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