APMeehan on 28/12/2009 at 14:01
What about those who have seen almost every other 3D film this year?
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and it can't be a fad since its hardly been used wtf
apart from:
My Bloody Valentine
Ice Age 3
Bolt
Coraline
Monsters vs. Aliens
The Final Destination
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
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SubJeff on 28/12/2009 at 14:18
fad (fd)
A fashion that is taken up with great enthusiasm for a brief period of time; a craze.
Only 3 live action films have used this type of 3D tech and its only been widely available in 2009. You really can't start calling it a fad, not yet anyway.
Fingernail on 28/12/2009 at 14:45
nothing in that definition suggests that it has to be widespread... and with Cameron proclaiming a new era of cinematography, it's certainly been taken up with enthusiasm.
SubJeff on 28/12/2009 at 14:57
It can't be a craze if its not available to enough people to make it a craze though can it? 3D cinema has been around for years, but the newer tech that allows for full colour 3D (sans colour filter specs) is fairly new. Even so its been in specialist cinemas for a few years but it was never a "craze", although it may become one after Avatar and the other few 3D films that are out/on the way.
APMeehan on 28/12/2009 at 16:12
I'd argue that if you counted the animated films (and why wouldn't you?), you could call it a fad. Every recent animated "family-film" that I can think of has been in 3D.
I enjoyed Up, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and Bolt enough to watch them again (in 2D) and at no point did I feel I would have been missing out had I originally seen them this way.
I was looking forward to Avatar, as I wanted to be proven wrong. I hoped that it might just be the first film to demonstrate what 3D film could be capable of. Instead, I came away disappointed to have my suspicions confirmed that the "it's good for immersion" line the studios have been trotting out endlessly this year is a load of bull, and that 3D is only good for the "poking out of the screen" and "falling into a ravine" gimmicks. All well and good for a rollercoaster ride film like Final Destination, but the future of cinema it is not.
Gingerbread Man on 28/12/2009 at 16:57
I absolutely guarantee you that seeing Avatar in 2D is like watching The Rocky Horror Picture Show in your living room by yourself. Honestly.
Please don't miss the 3D for any reason other than "I can't get to a 3D showing" -- I don't know how to articulate the fact that the 3D is not a gimmick but is instead as vital to the film as colour or sound.
And if that's a fad or gimmick, then so are Technicolor and THX.
Scots Taffer on 29/12/2009 at 01:27
Quote Posted by APMeehan
I hoped that it might just be the first film to demonstrate what 3D film could be capable of. Instead, I came away disappointed to have my suspicions confirmed that the "it's good for immersion" line the studios have been trotting out endlessly this year is a load of bull, and that 3D is only good for the "poking out of the screen" and "falling into a ravine" gimmicks.
Uh, seeing as they did practically NO "poking out of the screen" moments and the majority of the 3D I saw utilised was to create massive depth of field, I'd say it definitely was "good for immersion".
SubJeff on 29/12/2009 at 10:34
As always, the original script sounds a lot better. It does away with a lot of the cheese and a lot of the white man comes to save us tosh.
Shame.
APMeehan on 29/12/2009 at 14:44
Yeah I agree there was no poking and pointing, I understand that they were going for the "total immersion" thing. It just failed to immerse me any more than the gorgeous colours and amazing visual design already did. As with every other 3D film I've seen, after the first five minutes my eyes just got used to the novelty and I forgot I was even watching a 3D film. I even took my glasses off a few times, and other than being a bit blurry, the film looked just as striking and impressive.
I guess it's a wholly personal thing then. And maybe I'm in the minority, as the talk I've heard seems to be in general agreement that "yeah it's a bit naff and hackneyed, but WHOAW".
I'm interested to know though, those were blown away by the visuals, had you seen any of the other 3D films out this year? Because Avatar's 3D effect just didn't feel like anything I hadn't already seen and tired of.
