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	beejium 2010-06-19 05:15 pm UTC (link)
	I don't think I read the whole article, since it was before I saw the movie and was avoiding spoilers at all costs, but I seem to recall the blurb went something like, "Toy Story okay. FUCK 3D ARRRGH." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sgaana 2010-06-19 05:20 pm UTC (link)
	We're going to see a non-3D showing today, on purpose. We've paid our 3D dues now, and I see no reason to keep doing it. So I sympathize with "FUCK 3D AARRRGH", but... dude. Every big theatre arranges non-3D showings of the new 3D releases. How hard is it to just... go to one of those? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	beejium 2010-06-19 05:26 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, I'm not a huge 3D fan either (though we'll probably go see TS3 in 3D just as an excuse to see it again) but I don't get why he has to be so opposed to it that it's the main focus of his reviews. 3D exists. Get over it, see it in 2D and actually review the goddamn movie. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

sgaana
2010-06-19 05:30 pm UTC (link)

I wondered after I posted whether as a critic he's kind of forced to see it in 3D, which the studio of course wants to push because they get way more money for those showings. But it seems like a double-edged sword, to me. Okay, you could have Ebert review the 2D version and say, "this is great, and I see no reason to plunk money down for the 3D!" (which the studio does NOT want anyone to say), or, you can have him review the 3D version and complain bitterly about it, which... is not the way to get people to plunk down money for it. Dilemma.

(I remember when HYTTD came out, a lot of reviews made a point of saying that they thought the 3D truly enhanced the viewing experience. And I didn't hate it in 3D or anything... but I can't wait to get my nice 2D DVD copy. I just wonder how much of the 3D reviews are nothing but pure marketing, rather than an honest assessment of whether a viewer "needs" to go see it even if they really don't want to.)

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	beejium 2010-06-19 05:58 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, this. And after actually reading the review, I feel a bit bad, because the synopsis made it sound worse than it is. He actually gives the movie quite a funny and touching review: http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100616/REVIEWS/100619990 Although he seems to think toys can eat, which is weird. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	librarianmouse 2010-06-19 07:48 pm UTC (link)
	What does HYTTD stand for? /has the dumb today (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	melyanna 2010-06-19 08:19 pm UTC (link)
	I think that was supposed to be How to Train Your Dragon. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	librarianmouse 2010-06-19 08:20 pm UTC (link)
	Ah. Many thanks! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	sgaana 2010-06-20 02:30 am UTC (link)
	Yes, that was me getting the acronym totally backwards, :P HTTYD, it should have been. (Reply to this)(Parent)

melyanna
2010-06-19 08:22 pm UTC (link)

The assessment I heard from someone (about How to Train Your Dragon, actually, from someone who saw it in 2D) was that there were sequences that did nothing for the story and were probably just there to show off the 3D. Theoretically, the shiny will wear off at some point and people will stop doing that, but I can totally see how it would be annoying and possibly even detract from the movie.

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	seiberwing 2010-06-20 12:52 am UTC (link)
	One of the things 3D actually works really well with is flight scenes. They worked in Avatar, and HTTYD had quite a few as well. So it enhanced there. (Reply to this)(Parent)

vorpal_blade
2010-06-19 07:56 pm UTC (link)

Well, not every theatre. Our choices are limited to three in this area that aren't showing it in 3D while at least three times that many are showing it in 3D. But I still managed to find a nearby theatre showing it in 2D, which is what I'm doing later today. I also agree with 'FUCK 3D AARRRGH" but I protest by taking my family to a showing of the 2D film. The last film I saw in 3D was Avatar, which gave me a fucking headache, plus headaches for half of the people I saw it with.

There's a reviewer near us who's not quite as contrary as Armond White but he's such a moron that I know that any movie he likes I won't and any movie he hates I'll at least look into.

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sgaana
2010-06-20 02:33 am UTC (link)

I've seen 3 pics in 3D recently: Up, Avatar, and HTTYD.

For Up, it was fine. For Avatar, turned out I saw it in a theatre having problems with its projection, so it sucked and was headachey. For HTTYD, it was... all right.

The problem for me is that I wear glasses, and with the exception of the glasses I got with Up, which I've never received again... those damned glasses aren't made for people already wearing glasses. It's a constant irritation and contributes to the headache factor. (I continue to kick myself for not keeping the Up glasses, but how was I to know? And they might not have worked with every film anyway.)

So I can't go to a 3D film without feeling distinctly like I'm a portion of the audience the people who make the films and the glasses just don't give a crap about, and it pisses me off.

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	librarianmouse 2010-06-20 05:27 am UTC (link)
	I have this same exact problem. It's why I avoid 3D movies. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	seca 2010-06-20 06:14 am UTC (link)
	I wear glasses as well and refuse to see any movie in 3D because I have never had a pair of 3D glasses that were not uncomfortable to wear. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quietladybirman 2010-06-21 09:18 pm UTC (link)
	This, so very much this. As for the 'headache' factor... I came out of a looped 3D presentation on phytoplankton at a botanical gardens with a headache. That lasted less than five minutes and it was free. Yeah, I'll be sticking with 2D until they can figure out how to produce 3D movies that don't leave me wanting a lie-down in a darkened room, thanks. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	magnetic_regina 2010-06-21 08:33 am UTC (link)
	The theater closest to me doesn't show 2D screenings of 3D movies. And it's Hoyts one of the largest chains in Australia. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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