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Does anyone actually like 3d movies? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by TxTechnician@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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I'm rewatching Final Destination.

And it dawned on me that all of the shots were choreographed for 3D animation.

I remember disliking 3D movies whenever we had those red and blue lens glasses.

And whenever the movie industry switched over to the new clear 3D glasses. I still didn't see the point in 3D movies. I watch them and then threw away the glasses at the end of the movie. The experience sucked, just like always.

So I'm curious.

Did anybody actually want 3D movies? Or was this something that the movie industry was just trying to shove down our throats?

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[–] unmagical@lemmy.ml 27 points 1 year ago (3 children)

If a movie was shot in 3d and the CGI was designed in 3d and the movie was produced for 3d I've generally enjoyed them (Avatar, Gemini Man, Alita Battle Angel). If however the 3d is produced by an off shore sweat shot rotoscoping a 2d shot then layering everything over a parallax background that's an immediate pass.

I'd love if there was a 3d movie distribution app/platform for VR headsets though. I had to buy the 3d Blu-ray release of a movie, a PC Blu-ray drive, Blu-ray ripping software, then render that to a stereoscopic player and set a VR app to copy my desktop in stereoscopic mode just to watch it. That cost like $100 for a movie, and it seems more people have a quest or some shit then ever had a 3d TV.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

I watched a 3DBR in PSVR but the quality was so bad I never bothered again.

They don't even make 4K 3D discs so I guess that format is dead. High frame rate never made it either.

[–] eco_game@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

I believe you can rent 3D movies in Bigscreen, but I've never tried it.

[–] TxTechnician@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

You're either in the industry or a big nerd. I had no idea they did that to 2d movies. Might explain some bad experiences

[–] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I enjoy them, but only when they are well made and use the 3d to add proper depths to shots. Too many 3d movies tried to rely on cheap "object comes out of screen" tricks that get old very fast.

[–] DeForrest_McCoy 2 points 1 year ago

Best one i ever saw was the Animated A Christmas Carol... With Jim Carey as Scrooge. They did some amazing 3d depth shots in that one.

[–] M500@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago

No for two reasons.

  1. I already wear glasses, these are just uncomfortable.

  2. My brain stops noticing the 3D effect after a few moments. I think it’s cool when concentrating on it, but it’s not worth the extra cost and equipment.

[–] blazera@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Yeah ive always loved 3D effects, and never understand what folks have against it.

[–] Alue42@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

It's not that I hate 3d effects, but I'll avoid them if I can, for a variety of reasons.

As other people have said - I wear glasses, I having to put the glasses over my own glasses just makes it difficult. They don't stay on and I have to hold them, it makes the image askew, it's uncomfortable on my nose and ears when it does "fit". They really should come up with a more inclusive way to watch these as a good portion of the population wears glasses.

For another, I suffer from migraines and 3d effects not done well tend to trigger them, and I already have enough triggers that I can't avoid.

A strange one needs a little bit of backstory - I was never great a sports as a kid, could never quite catch a pop-up or hit a fast ball, but I was great at throwing or other aspects. People wrote it off as just "unathletic" and I went on to live my life as a weird nerdy kid despite the rest of my family being athletic. Fast forward to my adult life when I was put on a very strong medication and needed a very thorough eye exam and a result to set a baseline to make sure the medication doesn't end up damaging my retinas (thorough to the point that the exam was 5 hours and I had tests done I'd never seen it heard of before).
It turns out my eyes/brain only interpret half the depth perception of the average person. So what I'm seeing during a 3d movie is not what's meant to be seen. And since this is not an eye exam that would be regularly given - who knows if it people that are complaining about the movies have the same issue I do? Cartoon-y 3d (like Disney world/theme Park things) is fine for me, but things like Avatar just give me migraines.

[–] deo 4 points 1 year ago

I wear glasses, so 3D glasses on top of my regular glasses are annoying. Some 3D movies make me motion sick, too (not always, but sometimes). But i do it anyway because friends/family are worth a bit of discomfort . I don't feel super strongly about it or anything, but that's what I have against it.

[–] Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's definitely the tech getting in the way of the experience. There's comments to be made about the gimmicky nature of content made for 3d but if it really took off you'd eventually see stand out art and ultimately it would become so standard and expected that even for a film not taking particular advantage it'd probably be there, literally, adding another dimension to the experience of the film. The problem is, in all it's history we just haven't figured out a way that isn't clunky and irritating on the viewing side. A pair of plastic glasses may seem a pretty minor inconvenience but people balk at that type of thing and only have the desire and patience for it during brief spikes where it re-emerges as a fad.

It also, from memory suffers from making the films seem darker, the glasses are prone to being lost, or scratched. To make them comfortable you'd really have to make them as good as actual glasses, which are expensive. It's also problematic from a theatrical perspective because a session has to be 3d only, you can't have people in the same session watching it without glasses, the screening is unwatchable without them so you have to tie up 2 screens with a 3d and 2d version. I think I recall hearing about advances the last time this fad was big, where they finally didn't need glasses, but it resulted in narrow viewing angle requirements.

