3-D in general and "Despicable Me" in particular

[star_invention]

I was patient. I was good.  I was waiting for this new phenomena of 3-D movies to grow on me.  It hasn't. 

So far, I have see five 3-D movies.  And in my ever so humble opinion they suck unless they were made by Pixar.  'Toy Story 3' and 'UP' were beautiful, touching and enjoyable.  And most important of all, they did not hurt my eyes and did not give me a headache. 

They three other movies that I saw - 'How to Train Your Dragon', 'Alice in Wonderland', and 'Despicable Me' - made me miserable.

Although I liked all three moves to certain degree, I wish Hollywood would stop doing things just because if they don't know how to do them. 

Today we saw 'Despicable Me'.  The whole movie had crappy picture and while wearing 3-D glasses everything on the screen had double line to it.  Without the glasses, it looked almost unrecognizable.  The movie itself, was ok - could've been shortened quite a bit, but overall, it wasn't bad.  However, it was not worth to me to leave the theater with a massive headache and eye strain. 

Although while watching 'How to Train Your Dragon' and 'Alice in Wonderland', I did not see the double outline on the screen, I still left the theater with the eye strain and headache.  

I loath the thought that 3-D is the future (wasn't the 'new' experience I used to watch in Odessa movies in the 1980's?).**

Comments

[elarbee.livejournal.com]

I knew that Avatar was going to suck but I did want to have the experience of seeing it in 3D. Keep in mind that we almost never go to the movies, our home setup is just as good if not better. But when we went it was very fuzzy, and it turned out later that they were having some technical issues. They gave us free passes, and of course, we can't even think of a single movie we want to go see in 3D because... well, either the movies suck or they are made in a way that's not really conducive to good 3D quality. I hope those passes don't expire.

[star-invention.livejournal.com]

I so understand you. I did not see Avatar in 3-D, but saw it at home and liked it. I don't think that 3-D would've enhanced my movie watching experience at all. The problem I have is my kids and husband. They like 3-D and I end up going with them. I can usually send Adam to the movies by himself it it is not something I want to watch, but with kids it is different. I like watching them watching movies, so I endure the eye strain and headaches.

[elarbee.livejournal.com]

Although I can occasionally appreciate eye-candy for the sake of eye-candy, it drives me nuts when I can narrate the entire plot before it's shown on the screen. Predictability is one o fthe biggest moviemaking sins in my world.

[star-invention.livejournal.com]

I am not as critical about predictability, but I do love me some eye candy. My real issue is with the 3-D. If before I could always argue to see something when it comes out on DVD or TV, now I cannot argue that since it would not be 3-D. My kids and husband love it, so I am stuck.

[elarbee.livejournal.com]

I'm a total snob, I admit it. Things will probably have to change once we procreate.

[star-invention.livejournal.com]

:)