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Saturday, December 25, 2010

3D??? I've had enough!

Now everyone will admit there is nothing more stylish than a cool looking pair of 3D glasses. As you can see from my picture I should have taken these glasses to wear in public. That said I have had enough with the onslaught of movies in this dimension.   I feel 3D movies belong at the amusement parks and IMAX theaters.  

The only people that benefit from most 3D movies is the theaters in the $3-5 upcharge they get for letting you wear their glasses.  

I have seen many movies that came out in 3D.  Most of the time I will drive across town to go to the 2D version.  The only movie I think was made better by being in 3D was Avatar and it was not THAT much better.  

I recently saw the new Tron movie not only in 3D but on the IMAX at the local AMC movie theater.  The $18 per ticket price tag normally would have made me ill but this time my son Danny coughed up the dough for the tickets so I was okay.  

I wish there was a phone number where I could call Hollywood and tell them enough is enough.  Hopefully this is a fad that will run it's course like ti did in the 50's. 

Don't even get me started on the shaky cam...

2 comments:

  1. Seems like it will be good for really big action movies. Other than that, I don't see the point either. I saw Alice in Wonderland in 3D and it didn't do much for me . . . and yet people are paying big money for 3D TV's.

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  2. Avatar is the only movie I can think of that was even marginally better in 3D that 2D. Most 3D movies released just have a couple of the hokey sticks pointing out into the audience.

    There are 3D tv's sold but I'm not sure there are that many. I read that it's only 2% of tv's sold-which I guess is expected. I am surprised that the prices are not that bad. $2000 for a 55" Samsung. Who wants to wear glasses in their own house?

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