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Kaizar on 02 July 2013
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Mandalore76 said:

My wife and I took my dad out to dinner and to see Man of Steel for Father's Day. When we got to the theater after dinner, the 2D showing was sold out and we had to get tickets for 3D instead. None of us enjoyed it or were wowed by the 3D in any way. While exiting the theater, I overheard one gentlemen ask his friend, "So was the 3D worth it?" His friend replied, "Oh definitely, it's like seeing an entirely different movie!" Which prompted me to ask my wife, "So if you see it in 2D, do they play the movie in black and white or something?"  According to Box Office Mojo:  "3D accounted for 41 percent of sales, which made this another unimpressive weekend for the format."

It must not be expensive to add in the 3D effects, and the movie studios are just using it as a way to nearly double the ticket prices on consumers. Because, I cannot fathom any other reason for why they are pushing a format that on most films accounts for less than 30% of overall ticket sales. I mean, they put out a version of "The Great Gatsby" in 3D. The Great Gatsby! Who's paying extra to watch people "talk" in 3D??  Again, citing Box Office Mojo:  "The only noticeable negative for Gatsby was the poor 3D performance—only 33 percent of the weekend gross came from 3D showings, which is an incredibly low figure for a live-action movie."


at the bold, you forgot to mention that less then 10% of movies each year have a 3D version, but make up 40% to 60% of box office sales thru their 3D screenings alone.

Man of Steel being good in 3D, well that person must have saw the IMAX 3D version to say that to his friend.

The only movies in 2013 that need to be seen in IMAX to enjoy the theater format of the 3D effect that I know of is: Iron Man 3 & Man of Steel & The Hobbit 2. So see the Hobbit 2 in IMAX if you want to enjoy its 3D effect.

But they always re-format the 3D effect before they release it on 3D Blu-Ray so you can enjoy it on a 40 to 50 inch screen or maybe even smaller (for example the Hobbit 1 in 3D on TV).

If you are going to see a 3D movie on a regular size theater screen for the theater format, then I would suggest Pacific Rim 3D & R.I.P.D. 3D for the near future.

independence day 3D (comes out tomorrow I believe) should be good in 3D, but I can't be sure until I check it out myself to report to everyone.

 

I would suggest that everyone should see The Great Gatsby in 3D as soon as you can, whenever that might be.

If you haven't seen the Great Gatsby in 3D, then you have no right to criticize it.