Page 1 of 3D Films - Am I missing something?

I have seen a number of 3D films at the cinema now (Avatar, Toy Story 3 to name a few) and I`m not sure if I can actually see 3D or not! I have heard stuff about a percentage of people who are unable to see 3D and think I may be one of them. Either that or 3D just ain`t that great!
I can appreciate the depth that the 3D offers these films and during Avatar there were certainly parts where somethings look suspended in air but they never looked like they were coming out of the screen. Should that be happening?
It`s not that big a deal either way really as I am convinced that 3D will remain a fad until they can get a non-glasses version going.

I`m partially sighted in my right eye, but can still get the effect in certain scenes. As for `out of the screen` effects, that`s certainly been the case for some movies I`ve seen. Oddly the best examples I can name are Captain Eo (Michael Jackson movie played at Disney parks), and a Bob the Builder 4D movie at Legoland, where Luke actually moved back 4 rows because it looked as though a Girder was swinging into the auditiorium - and his eyes are buggered without his glasses!

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Most movies so far tend not to have stuff flying out at you as if it went on for an entire movie as opposed to a 5 minute theme park ride then it would get a bit odd for most viewers.

Avatar was almost exclusively about the depth the only time I remember anything coming out at the audience were some leaves when he was flying.

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I can appreciate the depth that the 3D offers these films and during Avatar there were certainly parts where somethings look suspended in air but they never looked like they were coming out of the screen. Should that be happening?It depends on the film. For example, Piranha 3D relies solely on thrusting boobs and gore out of the screen and into your face in the old fashioned schlocky 3D way.

Films like Avatar, Toy Story 3 etc are not about things coming out of the screen. The 3D is used to create depth into the screen. That said, I have yet to see a film where the 3D effect was remotely impressive or immersive. I saw Avatar on a full size IMAX and would rather have just seen the 2D version.

This item was edited on Wednesday, 1st September 2010, 13:45

I havn`t seen any of the new 3D movies, at the movies, but I have watched the 3D demonstrations in Curries etc. In those you get things behind & in front of the screen, but the gimmicky thinks thrown at you do nothing for me, however I watched a movie in the 50s at Kiddie club with the Green/Red glasses & this sailor was looking through a telescope towards the right of the screen, he then turned the teliscope towards the audience & everyone ducked..

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Personally, I hope 3D dies an embarrassing death.
Wearing Stevie Wonder shades to watch football in a pub?
HAHA!!! :D

If people want to do it in the cinema, slightly less embarrassing.
But still discriminatory towards spectacle wearers.

As long as they keep making 2D versions, I`ll be happy.

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But still discriminatory towards spectacle wearers.
Nope, Luke wears big thick glasses (milk bottle bottoms, poor bugger) and the 3D glasses are big enough to go over them while he`s still wearing them

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Nope, Luke wears big thick glasses (milk bottle bottoms, poor bugger) and the 3D glasses are big enough to go over them while he`s still wearing them

A child is one thing.
I can assure you wearing 3D glasses over adult glasses is extremely uncomfortable.
Practically impossible, in fact.
I could, of course, get prescription 3D glasses.
How much though? :/

Honestly, I usually let technology soldier on, I wish it luck and I adapt.
3D is the first technology I can think of that I hate with a passion and hope it dies. >:(

This item was edited on Wednesday, 1st September 2010, 14:18

Bound to fail as the p0rn industry hasn`t taken up the format