I reckon its a worth a thread in itself to discuss this now as releases are starting to flow and it adds a whole new angle to the experience, and makes going to the cinema in some cases necessary again.
First film we went to see was Monsters vs Aliens and I was totally blown away by the effect of depth & motion it added to the film. Film itself was pretty average but as a first viewing didn't feel too ripped off as the effect was simply stunning and in places was jaw dropping, almost inducing motion sickness.
I'm an old timer who recalls watching Freddy Kruger with those poxy red/blue lenses, I believe these now are using the same tech you see on rides in Florida like Spiderman and Shrek, some fancy polarizing lenses that each let in a different image.
Yesterday we saw Coraline, I'm a huge fan of the Henry Sellick puppet style and the use of 3d was very subtle in this, no poking a stick out the screen at you etc, for me it just added a huge extra sheen to the simply beautiful look of the visuals and made for a brilliant experience. The 3d wasn't as 'in your face' as Monsters vs Aliens and just augmented an already wonderful film.
What will be interesting to see over time is how this works with different types of films, The Jonas Brothers trailer in 3d looked really weird, like there were distinct layers to the depth of field, pure CGI films looks amazing and really deep, the puppet stop-motion stuff looked great but it was more subtle.
Anyway, worth a thread to discuss, I really think for a year or 2 anyway the cinema has a great tool for certain kinds of films anyway to get people back in and to kill the mobile phone pirates.
First film we went to see was Monsters vs Aliens and I was totally blown away by the effect of depth & motion it added to the film. Film itself was pretty average but as a first viewing didn't feel too ripped off as the effect was simply stunning and in places was jaw dropping, almost inducing motion sickness.
I'm an old timer who recalls watching Freddy Kruger with those poxy red/blue lenses, I believe these now are using the same tech you see on rides in Florida like Spiderman and Shrek, some fancy polarizing lenses that each let in a different image.
Yesterday we saw Coraline, I'm a huge fan of the Henry Sellick puppet style and the use of 3d was very subtle in this, no poking a stick out the screen at you etc, for me it just added a huge extra sheen to the simply beautiful look of the visuals and made for a brilliant experience. The 3d wasn't as 'in your face' as Monsters vs Aliens and just augmented an already wonderful film.
What will be interesting to see over time is how this works with different types of films, The Jonas Brothers trailer in 3d looked really weird, like there were distinct layers to the depth of field, pure CGI films looks amazing and really deep, the puppet stop-motion stuff looked great but it was more subtle.
Anyway, worth a thread to discuss, I really think for a year or 2 anyway the cinema has a great tool for certain kinds of films anyway to get people back in and to kill the mobile phone pirates.
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