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Originally Posted by Joseph Dubin 
Hi Ghpr,
Was thinking of you when I read that article. Since he is obviously a big fan of comic book movies I thought his observations wouldn't be biased against that genre of films like those who only prefer seeing literary stimulating types. Was therefore surprised when his preference was for the 2D version.
He was not coming down on the 3D transfer (citing it was quite good) as much as saying it just didn't add anything to the experience. That, in itself, is something considering one would think that an action, adventure fantasy film would be enhanced by the 3D experience. As a comic book movie maven, he found the action scenes better viewed in 2D due to the loss of detail, clarity and brightness. That's similar to what many said about Coroline - losing some of the artistic beauty of the animation due to darkened and washed out color.
If you linked onto his full review of the movie you'll notice in the comment section that more than a few said they would save a few dollars (or British pounds) and take the family to see the 2D version since the 3D actually immersed the author less into the action than did 2D. Again, those comments were from other comic book movie mavens like the author.
Guess that confirms that in order for top quality films like THOR to fully excel in 3D, they will also have to be filmed in 3D. For the industry, that might be cost prohibitive to do on a regular basis and thus less films like Avatar and Alice In Wonderland and more bummers like the Green Hornet or the recently opened Road Rage. We will have to see from the box office results and audience responses to determine if 3D in itself is no longer a selling point on it's own and fans might now be demanding the high quality effects only achievable in specifically filming a movie in actual 3D along with equally high quality scripts before spending the extra dollars at the box office.
This is what killed 3D in past decades. There were few Avatars and more Green Hornets and thus the novelty wore off. It's more Avatars and less Green Hornets that needs to sustain it.
Hi Ghpr,
Was thinking of you when I read that article. Since he is obviously a big fan of comic book movies I thought his observations wouldn't be biased against that genre of films like those who only prefer seeing literary stimulating types. Was therefore surprised when his preference was for the 2D version.
He was not coming down on the 3D transfer (citing it was quite good) as much as saying it just didn't add anything to the experience. That, in itself, is something considering one would think that an action, adventure fantasy film would be enhanced by the 3D experience. As a comic book movie maven, he found the action scenes better viewed in 2D due to the loss of detail, clarity and brightness. That's similar to what many said about Coroline - losing some of the artistic beauty of the animation due to darkened and washed out color.
If you linked onto his full review of the movie you'll notice in the comment section that more than a few said they would save a few dollars (or British pounds) and take the family to see the 2D version since the 3D actually immersed the author less into the action than did 2D. Again, those comments were from other comic book movie mavens like the author.
Guess that confirms that in order for top quality films like THOR to fully excel in 3D, they will also have to be filmed in 3D. For the industry, that might be cost prohibitive to do on a regular basis and thus less films like Avatar and Alice In Wonderland and more bummers like the Green Hornet or the recently opened Road Rage. We will have to see from the box office results and audience responses to determine if 3D in itself is no longer a selling point on it's own and fans might now be demanding the high quality effects only achievable in specifically filming a movie in actual 3D along with equally high quality scripts before spending the extra dollars at the box office.
This is what killed 3D in past decades. There were few Avatars and more Green Hornets and thus the novelty wore off. It's more Avatars and less Green Hornets that needs to sustain it.
Joe,
Yesterday I went and seen Thor in 2D. IMO, the movie was great. Very well done over all. Now I've been a Thor comic book fan since my childhood. Thor was the number one comic book I always read, so I have been really waiting for this movie to come out. I was not disappointed. Maybe some might think I basis, but I really enjoyed it.
The real reason I chose 2D over 3D (and I was really tempted to see the 3D) was because a number of critics who reviewed Thor all said the same thing, that 2D added nothing to the overall enjoyment or story of the movie. The 2 critics from "At the Movies", both said they wish they had seen it in 2D instead of 3D.
Maybe, just maybe, I might go and see Thor in 3D, and make my own comparison...even if I have to pay a little more than the 2D price.
Ghpr13
....Maybe COs are panicking with unsold stock,im not nearly sure but Judging by this sort of price-cutting it may be viable for people with older kit to go 3D as most new stuff is 3D anyway.This would be considered a huge bargain at the moment in IRELAND.TBH i asked the manager had he a 46" model & he said it was available only as a 42" at the moment.I think people with recent full hdtvs,AVRs,BDPs etc,should at least have a choice of buying 3D Bluray players with dual HDMI outs from whatever CO. so at least we can get the HD audio (DTS-MA,TRUE-HD etc) without having to fork out again for an AVR,esp if it is a high-grade unit,also capable of decoding all bitstreams.This would be a start i suppose...
