These people who write negative articles about 3D don't get it!
3D movies is not about how to make a movie more educational or memorable, or even make you feel more engaged in the action. I don't want to be engaged in the movie at all. I paid to watch it not be in it. 3D is only about entertainment. It IS about a bigger experience than the 2D alternative.
But, I would agree that 3D is not for everyone. Many people today don't even go to the movies to watch the movie. In a casual observation I've made I see many people at the movies for other social reasons. Kids go to annoy others including their parents. Young teen couples go to make out in the dark. Young adults go to conduct business by texting and discussing business. Some go mistaking the place for a restaurant for really bad food that is not served by a waiter but rather where they can just dump what they don't eat on the floor and the person next to them. etc etc.
So for those few who do get it, a place to be entertained by some film. the question should be is 3D a bigger version of that entertainment than 2D? I say yes just for the geometry of the experience. Good 3D fills the room and extends the size of the room off into the distance using a simple illusion. 2D is just a large flat picture on one of the walls.
Does 3D make some sick, get headaches as opposed to 2D? I have to ask- Does a modern highly intense roller coaster make some people vomit while a ride on a tram is relaxing and can put you to sleep? Doesn't seem to cause writers to author negative articles about roller coasters. I think there is some paranoia among people with 3D phobia that the industry will end all 2D and only show 3D. That is just silly. We heard the same thing about HDTV. Just because we have roller coasters, never resulted in no more tram rides.
Personally I don't like paying lots of money to ride something that makes me sick and vomit. I can appreciate that some people like that and others will ride and just be entertained. 3D is no different. Some people will still go to the movies for a place to conduct their texting and making cell phone business calls annoying others, and some will just enjoy the story, others will go to be entertained by the movie and like the idea that 3D offers more entertainment than 2D.
What I like is we have a choice. So go write about roller coasters make some people vomit and stop with the articles that 3D gives some people headaches. Its getting really old and definitely boring.
Are 3D movies too dark, bad color? Sure, some are, some aren't. I can find many 2D movies that are too dark and bad color too. That is the fault of the director. Bad choice in how he did the story.
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