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Author Topic: Journey to the Center of the Earth in 3D only? Jonathan Worthing Master Film Handler Posts: 384 From: Hereford, UK Registered: Apr 2001 posted 06-30-2008 06:21 AM                     I can not see the attraction of a film in 3D going out in standard 35mm. I also saw the preview at expo this year & IMO the film was the same as the films like Jaws3 3D & Spy kids 3D. All the actors are made to do strange motions thrusting there arms a throwing things towards the camera , which in standard 35 film looks very odd. Some one said to me that the best 3D film he had ever seen was a cheap Porno from the 70's. (slightly worrying what was being thrust at the camera there). (3D will come round ever 10 years until something that is enjoyable to watch makes a breakthrough.)  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 06-30-2008 12:04 PM                        quote: Jonathan Worthing All the actors are made to do strange motions thrusting there arms a throwing things towards the camera And this is one of the reasons 3D films failed in the 50s 70s, 80s. You would think by now SOMEONE in Hollywood would be smart enough to look at the history of 3D and understand that unless it's a really good story, people get bored and even annoyed sitting for two hours having stuff thrown at them. Duh. To this day, IMHO, one of the BEST 3D film of the 50s (and ever, actually) was the HOUSE OF WAX. Very few scenes were contrived for 3D effect. Even the famous paddle ball bit fit right in with the flow of the scene. Maybe it was because the director, Andre De Toth was blind in one eye so he couldn't see in 3D. Maybe that's the answer....only hire one-eyed directors for 3D movies. BTW, making movies that only have some sequences in 3D....can anything shout GIMMICK more than this? As long as it remains a gimmick, serious filmmakers are not going to use it as a tool for making good movies. It will only come into its own when a 3D film wins an Oscar; it's got to be THAT kind of a movie.  |  IP: Logged Geena Phillips Expert Film Handler Posts: 198 From: Norcross, GA / USA Registered: Apr 2006 posted 07-19-2008 01:04 AM                        Don't forget the upcoming Fly Me To The Moon, which may in fact be the worst thing ever crafted by human hands (and I've sat through The Happening and the trailer for Beverly Hills Chihuahua!).  |  IP: Logged

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