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Kaizar on 03 July 2013
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SvennoJ said:
Kaizar said:

2012 had like 601 movies with up to 45 of them having a 3D version.

Basically less then 1/12 of those movies where in 3D with a cheaper 2D alternative version to pay for, but somehow the 3D movie screenings of movies that make up less then 10% of all movies made up 40% to 60% of profits in theaters when they only charge $1 to $3 more then a 2D movie screening cost.

So nice way to doge reality like your source did.

Posting your source for more people to crunch the numbers that all your links intentionally ignore:

http://www.theloop.ca/showbiz/movies/news/article/-/a/2230761/3D-movies-are-cooler-in-China

 

Where do you make the leap to 70% like 3D movies? Any figures to back that up? Plus what is the percentage that go to 3D screenings yet don't really care for it, for reasons that the 2D version is sold out / not available at that time, or wanting to see it in IMAX. (Are there any 2D IMAX showings for 3D movies?)

The argument that 10% of movies make up 40% to 60% of revenues doesn't mean much, that has always been the case with big blockbusters. Needing a 3D surcharge to keep that status quo is actually a worrying trend.

But if you see Pacific Rim in 3D you will see it makes the screen look soo much more bigger. So his own 3D movie this July 12 2013 contradicts his own statement. Plus my experience of 3D is that it makes that screen waaay bigger like: Castlevania Lords of Shadow Mirror of Fate & Lego City Undercover the chase begins & Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D. And the 3D effect keeps making the screen look even way more bigger every 6 to 8 months with more newer games always having more EXTREMELY insane 3D, which is just awesome.

 

Everyone who sees Pacific Rim 3D & Luigi's Mansion Dark moon & Castlevania mirror of fate & Lego City Undercover Prequel & Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D agrees.

Well I'm not part of the everyone you're referring too, and I'm sure there are more like me. It does not make the screen bigger, it makes me aware of the screen. The action is contained in a box or behind a window with fuzzy edges and I'm constantly reminded that it's not real. It's a cool effect but it stands in the way of me connecting with the movie.
In 2D I get lost inside the movie, the movie world becomes a 3D representation inside my head without boundaries or limited to a fixed scale and it allows me to freely move around the scene. 

Or to try another analogy, stereoscopic 3D forces me into the driver's seat or a fast moving car. Good for immersion, great for games, however it forces you to pay attention to the 'road' all the time. While 2D is more like watching the scenery scroll by as a passenger, free to let your eyes wander around and get lost in the landscape.

2D makes it easier to emotionally connect with the characters, 3D lessens the connection.

3D is not the same as going from B&W to color. Color is directly tied to emotions, color grading is a great way to emotionally enhance a scene ot set the mood. 3D isn't enhancing anything for me. I don't see the world press photo go nuts for 3D.


Except most people can still see the 2D version of movie with no problem if they wanted too. There's only a $1 to $3 surcharge on 3D movies, and that will go away later this year or next year, when they raise the price of 2D Movies and decrease the price of 3D movies. The surcharge was really to make up for the money spent on tons of 3D glasses that they still keep getting more of, because that's what they paid for, but now they have paid off the glasses and they are not recieving as big of shipment of more 3D glasses every year because they don't need so many new ones anymore, so now the prices of 3D movies will be decrease to the same price as 2D Movies.

When I use to go see a 2D movie in theaters, the screen was never big enough and I would always notice everything around the outside of the screen, but when I see 3D movies in theaters I only notice the entire screen and nothing beyond it, because the screen has become bigger in view thanks to the 3D effect. What I always hate about 2D movies in theater is that the screen is too small, but 3D movies make the screen as big as I want it.

When I go see a 3D movies I don't go to be wowed, I just sit back and watch it like a 2D movie. The difference is that I don't see anything outside of the screen and the live-action movie looks as solid as it feels. The problem with 2D is you always notice everything much beyond the screen and 2D adds 10 pounds to each person playing a fictional character in the movie.

And 2D movies are never like watching a scenery scroll, because I already see the entire image all at once plus it's surroundings beyond the screen, which leaves nothing left for me to explore. With 3D movies I feel like I'm free to let my eyes wander around to enjoy the landscape like a forest and carnage and a futuristic world and so fort.

2D & 3D movies have no difference in emotionally connecting with characters (I just saw Man of Steel in IMAX 3D just over 7 days ago and I felt sorry for Superman and I felt happy for him when he was happy putting on the suit for the first time and I felt sorry for him again when he killed Zod. I just fully felt for superman in the enitre movie, and the 3D effect didnt change anything.In World War Z in XTREME 3D which is IMAX subsitute, I felt more frighten in the scenario when Brad Pitt had to sneak around 80 zombies to try to get diseases because the movie looked as solid as it feels with the rooms and everything. So 3D doesn't have any less character connection then 2D).

Color doesn't tie anything to emotions, I just saw "Rise of Cthulhu" (or whatever it's called), which is a 2005 B&W silent movie, and the scenes did just as much to set the mood as any color movie with audio.

If we can add audio to movies, and then add color to movies, then why not 3D. Its no different then what color has seen in the 1960's Batman series (live-action) & all other color movies & shows at that time. A lot of people can say that color takes away from Batman (starring Adam West) and that it takes away from the emotional experience and so fort.

 

@people who claim they like animation in 3D

 If people here really like seeing animation in 3D, then what's stopping them from buying the Nintendo 3DS or 3DS XL to see 160Mtriangle/s graphics in 3D? And what's stopping you from buying a 3D TV to convert 2D into 3D to play all GameCube & PS3 & Wii & 360 & Wii U & PS4 & ONE games in 3D?