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Posted by Michael Brown (Member # 890) on 06-04-2008, 01:14 PM:

I gather this is to be released in real-d digital.
Will there be regular 35mm prints as well or just the digital?

Posted by Darryl Spicer (Member # 711) on 06-04-2008, 02:08 PM:

Yes, there will be 35mm prints. The way the trailer is it doesn't mention anything about 3-D until the end when it states in realD 3-D in select theatres.

Posted by Paul Gordon (Member # 3320) on 06-04-2008, 02:11 PM:

The trailer makes the film look terrible..... regardless of how good the 3d is its still just a gimmick and will never catch on for mainstream dramatic films. I have a feeling this film will bomb.

Posted by Eric Webb (Member # 2772) on 06-04-2008, 02:22 PM:

The first trailer for it on Nim's Island had 3-D prominently shown with the title but it seems they have made it only an option since then.

Posted by Philip Jordan (Member # 4517) on 06-04-2008, 04:47 PM:

The only trailers we have 3D is mentioned in all title captions.

Posted by Dennis Udovich (Member # 1066) on 06-05-2008, 12:58 AM:

Saw the film in 3D at ShoWest. It's not very good. [Frown]

Posted by David Kilderry (Member # 142) on 06-05-2008, 06:46 AM:

The 3D poster (lenticular) we have actually has no mention of the film being in 3D!

Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 06-05-2008, 08:55 AM:

DAVID!

YOU'RE ALIVE!

[Wink]

Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 06-05-2008, 08:56 AM:

Ahem...hello.

(double post(?))

Posted by David Kilderry (Member # 142) on 06-07-2008, 04:32 AM:

Yes John and you'll find plenty of me on the little brother to this Forum, The 8mm Forum.

David

Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 06-23-2008, 05:44 PM:

Received this yesterday...

'As you may know, Journey to the Centre of the Earth is now only available in 3D in digital and as a result the "3D" has been dropped from the title.'

Posted by Michael Brown (Member # 890) on 06-23-2008, 07:54 PM:

So it's in 3D so they are dropping the 3D from the title? that makles sense - in backward land. [Wink]

Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 06-23-2008, 07:59 PM:

3D in Digital only from the way I read it...2D in 35mm.

Either way it'll be crap.

Posted by Michael Brown (Member # 890) on 06-23-2008, 09:39 PM:

O.k i've just re-read your post and I understand now. I thought you were saying that there wasn't going to be a 2D version...at all.

Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 06-23-2008, 09:58 PM:

I know...it was read that way by our booker as well. Distributors are not known for their email sentence structure.

Posted by Jonathan Worthing (Member # 803) on 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). [uhoh]

(3D will come round ever 10 years until something that is enjoyable to watch makes a breakthrough.)

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 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.

Posted by Geena Phillips (Member # 3726) on 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!).