We had 8-bit, we had standard def, we had vhs, we had dvd, we had surround sound, we had high-def, we had blu-ray, we have...3-D, too much 3-D in fact.
In an ever progressing world of technological advances, the coolest new thing when it comes to viewing pleasure is always changing. For quite a while now we have had your 1080p with blu-ray and surround sound home entertianment, as well as your hdmi compatible gaming systems, and your Imax movies in theaters. That's all well and good.
Then "Avatar" set a precident for what would be the next big thing in movies and video games(cue dramatic build up drum beats)(add booming echo voice) 3-D...d...d..d..d!
Except, it's not really the greatest advancement, at least in my opinion. When "Avatar" did it, sure, it was the greatest thing to visually happen to a movie, ever, period. Admit it, you love watchin "Blue Planet" on the hd channel whenever its on because its mesmerizing, right? Stick that on a bigger screen, make it pop out at you, and we all spent more time gazing back and forth in wonderment at floating mountains than we did paying attention to the highly criticized plotline of the movie(which I myself didn't find so bad, but then again I also enjoyed "Transformers 2", sue me).
This is where the trouble started though. Becoming the highest grossing movie of all time, other movie producers began to see the 3-D trend as a sure fire way to sell tickets. Retro fit each release with a 3-D and standard edition in theaters, trick a few chums into paying 6 extra bucks for the same movie, sounds like a plan! The problem is, unlike "Avatar" which was filmed specifically for the purposes of being released in 3-D, every other film has just seemed like a haphazard attempt to cash in on the same glory. There is no need for every CGI movie released a la "Toy Story 3" and "How To Train Your Dragon" to be released in the magical extra dimension when it adds absolutely nothing to the movie. Most attempts at 3-D are actually not even impressive in the slightest, being, in the majority, more a case of depth than actual, coming out at you elements.
In my opinion, more movies should focus on substance of story, than trying to get a movie that no one is gonna wanna see anyway(cough "My Soul To Take" cough) and get an extra 150 people to see it by adding "3-D effects." I wish more movies would follow suit and actually back out of release in 3-D like the upcoming blockbuster "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1", which will make millions either way, instead of following suit of a certain movie mogul who is using 3-D to milk some more out of his 30 year old space adventure cash cow, but I won't name names.
From The Rambling Mind Of A Closet Geek,
Entertainment Reesearcher, Josh
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