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?

  • fsxylo
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    1 year ago

    They were a fun novelty when it was only theme parks doing it, because the theatre experience was tailored to that one movie and they could bring practical effects into the show.

    In a standard movie theater there wasn’t much point and I watched potc 4 without the glasses because it genuinely looked better than with the glasses on.

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      1 year ago

      That’s bonkers, how was watching it with a double image better than with the glasses?

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        1 year ago

        With the glasses on I felt like I was going cross eyed. They fucked it up so badly.

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          1 year ago

          Could’ve been a bad projection? I saw a film (cant remember what it was now) where they accidentally flipped the projections (not image itself btw), so that what was to be in your left eye was actually getting shown to your right. It was awful. Had to watch it with one hand over one of the lenses so I could see it without being double imaged or cross eyed.