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Author Topic: Spy Kids 3D Rachel Craven Madam Moderator Posts: 2190 From: Pensacola, FL Registered: Dec 2000 posted 07-31-2003 10:12 AM                     I like the concessions plug, thought is was funny! People came out during the movie and actually commented on it while they were buying food. It was too bad the concessionist hadn't seen the movie yet because she had no idea what they were talking about.  |  IP: Logged Mark Lensenmayer Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1605 From: Upper Arlington, OH Registered: Sep 1999 posted 07-31-2003 11:09 AM                     Mr. Pytlak says: quote: Some people just can't view anaglyph 3D without getting eyestrain or poor 3D perception. A former wife-type person could not see 3-D due to some eye muscle problems. She could not converge the image. So, for a red-green screening that I was introducing I made her a special set of glasses with only the red image. She enjoyed the movie just fine.  |  IP: Logged Paul Linfesty Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1383 From: Bakersfield, CA, USA Registered: Nov 1999 posted 07-31-2003 08:12 PM                     quote: And am I the only one thats seen this in DLP? Well, this "reviewer" for the Louisiana Weekly saw it in DLP,and here are some exerpts: [snip] As American audiences seem to have their fill of summer franchise sequels full of "been there-done that" special effects, 3-D movies are making a strong come back to save the day and kick new life into family adventures with the little-league espionage dazzler Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (Dimension Films). New Orleans was on a special traveling itinery to bring a Digital Projection demo for last night's thrilling 3-D screening presentation, a visual clarity so great, it will revolutionize the way films are seen in the future . We desperately need these new Digital Theatres here, bypassing celluloid and its many defects of pops, clicks, and flickers. Digital will also avoid detracting scratches that, from time to time, attack the film's emulsion and turns bright images into ugly, black, roadside tire track "marks" when projected on a magnified screen. Even though Spy Kids will open here today in film format, it will still reveal a true 3-D sensation the way writer/director Robert Rodriguiz has envisioned it. With new technology, 3-D processing is almost instantaneous, put on you anaglyphic red-and-blue "spy glasses" and watch things fall out of the screen. What's more important, Rodriguez's new procedure will enable all theatres to show three dimensions, because theatre owners need no other devises! So grab a seat, put on your red/blue spectacles, and enjoy audacious strokes of deep color and spine-tingling innovations from the mind of Rodriguez, like floating robot heads, hurtling pogo toads, spewing lava balls and cyber-bikes that create a never-before seen exhibition of fun and fantasy in the cinema world today. [snip]. [snip] A treasury for the whole family, Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over presents state-of-the-art 3-D illustrations and marvelous stunts created by memorable computer magic. We are now facing the future with both eyes wide open to red and blue images, and the depths and delights ahead seem infinite! This film is going to make tons of money and a triumphant return to 50's 3-D films. [snip]  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 08-01-2003 08:34 AM                         |  IP: Logged Paul Linfesty Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1383 From: Bakersfield, CA, USA Registered: Nov 1999 posted 08-01-2003 11:16 AM                     OK, now that I have actually seen the film. First of all, this is pretty lame. No real plot, just flashy graphics. I did enjoy the jigsaw platform that kept building and unbuilding itself while "characters" fought across them, but that was IT! I really am not going to criticize any of the performers here. As awful as they were, I suspect they gave exactly the performances the director was looking for. As far as this "revolutionary 3-D system is concerned, I had the same experience as Brad. While at many times I did see depth and leaps from the screen, the fact is, the red side just didn't properly block out the red images, giving a VERY obvious ghosting effect. The blue side, on the other hand, was MUCH better at blocking out the blue elements. But even if the colors were dead-on, this is still a TERRIBLE way to present color 3-D. The blue side actually allows some color to come through, but the red side makes everything look red. And the special effects are WAY off base in some scenes, with characters FLOAT walking over grids and floors in some shots. Maybe this film will appeal to today's kids. However, I would think kids would be more driven to actually PLAY video games then to passively watch them on the big screen (3-D notwithstanding, I almost see this as a barrier to involvement in the story; that is, if there IS one).  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 08-01-2003 11:21 AM                        The local newspaper ran a front-page story about SK3D this morning, complete with a photograph. The angle was how much young kids seem to like the whole 3D glasses thing. Apparently the reporter found lots of kids at the mall (where Cinemark 17 is) wearing the 3D glasses and refusing to take them off. Harvey Weinstein couldn't buy publicity like this (though he's probably tried). Paul: Did you have *fun* watching it? I did. I decided early on that I didn't care that the 3D wasn't dead-on perfect, or that the story and performances were borderline at best. It was a fun movie that had me smiling when I left the theatre. On that basis, I still say .  |  IP: Logged Paul Linfesty Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1383 From: Bakersfield, CA, USA Registered: Nov 1999 posted 08-01-2003 07:53 PM                     David: No, I didn't have fun while watching it. I found it mind-numbingly bad. And I don't think it is because I have lost the kid in me, either. While some of the visuals were creative. the lack of a creative concept kept my mind from paying attention. And yes, the 3-D technology DID bother me. Why in the world after so many years of development in 3-D technology should this be acceptable is beyond me.  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 08-02-2003 11:33 AM                        A footnote: Immediately after seeing the movie and leaving the theatre, I was hyper-aware of my surroundings being in 3D. Very strange. It was like my brain was briefly "tricked" into processing visual information a little differently.  |  IP: Logged Edwin Graf Diemer Film Handler Posts: 47 From: Red Bank, NJ, USA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 08-05-2003 12:04 AM                     Shankweiler's Drive-In (PA) Tuesday, 7/29/03. Couldn't pass up the chance to see what 3-D would look like at this famous single-screen drive-in! Presentation top-notch as always, and since screen illumination is good there, the glasses didn't hurt things too much. Fun movie, and the large audience of kids on their lawn chairs and blankets had a great time-their playing football under the screen before the show didn't hurt either! Great, great place.  |  IP: Logged

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