3D or not 3D, whether tis' nobler to cast out one eye...

[strawman]

So yeah. The discussion in the transformers thread isn't all about how TF sucks, it's about how 3D sucks. So just curious here.

I see the Hobbit is going to be made in 3D (dual camera rigs, so real 3D, not post - although I'm not sure how that's going to work out with the forced perspective tricks they used in LoTR.).

What movies are real 3D (ie, two images from filming through post) and what movies are coming out with 3D that are filmed in 2D?

If you generally don't like 3D, are there movies or directors you might make an exception for due to the material, or some intrinsic trust you have in the director?

 

[Espy]

Generally prefer 2D but I'm open to 3D (real, not post) for the right movie.

 

[Dei]

If movie tickets weren't already ridiculous, I'd be more open to paying more for 3D, but I'm really not.

 

[Sara_2814]

I prefer 2D. Just a few minutes of looking at 3D puts me on the express train to Migraineville.

What little I've seen, I don't feel I'm missing anything. I love beautiful cinematography and artful use of color, and 3D, to me, is like the anti-cinematography, and the colors are terrible. What little I've seen also looked gimmicky: "let's do this thing, just for the 3D!" Bleah.

If it didn't cause excruciating pain in my skull, the only film that I would think would be enhanced by 3D would be Tron, where the real world would be in 2D and the computer world in 3D, which would be kind of cool in that it would make the computer world look very different from the real world. And because it's a computer world, the colors don't have to look realistic, so that problem would be solved.

The only way 3D will truly impress me is through Holodecks.

 

[Adam]

I just don't think the technology is here yet to offer us a true 3D picture. Wearing glasses is uncomfortable and, while it adds to the general feeling of the movie sometimes, often it's just a gimmick by lazy filmmakers to get a couple extra bucks out of people. The usual "Toss shrapnel at the screen" 3D effect needs to just stop.

Edited:
Or what Sara said.... The lamer.

 

[DarkAudit]

3D is a gimmick, nothing more. Even if they cross all the t's and dot all the i's during production, as seen in the article linked in the other thread, there's a high chance they'll botch it at your local movie house, rendering all that hard work moot. And it's bled over into ruining the moviegoing experience for other movies now.

If it's 3D, I'm going to skip it. Period. Doesn't matter if there's a 2D alternative. They're not going to continue the fad with my money.

 

[Far]

I prefer the pace/cameron approach to 3D for any live action film. I have found that some animated movies can do the post 3D well enough to be worth seeing, and one in particular, though it is stop motion, Coraline used it very well, particularly in the doorway between the two worlds. Most often though they will go for the cheap "stuff-flying-out-at-you" use of it.

And I'd say that so far that has been my biggest complaint with its use. It feels like everyone is going the safe route with it and what's worse is that if you do happen to see the post 3D movies in 2D, these scenes are extremely jarring in that you can definitely tell that they were made solely to try to justify the extra ticket price. I want to see the a HUD for a ship or plane, or hell the one Iron Man has done in 3D. Something other than what is constantly used now anyway.

 

[Tress]

If there's good reason, and it enhances the visuals, then I'm all for it. Avatar did this well. If it's just a gimmick (see the aforementioned "shrapnel at the screen" crap) then I want 2D. If if makes the movie so dark and murky that it becomes hard to see, then I definitely want 2D. I think above all else, I want the ability to choose.

 

[checkeredhat]

I agree that there are some cases where 3D really does enhance the experience, but they are VERY few and far between. How to Train Your Dragon, the scene flying through the cliffs on the shore, that is literally the only time I have felt 3D enhanced a movie and wasn't just a gimmick intended to make me pay more money for my already inflated-price ticket.

I wish everyone else would hurry up and get sick of 3D as well, so that Hollywood execs would at least start giving us the OPTION to see the films they way they were intended.

 

[Frank]

Pain is my main motivation for preferring 2D though I imagine that even without the mind bending headaches I'd still prefer 2D.

 

[DarkAudit]

The business side of the 3D fad is taking a hit now. Looks like the curtain is finally about to drop, folks.

 

[@Li3n]

3D will always be a fad as long as you need glasses to see it... and i'm guessing shortly after you don't we'll get holograms anyway.

 

[Gusto]

I wear glasses for seeing distances at details, so I legally NEED them to drive and I like having them at the movies so things are more clear.

I slightly prefer 2d to well-done 3d just because I don't have to wear two pairs of glasses.

 

[Chibibar]

2D. I don't like 3D as much due to glasses and it does give me migraine after awhile
I would rather it be "true" 3D but the technology is no where near that (i.e. no glasses or smoke)

 

[Far]

I should also mention that my opinion is that of someone who doesn't have to pay to see any movie, used to work at the theatre and still get walked into films, so the extra cost isn't an issue in my decisions about which version to see.

 

[GasBandit]

I saw the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie in 3D, just because it was the one at the most convenient time for me. I regretted it... the 3D-ifying made it dark and murky and really I didn't feel like any aspect of the film was made more enjoyable by adding a third dimension - if anything it was a distraction and impeded my enjoyment of the visual experience.

 

[Dave]

This, Gas. Very much this. And to top it off, their leaving on the wrong lenses fucks with the quality of the 2D films as well, making the whole movie experience bad no matter which you see. And they wonder why people pirate and sales are down.

 

[SpecialKO]

I pretty much agree with everyone here. Plus movies in my area are already 10-13 bucks. Not paying another 5-8 on top of that crap to see things that look dark and murky while I try and keep my head as still as possible to keep the glasses I always wear from pushing the 3D plastic shit they hand me off my face.