By: Jeanna Brown
Newly becoming an obsession for movie goers is the 3D showings many movies and even T.V.’s are now offering to the cinematic experience. Starting around 2009, with Final Destination’s 3D movie last year, it now seems more prevalent than ever that 3D movies are all the craze these days. What started off as one movie in the box office in 3D has quickly become a list of 3D movies now offered. For example, to name a few showing in theatres are movies like Alice in Wonderland, How to Train your Dragon, Clash of the Titans, and Avatar.
As a controversial topic for movie viewers and movie makers, Directors like Michael Bay and James Cameron speak out about the trend of movies in 3D and the fast track some studios take to make them. (http://www.deadline.com/2010/03/michael-bay-james-cameron-skeptical-of-3d-conversions-the-jury-is-out/)
Bay says of being asked to convert Tranformers 3 into 3D before the July 1, 2011 release, “I’m used to having the A-team working on my films, and I’m going to hand it over to the D-team, have it shipped to India and hope for the best? This process is always going to be inferior to shooting in real 3D. Studios might be willing to sacrifice the look and use the gimmick to make $3 more a ticket, but I’m not. Avatar took four years. You can’t just shit out a 3D movie.”
The Problem Bay and Cameron have with the new 3D craze is that the chance to charge people more has studios jumping at the quickest option to make it happen. This then, according to Cameron, is really studios using 2D an “inferior product” and calling it 3D creating a layered looking fake 3D effect.
Whether you are an avid 3D movie watcher or simply cannot stand the headache of watching a movie like that, this new phenomenon of making movies is quickly becoming the new reality of movies today. With the amount of 3D movies steadily increasing, most likely, it will continue to do just that. Studios see the profit they can make and run with it.
In order to get a real 3D experience, do not settle for a 2D show when you paid $3 more a ticket. Take the time to look into how the movie was made before you decide to see it in 3D. Avatar, which took 4 years to make and was widely acclaimed in 3D, took major efforts for the film to reach the heights it did; rightly so, those are the kind of 3D films you pay extra to see.
