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Author Topic: Spielberg says he wants to stick with film Bill Enos Film God Posts: 2081 From: Richmond, Virginia, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 10-18-2007 04:20 PM                     3D with polarized lenses and cheapo cardboard or plastic glasses is good only for selling headache remedies, anti nausea medicine and vomit clean up products. Too many people just can't tolerate it for long periods.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-18-2007 06:38 PM                        quote: Mark Gulbrandsen I'm afraid it is he who is going to end up do the deciding and the members need to let him know it should be them. That'd never work, Mark. I'll bet half of the CBG members don't know anything at all about digital cinema, so they're in no position to make intelligent decisions but they'd certainly be willing to bog down the process with their uninformed opinions. (I know this because I've seen the same thing happen at our state meetings, just on different topics.)  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 10-19-2007 08:13 AM                    Not true, Bill. Thousands of people sat through hours upon hours of polarized 3D at the two ten day 3D film fests in LA with no problems at all. I would suspect that more people threw up watching The Blair Witch Project than watching any properly presented polarized 3D movies during the 50s.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-19-2007 09:53 AM                        Mark: There's a big difference between 3D fans at a 3D film fest and the "general public." Personally, I don't really care much for 3D except in novelty situations like Disney theme park attractions and such. That's really the only place it's "needed" except maybe in the occasional horror flick or kiddie movie. I do expect the glasses situation to improve. If 3D catches on like the suits think it will, you'll probably be able to buy comfortable 3D glasses at any pharmacy along with the reading glasses and the sunglasses.  |  IP: Logged Bill Enos Film God Posts: 2081 From: Richmond, Virginia, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 10-23-2007 07:18 PM                     How many of those thousands watched solid straight thru whole films and how many have to look away for a couple minutes occasionally to maintain composure? Many will suffer through the discomfort for the rest of the experience.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 10-23-2007 11:58 PM                     The first time watching Friday the 13th, Part III in 3D I had to take an eyeball break a couple times through the movie. Never had to do that watching IMAX 3D movies, but I haven't seen any where the 3D content lasted 2 hours either. Meet the Robinsons was a fairly short movie. It didn't seem to push me to the eye-strain limit, although I did peek at the picture a couple times without the glasses just to see how "doubled" the image looked. I watched the 3D version of Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas Monday night. Again, it's another short movie. So my eyes didn't "run out of gas" in a matter of speaking. The post-produced 3D effect was certainly better than what I saw with Superman Returns, but there were some areas where the effect was still fleeting. The 3D effect worked reasonably well on shots with deep depth of field (where everything was in sharp focus) and even better on shots where the camera was perfectly still. The trailer for New Line's Journey 3D looked pretty good. BTW, Carmike seems to be going through another wave of Real-D system installations. The location here in Lawton now has three booths equipped with the process for three different sized houses. You can see the Z-filters through the port glass. The theater will be able to play a movie like Beowulf in 3D for its entire run, going from the biggest house to next to smallest auditorium. quote: Mike Blakesley Personally, I don't really care much for 3D except in novelty situations like Disney theme park attractions and such. That's really the only place it's "needed" except maybe in the occasional horror flick or kiddie movie. Happy Feet is now playing on HBO. Hadn't seen it before. But judging how some of the "action" sequences and such were staged, it's easy to see how the movie was originally meant to be rendered in 3D. Lots of "in your face" kinds of effects. I did see a 3D trailer for Happy Feet on the front of the IMAX 3D version of Superman Returns. The 3D on that looked really good. I think 3D would be great for horror movies. The 3D in Friday the 13th Part III in 3D was the best thing about it. If the show had just been in 2D it would have been just another run of the mill "dying teenager movie."  |  IP: Logged Carl Martin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1424 From: Oakland, CA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 10-30-2007 08:38 PM                        friday the 13th 3 was in the less-than-ideal over-under process. i wasn't impressed with the 3-d, though you're right: that was the best thing about it. i sat through all 39 (i think) shows at the second 3-d fest in l.a. without any problems except from pulling an almost-all-nighter at work before flying down. during films i do sometimes rub one eye or the other. can't do that with 3-d, obviously.  |  IP: Logged

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