I vote 'No'. Wait until Cameron does it, and then see if it's actually all that it's hyped up to be. I've seen most of the 3-D movies, and judging solely on the technology, I think it's a distracting gimmick at best.
The whole depth perspective is only true to a point. Yes, objects pop out at you, but it's a very limited execution. There's basically background objects which are flat, and then the foreground objects which pop out. There's only 2 levels of depth. That's like only having the primary colors in a movie. Hardly an improvement over B&W.
It's the equivalent of those pop-up story books you read as a kid. Doesn't come anywhere close to depicting true perspective that immerses you into the scene. It's just distracting.
It doesn't matter. The answer is still NO!in 2009 when they say 3D they dont mean the old 3D . this is now something new..
Christ no.
And no again.
3D is still a gimick no matter which way you put it.
If it was done in a fashion similar to Superman Returns, where selected scenes were highlighted, it might make some action sequences a bit more spectacular spidey, but it's not something, I'd get particular excited over.
Perhaps I'm reading too much into the comments, but I doubt beyond all hell that I'd be willing to pay a premium for it.
yeah...3D is a gimmick! we live gimmicky lives in a gimmicky 3D world. the only video games that aren't gimmicky now-a-days are the ones that are still 2D and you know when Cameron started using 3D programs for effects in film? that was totally gimmicky also!
i can understand SOME complaints (not having good vision, focus on story first, this should be the director's decision/not the studio's) but 3D is about as much of a gimmick as color and sound were when they got introduced. in fact, there were a lot of the same complaints when they first introduced audio but most humans with 2 eyes have depth perception so it's only natural for us to want to see depth perception in our movies the same we we want to see color and hear sounds.
again...if 3D is a gimmick, then so are our lives. we live in 3D worlds with color and sound. naturally the next evolutionary step for movies is 3D since smell and touch are out of the question. a 'gimmick' is something that is used to make something stand out, but has little relevance. however, we're seeing more and more movies go 3D so it's obviously not irrelevant. plus, as more and more movies utilize 3D it will become less 'gimmicky'...thus, it's more of a craze than a gimmick.Nah... It's a gimmick.
i honestly thought Beowulf was better in 3D. it's a great movie on it's own accord, but seeing it in 3D at the theaters really immersed me in the world...especially because the CGI was easier to believe when seeing it with depth perception than it is as flat images. i'll give you that there haven't been many movies that have benefited from 3D, but the method they've been using on the latest movies gone 3D is fairly new and definitely not the same method used for Jaws 3-D (red and blue glasses) which has been used as recently as 2003. up until a few years ago, that was the only 3D method and is inferior to the newest methods.However, 3D technology has been available for more than 50 years and not a single film can be said to have been made better because of it.