If you're picking up a theme here, it's that all the complaints are about the practicalities of the tech, not necessarily the entertainment value of 3d itself. The trouble comes when that entertainment, while fun, isn't worth it.

[–] blazera@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I dont think its the glasses, I remember plenty of people hating on the 3DS's use of 3D.

[–] TxTechnician@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because it's pointless.

  • the effect wears off after the first or second scene. So then I'm just watching a regular movie where a handle occasionally comes out of the screen.
  • it's gimmicky. It just doesn't add anything of value for me.
  • it's a hassle. I don't want to wear (and eventually toss) a cheap pair of plastic glasses.

VR on the other hand. Rules.

[–] brettvitaz@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

That’s just like your opinion man

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[–] Bebo@literature.cafe 9 points 1 year ago

I definitely don't. They give me a headache.

[–] vivadanang@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

It's flopped and dead to me. I think it was definitely something to raise ticket prices.

[–] 1hitsong@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

I avoid them at all costs, even the 3D rides at Disney World. I don't even put the glasses on and just let my family enjoy the ride.

They give me the worst headache!

[–] Truck_kun 5 points 1 year ago

I love 3D movies.

That said, I refuse to go to a movie theater now days.

I'd rather just buy the movie on Streaming and watch any time I want, as many times as I want.

But I don't have 3D at home, or a home theater type setup, so, it is just something I go without. Would of course love a home theater with 3D capability, but that ain't happening, so, life goes on.

[–] calhoon2005@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I watched Tron : Legacy on release at the local IMAX in 3D. It was epic. Not seen anything else in 3D though.

[–] fixmycode@feddit.cl 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tron: Legacy was my first 3D movie. At the beginning of the movie I was like "huh, this 3D thing is absolutely not worth it" then, the guy goes into the grid and everything turns 3D and I thought about the people that watched The Wizard of Oz in cinemas for the first time, and how cool it must have felt to see a movie turn into color. That's how I felt.

[–] calhoon2005@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Almost my exact reaction.. the Grid was so epic

[–] mowli@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Like many here I enjoy them if they are well made. Dr Strange Movies in 3D were awesome

[–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 3 points 1 year ago

I enjoy the novelty of it for first half an hour but then immediately forget about it. I feel like it was just an extra money maker a trend of the time.

[–] toastal@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

3D films is always a fad that comes in waves. Given it’s price to set up at home, it will be a premium that only movie theaters will offerβ€”and such a gimmick is what those movie corporations spring on us to try to redrum up folks’ interest in paying to go to the theater (especially when a new technology for 3D is released).

The last one I went to on purpose was the first Dr. Strange movie since it was pretty obvious all of these effects would be well-suited for 3D which personally I think heightened the entertainment of that film. Many other cases were more forgetable, induced a headache, & were not worth the premium ticket.

[–] Seraph@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I find the effect for real life movies isn't great but in animated films they seem to have more control of how it's layered. I've enjoyed it a couple times and hated it a few times, but it really is a gimmick for now.

Decent passive 3D tech (no glasses) or actual advances in holographic tech might change that but not much else will take over 2D being mainstream.

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

I never cared for them. The technology and techniques have improved vastly over the years but given the choice I'm fine with the flat experience. Oddly enough I only play VR games anymore.

[–] joeyv120@ttrpg.network 3 points 1 year ago

I hate 3d movies. They don't add to the story or the experience. Moreover, I find it distracting.

[–] No_Huckleberry_2023@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Wasn't 3d technology pretty much abandoned around 2017. It never really took off.

[–] davefischer 2 points 1 year ago

I saw a couple of the classic 50s 3d flicks in the theatre when I was a teenager in the 80s.

It was fun.

Didn't make me want to see any more.

[–] xyguy@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago

I think it's amazing when done right.

But

Almost every time I've been to a 3d showing they have the screen adjusted wrong or in the wrong aspect ratio and it messes everything up.

I have a buddy with a home theater and a 3d projector with synchronized LCD glasses and 3d blu rays in that context are great.

[–] bunkyprewster@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago

I saw Kiss Me Kate in 3D with the old glasses back in 1980 or so. Had a 3D Three Stooges short before the movie that was also pretty great.

[–] alienzx@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago

I love 3d movies and I'm angry that I can't buy 3d blurays of movies that were shot in 3d!

[–] unfnknblvbl 2 points 1 year ago

I liked them. I also really enjoyed playing 3D games on the 3DS, especially the 3D-ified 16bit games.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

They usually make me think of this

[–] brettvitaz@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

I enjoyed 3D movies and wish it became a thing. I still break out the 3D glasses for my TV every once in a while

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago

I don't like it, and I don't think it adds anything to the experience aside from headaches and eye strain.

[–] bestusername@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Nope, hate them, pure gimmick.

[–] rufus@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I like it if it's done well. But 3D TVs didn't take off so it's a mixed bag if you're watching them at home. I also liked the high(er) framerate Hobbit movies.

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

That is certainly what they keep telling me.